Dubious distinction time: the total that sends Justin Bieber back to #1 on this week’s Billboard album chart is the second lowest since Soundscan began collecting data in spring 1991. In a week especially light for new releases, the Bieb reclaims the top spot with only 60,000 units sold. The only #1 album to have sold less is the “Dreamgirls” soundtrack, which topped the charts with a slightly smaller number a little less than four years ago. Four albums debut […]
Posts tagged "Billboard 200"
Chartstalker 4/30/10: Positively "Glee"-Ful
WordPress tells me that my top search term of the day is “Chelsea Lately Sex Tape”. This is weird, because I don’t think I’ve ever written about Chelsea Lately or a sex tape. Anyway, I’m gonna use that as a tag just to see how many more hits I get. However, this column isn’t about search results, either! It’s about the Billboard charts and the fact that the “Glee: Power of Madonna” album enters the Album chart at #1, selling […]
Chartstalker 4/15/10: Filing Taxes Would Be More Exciting
After all the Justin Bieber and Usher-related excitement of the past two weeks, things on the Billboard album charts have slowed back down to a crawl. Thanks in part to his performance on “SNL” this past weekend, Mr. Bieber jumps back into the #1 slot with “My World 2.0”. It scans 102,000 copies this week, giving Justin a three-week total of 675,000. Not too shabby. Meanwhile, his mentor slides into the runner-up spot with “Raymond vs. Raymond”, which drops a […]
Chartstalker 4/7/10: Usher & The Bieb
That sounds like a sitcom. Or a cartoon. Like “Pinky & the Brain”. Right? Anyway, Usher scores his third consecutive #1 debut. “Raymond vs. Raymond” enters the Billboard 200 Albums chart at the top, with 329,000 copies sold. It’s the third highest debut of the year, behind Sade and Lady Antebellum. However, it’s also about 100,000 copies less than Usher’s last album, “Here I Stand”, started with in 2008. This number was juiced by a number of factors including a […]
Chartstalker 3/31/10: Bieber Fever
Hey, that almost rhymes, right? As expected, teen idol Justin Bieber opens up at the top of the Billboard album charts with “My World 2.0”. The 16 year old Canuck starts with 283,000 copies. He is the youngest male artist to top the Billboard album charts since Stevie Wonder back in 1963. Pretty damn impressive, if you ask me. The top 3 albums this week are all debuts. Former teen idol Monica takes the runner up spot with her fifth […]
Chartstalker 3/26/10: All Good Things…
In an industry starved for good news, the fact that at least one album had sold over 100,000 copies in every week of 2010 was a ray of sunshine. However, this week, the streak comes to an end. Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” tops the Billboard album chart with 93,000 copies. Granted, that total is pretty solid for an album that is now in it’s eighth chart week-but still, it’s not six figures. Thankfully, there will be at least three […]
Chartstalker 3/17/10: It's Ludacris!
(now say that in a Mike Tyson voice. That’s what I was going for.) This week’s Billboard album chart is led by a pair of new entries. Atlanta rapper Ludacris bows on top with his latest album, “Battle of the Sexes”. Bolstered by the hits “How Low” and “My Chick Bad”, Luda scans 137,000 units in his opening salvo. If that number sounds a little low, well, it is. Luda’s last album, “Theater of the Mind” opened with 213,000 units […]
Chartstalker 2/24/10: Featuring Wanda Sykes
So…hey everybody. Nothing came out last week! So, there’s not a helluva lot to report chart-wise. Sade holds for a second week at the top spot, scanning over 190,000 units of “Soldier of Love”. Following last week’s amazing debut, the venerable British band has sold nearly 700,000 copies of their first album in ten years-in two short weeks. Considering the previous week included Valentine’s Day-a time period during which a good deal of music is usually bought-just about every album […]