A big ho ho ho to Michael Buble, as the Canadian crooner holds at #1 on this week’s album chart with his album Christmas. The album sells a healthy 293,000 units, easily outdistancing second weeks for the many debuts that entered last week. With no immediate challenger in site, it’s pretty easy to assume that Buble will retain pole position on the chart for the remainder of the year, and while there’s no way in hell he’ll pass Adele to […]
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The Popblerd Chart Report 11/17/11: Wait,Who?
Who is this dude and why does he have the #1 album in the country?
The Popblerd Chart Report 11/10/11: Where’s LuLu?
Justin Bieber tops the album chart, as expected, while Metallica and Lou Reed score one of the biggest flops in music history. All that and more in our latest Chart Report.
The Popblerd Chart Report 10/27/11: Casting Crowns Come Up Short
Adele racks up a 13th week at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, bouncing back into pole position with her album 21. It’s the longest run at the top for an album in 12 years-since the “Titanic” soundtrack held sway for 16 long, LONG weeks. Unlike the Celine Dion-led film memento, something in me doubts that we’ll be seeing Adele’s album in $2 discount bins within half a decade. Adele’s return to the top blocks contemporary Christian act Casting […]
The Popblerd Chart Report 10/20/11: People Still Like Evanescence, Apparently
Absence may not necessarily make the heart grow fonder, but being away apparently doesn’t mean your fans totally forget you. What brings me to this conclusion? The fact that after a lengthy absence, Evanescence bows atop the Billboard album chart with their self-titled third album. Amy Lee and…and…who the hell else is in Evanescence these days?…bow with 127,000 copies sold. It’s a far cry from the 447,000 that greeted their last album, The Open Door five years ago, but it’s […]
The Popblerd Chart Report 11/13/11: Scotty McCreery’s Teenage Dream
Television viewers voted Scotty McCreery as the 10th American Idol, and those same viewers likely contributed to the teenager’s debut at the top of Billboard’s album charts this week. Clear As Day starts off at pole position with a fairly impressive 197,000 units sold. It’s the biggest first week sales total for any “Idol” champ since David Cook in 2008. Also worth noting, after a year and a half without a new solo artist debuting at #1 on the album […]
The Popblerd Chart Report 9/29/11: Age Ain’t Nothin’ But A…
By debuting at #1 with Duets II, legendary crooner Tony Bennett sets a record-becoming the oldest living artist to score a number one album on Billboard’s Top 200 chart. At age 85, it’s hard to imagine anyone eclipsing that record anytime soon. Somewhat surprisingly, Duets II is also Bennett’s first-ever Number One album. You gotta love not only Bennett’s staying power, but also the fact that an artist like him, with no MTV or radio support, no publicity scandal or […]
