I didn't realize the Black Eyed Peas did 304k in their first week. That's really good.

How in the world did I not know The Jonas Brothers had a new album out?

quote:

Originally posted by Gucci:
How in the world did I not know The Jonas Brothers had a new album out?

Because your not an obsessed 12 year old teeny bopper???

Official Billboard Results for Week fo 06.15.09

1. The Jonas Brothers, "Lines, Vines, & Trying Times" (DEBUT)
2. The Black Eyed Peas, "The E.N.D."
3. Dave Matthews Band, "Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King"
4. Eminem, "Relapse"
5. Incubus, "Monuments & Melodies" (DEBUT)
6. Lady GaGa, "The Fame"
7. Chickenfoot, "Chickenfoot"
8. "Hannah Montana: The Movie" original soundtrack album
9. Green Day, "21st Century Breakdown"
10. Taylor Swift, "Fearless"

Guess who ordered a copy of the Jonas Bros album...

Please tell me that album is for your kid??? LOL.

quote:

Originally posted by DoubleD:
Please tell me that album is for your kid??? LOL.

Uh...yeah...kid...

lol jus playing. Of course it is. But I was waiting to see if any one would jump on me.

This chart is a little harder to read, but, it's the only chart out right now, so I think it's the best we're going to get.

BILLBOARD 200

On Label 2W LW TW * Artist Title TW LW % RTD
1 HOL 1 * JONAS BROTHERS LINES VINES & TRYING TIMES 247,348 202 999 247,551
2 INT 1 2 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 147,588 304,109 -51 452,064
3 RCA 1 2 3 MATTHEWS*DAVE BAND BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KIN 88,097 128,316 -31 641,578
5 INT 2 3 4 EMINEM RELAPSE 72,470 87,479 -17 1,121,546
1 EPIC 5 * INCUBUS MONUMENTS & MELODIES 69,680 258 999 69,938
34 INT 8 6 6 LADY GAGA FAME 47,059 46,773 1 1,088,238
3 RLNE 4 4 7 CHICKENFOOT CHICKENFOOT 42,944 79,300 -46 174,036
13 DBV 6 7 8 HANNAH MONTANA HANNAH MOVIE SNDTRK 41,919 46,100 -9 1,142,209
6 WAR 5 8 9 GREEN DAY 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN 39,833 41,147 -3 589,403
32 BGMA 10 11 10 * SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 38,407 35,000 10 3,394,321
39 RCA 12 12 11 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 34,178 33,673 1 837,452
31 ATLG 17 16 12 * BROWN*ZAC BAND FOUNDATION 32,164 23,235 38 632,098
5 BNA 9 13 13 CHESNEY*KENNY GREATEST HITS II 32,127 31,607 2 235,789
1 WAR 14 * BUBLE*MICHAEL MICHAEL BUBLE MEETS MADISON SQ 30,407 12 999 30,419
11 LYST 14 14 15 RASCAL FLATTS UNSTOPPABLE 28,248 25,937 9 806,389
31 ROAD 16 15 16 * NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 28,116 24,336 16 2,055,533
11 BBOW 21 19 17 * ALDEAN*JASON WIDE OPEN 23,855 19,140 25 340,101
2 SML 5 18 AVENTURA LAST 22,465 47,488 -53 70,360
1 CURB 19 * WILLIAMS*HANK JR. 127 ROSE AVENUE 21,618 4 999 21,622
40 CAPN 32 25 20 * RUCKER*DARIUS LEARN TO LIVE 21,559 14,963 44 717,115
33 ATLG 15 17 21 TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK 21,021 23,103 -9 2,081,393
1 PEAK 22 * DOWNING*WILL CLASSIQUE 20,026 70 999 20,096
52 ATLG 22 21 23 * SHINEDOWN SOUND OF MADNESS 19,628 17,483 12 544,155
1 CAP 24 * HARRISON*GEORGE LET IT ROLL: THE SONGS 18,880 123 999 19,003
62 CAPN 31 26 25 * LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 18,586 14,675 27 641,576
31 COL 23 24 26 BEYONCE I AM...SASHA FIERCE 16,598 16,056 3 2,253,383
1 ATLG 27 * IZIBOR*LAURA LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD 15,842 147 999 16,342
48 MERN 37 37 28 * SUGARLAND LOVE ON THE INSIDE 15,759 12,161 30 1,660,684
2 DWT 9 29 MOS DEF ECSTATIC 15,736 39,045 -60 55,101
13 UME 20 22 30 VARIOUS NOW 30 15,675 17,109 -8 596,161
12 CAPN 27 29 31 URBAN*KEITH DEFYING GRAVITY 15,204 13,920 9 431,538
34 LAF 29 27 32 P!NK FUNHOUSE 14,674 14,113 4 1,138,796
3 HRMS 13 23 33 COSTELLO*ELVIS SECRET PROFANE & SUGARCANE 14,633 16,335 -10 58,865
13 INT 25 31 34 HILSON*KERI IN A PERFECT WORLD... 14,590 13,601 7 355,400
64 ROAD 34 32 35 THEORY OF A DEADMAN SCARS & SOUVENIRS 14,334 13,568 6 579,018
1 COL 36 * BEYONCE ABOVE AND BEYONCE 14,274 0 14,274
1 STSW 37 * STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB 14,042 51 999 14,093
7 DEF 33 39 38 * MICHELE*CHRISETTE EPIPHANY 13,768 11,953 15 188,244
46 MERN 46 47 39 * JOHNSON*JAMEY THAT LONESOME SONG 13,671 10,121 35 492,638
2 ATLG 10 40 PLEASURE P INTRODUCTION OF MARCUS COOPER 12,839 38,812 -67 51,861
58 ATLG 38 38 41 MRAZ*JASON WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THIN 12,442 12,073 3 1,238,209
8 COL 44 57 42 * DYLAN*BOB TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE 12,419 9,386 32 277,066
20 EPIC 49 45 43 * FRAY*THE FRAY 12,227 10,299 19 586,271
1 COL 44 * YORN*PETE BACK & FOURTH 11,672 0 11,672
8 MERN 68 62 45 * CURRINGTON*BILLY LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING 11,589 8,553 35 170,869
139 BGMA 36 36 46 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 11,560 12,169 -5 4,187,299
68 ARNV 53 55 47 * JACKSON*ALAN GOOD TIME 11,542 9,438 22 852,571
5 WAR 48 52 48 * CLAPTON*ERIC & STEVE WINWOOD LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 11,152 9,490 18 65,155
4 MCHT 18 30 49 WISIN Y YANDEL LA REVOLUCION 10,845 13,742 -21 83,364
5 OCCR 26 43 50 COOK*DANE ISOLATED INCIDENT 10,286 10,830 -5 122,781
64 MCAN 60 73 51 * STRAIT*GEORGE TROUBADOUR 10,125 7,336 38 902,425
1 ATMD 52 * SPINAL TAP BACK FROM THE DEAD 10,106 69 999 10,231
27 J 42 49 53 FOXX*JAMIE INTUITION 10,068 9,914 2 977,754
42 OCAM 54 50 54 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD SWAN SONGS 9,880 9,874 0 428,628
87 ARNV 47 53 55 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE CARNIVAL RIDE 9,621 9,455 2 2,904,627
53 CAP 55 46 56 PERRY*KATY ONE OF THE BOYS 9,446 10,153 -7 1,054,969
26 PHFN 58 44 57 3OH!3 WANT 9,379 10,386 -10 255,478
3 DBV 19 35 58 MUSSO*MITCHEL MITCHEL MUSSO 9,188 12,479 -26 41,640
3 CNCO 35 42 59 CHARLES*RAY GENIUS!ULTIMATE RAY 9,023 10,868 -17 53,903
3 VOLC 3 28 60 311 UPLIFTER 8,994 13,928 -35 83,010
12 VERV 66 70 61 * KRALL*DIANA QUIET NIGHTS 8,906 7,513 19 295,444
15 RCA 45 56 62 CLARKSON*KELLY ALL I EVER WANTED 8,642 9,436 -8 621,371
16 INT 69 66 63 * U2 NO LINE ON THE HORIZON 8,552 7,720 11 934,471
9 DEF 40 54 64 ROSS*RICK DEEPER THAN RAP 8,409 9,449 -11 333,726
3 WAR 7 33 65 TAKING BACK SUNDAY NEW AGAIN 8,257 13,340 -38 70,090
89 ATLG 78 85 66 * KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS 7,981 6,340 26 2,982,471
54 XLCO 83 83 67 * ADELE 19 7,794 6,604 18 679,530
2 STA 20 68 MARIE*TEENA CONGO SQUARE 7,777 18,271 -57 26,263
11 BNA 81 80 69 * PICKLER*KELLIE KELLIE PICKLER 7,752 6,817 14 249,070
5 DEF 30 48 70 METHOD MAN/REDMAN BLACKOUT 2 7,685 10,060 -24 110,148
6 GLSN 59 68 71 PHOENIX WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX 7,661 7,555 1 54,964
3 EPIT 11 41 72 RANCID LET THE DOMINOES FALL 7,638 11,815 -35 53,131
53 CAP 71 76 73 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 7,583 7,232 5 2,498,211
31 RCA 63 72 74 COOK*DAVID DAVID COOK 7,561 7,369 3 1,184,095
86 WNDU 72 78 75 SEETHER FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE SPA 7,281 6,953 5 764,796
1 CAPN 76 * CARRINGTON*RODNEY EL NINO LOCO 7,124 4 999 7,128
5 ISL 52 58 77 RICHIE*LIONEL JUST GO 7,118 9,188 -23 55,746
4 WRPR 39 63 78 GRIZZLY BEAR VECKATIMEST 6,955 8,514 -18 62,011
54 UNCM 82 79 79 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER III 6,773 6,871 -1 3,184,011
4 INT 24 60 80 MARILYN MANSON HIGH END OF LOW 6,621 8,947 -26 81,249
2 OLE 18 81 SONIC YOUTH ETERNAL 6,607 19,262 -66 26,142
2 DBV 88 82 VARIOUS DISNEY CHANNEL PLAYL 6,593 6,121 8 12,728
1 WAR 83 * CHESS IN CONCERT: LIVE FROM RO CHESS IN CONCERT: LIVE FROM RO 6,550 10 999 6,560
27 INT 67 74 84 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM ISOULJABOYTELLEM 6,442 7,318 -12 282,236
18 JIVE 108 107 85 * WILSON*CHARLIE UNCLE CHARLIE 6,423 4,593 40 204,712
15 DEF 62 77 86 THE-DREAM LOVE VS. MONEY 6,305 6,980 -10 408,421
1 BRE 87 * BROKENCYDE I'M NOT A FAN BUT THE KIDS LIK 6,279 14 999 6,293
27 SODF 100 97 88 * HAMILTON*ANTHONY POINT OF IT ALL 6,269 5,283 19 395,619
135 RCA 97 101 89 * DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 6,267 5,095 23 4,472,976
34 LYST 86 91 90 RASCAL FLATTS VOL. 1-GREATEST HITS 6,033 5,859 3 671,570
35 COL 101 99 91 * MARY MARY SOUND, THE 5,919 5,237 13 262,550
13 DBV 115 116 92 * YANNI VOICES YANNI VOICES 5,902 4,465 32 106,793
2 SDR 69 93 2009 WARPED TOUR COMPILATION 2009 WARPED TOUR COMPILATION 5,891 7,539 -22 13,437
1 MBRE 94 * JACKA TEAR GAS 5,807 30 999 5,837
5 MOT 41 67 95 BUSTA RHYMES BACK ON MY B S 5,806 7,713 -25 100,908
2 DOMI 65 96 DIRTY PROJECTORS BITTE ORCA 5,772 7,921 -27 13,823
32 WAR 93 93 97 SEAL SOUL 5,680 5,417 5 451,197
37 WRD 112 121 98 * WOW HITS 2009 WOW HITS 2009 5,665 4,300 32 180,965
19 UNIV 74 87 99 LONELY ISLAND INCREDIBAD 5,617 6,149 -9 205,781
38 ATLG 70 82 100 T.I. PAPER TRAIL 5,610 6,699 -16 1,967,393
4 COL 56 89 101 HILLSONG UNITED A CROSS THE EARTH TEAR DOWN TH 5,399 6,098 -11 23,975
30 DEF 75 84 102 WEST*KANYE 808S & HEARTBREAK 5,394 6,597 -18 1,559,992
2 COL 34 103 IRON MAIDEN FLIGHT 666-ORIGI SDK 5,371 13,274 -60 18,739
5 COL 77 95 104 KEARNEY*MAT CITY OF BLACK & WHITE 5,334 5,389 -1 49,817
10 DNGB 92 94 105 SILVERSUN PICKUPS SWOON 5,299 5,394 -2 112,369
1 HYTZ 106 * JUICY J OF THREE SIX MAFIA HUSTLE TILL I DIE 5,280 303 999 5,583
20 CAPN 118 114 107 * BENTLEY*DIERKS FEEL THAT FIRE 5,204 4,494 16 210,969
10 JIVE 107 119 108 * CAGE THE ELEPHANT CAGE THE ELEPHANT 5,131 4,361 18 49,331
27 DGCI 97 92 109 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS WHEN THE WORLD COMES DOWN 5,105 5,684 -10 432,364
11 DEF 73 90 110 JADAKISS LAST KISS 5,057 6,018 -16 295,277
67 COL 114 106 111 MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR 5,041 4,676 8 441,689
41 WAR 111 118 112 * METALLICA DEATH MAGNETIC 5,034 4,432 14 1,784,922
12 ATLG 76 81 113 FLO RIDA R.O.O.T.S. (ROUTE OF OVERCOMIN 4,961 6,798 -27 195,807
2 E1M 40 114 D-BLOCK NO SECURITY 4,948 11,854 -58 16,868
27 GEFN 85 98 115 COLE*KEYSHIA DIFFERENT ME 4,943 5,248 -6 899,008
3 DECC 197 168 116 * GARRETT*DAVID DAVID GARRETT 4,940 3,237 53 10,751
26 COL 119 105 117 TING TINGS WE STARTED NOTHING 4,915 4,690 5 253,853
12 COL 126 109 118 BOTTI*CHRIS CHRIS BOTTI LIVE IN BOSTON 4,891 4,569 7 112,284
7 LAF 61 86 119 CIARA FANTASY RIDE 4,876 6,164 -21 152,562
55 WAR 110 113 120 DISTURBED INDESTRUCTIBLE 4,718 4,505 5 1,024,252
25 COL 161 147 121 * SAADIQ*RAPHAEL WAY I SEE IT 4,692 3,525 33 199,515
13 CAPN 137 132 122 * CHURCH*ERIC CAROLINA 4,690 3,933 19 85,676
5 SUBP 84 96 123 IRON & WINE AROUND THE WELL 4,688 5,298 -12 44,517
29 KUSU 105 100 124 AKON FREEDOM 4,650 5,188 -10 661,109
4 CRKB 28 59 125 MONTGOMERY GENTRY FOR OUR HEROES 4,606 9,148 -50 54,652
29 JIVE 103 110 126 SPEARS*BRITNEY CIRCUS 4,467 4,548 -2 1,566,929
7 IPOP 152 150 127 * NEWSBOYS IN THE HANDS OF GOD 4,440 3,484 27 16,164
5 ROUN 117 155 128 * MARTIN*STEVE CROW: NEW SONGS FOR THE 5-STRI 4,426 3,410 30 22,413
7 HIPD 88 112 129 YUSUF ROADSINGER 4,376 4,530 -3 54,675
30 ISL 134 111 130 KILLERS DAY & AGE 4,358 4,532 -4 641,247
9 CAP 120 134 131 DEPECHE MODE SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE 4,355 3,857 13 149,387
58 RHI 154 162 132 * SINATRA*FRANK NOTHING BUT THE BEST 4,335 3,331 30 536,522
1 MILA 133 * 99 ESSENTIAL CHANTS 99 ESSENTIAL CHANTS 4,277 0 4,277
50 DECC 132 129 134 MAMMA MIA SOUNDTRACK 4,264 3,978 7 1,696,431
42 SXS 155 173 135 * TOMLIN*CHRIS HELLO LOVE 4,174 3,176 31 131,188
5 UNIV 79 102 136 AMOS*TORI ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN 4,133 4,938 -16 68,309
1 INT 137 * WALLFLOWERS GREATEST HITS 4,110 27 999 4,137
16 ISL 135 130 138 AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT 4,057 3,966 2 114,531
59 SWDG 158 177 139 * KEITH*TOBY TOBY KEITH 35 BIGGEST HITS 4,031 3,053 32 646,199
14 VAN 94 141 140 NATHANSON*MATT SOME MAD HOPE 3,979 3,602 10 219,649
2 ULTA 75 141 VARIOUS ULTRA HITS 3,907 7,250 -46 11,173
15 DGCI 106 120 142 YEAH YEAH YEAHS IT'S BLITZ! 3,894 4,306 -10 129,938
9 UNRF 99 117 143 ROTH*ASHER ASLEEP IN THE BREAD AISLE 3,887 4,441 -12 140,580
12 NPG 51 133 144 PRINCE LOTUS FLOW3R 3,879 3,882 0 358,977
26 INT 143 124 145 VARIOUS ARTISTS SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (MUSIC FRO 3,877 4,114 -6 335,930
5 ATLG 178 170 146 * SOUNDTRACK TRUE BLOOD: MUSIC FROM THE HBO 3,868 3,189 21 17,930
5 INT 80 108 147 VOEGELE*KATE A FINE MESS 3,863 4,586 -16 63,944
61 VRGN 133 139 148 SAVING ABEL SAVING ABEL 3,838 3,727 3 468,315
46 BREN 196 149 * THIRD DAY REVELATION 3,833 2,493 54 161,046
11 COL 138 157 150 MERCYME 10 3,827 3,397 13 26,573
15 REUN 149 165 151 TENTH AVENUE NORTH OVER & UNDERNEATH 3,785 3,305 15 48,762
35 COL 180 197 152 * AC/DC BLACK ICE 3,777 2,727 39 2,089,130
36 BNA 144 159 153 CHESNEY*KENNY LUCKY OLD SUN 3,757 3,351 12 716,016
1 COL 154 * SPRINGSTEEN*BRUCE WORKING ON A DREAM 3,683 2,260 63 546,554
37 DGCI 160 138 155 RISE AGAINST APPEAL TO REASON 3,680 3,735 -1 273,993
13 DGCI 145 151 156 PAPA ROACH METAMORPHOSIS 3,649 3,457 6 122,537
6 NWWT 124 145 157 EARLE*STEVE TOWNES 3,643 3,565 2 42,306
43 ROAD 150 156 158 SLIPKNOT ALL HOPE IS GONE 3,592 3,404 6 792,069
2 RKYQ 104 159 LAWRENCE*TRACY ROCK 3,569 4,695 -24 8,098
1 COL 160 * DION*CELINE MY LOVE-ESSENTIAL COLLECTION 3,553 1,977 80 325,651
4 UNSO 166 171 161 HOUSER*RANDY ANYTHING GOES 3,546 3,188 11 72,337
40 DEF 128 131 162 NE-YO YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN 3,534 3,953 -11 1,069,808
56 UNIV 156 158 163 3 DOORS DOWN 3 DOORS DOWN 3,520 3,371 4 777,066
5 COL 130 148 164 PASSION PIT MANNERS 3,488 3,510 -1 26,392
32 SWDG 200 165 * KEITH*TOBY THAT DON'T MAKE ME A BAD GUY 3,470 2,542 37 397,629
8 HRMS 109 135 166 PLAYING FOR CHANGE SONGS AROUND THE WORLD 3,401 3,850 -12 92,109
19 UNIV 164 149 167 INDIA.ARIE VOL. 2-TESTIMONY: LOVE & POLIT 3,385 3,493 -3 251,073
33 REUN 194 168 * SMITH*MICHAEL W NEW HALLELUJAH 3,373 2,341 44 89,886
1 DWT 169 * MAJOR LAZER GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE...LAZER 3,341 191 999 3,532
2 NWLR 137 170 HANGOVER SOUNDTRACK 3,278 3,772 -13 8,274
32 UME 129 142 171 VARIOUS NOW 29 3,262 3,598 -9 1,265,108
17 FERV 131 180 172 BATTISTELLI*FRANCESCA MY PAPER HEART 3,226 3,031 6 41,430
21 VERI 169 189 173 VARIOUS ARTISTS WOW GOSPEL 2009 3,214 2,854 13 110,821
35 DBV 174 191 174 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR SOUNDTRACK 3,205 2,845 13 1,435,986
7 VRGN 116 160 175 HARPER*BEN/RELENTLESS7 WHITE LIES FOR DARK TIMES 3,203 3,345 -4 68,131
19 CAP 157 175 176 ALLEN*LILY IT'S NOT ME IT'S YOU 3,201 3,065 4 210,737
13 WAR 177 177 * TRAVIS*RANDY I TOLD YOU SO-THE ULTIMATE HIT 3,198 2,554 25 73,738
8 BREN 175 178 * JARS OF CLAY THE LONG FALL BACK TO EARTH 3,183 2,575 24 25,503
6 WAR 90 127 179 CAM'RON CRIME PAYS 3,169 4,062 -22 79,470
28 ATLG 147 169 180 MUSIQ SOULCHILD ON MY RADIO 3,164 3,228 -2 322,562
1 DECC 181 * BOCELLI*ANDREA INCANTO 3,126 1,521 106 419,802
37 HOL 159 174 182 LOVATO*DEMI DON'T FORGET 3,114 3,152 -1 415,267
7 FERR 146 163 183 DEVIL WEARS PRADA WITH ROOTS ABOVE & BRANCHES BE 3,104 3,310 -6 60,930
2 FEAR 64 184 SKYLIT DRIVE ADELPHIA 3,076 8,254 -63 11,445
4 ATLG 185 HALESTORM HALESTORM 3,074 2,604 18 31,403
3 SCRV 87 195 186 BIRCH*DIANE BIBLE BELT 3,072 2,806 9 11,787
1 IPOP 187 * EVERYDAY SUNDAY BEST NIGHT OF OUR LIVES 3,071 0 522
2 RTSH 103 188 ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING NEXT TO NORMAL 3,059 4,892 -37 20,658
3 VGRT 43 125 189 EELS HOMBRE LOBO: 12 SONGS OF DESIR 3,035 4,093 -26 18,296
6 BCTR 113 123 190 GUCCI MANE MURDER WAS THE CASE 3,033 4,129 -27 42,824
2 MDSI 61 191 DJ QUIK & KURUPT BLAQKOUT 3,013 8,695 -65 11,771
42 DEF 183 164 192 YOUNG JEEZY RECESSION 2,998 3,309 -9 858,764
13 SIEN 170 185 193 TITO EL BAMBINO EL PATRON 2,975 2,901 3 45,300
3 TPMZ 194 * ENRIQUE*LUIS CICLOS 2,960 2,444 21 14,907
4 CURB 191 195 MCGRAW*TIM GREATEST HITS 1 & 2 2,948 2,542 16 363,363
6 MER 165 179 196 PARACHUTE LOSING SLEEP 2,915 3,040 -4 28,346
1 WAR 197 VARIOUS ARTISTS HIT MAN: DAVID FOSTER & FRIEND 2,887 2,593 11 205,957
13 UNIV 188 186 198 BLUE OCTOBER APPROACHING NORMAL 2,881 2,900 -1 90,333
19 BREN 176 196 199 RED INNOCENCE & INSTINCT 2,826 2,778 2 101,763
2 HOL 199 200 CYRUS*MILEY BREAKOUT 2,792 2,696 4 1,434,874

Great to see Kings Of Leon continue to be a word-of-mouth hit. Great album.

Lady Antebellum is selling very well. What a quiet seller they have been.
Sugarland continues to sell well as well.

Nice to see The-Dream will hit 500,000 eventually.

The Mos Def album is awesome. Finally! Now people can stop hating on me for liking him lol.

Michael Jackson Album Sales Estimated In Multiple Six Figures
June 29, 2009 - Retail

By Keith Caulfield, L.A.

Michael Jackson is about to rock the Billboard charts.

Nielsen SoundScan's sales numbers won't be released until Wednesday (July 1) morning, but industry prognosticators indicate that three of Jackson's albums -- "Number Ones," "The Essential Michael Jackson" and "Thriller" -- each sold 100,000 copies last week. The sales tracking week ended at the close of business on Sunday (June 28) night.

To compare, Jackson's entire catalog of solo albums sold 10,000 in the week that ended June 21.

The aforementioned titles will also be the top three albums on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog chart, and Jackson may lock up anywhere between six to nine slots in tally's the top 10.

Other Jackson albums looking to make a big splash on the chart include "Off the Wall, "Bad," "Dangerous" and his box set "The Ultimate Collection." Additionally, two Jackson 5 compilations -- "The Ultimate Collection" and "20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection" -- are both doing brisk business.

Previously, the record for the most concurrent top 10 titles by an act was five. Both AC/DC and the Beatles managed that feat. There is also the chance that the entire top 10 on the Pop Catalog chart may be filled with Jackson-related titles, counting the two Jackson 5 compilations.

Last week's No. 1 on the Pop Catalog chart was TobyMac's "Portable Sounds" with 9,000 copies sold. The Pop Catalog chart, established in 1991, houses albums that are at least 18 months old. Catalog albums are ineligible to appear on the Billboard 200 albums chart, though they can chart on the all-encompassing Top Comprehensive Albums list.

Last year, Jackson's expanded reissue of "Thriller" pushed the set to a
re-entry at No. 1 on the Pop Catalog tally with 166,000 copies sold in its first week.

With the Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." looking to recapture the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 chart with slightly less than 100,000, this week will mark the first time a catalog album has sold more than a current release.

The bulk of Jackson's album sales came from digital retailers, as many brick and mortar stores quickly ran out of available stock. Sources say his "Essential Michael Jackson," "Number Ones" and "Thriller" each sold more than 30,000 digital albums, with "Essential" moving more than 70,000 downloads alone.

The digital impact will also be felt on our Hot Digital Songs chart, where
the King of Pop is certain to make a big splash. His digital track sales
went from about 40,000 the week ending June 21 to around 1.8 million last week. His top sellers will include "Man in the Mirror," "The Way You Make Me Feel," "Billie Jean" and "Smooth Criminal."

There's only ONE 'King of Pop.'

quote:

Originally posted by musicluva123:
There's only ONE 'King of Pop.'

Most definitely.

This is the first time that an album on the Pop catalog will outsell the #1 album on the Billboard 200 charts.

CHART DATE: 06/29/2009
LAST UPDATE: 06/30/2009 12:49:17
NOW IN: FINAL


LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 106,956 --
THRILLER
-- 2 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 105,648 --
ESSENTIAL
-- 3 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 104,163 --
NUMBER ONES
2 4 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 85,229 -43%
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
1 5 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 67,551 -74%
LINES, VINES & TRYING TIMES
-- 6 REGINA SPEKTOR WARNER BROS. 50,169 --
FAR
3 7 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND RCA/RMG 46,091 -48%
BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KING
4 8 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 44,956 -40%
RELAPSE
-- 9 DREAM THEATER ROADRUNNER 41,406 --
BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS
-- 10 GINUWINE ASYLUM 39,122 --
A MAN'S THOUGHTS
-- 11 TRANSFORMERS - MUSIC FROM REPRISE 38,130 --
REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
6 12 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 36,422 -24%
FAME
7 13 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY RECORDS 34,347 -18%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 14 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 34,225 --
OFF THE WALL
10 15 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 33,615 -13%
FEARLESS
11 16 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 28,672 -15%
ONLY BY THE NIGHT
-- 17 MARS VOLTA WARNER BROS. 27,913 --
OCTAHEDRON
9 18 GREEN DAY REPRISE 25,467 -37%
21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN
8 19 CHICKENFOOT REDLINE 23,996 -41%
CHICKENFOOT
12 20 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 23,175 -29%
FOUNDATION
13 21 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/RCA NASHVILLE 21,729 -33%
GREATEST HITS II
15 22 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 21,441 -24%
DARK HORSE
18 23 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 20,702 -14%
WIDE OPEN
14 24 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 19,168 -33%
UNSTOPPABLE
-- 25 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 18,929 --
BAD
-- 26 JACKSON 5 MOTOWN 17,677 --
ULTIMATE COLLECTION
20 27 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 16,737 -22%
LEARN TO LIVE
21 28 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 16,542 -22%
SOUNDTRACK
23 29 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 15,879 -20%
SOUND OF MADNESS
25 30 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 14,737 -21%
LADY ANTEBELLUM
26 31 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 14,551 -13%
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
-- 32 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 14,351 --
DANGEROUS
5 33 INCUBUS EPIC 14,158 -80%
MOMENTS & MELODIES
17 34 AVENTURA SONY MUSIC LATIN 14,125 -42%
LAST
-- 35 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 13,951 --
ULTIMATE COLLECTION
28 36 NOW 30 UME 13,949 -12%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
32 37 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 12,799 -12%
FUNHOUSE
34 38 THEORY OF A DEADMAN ROADRUNNER 12,177 -14%
SCARS & SOUVENIRS
-- 39 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 12,150 --
HISTORY: GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1
30 40 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 10,823 -31%
DEFYING GRAVITY
-- 41 PAULINA RUBIO UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO 10,788 --
GRAN CITY POP
27 42 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 10,653 -33%
LOVE ON THE INSIDE
36 43 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 10,312 -26%
ABOVE & BEYONCE
29 44 KERI HILSON INTERSCOPE 9,974 -37%
IN A PERFECT WORLD
47 45 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 9,862 -15%
TAYLOR SWIFT
43 46 THE FRAY EPIC 9,806 -18%
THE FRAY
40 47 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 9,701 -24%
WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS
31 48 CHRISETTE MICHELE DEF JAM/IDJMG 9,161 -38%
EPIPHANY
39 49 LAURA IZIBOR ATLANTIC 9,073 -30%
LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD
41 50 MOS DEF DOWNTOWN RECORDS 9,008 -27%
ECSTATIC

This will probably begin to push "Thriller" passed the Eagles greatest hits album for best selling album of all time (even tho MJ already has the highest selling album from a solo artist of all time).

I think so, too.

The Eagles' greatest hits album is only the best selling album of all time in the US. However, Thriller is the best selling album of all time worldwide.

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The Eagles' greatest hits album is only the best selling album of all time in the US. However, Thriller is the best selling album of all time worldwide.

Yup!

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SONY'S NOW 31, BRAD PAISLEY, ROB THOMAS, WILCO LOOKING AT SIX FIGURE DEBUTS

Michael Jackson Will Also Be a Factor

July 1, 2009

Don't stop 'til you get enough.

That could well be the word for record buyers again this week, as those mourning Michael Jackson continue to turn to his music seeking comfort for their grief.

It remains to be seen if Jackson can keep up the torrid pace, but among the newcomers, Sony Music's Now 31 will be the top debut of this week's releases, with between 140-150k, according to one-day sales from retailers who were also moving whatever copies of Off the Wall and Thriller they still had around their stores.

Arista Nashville's Brad Paisley is up next, with his latest, American Saturday Night, looking at selling between 120-130k.

Atlantic's Matchbox Twenty leader Rob Thomas' second solo album, Cradlesong, appears headed for the 100-110k range.

The week's real pleasant surprise is Wilco's newest, the aptly titled Wilco (The Album), on Nonesuch, which is now slated for a total between 90-100k, which would be their most impressive debut to date.

Roadrunner's Massachusetts metalcore band Killswitch Engage return with a self-titled effort, their first since 2006's As Daylight Dies, which could do as much as 50-55k.

Rising Def Jam/IDJ R&B star Jeremih sees his self-titlede debut with 45-50k, thanks to the strength of the multi-format smash, "Birthday Sex."

Atlantic Brooklyn rapper Maino's debut, If Tomorrow Comes..., will bow with between 18-23k, while Def Jam/IDJ Florida hip-hop newcomer Ace Hood's Ruthless appears headed for the same sales territory.

Sony, Retailers Make Push On Jackson Inventory
June 26, 2009 - Rock and Pop | Retail

By Cortney Harding, N.Y.

Michael Jackson is the biggest star to die during the SoundScan era and it's expected that his physical catalog, much like his digital sales, will receive a huge boost from his untimely death.

Retailers and Sony Music are anticipating the rush and are working to ensure Jackson's catalog is available in stores. Sources at Sony tell Billboard that more than one million copies of his albums have been ordered by retail outlets around the country since last night. Employees at Sony's pressing plants in Pitman, N.J., and Terre Haute, Ind., are being told to plan on overtime work as the plants will be running over the weekend.

And what type of sales boost is expected? After Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994, sales of Nirvana's "Nevermind" rose from 7,000 the week before his death to 20,000 the week of his death to 35,000 the week after his death, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Nirvana's "In Utero" went from 18,000 to 40,000 to 60,000.

After rapper Tupac Shakur was killed in 1996, sales of his best-selling album, "All Eyez on Me," went from 16,000 to 56,000 to 76,000.

When rapper Notorious BIG was killed in 1997, he had just released an album; sales of his previous album, "Ready to Die," went from 3,000 to 10,000 to 12,000.

Finally, when Frank Sinatra died in 1998, sales of "Very Good Years" went from 4,000 to 18,000 to 30,000.

Music Blogs > Chart Watch > Week Ending June 28, 2009: He's Still Setting Records
Week Ending June 28, 2009: He's Still Setting Records
Posted 9 minutes ago by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

You've heard the expression, "#1 with a bullet"? The Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D. is "#1 with an asterisk." The album returns to the top spot on The Billboard 200 with sales of 88,000 copies, but three Michael Jackson albums sold more copies this week. Those albums, Number Ones, The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller, were excluded from The Billboard 200 because they are classified as "catalog." As a result, they hold down the top three spots on the Top Catalog Albums chart. This marks the first time in Nielsen/SoundScan history (which dates to 1991) that the #1 Catalog album has outsold the #1 current album.
Michael Jackson always liked to set records. He sets quite a few of them this week.
He becomes the first artist to sell more than 1 million song downloads in one week. He far exceeded that total, running up a tally of 2.6 million. Jackson has a record 50 songs on the top 200 Hot Digital Songs chart, combining solo releases and hits he recorded with his brothers in the Jackson 5 and later the Jacksons. (I'm even throwing in "We Are The World," which he wrote and on which he was featured.) Last year, by way of comparison, David Cook and Joe Jonas each put 17 songs on the chart in one week. Jackson kind of leaves them in the dust.

Jackson has six songs in the top 10 on Hot Digital Songs. "Thriller" is #2, kept out of the top spot by the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" (see item below). "Man In The Mirror" is #3, followed by "Billie Jean" at #4, "The Way You Make Me Feel" at #6, "Beat It" at #7 and "Don't Stop ‘Til You Get Enough" at #8. Nine of Jackson's songs topped the 100,000 mark in paid downloads this week-those six hits plus "Smooth Criminal," "Black Or White" and "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)."

Jackson has a record nine of the top 10 albums on the Top Catalog Albums chart (again, this counts a Jackson 5 album.) The old record of five of the top 10 was held jointly by the Beatles and AC/DC. Number Ones, first released in 2003, sold 108,000 copies this week. The two-CD The Essential Michael Jackson, first released in 2005, sold 102,000 copies. Thriller, first released in 1982, sold 101,000. It's the first time since at least 1992 that one artist has topped the 100,000 mark with three albums in the same week. Even Garth Brooks at his peak didn't do that. Jackson has a total of 16 albums on the top 200 Digital Albums chart.
Jackson has a record six of the top 10 albums on the Digital Albums chart, including the entire top four. His biggest digital seller, The Essential Michael Jackson, sold 80,000 digital copies. Most of Jackson's album sales this week came in the digital realm. He sold 422,000 albums this week, just counting his solo releases, 58% of them digitally.

Number Ones vaults from #121 to #1 in the U.K., where Jackson was slated to open a 50-date engagement later this month. Jackson is the first artist to top the British chart posthumously since Elvis Presley scored in August 2007 with The King. Number Ones debuted at #1 in the U.K. when it was first released in 2003. (In the U.S., it debuted and peaked at #13.)

Before this week, six catalog albums had sold enough copies to make the top 10 on The Billboard 200, but were ineligible to appear on the chart. These albums were Pearl Jam's Ten in March, Jackson's Thriller 25 in 2008 and the Grease soundtrack in 1998, as well as three resurging holiday titles: Kenny G's Miracles-The Holiday Album in 1995 and 1996, Il Divo's The Christmas Collection in 2006 and Josh Groban's Noel in 2008.

For the record, I think the top 10 on The Billboard 200 should consist of the week's 10 best-selling albums, whether they're current or catalog. (That all-inclusiveness is the great strength of The Billboard 200. The chart includes everything that sells, from Josh Groban to AC/DC; from a digital-only release to an elaborate box set.) In late 2007, Billboard and Nielsen/SoundScan wisely rescinded their policy that barred "exclusive" albums (albums sold in only one retail chain) from The Billboard 200. In the same spirit, I think they should modify their policy that bars catalog albums from the big chart. (The idea behind moving catalog titles off the chart is to give new albums needed visibility.) The ideal solution might be to allow albums that sold well enough to make the top 10 to receive the recognition they've earned.

The top 10, after all, is the part of the chart that is reprinted in newspapers and websites around the world.

I don't usually like coulda-shoulda-woulda stuff, because it isn't real, but I'm going to make a rare exception. If Billboard had a policy in which catalog albums were eligible to make The Billboard 200, at least as far as the top 10 goes, Michael Jackson would have become the first artist to make a clean sweep of the top three positions since the separate stereo and mono charts were combined into one comprehensive listing in August 1963. The closest anybody came to a clean sweep before this week was on May 2, 1964, when The Beatles' Second Album was #1, Meet The Beatles! was #2 and Introducing...The Beatles was #4. But like I say, it didn't happen. So wipe this item out of your memory bank at once.
In death, Jackson has given a boost to the digital music phenomenon. This week's top 200
Digital Songs sold a combined total of 7,003,000 downloads, a big jump from last week, when the top 200 sold 5,361,000 downloads. Likewise, this week's top 200 Digital Albums sold 596,000 downloads, a big gain from last week's tally of 420,000.

This week's sales explosion is the second time that Jackson has come to the music industry's rescue. The industry was also in the doldrums in December 1982, when Thriller was released. Just before Thriller reached #1, Men At Work's Business As Usual topped the chart for 15 consecutive weeks. The Aussie group had a few appealing hits and videos, but the fact that a debut album by a group that left such light footprints on the pop scene was able to spend that much time at #1 suggests that there wasn't much else going on. But the release of
Thriller kicked off a two-year period that was among the most exciting in pop music history. By the end of 1984, we also saw hit albums by David Bowie, The Police, Lionel Richie, Cyndi Lauper, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen and Prince & the Revolution.

I'll have more on Jackson at the end of this week's blog, but we should get to the top 10.

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.

1. The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D., 88,000. The album returns to #1 its third week. It's the first album to regain the top spot after losing it since Taylor Swift's Fearless. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "I Gotta Feeling," which holds at #1.

2. Jonas Brothers, Lines, Vines And Trying Times, 68,000. The album slips to #2 after debuting at #1 last week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Paranoid," which falls to #86.

3. Regina Spektor, Far, 50,000. This new entry is Spektor's first top 10 album. She first charted in 2006 with Begin To Hope, which reached #20.

4. Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King, 47,000. The former #1 album dips from #3 to #4 in its fourth week. "Funny The Way It Is" slips to #129 on Hot Digital Songs.

5. Eminem, Relapse, 47,000. The former #1 album dips from #4 to #5 in its sixth week. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "We Made You," which falls to #114.

6. Dream Theater, Black Clouds And Silver Linings, 40,000. This new entry is the hard rock band's first top 10 album in a career dating back to 1993. The band's previous highest-charting album was 1994's Awake, which peaked at #32.

7. Various Artists, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen soundtrack, 39,000. This new entry is the week's #1 soundtrack, displacing Hannah Montana: The Album. It has already climbed higher on The Billboard 200 than the initial Transformers soundtrack, which peaked at #21 in July 2007. The movie grossed $201 million in its first five days of release.

8. Lady GaGa, The Fame, 37,000. The album dips from #6 to #8. This is its 19th week in the top 10. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Lovegame," which falls to #15. "Lovegame" tops the 1 million mark in paid downloads this week. GaGa is the only hit-maker to sell as many as 1 million digital copies of three different songs in 2009.

9. Ginuwine, A Man's Thoughts, 37,000. This new entry is the R&B star's fourth top 10 album.

10. Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack, 34,000. The former #1 album drops from #8 to #10. This is its 14th week in the top 10. It's the first theatrical movie soundtrack to spend its first 14 weeks in the top 10 since the Eminem-dominated 8 Mile in 2002-2003. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "The Climb," which falls to #39.

Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Incubus' Moments And Melodies drops from #5 to #24, Chickenfoot's Chickenfoot falls from #7 to #15, Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown drops from #9 to #14 and Taylor Swift's Fearless dips from #10 to #11.
The Mars Volta's Octahedron opens at #12. This represents a sub-par opening for the band, which has had three top 10 albums, including last year's Bedlam In Goliath. (Memo to The Mars Volta: Please have mercy on writers. No more album titles like Octahedron and Amputechture where we always have to double-check the spelling. Thanks.)

The 2009 Broadway cast recording of Hair re-enters the chart at #63. The show won a Tony last month for Best Revival of a Musical. This is the third time that an album of the Hair score has made the top 100. The original Broadway cast album logged 13 weeks at #1 in 1969 (longer than any other album that year). The movie soundtrack, released in 1979, when the idea of a hippie-era musical seemed hopelessly dated, reached #65. (Often, what seems woefully dated 10 years down the line is enormously appealing a few decades later. See: "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," etc.)

The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" is #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the third straight week, with sales of 203,000 downloads. This is the 13th consecutive week that the Peas have headed this chart, which enables them to tie the record for the longest continuous run at #1, which was set by Flo Rida featuring T Pain in 2007-2008. (The Peas, of course, needed two hits to stay on top this long, while Flo Rida did it with just one hit, "Low."). But the Peas have Flo Rida beat in one respect: The Peas have topped the 200,000 mark in paid downloads in all 13 of these weeks. Flo topped that mark in only two of his 13 weeks on top with "Low." (I've been telling you that the download market is exploding.) The Peas' initial hit, "Boom Boom Pow," tops the 3 million mark in paid downloads this week.
Song Scorecard: "Don't Trust Me" by 3OH!3 tops the 2 million mark in paid downloads this week. The song, with its irreverent line about Helen Keller, is one of the loopiest songs ever to become a smash. And I mean that in a good way.

A reissue of the Woodstock soundtrack, keyed to the upcoming 40th anniversary of the fabled festival, enters Top Catalog Albums at #10. It's the week's highest-ranking non-Jackson title, which means it would have debuted at #1 were it not for the Michael Jackson buying spree. The original soundtrack logged four weeks at #1 in 1970. It was the #1 movie soundtrack for 23 weeks in 1970-1971.

More Michael: Jackson ranks #8 among the hit-makers of the rock era in the upcoming 12th edition of Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008. Joel was kind enough to give me a preview of the top 10 list for his next edition, which is due in late August. The list is based on the artists' chart performance on the Hot 100. Here's the list: 1) Elvis Presley, 2) The Beatles, 3) Elton John, 4) Madonna, 5) Mariah Carey, 6) Stevie Wonder, 7) Janet Jackson, 8) Michael Jackson, 9) James Brown, and 10) The Rolling Stones. And here's a link to Joel's site.
You may be wondering if Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley ever appeared in the top five on the Hot 100 at the same time. Only once. On Oct. 14, 1972, "Ben" hit #1, while "Burning Love" climbed to #4. Both were milestone hits for these pop legends. "Ben" was Jackson's first #1 solo hit; "Burning Love was Presley's last top 10 hit. And both songs capture the performers' essences-Michael's child-like yearning and Elvis' sensuality and energy.
Last Friday, I posted a Chart Watch Extra in which I recounted Jackson's lifetime spent on the charts. If you missed it, here's a link.

Heads Up: Look for Rob Thomas and Brad Paisley to debut in the top 10 next week. Thomas is in line to pick up his sixth top 10 album (counting Matchbox Twenty releases) with Cradlesong, his follow-up to his chart-topping solo debut, ...Something To Be. Paisley is expected to pick up his fifth top 10 album with American Saturday Night, his first regular vocal album since 5th Gear hit #3 in 2007. Wilco, which has had two top 10 albums, may be back in the top 10 with Wilco (The Album). Also due: NOW 31, Killswitch Engage's Engage, Maino's If Tomorrow Comes, Jeremih's Jeremih and Ace Hood's Ruthless.

Shameless Plug: This week marks the end of the first six months of 2009. On Friday, I'll have a Chart Watch Extra in which I count down the top 10 albums and the top 10 digital songs for the first half. I won't spill the beans, but I will tell you that only two acts appear in the top 10 on both mid-year lists: Lady GaGa and Miley Cyrus.