Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" returns on top of the Billboard 200 Albums chart knocking off Susan Boyle's "The Gift" to #2 while Bruno Mars' "Grenade" dislodges three-week #1 "Firework" by Katy Perry on the Hot Digital Songs chart. "Speak Now" sold 259 thousand copies this week while "The Gift" sold 254 thousand this week, both albums saw an increase in sales from the previous week. "Speak Now" has already sold 2.6 million is just 8 weeks, it will likely sell 2.8 million by the end of the year which will be the #3 best selling album for 2010 behind Eminem's "Recovery" (3.2 million) and Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" (3 million). On the other hand, Bruno Mars returns atop the Hot Digital Songs chart with his second single "Grenade" which sold 212 thousand this week, the track dislodges Katy Perry's "Firework" which sold 192k this week. The sales gap between "Grenade" and "Firework" is just over 20k and with Katy's track dominant lead on airplay, "Firework" will likely be the #1 song for the third straight week on the Billboard Hot 100 to be posted tomorrow.
Entering at #3 on the Billboard is the posthumous album of the late Michael Jackson titled "Michael" which sold 228K this week. This album is a collection of unreleased tracks Jackson has been producing as early as 5 years ago. Also new at #3 on the Hot Digital songs chart is Lil Wayne's "6'7" which sold 167k this week.
American Idol 9 runner up Crystal Bowersox debut album "Farmer's Daugther" entered the chart at #28 selling 58 thousand. While Lee DeWyze's "Live It Up" debuted on a higher position at #19 a couple of weeks back. Bowersox outsold him as DeWyze's debut album only sold 39 thousand on its first week (the album is currently at #119 and has so far sold 84k). Nevertheless, the sales are both disappointing for AI alums and unless there's a sales turnaround for the two (or some other AI9 finalist will break out) this will likely be the first batch of American Idol alumni not to have someone have land a top 10 album (or even score a hit on the Billboard Hot 100).
Here is this week's top on the Hot Digital Songs Chart courtesy of Paul Grein's Yahoo! Chart Watch:
1 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 259,136 29 200,927 2,607,188
2 BOYLE*SUSAN THE GIFT 254,341 5 243,227 1,602,302
3 JACKSON*MICHAEL MICHAEL 227,673 999 515 228,219
4 EVANCHO*JACKIE O HOLY NIGHT 190,720 28 148,646 846,573
5 GLEE CAST MUSIC: XMAS 158,227 -18 193,421 750,381
6 KELLY*R. LOVE LETTER 153,873 999 393 154,281
7 DIDDY - DIRTY MONEY LAST TRAIN TO PARIS 100,786 999 102 100,890
8 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 97,447 19 81,870 658,439
9 KID ROCK BORN FREE 93,934 41 66,410 516,600
10 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC,V4 86,842 17 74,489 289,658
11 RIHANNA LOUD 83,681 18 70,987 579,322
12 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC 82,887 17 70,711 335,448
13 GROBAN*JOSH ILLUMINATIONS 79,532 5 75,492 522,802
14 BLACK EYED PEAS BEGINNING 76,623 23 62,288 257,944
15 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 74,287 26 59,100 858,364
16 RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS 74,084 9 67,767 446,924
17 CAREY*MARIAH MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU 73,848 24 59,469 363,352
18 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 73,079 36 53,855 2,219,734
19 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 71,167 27 56,225 565,117
20 T.I. NO MERCY 69,388 -56 159,462 229,128
21 EMINEM RECOVERY 68,519 39 49,319 3,214,279
22 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 66,128 -1 66,501 738,122
23 VARIOUS NOW 36 65,152 31 49,654 368,379
24 SUGARLAND INCREDIBLE MACHINE 63,473 25 50,698 684,746
25 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 61,624 33 46,486 2,995,136
Entering at #3 on the Billboard is the posthumous album of the late Michael Jackson titled "Michael" which sold 228K this week. This album is a collection of unreleased tracks Jackson has been producing as early as 5 years ago. Also new at #3 on the Hot Digital songs chart is Lil Wayne's "6'7" which sold 167k this week.
American Idol 9 runner up Crystal Bowersox debut album "Farmer's Daugther" entered the chart at #28 selling 58 thousand. While Lee DeWyze's "Live It Up" debuted on a higher position at #19 a couple of weeks back. Bowersox outsold him as DeWyze's debut album only sold 39 thousand on its first week (the album is currently at #119 and has so far sold 84k). Nevertheless, the sales are both disappointing for AI alums and unless there's a sales turnaround for the two (or some other AI9 finalist will break out) this will likely be the first batch of American Idol alumni not to have someone have land a top 10 album (or even score a hit on the Billboard Hot 100).
Here is this week's top on the Hot Digital Songs Chart courtesy of Paul Grein's Yahoo! Chart Watch:
- Bruno Mars - "Grenade" (212K)
- Katy Perry - "Firework" (192K)
- Lil Wayne - "6'7" (166K)
- Black Eyed Peas - "The Time (Dirty Bit) (147K)
- Rihanna feat Drake - "What's My Name?" (141K)
- Ke$ha - "We R Who We R" (134K)
- P!nk - "Raise Your Glass" (130K)
- Whiz Khalifa - "Black and Yellow" (122K)
- Enrique Iglesias feat Ludacris - "Tonight (I'm Lovin'/F*ckin You) - (109K_
- Trey Songz feat Nicki Minaj- "Bottoms Up" (99K)
1 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 259,136 29 200,927 2,607,188
2 BOYLE*SUSAN THE GIFT 254,341 5 243,227 1,602,302
3 JACKSON*MICHAEL MICHAEL 227,673 999 515 228,219
4 EVANCHO*JACKIE O HOLY NIGHT 190,720 28 148,646 846,573
5 GLEE CAST MUSIC: XMAS 158,227 -18 193,421 750,381
6 KELLY*R. LOVE LETTER 153,873 999 393 154,281
7 DIDDY - DIRTY MONEY LAST TRAIN TO PARIS 100,786 999 102 100,890
8 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 97,447 19 81,870 658,439
9 KID ROCK BORN FREE 93,934 41 66,410 516,600
10 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC,V4 86,842 17 74,489 289,658
11 RIHANNA LOUD 83,681 18 70,987 579,322
12 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC 82,887 17 70,711 335,448
13 GROBAN*JOSH ILLUMINATIONS 79,532 5 75,492 522,802
14 BLACK EYED PEAS BEGINNING 76,623 23 62,288 257,944
15 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 74,287 26 59,100 858,364
16 RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS 74,084 9 67,767 446,924
17 CAREY*MARIAH MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU 73,848 24 59,469 363,352
18 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 73,079 36 53,855 2,219,734
19 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 71,167 27 56,225 565,117
20 T.I. NO MERCY 69,388 -56 159,462 229,128
21 EMINEM RECOVERY 68,519 39 49,319 3,214,279
22 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 66,128 -1 66,501 738,122
23 VARIOUS NOW 36 65,152 31 49,654 368,379
24 SUGARLAND INCREDIBLE MACHINE 63,473 25 50,698 684,746
25 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 61,624 33 46,486 2,995,136
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