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Who Charted?: Top 40 Retread Comp Bumps Off “Hannah Montana”

Maura
November 15th, 2006 // 2 Comments

now.jpgPeople who don’t bother with iTunes remain a vital demographic. The evidence? NOW 23–which collects such totally August faves as “London Bridge” and “Deja Vu”–entered this week’s Billboard 200 in the top slot, moving 337,000 copies in the U.S. While NOW‘s tallies did beat those of the No. 2 record handily, it should be noted that megacompilation’s first-week sales are off by a substantial amount– the seventh volume moved 621,000 copies in its first week, despite the presence of a Lifehouse song.

Biggest Debuts: The three records behind NOW were all new releases: Oprah fave Josh Groban’s I’m Cute And Classically Trained! came in at No. 2 with 270,000 scans; rehabbing country singer Keith Urban’s No, These Songs Aren’t All About Nicole debuted at No. 3, selling 267,000 copies; and Sugarland’s Wouldn’t We, As A Country Act, Make A Great Companion Purchase For Keith’s Album? entered the chart at No. 4, selling 211,000 copies. Jim Jones also had a top-10 debut, selling 94,000 copies and landing at No. 6.

Biggest Slides: Birdman and Lil Wayne’s Like Father, Like Son dropped to No. 7 this week, with a 59% sales decline; reigning No. 1 Hannah Montana fell to No. 5 this week, although its sales only drooped by 36%.

Nickelback Award For Inexplicable Completely Explicable Durability: Elton John, helped by an appearance stumping for his album on QVC, saw Captain and the Kid experience a 330% sales increase–enough to land him at No. 69, with 16,000 albums sold. Hey, Elton: Maybe you should see if the home-shopping outlet will start a record label? Clearly, they’re doing a better job at marketing you than Universal.

‘NOW 23′ Trumps Groban, Urban, Sugarland At No. 1 [Billboard]

Who Charted?: Barry Manilow Can’t Hold Back America’s Pre-Teens

Maura
November 8th, 2006 // 3 Comments

hm.jpgDespite a 28% drop in sales, the soundtrack to the Billy Ray Cyrus-and-spawn Disney Channel vehicle Hannah Montana held on to the Billboard 200′s No. 1 slot this week.Hannah‘s 203,000 copies sold bested Barry Manilow, whose The Greatest Songs of the Sixties came in at No. 2, by only 1,000 copies.

Biggest Debuts: Birdman and Lil Wayne’s Like Father, Like Son entered the chart at No. 3, selling 176,000 copies. The new album by Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey, No, Really, You Should Call Us “The Who”, came in at No. 7, with more than 81,000 sales; Meat Loaf’s attempt to flog the Bat Out Of Hell brand served as the second half of that old guy double-shot, coming in at No. 8. Dippy American Idol cast-off Kellie Pickler’s first album entered the chart at No. 9, while the Deftones’ new album rounded out the top 10. Despite love from the TRL charts, Lady Sovereign’s Public Warning bowed at No. 48, selling around 18,000 copies.

Biggest Slides: My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade took a 64% hit, slipping to No. 6 from No. 2, while sales of last week’s No. 3, John Legend’s Once Again, took a 50% hit, sending it to No. 4.

Nickelback Award For Inexplicable Durability: With both Hinder and Nickelback out of the top 10, we’re going to award this to Kevin Federline, whose Playing With Fire somehow sold 6,000 copies this week, despite plenty of advance warning regarding its utter suckitude. That sales total was enough to land him a spot at No. 151 on the chart, although it probably won’t be enough to help him pay for his coming legal bills.

‘Montana’ Zooms By Manilow For Second Week At No. 1 [Billboard]

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Who Charted?: Billy Ray Cyrus’ Daughter Gives MCR An Achy Breaky Heart

Maura
November 1st, 2006 // 9 Comments

hm.jpgIn a development that we didn’t see coming–probably because we don’t have any friends in the preteen demographic–the soundtrack to the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana roared to the No. 1 spot on this week’s Billboard 200, selling 281,000 copies. In case you didn’t know, Hannah stars Miley Cyrus and her father, “Achy Breaky Heart” singer Billy Ray Cyrus. Miley plays the pop star Hannah Montana, who has a secret: her school pals just think he’s a normal kid. (Because, you know, kids never gossip about their classmates.) The soundtrack is the fourth Disney-produced record this year to debut in the top 10, which makes us wonder if that alleged trend of parents force-feeding their kids Wilco is a Nonesuch-perpetuated myth.

Biggest Debuts: In the race for No. 1 among adults, My Chemical Romance’s Welcome To The Black Parade inched out John Legend’s Once Again, with MCR moving 240,000 units to Legend’s 231,000. Jibbs’ Jibbs Featuring Jibbs, With A Performance By Jibbs bowed at No. 11, selling 47,000 copies.

Biggest Slides: Every non-debuting artist in the top 10 took a sales hit this week, but last week’s No.1, Diddy’s Maxell Man, dipped the furthest, with a 60% decline and a chart tumble to No. 7.

Nickelback Award For Inexplicable Durability: Hinder’s Extreme Behavior failed upward this week, suffering a 9% sales drop but ascending one spot on the chart to No. 6. Not to be outdone, Nickelback’s All The Right Reasons re-entered the top 10 in its 56th week on the chart, despite a 6% decline. Can we just call this one a draw?

‘Hannah Montana’ Trumps My Chem, Legend At No. 1 [Billboard]

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Who Charted?: Diddy’s Glass Of Bubbly Is Half-Empty And Half-Full

Maura
October 25th, 2006 // 3 Comments

diddy.jpgPress Play, the new album by Diddy and 100 of his closest friends, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week. It’s the first chart-topper Diddy’s had since 1997–but at the same time, Press Play scanned 170,000 copies, the lowest-selling debut week for a Diddy album ever. Sometimes, fate is just cruel. Evanescence’s The Open Door held down the No. 2 spot for the second straight week, despite a 31% sales hit; meanwhile, Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds gained in sales this week, selling 99,000 copies and nabbing the No. 4 position.

Biggest Debuts: Chirpy teenage popster JoJo came in at No. 3, selling 108,000 copies of The High Road; we’re sure she’ll be taking her mom out clubbing to celebrate. Country crooner Dierks Bentley bowed at No. 5, selling 82,000 copies, and Ruben Studdard came in at No. 8 with 71,000 sales of The Return. Finally, Aerosmith’s 8,395th greatest-hits collection entered the charts at No. 33 with 23,000 copies sold, making us wonder if there isn’t actually a market for this bridge in Brooklyn that we happen to have for sale.

Biggest Slides: Rod Stewart took a 57% hit, falling to No. 6 with his umpteenth album of covers; The Killers’ No, Really, It’s A Springsteen Album If You Squint came in at No. 10, moving 62,000 units.

Nickelback Award For Inexplicable Durability: Next week, we’ll be able to celebrate a full 39 weeks–that’s three-quarters of a year, people–of Hinder’s Extreme Behavior existing on the Billboard chart. It’s at No. 7 this week; let’s take this opportunity to ponder the wave of dumb rock bands that will, no doubt, be foisted on the world in an attempt to ride the velvet coattails of their success.

Diddy Scores First No. 1 Album In Nine Years [Billboard]

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Who Charted?: Rod Stewart Opens His Legs To The Record-Buying Public

Maura
October 18th, 2006 // Leave a Comment

Americans must love Rod Stewart crotch shots–the raggedy crooner’s latest collection of covers, Still the Same … Great American Rock Classics of Our Time, bowed in the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 this week, moving 184,000 copies. Evanescence’s The Open Door, which claimed the top spot last week, suffered a 63% drop in sales but managed to hang on at No. 2.

Biggest Debuts: G-Unit member Lloyd Banks’ Rotten Apple wormed into the No. 3 spot, selling 143,000 copies, while Jimmy Buffett’s Partying All The Way To The Bank snuck in at No. 4 with 121,000 copies sold–a 108,000-unit decline from the debut week of his last album, which came out only two years ago. And if you were curious how many people in the U.S. were Renaissance Fair devotees, you may want to note that Sting’s lutetastic new album sold 24,000 copies, which was enough for a debut at No. 37.

Biggest Slides: The top three albums from last week all suffered massive sales dips. Sam’s Town by the Killers wasn’t helped by Brandon Flowers’ continued mouthing off, dropping to No. 6 with a 68% sales decline, while George Strait’s album came in at No. 8 after falling off 62%.

Nickelback Award For Inexplicable Durability: Hinder claims this title for the second straight week, coming in at No. 9 with 76,000 copies sold. We still don’t get it, although given Universal’s recent track record with craptastic rock bands that hit it big with a ballad, we suspect we won’t have to try for much longer.

Rod Rocks Back With Fifth Straight No. 1 Album [Billboard]

Who Charted?: Amy Lee Wipes The Floor With Brandon Flowers’ Moustache

Maura
October 11th, 2006 // 6 Comments

amy.jpgVersion 2.0 of Evanescence, led by Amy Lee and her unbridled goth-girl impulses, grabbed the No. 1 spot on this week’s Billboard 200, selling 447,000 copies of their new album The Open Door. Coming in at No. 2 were the Killers, whose everything-but-Clarence-Clemons homage to Springsteen Sam’s Town scanned 315,000 copies.

Other chart movement:

Biggest Debuts: George Strait’s It Just Comes Natural was the 30th album of his career to hit the charts, debuting at No. 3 with 232,000 sales. Beck’s tricked-out release The Information came in at No. 7, with 99,000 copies (and lots of puffy stickers) sold. That’s a lot of music bloggers, no? Monica came in right behind Beck, selling 93,000 copies of The Making of Me.

Biggest Slides: Is the world getting sick of Janet Jackson’s breasts? 20 Y.O., which was promoted with lots in the way of hoopla and little in the way of shirts, took a 74% sales hit this week–although it stayed in the top 10, with 77,000 scans being good enough to snag the No. 9 position on the chart.

Nickelback Award For Inexplicable Durability: Oklahoman “real rock” quintet Hinder took a 1% hit in sales this week, but Extreme Behavior held on to the No. 10 slot on the chart. We’ve spent too many hours in recent weeks trying to figure out just what, exactly, made these velvet-jacketed jokers such a dominant sales force. Is it the Kroeger-esque pipes possessed by lead singer Austin Winkler? The fusion of jerky lyrics with guitars that recall Creed at their peak? Or the prominent rack on Extreme Behavior‘s cover?

Evanescence Zooms By Killers To Take No. 1 [Billboard]

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Who Charted? Clearly, Janet Jackson Hooked Up With The Wrong Diminuative Loudmouth

Brian Raftery
October 4th, 2006 // 2 Comments

Last week’s sales figures have been tallied, and, much like America, it’s a strange mix of smooth-talkers, skanks and polka enthusiasts:

Biggest Debuts: Ludacris’ Release Therapy took the No. 1 slot, selling 309,000 copies, while Ms. Jackson’s Jermaine Dupri-directed 20 Y.O. album sold 296,000 copies, her smallest sales week in nearly a decade. Elsewhere: Tony Bennett’s Duets: Who The Hell Gave Bono The Studio Keys? at No. 3, Alan Jackson’s Like Red on a Rose at No. 4, and blogger-buzz act “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Straight Outta Lynwood at No. 10.

Biggest Slides: Clearly, Clay Aiken’s A Thousand Different Ways only appealed to a thousand different gays, taking a 65% sales decrease. Fergie’s The Dutchess also moved down a few notches, but we think she’ll get a few sympathy purchases after people see her desperate Rolling Stone cover.

Nickelback Award For Inexplicable Durability: Nickelback, whose All The Right Reasons continues to infect our country’s playgrounds and 24-hour work-out facilities.

Ludacris Scores Third No. 1 With ‘Release Therapy’ [Billboard]

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Who Charted?: Clay Aiken Can’t Get On Top Of Justin Timberlake

Brian Raftery
September 27th, 2006 // 15 Comments

The new chart numbers are in, and despite a somewhat down-to-the-wire finish, Justin Timberlake eked past Clay Aiken to stay atop the Billboard albums ranking this week. Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds sold 217,000 copies, while Aiken’s A Thousand Different Ways moved 205,000 copies.

Elsewhere on the Soundscanner:

Biggest Debuts: After Aiken, Fergie’s The Dutchess came in at No. 3, selling 142,000 copies (that number also happens to be the exact amount of years it will take for her to shame-walk away the stigma of “London Bridge”); Kenny Chesney’s live album–Who The Hell Is Kenny Chesney? That Guy? Oh, Yeah–sold 137,000 copies; and Diana Krall’s From This Moment On found a home with 85,000 forty-something men who secretly masturbated to the liner-notes pictures.

Biggest Slides: Beyonce’s Bidet continued its exodus from the Top 5, slipping to No. 6 after just three weeks. That might not sound like much, but considering that she debuted with more than 500,000 copies, to already be hovering under the 100,000-mark does not bode well for the album’s long-term shelf life.

Nickelback Award For Inexplicable Durability: Nickelback, whose year-old All The Right Reasons won’t leave the upper reaches of the charts. Are we going to have to come up with a new, lame “What’s up with Canada?” joke every week?

Timberlake Remains No. 1 Amid Five Top 10 Debuts [Billboard]

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