Post by Meems Wide Awake on Jun 18, 2011 4:37:53 GMT -5
Week Ending 6/12
While Adele's "21" returns, as expected, to the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a tenth non-consecutive week (114,000; down 5%) and Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" falls to No. 2 (100,000; down 42%), the real news is the stunning re-entry at No. 3.
The original Broadway cast recording of "The Book of Mormon" comes roaring back in at No. 3 with 61,000 sold (up 2,116%) following the show's nine Tony Award wins on Sunday, June 12. It is the highest charting Broadway cast album -- and first top 10 -- since 1969, when "Hair" spent 13 straight weeks at No. 1.
And, with a whopping 61,000, "Mormon" owns the largest sales week for any cast album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. The previous best sales week for a cast set belonged to the original London cast recording of "Phantom of the Opera" (Highlights), which sold 54,000 over the Christmas week of 1992.
"The Book of Mormon" actually debuted on the chart three weeks ago at No. 31 with 13,000 in sales, when it was initially only available as a digital album. It saw a physical CD release on June 7, just in time to capitalize on its Tony Awards momentum: it went into the June 12 kudocast with a field-leading 14 nominations.
After its initial first week, the "Mormon" album fell to No. 124 (4,000) and then slipped off the tally last week -- only to re-enter now at No. 3 in a post-Tonys frenzy.
No doubt the set is also spurred on by AmazonMP3's multi-day sale pricing of the digital album. The retailer offered it at just $1.99 for four days during the sales tracking week that ended on Sunday night. AmazonMP3 tweeted and promoted the set almost daily from Thursday June 9 through Sunday evening. In turn, of the album's 61,000 haul, downloads make up an exceptional 85% of its sales week.
The show -- with music and lyrics by "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and "Avenue Q" co-writer Robert Lopez, opened on March 24 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Ads touting the cast album have been running during airings of "South Park" on Comedy Central, while Parker and Stone have chatted up the show on everything from NBC's "Today" to "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart." "The Book of Mormon's" nine Tony wins included best musical, direction, featured actress (Nikki M. James) and score.
Elsewhere in the top 10 this week, rapper Tech N9ne has a banner week, earning not just his first top 10 album but his best sales week yet as "All 6's & 7's" debuts at No. 4 with 56,000. The set also crowns the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart -- his first leader on that list. His previous best week came when "Killer" debuted and peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 with 36,000 in 2008.
Brooks & Dunn's Ronnie Dunn goes solo at No. 5, taking a bow with his self-titled debut album (45,000). The set also enters at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums tally. Rock band All Time Low sees its first Hopeless album released via DGC/Interscope, "Dirty Work," climb in at No. 6 with 44,000. Their last studio release, 2009's "Nothing Personal," arrived at No. 4 with 63,000.
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Jason Aldean's "My Kind Of Party" continues its climb back up the Billboard 200 as it rises 8-7 with 41,000 (up 23%). The singer performed the album's "Dirt Road Anthem" with Ludacris on the June 8 CMT Awards. Fellow country star Brad Paisley is right behind Aldean, as his "This Is Country Music" slips 6-8 with 38,000 (down 29%). The "Now 38" compilation slides 7-9 (31,000; down 20%) and Death Cab for Cutie's "Codes and Keys" falls 3-10 (30,000; down 71%).
Over on the Digital Songs chart, Aldean also makes a rousing gain, as "Anthem" flies 16-4 with 169,000 (up 99%). The song's studio version with Ludacris was released June 7 and shifts 75,000 downloads, accounting for 44% of the title's overall downloads total. Also charging into the top 10 is Coldplay's "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall," which benefits from its first full week of sales availability. It rises 17-7 with 136,000 (up 60%).
Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" continues to roll at No. 1 (224,000; down 8%) while Pitbull's "Give Me Everything" (featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer) also is steady at No. 2 (211,000; down 3%). LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" (featuring Lauren Bennet and GoonRock) stands still at No. 3 (189,000 up 12%).
Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" moves 4-5 (154,000; down 7%), Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" climbs 8-6 (143,000; up 8%) and Lil Wayne's "How to Love" is down 5-8 (133,000; down 12%). Rounding out the top 10 are Bruno Mars' "The Lazy Song" (falling 7-9 with just under 133,000 -- down 2%) and Katy Perry's "E.T." (down 6-10 with 124,000; down 9%).
Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending June 12) totaled 5.51 million units, down less than 1% compared to the sum last week (5.52 million) and down 2% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (5.64 million). Year to date album sales stand at 136.89 million, up less than 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (136.22 million). It is the third straight week where year-to-date album volume is greater than the same time in the prior year.
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1 Adele 114,300 2,209,500
2 Lady Gaga 100,200 1,385,300
3 Book of Mormon 60,600 80,500
4 Tech N9ne 55,700 55,800
5 Ronnie Dunn 45,300 45,400
6 All Time Low 43,600 43,900
7 Jason Aldean 40,700 1,310,900
8 Brad Paisley 37,600 243,400
9 Various 31,300 358,500
10 Death Cab for Cutie 29,600 132,700
11 Eddie Vedder 26,400 98,200
12 Tedeschi Trucks Band 25,900 26,300
13 Mumford and Sons 23,000 1,533,100
14 Katy Perry 20,400 1,536,400
15 Arctic Monkey 19,800 20,000
16 Def Leppard 19,800 19,800
17 Bruno Mars 19,600 1,090,300
18 My Morning Jacket 19,200 75,300
19 Randy Travis 19,200 19,200
20 Zac Brown Band 17,600 968,700
21 Glee Cast 17,600 122,700
22 Taylor Swift 17,200 3,468,000
23 Britney Spears 16,700 558,500
24 Beastie Boys 15,000 242,600
25 Foo Fighters 14,100 446,400
26 Chris Brown 14,000 609,900
27 City and Colour 13,900 14,000
28 Wiz Khalifa 13,800 444,900
29 Rihanna 13,500 1,312,300
30 Lemonade Mouth 13,500 238,900
31 The Band Perry 12,600 592,500
32 Various 12,400 89,800
33 Nicki Minaj 12,400 1,419,400
34 Seether 12,200 113,100
35 P!NK 12,200 788,700
36 Justin Bieber 12,100 646,700
37 Jennifer Lopez 12,000 183,900
38 NKOTBSB 11,300 65,400
39 Foster The People 11,100 58,600
40 Justin Bieber 11,100 2,809,200
41 Various 11,000 616,200
42 Lady Antebellum 10,800 3,532,700
43 Kirk Franklin 10,700 275,300
44 Eminem 10,300 3,892,400
45 Rascal Flatts 10,200 865,000
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Country Albums :
NEW 5 Ronnie Dunn Ronnie Dunn 45,376 45,429
8 7 Jason Aldean My Kinda Party 40,796 1,310,972
6 8 Brad Paisley This Is Country Music 37,668 243,423
NEW 19 Randy Travis Anniversary Celebration 19,274 19,278
17 20 Zac Brown Band You Get What You Give 17,655 968,714
20 22 Taylor Swift Speak Now 17,221 3,468,057
37 31 The Band Perry The Band Perry 12,605 592,581
39 42 Lady Anthebellum Need You Now 10,873 3,532,706
34 45 Rascal Flatts Nothing Like This 10,289 865,016
49 47 Alison Krauss/Union Station Paper Airplane 8,060 224,808
59 50 Kenny Chesney Hemingway's Whiskey 8,699 839,504
56 54 Blake Shelton Loaded…Best of Blake… 8,161 289,071
53 60 Sara Evans Stronger 7,585 214,661
64 68 Zac Brown Band The Foundation 7,014 2,635,235
66 73 Colt Ford Every Chance I Get 6,248 58,257
74 80 Miranda Lambert Revolution 5,803 1,331,498
92 87 Sugarland The Incredible Machine 5,455 1,003,723
86 89 Aaron Lewis Town Line 5,325 164,725
71 90 Tim McGraw Number One Hits 5,205 372,803
97 92 Thompson Square Thompson Square 5,089 180,396
NEW 121 Nick 13 Nick 13 3,731 3,762
122 123 Billy Currington Enjoy Yourself 3,627 329,489
177 144 Keith Urban Get Closer 3,202 597,993
190 167 Brantley Gilbert Halfway To Heaven 2,890 119,790
191 168 Zac Brown Band Pass The Jar 2,843 255,849
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Idol albums
Jennifer Hudson, I Remember Me (7,000, +30%, 350,000) (#72 Billboard 200)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (3,000, -14%, 2.009 million)
Scotty McCreery, American Idol Season 10: Scotty McCreery (3,000, -68%, 34,000)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (2,000, +2%, 42,000)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (1,000, -18%, 7.111 million)
Lauren Alaina, American Idol Season 10: Lauren Alaina (1,000, -65%, 14,000)
Idol-related
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (41,000, +23%, 1.311 million) (#7 Billboard 200)
Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music (38,000, -29%, 243,000) (#8 BB200)
Randy Travis, Anniversary Celebration (featuring Is It Still Over? duet with Carrie Underwood) (19,000, debut, 19,000) (#19 BB200)
Jennifer Lopez, Love? (12,000, -23%, 184,000) (#38 BB200)
Big Time Rush, BTR (5,000, -1%, 514,000) (#91 BB200)
Civil Wars, Barton Hollow (5,000, -10%, 114,000) (#104 BB200)
Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection (4,000, -10%, 287,000) (#134 BB200)
Glee Cast, Glee: The Music, Vol. 1 (2,000, -21%, 1.182 million)
Aerosmith, Devil's Got a New Disguise (2,000, -16%, 634,000)
Aerosmith, Greatest Hits (2,000, -14%, 5.31 million)
Aerosmith, Ultimate Greatest Hits (1,000, -16%, 1.796 million)
Glee Cast, Glee: The Music, Vol. 2 (1,000, -21%, 890,000)
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HDD for next week :
The projections grew a little today for both Bad Meets Evil and Jackie Evancho, set to debut next week. We're once again giving the edge to Bad Meets Evil for #1 on next week's chart, although the numbers are close enough for it to go either way come Monday. Adele, in her 17th week of release, barely drops at all and stays over 100k for the 12th week. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:
*Bad Meets Evil (Shady/Interscope) 155-165k
*Jackie Evancho (Columbia) 145-155k
Adele (Columbia) 110-115k
Lady Gaga (Interscope) 65-70k
*Owl City (Universal Republic) 50-55k
Jason Aldean (Broken Bow) 45-50k
Now 38 (Capitol/EMI) 30-35k
Book of Mormon (Ghostlight/Razor & Tie) 28-32k
Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville) 28-32k
Mumford & Sons (Glassnote) 28-32k
*Ledisi (Verve Forecast) 27-30k
*Barry Manilow (Stiletto Entertainment) 25-28k
Ronnie Dunn (Arista Nashville) 20-23k
*Now Country 4 (Universal Music Group) 20-23k
*Black Veil Brides (Universal Republic) 20-23k
*Debuts (6/16p