Bebe Reptar
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Post by Bebe Reptar on Nov 16, 2011 15:08:47 GMT -5
Drake’s ready to Take Care of business.
The rapper, whose sophomore YM/CM/Universal Republic album, Take Care, is the follow-up to last year’s successful bow, Thank Me Later, will debut at #1 with a sales total between 675-725k.
That will make it the third-best bow of the year, after Lady Gaga’s 1.1 million selling Born This Way and his labelmate Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV, which also clocked in slightly over a million on HITS’ Album sales chart.
It’s also the second straight chart-topping bow by a Jewish rapper, following this week’s surprise #1 debut by Mac Miller. Can an M.O.T. reunion be far behind?
The next highest debut will be Columbia’s Glee Christmas, Vol. 2 album, which arrives to sales of around 65-70k, while Decca recording artist Andrea Bocelli’s Concerto: One Night in Central Park live CD should do in the 60-65k area.
Glassnote Records latest discovery, Community star Donald Glover’s hip-hop persona Childish Gambino’s debut album Camp will open with a very impressive 45-50k.
Finally, Trill/Fontana hip-hop artist Baton Rouge rapper Webbie’s third installment of the Savage Life series, is set to bow with 24-27k.
Album sales were up 4% vs. last week, up 2% vs. same week last year and up 3% year to date.
Track sales were up 9% vs. last week, up 7% vs. same week last year and up 1-% year to date.
TEA (Track Equivalent Album) sales were up 5% vs. last week, up 3% vs. same week last year and up 5% year to date.
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Bebe Reptar
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Post by Bebe Reptar on Nov 17, 2011 22:57:08 GMT -5
Drake will easily have next week's #1 album and Childish Gambino gets off to a very impressive start. Michael Buble begins his holiday surge with what may be the biggest holiday album of the season. Keep on eye on Buble next week as he could be a spoiler to a #1 debut by Rihanna or Nickelback. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend.
*Drake (YM/CM/Universal Republic) 700-725k Michael Buble (Reprise) 160-180k Adele (XL/Columbia) 100-110k Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 75-80k *Andrea Bocelli (Decca) 70-75k *Glee Christmas, Vol. 2 (Columbia) 70-75k Now 40 (Capitol/EMI) 65-70k Susan Boyle (Syco/Columbia) 60-65k Coldplay (Capitol/EMI) 55-60k *Childish Gambino (Glassnote) 50-55k Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Chop Shop/Atlantic) 50-55k Jackie Evancho Heavenly Christmas (Syco/Columbia) 35-40k Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 30-35k Scotty McCreery (Mercury Nashville/19/Interscope) 30-35k Wale (Warner Bros.) 30-35k Mac Miller (Rostrum) 30-35k
*Debuts
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Bebe Reptar
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Post by Bebe Reptar on Nov 22, 2011 16:07:44 GMT -5
LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 DRAKE YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 659,190 -- TAKE CARE 2 2 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 170,071 +38% CHRISTMAS 5 3 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 114,795 +9% 21 -- 4 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 87,540 -- CONCERTO: LIVE IN CENTRAL PARK 6 5 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 84,372 -10% UNDER THE MISTLETOE -- 6 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 72,885 -- GLEE CHRISTMAS, VOL. 2 3 7 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 40 CAPITOL/EMI 68,033 -43% VARIOUS ARTISTS 4 8 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 67,762 -38% SOUNDTRACK 7 9 COLDPLAY CAPITOL/EMI 53,994 -25% MYLO XYLOTO 9 10 SUSAN BOYLE SYCO/COLUMBIA 52,099 -20% SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME -- 11 CHILDISH GAMBINO GLASSNOTE 51,070 -- CAMP 12 12 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 34,650 -17% CEREMONIALS 16 13 JACKIE EVANCHO COLUMBIA 33,220 -9% HEAVENLY CHRISTMAS -- 14 CITIES 97 SAMPLER, VOL. 23 KTCZ 33,100 -- VARIOUS 14 15 SCOTTY MCCREERY MERC NASH/19/INTERSCOPE 31,886 -23% CLEAR AS DAY 17 16 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 31,465 -8% OWN THE NIGHT 10 17 IL DIVO SYCO/COLUMBIA 30,903 -48% WICKED GAME 15 18 WALE WARNER BROS. 29,847 -21% AMBITION -- 19 FRANK SINATRA CAPITOL/EMI 28,175 -- BEST OF THE BEST 18 20 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 26,840 -13% STRONGER 11 21 MIRANDA LAMBERT RCA NASHVILLE 26,750 -48% FOUR THE RECORD -- 22 WEBBIE TRILL 26,220 -- SAVAGE LIFE 3 22 23 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV REPUBLIC 25,424 +3% THA CARTER IV 1 24 MAC MILLER ROSTRUM 24,786 -83% BLUE SLIDE PARK 8 25 ROMEO SANTOS SONY MUSIC LATIN 24,180 -64% FORMULA, VOL. 1 26 26 TONY BENNETT COLUMBIA 23,625 +22% DUETS II 24 27 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 21,410 -3% TAILGATES & TANLINES 27 28 JAY Z & KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/ROC NATION 19,743 +8% WATCH THE THRONE 23 29 TOBY KEITH SHOW DOG 19,737 -16% CLANCY'S TAVERN 19 30 TYRESE VOLTRON 19,445 -36% OPEN INVITATION 20 31 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 19,279 -30% MY KINDA PARTY 28 32 FOSTER THE PEOPLE STARTIME/COLUMBIA 19,239 +7% TORCHES 32 33 SUSAN BOYLE SYCO/COLUMBIA 19,194 +29% THE GIFT 37 34 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 19,049 +35% 19 30 35 J COLE ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 18,788 +13% COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY 31 36 LMFAO INTERSCOPE 17,042 +14% SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING -- 37 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 16,316 -- MY CHRISTMAS -- 38 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 16,208 -- NOEL 25 39 THE BAND PERRY REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 15,667 -22% THE BAND PERRY 40 40 SHE & HIM MERGE 15,657 +12% VERY SHE & HIM CHRISTMAS 29 41 CASTING CROWNS PROVIDENT 15,518 -7% COME TO THE WELL -- 42 NOW CHRISTMAS 4 CAPITOL/EMI 14,971 -- VARIOUS ARTISTS -- 43 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 14,701 -- CHRISTMAS SYMPHONY 36 44 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 14,050 -1% 4 -- 45 GYM CLASS HEROES FUELED BY RAMEN 14,015 -- PAPERCUT CHRONICLES II -- 46 R.E.M. WARNER BROS. 13,445 -- PART LIES, PART TRUTH, PART GARB -- 47 DAVID NAIL MCA NASHVILLE 12,390 -- SOUND OF A MILLION DREAMS 13 48 DISTURBED REPRISE 12,083 -71% LOST CHILDREN 34 49 ERIC CHURCH CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 12,055 -16% CHIEF 48 50 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 11,842 +1% SPEAK NOW
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