Bebe Reptar
Dr. Faceless
I like to stomp and roar... hey, I'm just a dinosaur!
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Post by Bebe Reptar on Dec 28, 2011 21:21:08 GMT -5
If it seems like there is at least one Adele-themed story per day on Billboard's site -- you're right. It's hard to avoid writing about the diva, considering her "21" album is the top selling release of 2011 and is poised to return to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 next week. It's projected that "21" will skip 2-1 on the weekly Billboard 200, marking the album's 14th non-consecutive frame atop the list. The last album to spend more weeks at No. 1 was the "Titanic" soundtrack, which racked 16 weeks in the penthouse in 1998. The current No. 1, Michael Buble's "Christmas," will likely fall straight out of the top 10. That's not unusual, as holiday albums drop off dramatically in sales once Christmas has passed. It's too early to forecast exactly how many copies "21" will sell in the tracking week that ends on Sunday, Jan. 1, but it could likely move around 100,000. In other news, LMFAO could capture its first top 10 album as "Sorry for Party Rocking" may jump into the top 10 in its 28th week on the tally. On this week's chart, it rose 24-16 with 74,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan -- a gain of 85%. "Sorry" debuted and peaked at No. 12 on the chart dated July 9 while LMFAO's first album, "Party Rock," topped out at No. 33 in its premiere frame on July 25, 2009. The duo is currently celebrating "Sorry's" second No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 single this week -- "Sexy and I Know It" bumped Rihanna's "We Found Love" from the top slot.
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Bebe Reptar
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I like to stomp and roar... hey, I'm just a dinosaur!
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Post by Bebe Reptar on Jan 3, 2012 18:25:40 GMT -5
LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 145,915 -- 21 -- 2 DRAKE YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 72,110 -- TAKE CARE -- 3 YOUNG JEEZY DEF JAM/IDJ 63,232 -- TM 103: HUSTLER AMBITION -- 4 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 51,759 -- OWN THE NIGHT -- 5 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 50,702 -- EL CAMINO -- 6 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 50,225 -- CEREMONIALS -- 7 LMFAO INTERSCOPE 49,419 -- SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING -- 8 COLDPLAY CAPITOL/EMI 46,502 -- MYLO XYLOTO -- 9 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 43,497 -- TALK THAT TALK -- 10 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV REPUBLIC 35,965 -- THA CARTER IV -- 11 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 35,524 -- HERE AND NOW -- 12 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 35,027 -- 19 -- 13 FOSTER THE PEOPLE STARTIME/COLUMBIA 32,164 -- TORCHES -- 14 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 29,765 -- CHRISTMAS -- 15 JAY Z & KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/ROC NATION 28,518 -- WATCH THE THRONE -- 16 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 25,534 -- STRONGER -- 17 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 40 CAPITOL/EMI 24,564 -- VARIOUS ARTISTS -- 18 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 22,929 -- MY KINDA PARTY -- 19 SKRILLEX BIG BEAT 22,815 -- BANGARANG -- 20 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 22,042 -- SIGH NO MORE -- 21 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN 21,612 -- MY LIFE II-THE JOURNEY CONTINUES -- 22 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 21,443 -- 4 -- 23 SCOTTY MCCREERY MERC NASH/19/INTERSCOPE 21,417 -- CLEAR AS DAY -- 24 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 21,095 -- BORN THIS WAY -- 25 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY 19,650 -- NUMBER ONES -- 26 MAC MILLER ROSTRUM 19,565 -- BLUE SLIDE PARK -- 27 DAUGHTRY 19/RCA 19,208 -- BREAK THE SPELL -- 28 COMMON WARNER BROS. 18,662 -- THE DREAMER THE BELIEVER -- 29 TOBY KEITH SHOW DOG 18,123 -- CLANCY'S TAVERN -- 30 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 17,625 -- HANDS ALL OVER -- 31 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 17,378 -- LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES -- 32 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 16,957 -- TEENAGE DREAM -- 33 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 16,280 -- TAILGATES & TANLINES -- 34 THE BAND PERRY REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 16,197 -- THE BAND PERRY -- 35 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 16,126 -- UNDER THE MISTLETOE -- 36 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 15,850 -- SOUNDTRACK -- 37 EVANESCENCE WIND-UP 15,052 -- EVANESCENCE -- 38 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS ATLANTIC 15,006 -- CHIPWRECKED (SOUNDTRACK) -- 39 ANTHONY HAMILTON RCA 14,582 -- BACK TO LOVE -- 40 NEIL DIAMOND COLUMBIA 14,295 -- VERY BEST OF NEIL DIAMOND -- 41 J COLE COLUMBIA 13,390 -- COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY -- 42 SNOOP DOGG & WIZ KHALIFA WARNER BROS. 13,186 -- MAC & DEVIN GO TO HIGH SCHOOL -- 43 WALE WARNER BROS. 12,725 -- AMBITION -- 44 KORN ROADRUNNER 12,455 -- PATH OF TOTALITY -- 45 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH PROSPECT PARK 12,384 -- AMERICAN CAPITALIST -- 46 METALLICA WARNER BROS. 12,130 -- BEYOND MAGNETIC -- 47 DAVID GUETTA CAPITOL/EMI 11,699 -- NOTHING BUT THE BEAT -- 48 BRANTLEY GILBERT BIG MACHINE 11,372 -- HALFWAY TO HEAVEN -- 49 BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BA CAPITOL/EMI 11,075 -- ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK & ROLL NEVER -- 50 BIG TIME RUSH NICKELODEON/COLUMBIA 10,731 -- ELEVATE
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