Bebe Reptar
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Post by Bebe Reptar on Jul 6, 2011 14:07:48 GMT -5
The divas continue to rule the top of the charts.
Columbia Records’ Beyonce gets another week for her new album 4 at #1, where the likes of fellow female superstars like Adele, Jill Scott and Lady Gaga have recently made their home. On this week’s chart, 4 sold a total of 313k to debut on top over Adele.
With the fourth of July hitting on Monday, labels held back on their releases. The only significant newcomer this week is Interscope R&B crooner Lloyd, whose King of Hearts is his first album since 2008’s Lessons in Love. The first single, “Lay It Down,” was a Top 10 hit on the R&B charts last year. Initial one-day sales reports from those music retailers who haven’t paved paradise to put up a parking lot now peg the release’s sales in the 20-25k range.
S-Curve Bradenton, FL, rockers We the Kings’ third album, Sunshine State of Mind, is an iTunes exclusive this week before going wide on July 12. It is expected to do close to 10k.
Other major releases coming include WB Nashville's Blake Shelton, Epic's Incubus, Universal Republic's Colbie Caillat and Sony Nashville's Chris Young on July 12, with Universal Republic's Three Doors Down on July 19.
The market was up 7% vs. last week, up 14% vs. the same week last year and now up 1% year to date. Whoopie!
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Bebe Reptar
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Post by Bebe Reptar on Jul 7, 2011 22:47:01 GMT -5
As expected, Beyonce gets another week at #1 with Columbia scoring the Top 2 and possibly three in the Top 5. Interscope will land three in the Top 10.
Adele, in her 20th week on the chart, will surpass the 1m digital album mark this week becoming only the second artist, and fastest, to reach that milestone.
Here's how it looks for the first chart in the second half of 2011:
Beyonce (Columbia) 110-120k Adele (XL/Columbia) 75-80k Selena Gomez & the Scene (Hollywood) 45-50k Jason Aldean (Broken Bow) 40-45k Jackie Evancho (Columbia) 35-40k Bad Meets Evil (Shady/Interscope) 35-40k Jill Scott (Blues Babe/Warner Bros.) 30-35k Lady Gaga (Interscope) 30-35k Big Sean (Def Jam/IDJ) 27-30k *Lloyd (Interscope) 24-27k Justin Moore (Valory) 21-24k Now 38 (Capitol/EMI) 21-24k Bon Iver (Jagjaguwar) 18-21k Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville) 18-21k Katy Perry (Capitol/EMI) 18-21k Mumford & Sons (Glassnote) 18-21k Pitbull (J/RMG) 18-21k
*Debuts
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Bebe Reptar
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Post by Bebe Reptar on Jul 12, 2011 15:35:11 GMT -5
LW TW artist / album label power index % change 1 1 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 111,464 -64% 4 2 2 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 79,068 -12% 21 4 3 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 42,594 -45% WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN 6 4 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 42,110 -13% MY KINDA PARTY 9 5 BAD MEETS EVIL SHADY/INTERSCOPE 36,624 -10% HELL: THE SEQUEL 8 6 JACKIE EVANCHO COLUMBIA 35,048 -14% DREAM WITH ME 5 7 JILL SCOTT BLUES BABE/WARNER BROS. 32,071 -36% LIGHT OF THE SUN 10 8 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 30,905 -20% BORN THIS WAY -- 9 LLOYD INTERSCOPE 25,374 -- KING OF HEARTS 3 10 BIG SEAN DEF JAM/IDJ 24,974 -70% FINALLY FAMOUS: THE ALBUM 12 11 BON IVER JAGJAGUWAR 23,328 -32% BON IVER 13 12 JUSTIN MOORE VALORY 21,758 -26% OUTLAWS LIKE ME 19 13 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 38 CAPITOL/EMI 19,954 -19% VARIOUS ARTISTS 21 14 BRAD PAISLEY ARISTA NASHVILLE 19,699 -18% THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC 25 15 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 19,095 0% SIGH NO MORE 26 16 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 18,846 +1% TEENAGE DREAM 17 17 PITBULL J RECORDS/RMG 17,496 -31% PLANET PIT 28 18 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 15,678 -11% YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 29 19 BRUNO MARS NEW ELEKTRA 14,115 -12% DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS 49 20 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 13,901 +38% LUNGS 24 21 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 13,803 -28% SPEAK NOW 11 22 SCOTTY MCCREERY INTERSCOPE 13,759 -64% AMERICAN IDOL: SEASON 10 7 23 DAVID COOK 19/RCA/RMG 13,303 -70% THIS LOUD MORNING 32 24 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 13,177 -8% 19 34 25 THE BAND PERRY UNIV REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 12,413 -7% THE BAND PERRY 16 26 RAVE ON BUDDY HOLLY CONCORD 12,196 -53% VARIOUS ARTISTS 30 27 NOW COUNTRY 4 UNIVERSAL MUSIC 12,111 -22% VARIOUS ARTISTS 33 28 NICKI MINAJ YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 12,060 -13% PINK FRIDAY 45 29 FOSTER THE PEOPLE STARTIME/COLUMBIA 11,988 +13% TORCHES 40 30 LEMONADE MOUTH WALT DISNEY 11,975 +1% SOUNDTRACK 36 31 WIZ KHALIFA ATLANTIC 11,557 -8% ROLLING PAPERS 37 32 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 11,512 -5% RECOVERY 38 33 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 10,643 -12% LOUD 23 34 LAUREN ALAINA INTERSCOPE 10,595 -45% AMERICAN IDOL: SEASON 10 -- 35 HALEY REINHART INTERSCOPE 10,558 -- AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 10 41 36 BARRY MANILOW STILETTO 10,231 -13% 15 MINUTES 35 37 CHRIS BROWN JIVE/JLG 10,066 -24% F.A.M.E. -- 38 JAMES DURBIN INTERSCOPE 10,017 -- AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 10 44 39 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/JLG 9,864 -11% FEMME FATALE -- 40 POP EVIL EONE 9,795 -- WAR OF ANGELS 22 41 GILLIAN WELCH ACONY 9,594 -56% THE HARROW & THE HARVEST 31 42 LEDISI VERVE FORECAST 9,411 -38% PIECES OF ME -- 43 WE THE KINGS S-CURVE 9,198 -- SUNSHINE STATE OF MIND 39 44 LMFAO INTERSCOPE 8,959 -26% SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING -- 45 FOO FIGHTERS ROSWELL/RCA/RMG 8,586 -- WASTING LIGHT -- 46 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 8,511 -- MY WORLD 2.0 50 47 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE ATLANTIC 8,420 -16% CODES AND KEYS -- 48 UNEARTH METAL BLADE 8,375 -- DARKNESS IN THE LIGHT -- 49 RASCAL FLATTS BIG MACHINE 8,349 -- NOTHING LIKE THIS -- 50 SUCKER PUNCH WATERTOWER MUSIC 8,270 -- SOUNDTRACK
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