CHARTS: JAY-Z STAYS #1, KID CUDI & DRAKE DEBUTS TOP 10

The “King of NY” is still the “King of Billboard” right now. Jay-Z‘s The Blueprint 3 debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 last week and stays in the same position its second week out. This week, the LP shifted 298,000 units, down by 37%. The CD has now sold 774,000 copies in two weeks. [...]

JAY-Z DEBUTS AT #1, BEATS ELVIS’ RECORD

As expected, Jay-Z debuts at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart this week. The Blueprint 3 opened at #1 with sales of over 476,000 copies the first week, around 150,000 copies more than expected. Not only that, but like Mariah Carey last year, he has now beat Elvis Presley’s record. Jay-Z’s No. 1 [...]

WHITNEY OPENS AT #1, TREY SCORES TOP 5 DEBUT, MARIAH TOP 10

The anticipation has paid off! For someone with no video, one TV performance thus far, and radio spins are just now going up, Whitney Houston has debuted at number one on this week’s Billboard 200 chart. The diva debuted with sales of 304,801 copies, her biggest first-week sales of her career and the best-selling first [...]

BRITNEY DEBUTS @ #1, SCORES TOP 3 SINGLE DEBUT + MORE CHART NEWS

After all of the drama surrounding last year’s Blackout, Britney Spears has reclaimed the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart with the release of her sixth studio album Circus. The CD sold 505,000 copies its first week, making Britney the only act in Nielsen SoundScan history to have four albums debut with 500,000 [...]

BEYONCE SCORES 5TH #1 SINGLE + MORE CHART NEWS

(* Beyonce on the December 08/January 09 cover of GIANT magazine, in stores now.) Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” has hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week! The single rose from 2-1 beating her other single “If I Were A Boy”, which peaked at #2 and is #3 this week. [...]

BRITNEY SPEARS BREAKS RECORDS AND GOES #1 + OTHER CHART NEWS

Ten years after her debut hit “Baby One More Time” became her only #1 hit in the US, Britney has done it again with her newest single “Womanizer.” The Outsyders-produced track broke a Billboard Hot 100 record by jumping from #96 to #1 in one week, beating T.I. who previously broke the record twice within [...]

T.I. HAS #1 ALBUM AND SINGLE

T.I. is most definitly the KING of the charts this week. His new album Paper Trail debuted at #1 this week on both the Billboard 200 and R&B/Hip-Hop charts, selling 568,000 copies its first week. This is Tip’s third album to debut at the top spot, with both “KING.” selling 522,000 copies and “T.I. vs. [...]

BILLBOARD HOT 100: 9/18/08

Billboard Hot 100 LW|TW|ARTIST|SONG2 1 PINK SO WHAT1 2 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE3 3 RIHANNA DISTURBIA5 4 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES (HOMELAND SECURIT– 5 JAY-Z & T.I. FEATUR SWAGGA LIKE US4 6 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER8 7 NE-YO CLOSER12 8 T-PAIN CAN’T BELIEVE IT53 9 ESTELLE AMERICAN BOY15 10 LIL WAYNE GOT MONEY10 11 KARDINAL OFFISHALL DANGEROUS13 [...]

BILLBOARD HOT 100: 9/4/08

BILLBOARD HOT 100 – TOP 50 LW|TW|ARTIST|SONG1 1 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE2 2 RIHANNA DISTURBIA9 3 PINK SO WHAT3 4 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER6 5 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES (HOMELAND SECURIT5 6 KARDINAL OFFISHALL DANGEROUS7 7 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA8 8 NE-YO CLOSER24 9 JASON MRAZ I’M YOURS4 10 KATY PERRY I KISSED A GIRL11 11 PUSSYCAT [...]

BILLBOARD HOT 100: 8/28/08

BILLBOARD HOT 100 – TOP 50 LW|TW|ARTIST|SONG71 1 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE1 2 RIHANNA DISTURBIA3 3 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER4 4 KATY PERRY I KISSED A GIRL7 5 KARDINAL OFFISHALL DANGEROUS6 6 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES (HOMELAND SECURIT5 7 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA9 8 NE-YO CLOSER– 9 PINK SO WHAT8 10 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW15 11 PUSSYCAT [...]

Billboard Hot 100: 8/14/08

Billboard Hot 100 – Top 50 LW|TW|ARTIST|SONG3 1 Rihanna Disturbia2 2 Chris Brown Forever1 3 Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl4 4 Rihanna Take A Bow16 5 M.i.a. Paper Planes (homeland Securit5 6 Coldplay Viva La Vida7 7 Kardinal Offishall Dangerous6 8 Lil Wayne Lollipop11 9 Jonas Brothers Burnin’ Up10 10 Ne-yo Closer– 11 Jonas [...]

Billboard Hot 100 – (8/6/2008) LW|TW|Artist|Song1 1 Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl3 2 Chris Brown Forever4 3 Rihanna Disturbia2 4 Rihanna Take A Bow5 5 Coldplay Viva La Vida6 6 Lil Wayne A Milli8 7 Kardinal Offishall Dangerous– 8 Jonas Brothers Tonight12 9 The Pussycat Dolls When I Grow Up14 10 Ne-yo Closer11 11 [...]

Billboard Hot 100: 7/24/08

BILLBOARD HOT 100 – TOP 50LW|TW|Artist|Song 1 1 KATY PERRY I KISSED A GIRL2 2 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW4 3 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER3 4 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP7 5 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA5 6 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE – SINGLE6 7 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE8 8 LIL WAYNE A MILLI14 9 KARDINAL OFFISHALL DANGEROUS11 10 JESSE [...]

Billboard Hot 100: 7/17/08

Tw|Lw|Wks on|Song|Artist|Peak 1 1 10 I Kissed A Girl, Katy Perry l 1 2 2 14 Take A Bow, Rihanna l 13 3 18 Lollipop, Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major l 14 6 12 Forever, Chris Brown l 45 4 22 Bleeding Love, Leona Lewis l 16 7 22 Pocketful Of Sunshine, Natasha Bedingfield l [...]

Billboard 200 Album Charts: 7/9/08

I’m adding this feature to the site because I know people who wants to know about current album sales. If you see certain numbers missingg, thats because I’m just gonna focus on certain CDs that are R&B, Hip-Hop/Rap, and top 40/mainstream. The Billboard Top 200 Album Charts Position|Artist|Album|Sales This Week|%|Sales Last Week|Total Album Sales1 Lil [...]

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