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Flo Rida's Low featuring T-Pain takes the top spot on the Hot 100 singles chart.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
2. Alicia Keys - No One
3. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
4. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss feat. T-Pain
5. Fergie - Clumsy
6. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
7. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
8. Jordin Sparks - Tattoo
9. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
10. Rihanna - Hate That I Love You feat. Ne-Yo
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
After debuting at no. 11 last week, Bow Wow & Omarion's Face Off slips to no. 29 on the Billboard 200 album chart, perhaps never to see the top 10, while Lupe Fiasco's The Cool debuts at no. 15.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Josh Groban - Noel
2. Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains
3. Alicia Keys - As I Am
4. The Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
5. Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
6. Now That's What I Call Music 26
7. Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride
8. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
9. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
10. Chris Brown - Exclusive
More top 10 reshuffling on the Hot 100 singles chart with Flo Rida's Low featuring T-Pain the "Hot 100's fastest-growing track at radio".
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Alicia Keys - No One
2. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
3. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
4. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss feat. T-Pain
5. Fergie - Clumsy
6. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
7. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
8. Jordin Sparks - Tattoo
9. Rihanna - Hate That I Love You feat. Ne-Yo
10. Kanye West - Good Life feat. T-Pain
Bow Wow & Omarion - Face Off
Sleepy week in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart for everybody but Josh Groban fans however Bow Wow & Omarion's Face Off debuts at no. 11 followed by Birdman's 5 * Stunna at no. 18.
Birdman - 5 * Stunna
Other debuts include the Wu-Tang Clan's 8 Diagrams at no. 25 and Beanie Sigel's The Solution at no. 37.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Josh Groban - Noel
2. Alicia Keys - As I Am
3. The Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
4. Now That's What I Call Music 26
5. Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas Song
6. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
7. Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
8. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
9. Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride
10. Garth Brooks - The Ultimate Hits
Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Commercials for Face Off From Bow Wow & Omarion
Scarface - MADE
The Billboard 200 album chart has a number of hip hop debuts including Scarface's MADE at no. 17, Drama's Gangsta Grillz: The Album at no. 26, Wyclef Jean's Carnival Vol. II: Memories of an Immigrant at no. 28 and Ghostface Killah's The Big Doe Rehab at no. 41.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Josh Groban - Noel
2. Alicia Keys - As I Am
3. The Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
4. Now That's What I Call Music 26
5. Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
6. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
7. Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride
8. Garth Brooks - The Ultimate Hits
9. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
10. Blake Lewis - Audio Day Dream
Soulja Boy's Crank That (Soulja Boy) exits the top 10 on the Hot 100 singles chart after a 12 week run.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Alicia Keys - No One
2. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
3. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
4. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss feat. T-Pain
5. Fergie - Clumsy
6. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
7. Rihanna - Hate That I Love You feat. Ne-Yo
8. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
9. Kanye West - Good Life feat. T-Pain
10. Jordin Sparks - Tattoo
Wyclef Jean's Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) featuring Akon, Lil Wayne and Niia rises from no. 32 to no. 20 and is also the top digital gainer.
Not much excitement in the top 10 on the Hot 100 singles chart but Flo Rida's Low featuring T-Pain hit no. 1 on the Hot Digital Songs tally.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Alicia Keys - No One
2. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss
3. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
4. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
5. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
6. Fergie - Clumsy
7. Kanye West - Good Life feat. T-Pain
8. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
9. Rihanna - Hate That I Love You feat. Ne-Yo
10. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
And some good news for Snoop:
With the No. 76 debut of Snoop Dogg's "Sensual Seduction," the rapper extends his streak of having at least one song chart per year to 10.
Oops, forgot all about the Hot 100 singles chart last week. I am posting it now for historical purposes.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Alicia Keys - No One
2. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
3. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss
4. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
5. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
6. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
7. Fergie - Clumsy
8. Kanye West - Good Life feat. T-Pain
9. Rihanna - Hate That I Love You feat. Ne-Yo
10. Baby Bash - Cyclone feat. T-Pain
Good news for Kanye West:
Kanye West has the Hot Shot Debut this week with "Flashing Lights" featuring Dwele at No. 75; the song also shoots 36-24 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
Pitbull - The Boatlift
Now That's What I Call Music 26 is the closest thing to hip hop in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart but Pitbull's The Boatlift is this week's highest debut at no. 50 with 22k sold.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Josh Groban - Noel
2. The Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
3. Alicia Keys - As I Am
4. Now That's What I Call Music 26
5. Garth Brooks - The Ultimate Hits
6. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
7. Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
8. Celine Dion - Taking Chances
9. Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride
10. Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas Song
Freeway - Free At Last
Jay-Z's American Gangster drops out of the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart as Freeway's Free at Last debuts at no. 42.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Josh Groban - Noel
2. Alicia Keys - As I Am
3. Now That's What I Call Music 26
4. Garth Brooks - The Ultimate Hits
5. The Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
6. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
7. Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride
8. Celine Dion - Taking Chances
9. Chris Brown - Exclusive
10. Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks
Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Video Promo for Freeway: Free At Last
Flo Rida's Low featuring T-Pain moves up two spots to no. 4 on the Hot 100 singles chart.
Fergie makes 21st Century history as Clumsy enters the top 10:
making her the first female artist since Paul Abdul in 1989 and 1990 to take five songs from a debut album into the top 10.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Alicia Keys - No One
2. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss
3. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
4. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
5. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
6. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
7. Kanye West - Good Life feat. T-Pain
8. Fergie - Clumsy
9. Baby Bash - Cyclone feat. T-Pain
10. Kanye West - Stronger
Jay-Z's American Gangster drops to no. 8 on the Billboard 200 album chart as Alicia Keys dominates the top 10 with As I Am debuting at no. 1.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Alicia Keys - As I Am
2. Josh Groban - Noel
3. Celine Dion - Taking Chances
4. Now That's What I Call Music 26
5. Garth Brooks - The Ultimate Hits
6. The Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
7. Led Zeppelin - Mothership
8. Jay-Z - American Gangster
9. Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride
10. Chris Brown - Exclusive
Somebody around here forgot all about the Hot 100 top 10 singles late last week and when I get my hands on them...
T-Pain is the true ruler of the Hot 100 singles chart with features on four tracks. That's some real presence especially since T-Pain's voice often defines a track rather than being a guest appearance as with most rapper features [except for Lil Weezy grabbing that duffel bag full of cash].
Flo Rida has a big week as Low featuring T-Pain rockets from no. 64 to no. 6. Low is the first single off what will be Flo Rida's 2008 debut album.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss feat. T-Pain
2. Alicia Keys - No One
3. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
4. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
5. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
6. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
7. Kanye West - Good Life feat. T-Pain
8. Baby Bash - Cyclone feat. T-Pain
9. Kanye West - Stronger
10. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
DJ Felli has this week's top debut in the Hot 100 at no. 44 with Get Buck In Here featuring Diddy, Akon, Ludacris and Lil Jon, a "career high chart placement for the KPRW Los Angeles night DJ."
Over at VidRap:
Flo Rida f/T-Pain - Low
Jay-Z's American Gangster album takes the top spot on the Billboard 200 album chart moving 425k copies:
The rapper thus ties Elvis Presley in second place for the most No. 1 albums on the chart [ten each]; only the Beatles have had more, with 19.
Cassidy's B.A.R.S.: The Barry Adrian Reese Story debuted at no. 10 while the soundtrack to the American Gangster movie debuted at no. 36.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Jay-Z - American Gangster
2. The Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
3. Garth Brooks - The Ultimate Hits
4. Chris Brown - Exclusive
5. Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride
6. Josh Groban - Noel
7. Britney Spears - Blackout
8. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
9. Angels & Airwaves - I-Empire
10. Cassidy - B.A.R.S.: The Barry Adrian Reese Story
Playaz Circle - Supply & Demand
Britney Spears and The Backstreet Boys are the closest the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart gets to hip hop this week.
Big ups to Britney! We still love you!!!
Baby Bash - Cyclone
Playaz Circle's Supply & Demand debuts at no. 27 while Baby Bash's Cyclone debuts at no. 30.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. The Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
2. Britney Spears - Blackout
3. Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride
4. Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold
5. Josh Turner - Everything Is Fine
6. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
7. The Backstreet Boys - Unbreakable
8. Josh Groban - Noel
9. The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere
10. Rascal Flatts - Still Feels Good
The top 10 singles on the Hot 100 singles chart mostly reshuffle as Crank That (Soulja Boy) drops to no. 3.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss
2. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
3. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
4. Alicia Keys - No One
5. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
6. Kanye West - Stronger
7. Kanye West - Good Life feat. T-Pain
8. Baby Bash - Cyclone feat. T-Pain
9. Rihanna - Hate That I Love You feat. Ne-Yo
10. Timbaland - The Way I Are feat. Keri Hilson
Flo Rida's Low featuring T-Pain debuts at no. 91.
Hurricane Chris - 51/50 Ratchet
It's a country/rock/Christmas shindig in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart with no hip hop in sight cause hip hop is dead, dead, dead.
Yet rap lives on* with Hurricane Chris' 51/50 Ratchet debuting at no. 24.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride
2. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
3. Gary Allan - Living Hard
4. Serj Tankian - Elect the Dead
5. Josh Groban - Noel
6. Coheed & Cambria - No World for Tomorrow
7. Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus
8. Rascal Flatts - Still Feels Good
9. Seether- Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces
10. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
*So I'm being a little silly. I'm just thinking that maybe it's time to balance out hip hop purism with some rap purism and wondering what that would look like.
For example:
It ain't art,
if it didn't chart!
[Can you tell I'm getting in the $pirit for the Christmas $ea$on?]
If he's a one-hit wonder, Soulja Boy's having a great ride as he enters his 7th week at no. 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart.
The problem with the one hit wonder predictions is that the folks I see calling him a one-hit wonder simply don't like what he's doing. References to the Macarena miss the larger dance boom largely fueled by hip hop that is not only expressing itself through YouTube and similar outlets but also in less visible means in hip hop dance classes and dance teams around the country.
He could still be a one-hit wonder but, if I had to make a choice, I'd go with the dancers. They're in takeover mode right now at a time when a whole lot of us are pretty darn sick of people who think they deserve respect for having been a peon drug dealer on the corner.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
2. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss
3. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
4. Alicia Keys - No One
5. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
6. Kanye West - Stronger
7. Baby Bash - Cyclone feat. T-Pain
8. Kanye West - Good Life feat. T-Pain
9. Rihanna - Hate That I Love You feat. Ne-Yo
10. Timbaland - The Way I Are feat. Keri Hilson
Kanye West's Graduation is still in the top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 album chart but that's about it this week.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
2. Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus
3. Rascal Flatts - Still Feels Good
4. Josh Groban - Noel
5. Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
6. Reba McEntire - Reba Duets
7. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
8. Santana - Ultimate Santana
9. Kanye West - Graduation
10. Colbie Caillat - Coco
If we can take the kanYe West : Blog as a reliable source, then Kanye West's Graduation has gone double platinum.
Congratulations. We have a funeral we need you to sing at.
Soulja Boy's Crank That (Soulja Boy) is on top of the Hot 100 singles chart for a sixth nonconsecutive week.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
2. Kanye West - Stronger
3. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
4. Alicia Keys - No One
5. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
6. Britney Spears - Gimme More
7. Timbaland - The Way I Are feat. Keri Hilson
8. J. Holiday - Bed
9. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
10. Kanye West - Good Life feat. T-Pain
And just to let us know that American Gangster is going to hit harder than Kingdom Come:
Jay-Z earns his second Hot Shot Debut honor in recent weeks with "Roc Boys (And the Winners Is)" at No. 52. "Blue Magic" debuted at No. 35 three weeks ago.
Kid Rock's Rock N Roll Jesus takes the top spot on the Billboard 200 album chart as Soulja Boy's souljaboytellem.com disappears from the Top 10 after a #4 debut.
I mention Kid Rock since he used to have that rap/rock shtick happening. I don't know what he does these days.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus
2. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
3. Rascal Flatts - Still Feels Good
4. LeAnn Rimes - Family
5. Matchbox Twenty - Exile on Mainstream
6. Kanye West - Graduation
7. Reba McEntire - Reba Duets
8. Sara Evans - Greatest Hits
9. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
10. Josh Groban - Noel
Soulja Boy's Crank That (Soulja Boy) enjoys a fifth week at the top of the Hot 100 singles chart as Soulja Girl featuring I-15 debuts at no. 72.
Kanye West gets another top 10 hit as Good Life featuring T-Pain rises from no. 18 to no. 10:
thanks to an increase of 25 million audience impressions, the largest of the year. "Good Life" is also the top airplay gainer on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, rising 15-8.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
2. Kanye West - Stronger
3. Britney Spears - Gimme More
4. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
5. Timbaland - The Way I Are feat. Keri Hilson
6. J. Holiday - Bed
7. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
8. Alicia Keys - No One
9. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
10. Kanye West - Good Life feat. T-Pain
Jay-Z's Blue Magic appears at no. 55 and is crowned this week's Hot Shot Debut.
Soulja Boy - souljaboytellem.com
Kanye West drops to no. 7, 50 Cent exits the top 10 and Soulja Boys' souljaboytellem.com debuts at no. 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
2. Rascal Flatts - Still Feels Good
3. Matchbox Twenty - Exile on Mainstream
4. Soulja Boy - souljaboytellem.com
5. J. Holiday - Back of My 'Lac
6. Keyshia Cole - Just Like You
7. Kanye West - Graduation
8. Reba McEntire - Reba Duets
9. Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction
10. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Souljaboytellem.com: Soulja Boy's Dot Com Marketing
Over at VidRap:
Jimmy Kimmel: Soulja Boy f/Travis Barker - Crank That/Soulja Girl
Soulja Boy - Crank That [Travis Barker Live Remix]
Barney Cranks Dat Soulja Boy
Soulja Boy's Crank That (Soulja Boy) enters its fourth non-consecutive week at the top of the Hot 100 singles chart while Timbaland gets his third top 10 single off Shock Value as Apologize featuring OneRepublic rises to no. 6.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
2. Kanye West - Stronger
3. Britney Spears - Gimme More
4. Timbaland - The Way I Are feat. Keri Hilson
5. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
6. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
7. J. Holiday - Bed
8. Feist - 1, 2, 3, 4
9. Keyshia Cole - Let It Go feat. Missy Elliott & Lil Kim
10. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
Queen Latifah - Trav'lin' Light
It's not a rap album but Queen Latifah's Trav'lin' Light debuted at no. 11 on the Billboard 200 album chart. So here's one for old times sake with positive thoughts for her return to the rap game.
Kanye's still beating 50 and Kenny as they all continue to slip.
Gorilla Zoe - Welcome to the Zoo
Gorilla Zoe's Welcome to the Zoo debuts at no. 18.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Rascal Flatts - Still Feels Good
2. Keyshia Cole - Just Like You
3. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
4. Jill Scott - The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3
5. Kanye West - Graduation
6. Reba McEntire - Reba Duets
7. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
8. Jagged Edge - Baby Makin' Project
9. 50 Cent - Curtis
10. Kenny Chesney - Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates
Not a lot changed in the top 10 on the Hot 100 singles chart except Kanye and 50 are slipping while Soulja Boy's Crank That (Soulja Boy) retakes the top spot.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
2. Kanye West - Stronger
3. Timbaland - The Way I Are feat. Keri Hilson
4. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
5. J. Holiday - Bed
6. 50 Cent - Ayo Technology feat. Justin Timberlake
7. Keyshia Cole - Let It Go feat. Missy Elliott & Lil Kim
8. Nickleback - Rock Star
9. Pink - Who Knew
10. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
Duffle Bag Boy by Playaz Circle featuring Lil Wayne debuts at no. 91.
Now go and get your money little duffle bag boy!
Chamillionaire - Ultimate Victory
Kanye West's Graduation and 50 Cent's Curtis each drop a spot on the Billboard 200 album chart as sales slump while Chamillionaire's Ultimate Victory debuts at no. 8 and Twista's Adrenaline Rush 2007 debuts at no. 10.
Twista - Adrenaline Rush 2007
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Reba McEntire - Reba Duets
2. Kanye West - Graduation
3. 50 Cent - Curtis
4. Barry Manilow - The Greatest Songs of the Seventies
5. Kenny Chesney - Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates
6. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
7. James Blunt - All the Lost Souls
8. Chamillionaire - Ultimate Victory
9. KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic
10. Twista - Adrenaline Rush 2007
In related Chamillionaire news:
Chamillionaire has a nice blog post/personal statement at BET's new Hip Hop vs America blog [via Boo Goo Doo Boom].
Update:
I missed a single homophobic line in Chamillionaire's post that I still think is just fine otherwise. I'm very sorry about that. I think homophobes are a-holes and one of my biggest regrets is that simply writing about hip hop is often taken as showing sympathy for homophobes.
Kanye West's Stronger has seized the day on the Hot 100 singles chart while his Good Life featuring T-Pain debuts at no. 14, the top debut on the Hot 100.
50 Cent's Ayo Technology featuring Justin Timberlake is the fastest growing digital track also rising this week on the Hot 100 from no. 19 to no. 5. 50's I Get Money jumped from no. 45 to no. 20.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Kanye West - Stronger
2. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
3. Timbaland - The Way I Are feat. Keri Hilson
4. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
5. 50 Cent - Ayo Technology feat. Justin Timberlake
6. J. Holiday - Bed
7. Keyshia Cole - Let It Go feat. Missy Elliott & Lil Kim
8. Nickleback - Rock Star
9. Pink - Who Knew
10. Plies - Shawty feat. T-Pain
Kanye West, 50 Cent and Kenny Chesney take the top three positions respectively on the Billboard 200 album chart yet, despite high sales figures for these three, "sales are still down 9% compared to the same week last year at 9.16 million."
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Kanye West - Graduation
2. 50 Cent - Curtis
3. Kenny Chesney - Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates
4. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
5. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
6. Fergie - The Dutchess
7. Nickelback - All the Right Reasons
8. Colbie Caillat - Coco
9. NOW! That's What I Call Music 25
10. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds "re-enters the top tier 12-10 with a 14% sales increase to 31,000; it was precisely this week one year ago that the effort bowed at No. 1."
Related ProHipHop Coverage:
It's Official: Kanye West Massacres 50 Cent in Soundscan Showdown
Billboard is officially reporting that Kanye West's Graduation had first week sales of 957,000 "posting The Billboard 200's largest sales total in more than two years."
50 Cent's Curtis moved 691,000 units in what should be a week of celebration for the artist who seems to be dealing with a lot of conflicting emotions at the moment.
One would hope that Kanye could calm down now but he will most likely take these sales figures as vindication for his poor behavior. Feed the ego, get more of the ego.
Lots of interesting stuff in the Billboard article:
The total for West's "Graduation" is the largest by any album since 50 Cent's "The Massacre" opened with 1.1 million copies in March 2005..."Graduation" also rings up the largest week yet by a digital album download, starting with 133,000, beating the prior record of 102,000, set earlier this year by Maroon 5's "It Won't Be Soon Before Long."
Kenny Chesney Pirates & Poets [& Whatnot] moved a respectable 387,000 copies.
Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Forbes Magazine Offers Billion Dollar Remix for Download
Soulja Boy's Crank That (Soulja Boy) and Kanye West's Stronger top the Hot 100 singles chart for the second week in a row.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
2. Kanye West - Stronger
3. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
4. Timbaland - The Way I Are feat. Keri Hilson
5. T-Pain - Bartender feat. Akon
6. Nickleback - Rock Star
7. Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
8. Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
9. Plies - Shawty feat. T-Pain
10. Keyshia Cole - Let It Go feat. Missy Elliott & Lil Kim
People have been drawing from all sorts of data to show that Kanye's beating 50 but this was the first I'd heard of SoundScan's Building Charts:
SoundScan's recently launched Building Charts post unweighted tracking-week sales from eight leading accounts through close of Tuesday each Wednesday at 5 p.m. ET, and sales through Thursday each Friday afternoon...
[Tuesday's] SoundScan Building Chart indicates first-day sales of 437,000 for West's "Graduation," 310,000 for 50 Cent's "Curtis" and 107,000 for Chesney's "Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates."...
Retailers now contributing data to the Building Charts include Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Borders, Circuit City, iTunes, Target, Anderson Merchandisers and Handleman Co. The last two mentioned are rackjobbers that place music into mass merchants, including WalMart's stores. More retailers will be added to that panel in the near future.
In honor of the upcoming official tallies of the week of sales including the most important day ever for hip hop since it died, the Billboard 200 album chart has cleared the top 10 of all hip hop albums.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
2. Fergie - The Dutchess
3. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
4. Casting Crowns - The Altar and the Door
5. Chiodos - Bone Palace Ballet
6. Soundtrack - Hairspray
7. NOW! That's What I Call Music 25
8. Nickelback - All the Right Reasons
9. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
10. Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
According to multiple sources compiled by Nah Right, Kanye West is set to ether both 50 Cent and Kenny Chesney.
Yay or something!
Guess 50 Cent's sales van in the street did not outperform as hoped.
Related ProHipHop Coverage:
It's Official: Kanye West Massacres 50 Cent in Soundscan Showdown
50 Cent Blames Curtis Failure on Interscope
Hip Hop Bloggers on the Dying Folk Art of Buying a CD
Soulja Boy's Crank That (Soulja Boy) and Kanye West's Stronger take the two top spots on the Hot 100 singles chart.
I think Soulja Boy should be showing Barney some love right about now.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
2. Kanye West - Stronger
3. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
4. Timbaland - The Way I Are feat. Keri Hilson
5. Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
6. T-Pain - Bartender feat. Akon
7. [*even more missing data at Billboard]
8. Nickleback - Rock Star
9. Fabolous - Make Me Better feat. Ne-Yo
10. Plies - Shawty feat. T-Pain
Nelly's Wadsyaname debuts at no. 43, his top starting spot to date.
[*This is the third time in the last two weeks Billboard's posted a top ten singles or albums article with missing or conflicting information on who's in the top 10.]
Yung Joc - Hustlenomics
Don't yet know who's No. 10 but Yung Joc's Hustlenomics gets a third place debut on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
2. Casting Crowns - The Altar and the Door
3. Yung Joc - Hustlenomics
4. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
5. Fergie - The Dutchess
6. Soundtrack - Hairspray
7. NOW! That's What I Call Music 25
8. Atreyu - Lead Sails Paper Anchor
9. Ben Harper - Lifeline
10. ? [billboard's getting slack]
The Kottonmouth Kings' Cloud Nine debuts at no. 44 moving 14,000 units while Aesop Rock's None Shall Pass debuts at no. 50 moving 13,000 units.
Soulja Boy's Crank That (Soulja Boy) rises to second place on the Hot 100 singles chart followed by Kanye West's Stronger in third.
Crank That is the fastest growing digital track while Stronger is no. 1 on the Hot Digital Songs chart. Timbaland's The Way I Are tops the Pop 100 chart.
Top 10 Singles in the Hot 100:
1. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
2. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
3. Kanye West - Stronger
4. Timbaland - The Way I Are feat. Keri Hilson
5. Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
6. Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
7. T-Pain - Bartender feat. Akon
8. Fabolous - Make Me Better feat. Ne-Yo
9. Plies - Shawty feat. T-Pain
10. Rihanna - Umbrella feat. Jay-Z
50 Cent's I Get Money debuts in the Hot 100 at no. 85.
Speaking of 50 vs. Kanye vs. Kenny, Mr. Chesney is looking strong. Not only has he already had a top single on the Hot Country Songs chart with Never Wanted Nothing More (now no. 3) but he's making a little chart history according to Billboard:
On Hot Country Songs, Kenny Chesney sets a new high debut threshold in the modern era and matches the all-time high bow on the list with "Don't Blink" at No. 16. The song tops the Nielsen BDS-era record set when Keith Urban's "Once in a Lifetime" opened at No. 17 in August 2006. It also matches Buck Owens' No. 16 start with "My Heart Skips a Beat" in March 1964.
Of course, those tracks aren't in the Hot 100 top 10 but I bet Kenny does a good job of mobilizing his base and album sales do work rather differently than singles.
? - Both Timbaland and Sean Kingston were listed as No. 5 in the above linked article. I'll update.
Talib Kweli - Ear Drum
As UGK's Underground Kingz drops to no. 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart, Talib Kweli's Ear Drum debuts at no. 2 and Swizz Beatz' One Man Band Man at no. 7. This is the first time in the top 10 for both men and especially nice for Talib Kweli after many years in the game though Swizz Beatz must be pretty happy for his first time out.
Swizz Beatz - One Man Band Man
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
2. Talib Kweli - Ear Drum
3. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
4. Soundtrack - Hairspray
5. NOW! That's What I Call Music 25
6. Fergie - The Dutchess
7. Swizz Beatz - One Man Band Man
8. San Diego - As I Lay Dying
9. Nickelback - All the Right Reasons
10. UGK - Underground Kingz
M.I.A. - Kala
M.I.A.'s Kala debuts at no. 18.
Soulja Boy's Crank That (Soulja Boy) moves up from no. 11 to no. 6 on the Hot 100 singles chart.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
2. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
3. Timbaland - The Way I Are feat. Keri Hilson
4. Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
5. Kanye West - Stronger
6. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
7. T-Pain - Bartender feat. Akon
8. Rihanna - Umbrella feat. Jay-Z
9. Fabolous - Make Me Better feat. Ne-Yo
10. Hurricane Chris - A Bay Bay
Gym Class Heroes' Clothes Off debuts at no. 46.
As T.I Vs. T.I.P. exits the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart, UGK, Plies, and Common remain.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
2. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
3. Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Live at Radio City
4. NOW! That's What I Call Music 25
5. Soundtrack - Hairspray
6. UGK - Underground Kingz
7. Fergie - The Dutchess
8. Jonas Brothers - Jonas Brothers
9. Plies - Real Testament
10. Common - Finding Forever
Plies' Shawty featuring T-Pain joins the top 10 with a move up from no. 12 to no. 10 on the Hot 100 singles chart while The Shop Boyz' Party Like A Rockstar ends its 11 week run in the top 10.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
2. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
3. Timbaland - The Way I Are feat. Keri Hilson
4. Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
5. Rihanna - Umbrella feat. Jay-Z
6. Kanye West - Stronger
7. T-Pain - Bartender feat. Akon
8. Fabolous - Make Me Better feat. Ne-Yo
9. Hurricane Chris - A Bay Bay
10. Plies - Shawty feat. T-Pain
50 Cent's getting stronger as a singles artist:
50 Cent enjoys the chart's top debut at No. 22 with "Ayo Technology" featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. The track from his Sept. 11 release, "Curtis," surpasses his prior best start as a lead artist with "Straight to the Bank" at No. 32 in May.
Other Hot 100 debuts include UGK's Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) featuring OutKast at no. 74 and will.i.am's I Got It From My Mama at no. 93.
UGK - Underground Kingz
UGK's Underground Kingz tops the Billboard 200 album chart with Plies' Real Testament coming up second making that four, yes, four hip hop albums in the top 10 plus at least two or three others with hip hop or hip hop-related tracks!
Plies - The Real Testament
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. UGK - Underground Kingz
2. Plies - Real Testament
3. NOW! That's What I Call Music 25
4. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
5. Jonas Brothers - Jonas Brothers
6. Soundtrack - Hairspray
7. Common - Finding Forever
8. Fergie - The Dutchess
9. T.I. - T.I. vs. T.I.P.
10. Korn - Untitled
Slightly Stoopid's Chronchitis debuted at no. 55.
Kanye West's Stronger moves up from no. 47 to no. 6 in its "first full week of sales" on the Hot 100 singles chart. Given 50 Cent's poor singles performance, one wonders what the future portends for Kanye vs. Curtis, September 11th, 2007.
Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:
1. Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
2. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
3. Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
4. Timbaland - The Way I Are feat. Keri Hilson
5. Rihanna - Umbrella feat. Jay-Z
6. Kanye West - Stronger
7. T-Pain - Bartender feat. Akon
8. Hurricane Chris - A Bay Bay
9. Fabolous - Make Me Better feat. Ne-Yo
10. Shop Boyz - Party Like a Rockstar
The Shop Boyz' Party Like a Rockstar enters week 11 still in the top 10 at no. 10.
Common scores his first number 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart with Finding Forever, though selling less than Be which only made it to the second position.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Common - Finding Forever
2. Korn - Untitled
3. NOW! That's What I Call Music 25
4. Soundtrack - Hairspray
5. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
6. Sean Kingston - Sean Kingston
7. Kidz Bop 12
8. T.I. - T.I. vs. T.I.P.
9. Fergie - The Dutchess
10. Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
Keith Murray's Rap-Murr-Phobia debuts at no. 52.
Yung Berg - Almost Famous/The Sexy Lady EP
Quiet week in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart as T.I.'s T.I. vs. T.I.P. slips to no. 5 from no. 3.
Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. NOW! That's What I Call Music 25
2. Soundtrack - Hairspray
3. Prince - Planet Earth
4. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
5. T.I. - T.I. vs. T.I.P.
6. Fergie - The Dutchess
7. Sum 41 - Underclass Hero
8. Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
9. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
10. Plain White T's - Every Second Counts
Yung Berg's Almost Famous/The Sexy Lady EP debuts at no. 32.
Most of the top 10 singles simply shifted down a notch as Sean Kingston's Beautiful Girls leapt to no. 1 from its previous week's position at no. 23 on the
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