Category Archives: Chart Roundup

Photo: Mazur/KCA2010/WireImageJustin Bieber reclaimed the Number One spot he relinquished to his mentor Usher last week as My World 2.0 ruled the chart despite a 65 percent sales decrease to 102,000 copies, making it the lone album on the Billboard 200 album chart to surpass 100K, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Usher’s Raymond V. Raymond swapped [...] Continue reading →

Photo: Bedder/GettyJustin Bieber enjoyed just one week at Number One before his mentor Usher booted him from the Billboard 200’s top spot with his own disc, Raymond V Raymond. While Raymond marks Usher’s third consecutive Number One debut, its sales of 329,000 copies couldn’t match 2004’s Confessions (1 million-plus) and 2008’s Here I Stand (443,000 [...] Continue reading →

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The Big News: As expected, Justin Bieber dominated the Billboard 200 in My World 2.0’s debut week in stores, selling 283,000 copies to earn his first Number One debut. My World 2.0 improved on the success of its 2009 predecessor, which arrived at Number Six with 137,000 copies last November. In fact, Bieber [...] Continue reading →

Photo: Stadler/AFP/Getty For the second consecutive week, Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” tops Billboard’s Hot 100, fending off strong competition from Lady Gaga and one of Rolling Stone’s Best New Artists of 2010. “Rude Boy” marks the sixth time the singer has scored a Hot 100 Number One and the 14th Top 10 single of her career. [...] Continue reading →

Photo:Legato/WireImage The Big News: Lady Antebellum’s reign atop the charts came to an end as Ludacris and Gorillaz battled it out and the Atlanta rapper’s Battle of the Sexes took Number One on the Billboard 200 with 137,000 copies sold. Gorillaz landed at Number Two as Plastic Beach moved 112,000 copies. Battle is now Ludacris’ [...] Continue reading →

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The Big News: After spending the last three weeks at Number Two, Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now recaptured the top spot from Sade’s Soldier of Love in its sixth week on the Billboard 200, selling 126,000 copies to push past the platinum mark. After a three-week reign, Soldier of Love settled into Number [...] Continue reading →

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The Black Eyed Peas captured the Number One spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second straight week as “Imma Be” bought off the continually rising Young Money track “Bedrock,” which moved up one spot to Number Two. Between “Imma Be,” “Boom Boom Pow” and “I Gotta Feeling,” Black Eyed Peas have [...] Continue reading →

The Big News: For the third consecutive week, Sade’s Soldier of Love topped the Billboard 200, selling an additional 127,000 copies to keep the top spot on lockdown and out of the hands of Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now, which sold 118,000 at Number Two. However, Need You Now did cross the platinum barrier in [...] Continue reading →

Photo: Wargo/WireImageKe$ha’s near-historic run at Number One on the Hot 100 has come to an end thanks to the Black Eyed Peas. The group’s “Imma Be” beat out “TiK ToK,” sending Ke$ha’s debut single to Number Two after nine consecutive weeks atop the chart. The Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D. is now the first album [...] Continue reading →

The Big News: With no noteworthy new releases to challenge it, Sade’s Soldier of Love remained the Billboard 200’s Number One album for the second consecutive week, selling an additional 190,000 copies. After two weeks, Sade’s first album in over a decade has sold 694,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now [...] Continue reading →

The Big News: After a 10-year hiatus, Sade stormed the Billboard 200 — Soldier of Love eclipsed the half-million mark its first week in stores, selling 502,000 copies to push past Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now and claim the title of 2010’s top-selling debut week. The sales well exceeded Sade’s midweek estimates, and Soldier of [...] Continue reading →