US Billboard Charts

Mad_Cactuar · #1 21st September 2006, 12:47 PM

Billboard = US ORICON for the unlearned.
www.billboard.com
Anyway, we should have a thread like this to discuss American sales. This week, at the time of writing for this post...

UPDATES 28/9

ALBUMS
#01 217,000 FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake
(week 2) (total: 903,000)

#02 205,000 A Thousand Different Ways, Clay Aiken
(NEW)

#03 142,000 The Dutchess, Fergie
(NEW)

#05 133,000 Continuum, John Mayer
(week 2) (total: 433,000)

#06 _91,000 B'Day, Beyonce
(week 3) (total: 794,000)

#07 _85,000 From This Moment On, Diana Krall
(NEW)

#14 _52,000 Right Where You Want Me, Jesse McCartney
(NEW)

SINGLES
#01 SexyBack, Justin Timberlake (5th week at #1)
#02 Money Maker, Ludacris ft. Pharell (7th week)
#04 London Bridge, Fergie (10th week)
#07 Too Little Too Late, JoJo (6th week, down 4 places)
#10 Buttons, Pussycat Dolls (20th week)
#14 Ring The Alarm, Beyonce (3rd week, down 3 places)
#16 Call Me When You're Sober, Evanescence (6th week, up three places)
#19 Promiscuous, Nelly Furtado (21st week, down 3 places)
#25 My Love, Justin Timberlake ft. T.I (3rd week, up 4 places)
#34 Right Where You Want Me, Jesse McCartney (3rd week, down 1 place)
#35 Hips Don't Lie, Shakira (28th week, down 4 places)
#37 Maneater, Nelly Furtado (2nd week, up 25 places)
#48 Before He Cheats, Carrie Underwood (4th week, up 8 places)
#50 Chemicals React, Aly & AJ (2nd week, up 20 places)

22/9
Top 200 Albums
#1 Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (693,000 copies) [NEW]
#2 John Mayer - Continuum (300,000 copies)[NEW]
#3 Beyonce - B'Day (160,000 copies) [2nd Week]
#31 Jessica Simpson - A Public Affair (26,000) [3rd Week]
#105 Paris Hilton - Paris (10,000 copies) [4th Week]

*Beyonce's total sales for B'Day to date is 701,000 copies. Last week, B'Day debuted at #1 with sales of 541,000 copies sold.

Hot 100 Singles
#1 Justin Timberlake - SexyBack [4th week at #1]
#11 Beyonce - Ring The Alarm [2nd week in charts]
#29 Justin Timberlake - My Love ft. T.I. [2nd week in charts]
#62 Nelly Furtado - Maneater [NEW]
#65 Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On [8th week on charts]

truehappiness · #2 21st September 2006, 12:48 PM

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And just HOW did Futuresex do so well? o_o

explodingbird · #3 21st September 2006, 12:56 PM

Ew, SexyBack is still at #1.

Yay, Ring the Alarm and My Love are doing well. <3 those songs. And awesome on the high entry for Maneater.

Evanescence at #19.... cool, but the song should make the top 5 at least. I was disappointed that it didn't.

Good lord, Rihanna finally enters the charts... at #125. Took her long enough. It's a bit late to hope the single does well, but I do like We Ride.

I can't recall which other singles I'm checking for, except for Carrie Underwood's Before He Cheats = jumping to #56? Yes! Great, great song. #11 on the country charts - I thought it'd be higher, but everyone and their mom knows it's going to hit #1 there anyway considering how well it performed even before the video's release. Now if it could make the top 10 on the Hot 100, we'll be talking.

spookshow · #4 21st September 2006, 02:38 PM

yay! JT's album beat Beyonce in the first week of release!

truehappiness · #5 22nd September 2006, 01:20 AM

I think the cover imo was a bit more acceptable for people in America LOL

Note:

Justin Timberlake got no.1 in Australia's charts with 35k sales.

AyuGAME · #6 22nd September 2006, 03:41 AM

i love this kind of thing...thanks for the info

Mad_Cactuar · #7 22nd September 2006, 03:46 AM

JT also got #1 in the UK with over 200,000 sales but that's another story.

We Ride is the one featuring Sean Paul? Since it's Sean Paul, of course it'll do well. But #25 on the Bubbling Under is the absolute lowest. Hmm.. Beyonce's Ring The Alarm got #117 2 weeks ago, look where it is now!

My Love has great melodies but I can't stand his incredibly highhh falsetto.

explodingbird · #8 22nd September 2006, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by MC Tatsujin

JT also got #1 in the UK with over 200,000 sales but that's another story.

We Ride is the one featuring Sean Paul? Since it's Sean Paul, of course it'll do well. But #25 on the Bubbling Under is the absolute lowest. Hmm.. Beyonce's Ring The Alarm got #117 2 weeks ago, look where it is now!

My Love has great melodies but I can't stand his incredibly highhh falsetto.

Nah, Break it Off = Sean Paul + Rihanna. We Ride is just Rihanna. The video sucks (that seems to be a trend for her videos, of the few I've seen), but I figured the song would do better nowadays. I guess the Usher/Mariah midtempo R&B jam is phasing out of popularity.

Yeah, but Bee's song wasn't out as long as Rihanna's. Rihanna's single got released almost a MONTH ago and it's just now charting on Billboard. I hope she can break the Hot 100, since the song deserves it, but I'm seriously beginning to doubt it.

Mad_Cactuar · #9 22nd September 2006, 04:44 AM

Oh, I got confused. I don't like her much but I like her singles. Her voice just grates. Unfaithful gets played like CRRAZZYYYY here. Every day, every night.

Maybe her time in the limelight is up, llike the thing that happened in her last album. Pon De Replay got all the attention but subsequent singles did horribly. Also like Ciara, a gigantic flop after 3 mega-hits "Goodies", "1,2,Step" and "Oh".

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Originally Posted by explodingbird

I guess the Usher/Mariah midtempo R&B jam is phasing out of popularity.

I would LOVE this to happen. Hopefully more Adult/AC stuff gets on radio. Or UK music. Natasha's "Single" flopped considerably. Deservedly so, that song is pretty generic despite being catchy. Extremely foolish not to release "The One That Got Away". The success it had on the dance charts should have been enough to let her know it was an amazing choice for a single.

explodingbird · #10 22nd September 2006, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by MC Tatsujin

Oh, I got confused. I don't like her much but I like her singles. Her voice just grates. Unfaithful gets played like CRRAZZYYYY here. Every day, every night.

Maybe her time in the limelight is up, llike the thing that happened in her last album. Pon De Replay got all the attention but subsequent singles did horribly. Also like Ciara, a gigantic flop after 3 mega-hits "Goodies", "1,2,Step" and "Oh".

I would LOVE this to happen. Hopefully more Adult/AC stuff gets on radio. Or UK music. Natasha's "Single" flopped considerably. Deservedly so, that song is pretty generic despite being catchy. Extremely foolish not to release "The One That Got Away". The success it had on the dance charts should have been enough to let her know it was an amazing choice for a single.

Rihanna's debut was practically perfect (except the Pon de Replay remix screwing up the atmosphere Now I Know left), and A Girl Like Me is cool (but enough with the midtempo, generic soundalike reggae songs, girl. One is enough. No, really, ONE IS ENOUGH), but her voice is a bit reedy and emotionless. I'm hoping it'll grow better as she gets older and practices more.

I do like the Usher/Mariah sound, BUT it also bugs me that practically every #1 on the Hot 100 tends to be either rap, hip-hop, urban, or R&B - or the horrid generic American Idol debut single (I love Idol, but the winner debut singles suck). Shakira and Rihanna managed to avoid this (because S.O.S. was straight-up dance pop), so did Daniel Powter and James Blunt... but... I dunno. Change it up.

Personally, I'd love for her to release I Bruise Easily. Or If You're Gonna....

Mad_Cactuar · #11 22nd September 2006, 05:04 AM

"I Bruise Easily" has some potential I say. Ballads seem to be more well received these days, with James Blunt getting to #1 and all. The resurgence in UK music in the past year has been amazing, a whole new batch of refreshing music was made available. I hope Utada makes an entry on the charts with the digital release of ULTRA BLUE, I really really do.

pbs1605 · #12 22nd September 2006, 07:37 AM

How many copies has Jessica Simpson sold and did she get to number 1?

explodingbird · #13 22nd September 2006, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by pbs1605

How many copies has Jessica Simpson sold and did she get to number 1?

Jess peaked at #5 and has sold 190,000 copies so far. I suppose it's not bad for these days, but I get a sinking feeling that she'll boost sales with publicity stunts again.

I really like the album a lot (although In This Skin was better), can't stand her as a person or a singer (she has a great voice but has absolutely no idea how to use it - she just moans and sighs these days. before that, all she did was SCREAM)... so I'm mixed here.

jeffycue · #14 22nd September 2006, 08:15 AM

paris is at 105?!?!?! damn... i wish it was higher! at least top 20

TeamAyu · #15 22nd September 2006, 08:21 AM

Sad... that I don't like ANY of these artist or releases besides Corinne Bailey Rae. She deserves to be higher then #65 because "Put Your Records On" is a great piece. Jewel's "Good Day" deserves a place up there as well. Oh, not much I can do anyways.

pbs1605 · #16 22nd September 2006, 08:31 AM

Thank you explodingbird.Top 5 is still very good.Well done Jessica.I dont think her album did very well in Australia.

pbs1605 · #17 22nd September 2006, 08:32 AM

By the way.Am i the only one who does not like JT new single?

Mad_Cactuar · #18 22nd September 2006, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeamAyu

Sad... that I don't like ANY of these artist or releases besides Corinne Bailey Rae. She deserves to be higher then #65 because "Put Your Records On" is a great piece. Jewel's "Good Day" deserves a place up there as well. Oh, not much I can do anyways.

OH MY GOD. Your set is so beautiful.

Corinne Bailey Rae's album did surprisingly well eventhough it didn't have a hit single. It already went Gold in the US thanks to steady sales. It didn't even debut in the Top 10 but it managed something most artists struggle to get.

Jewel on the other hand hasn't had such terrible chart performance ever. This is her worst-selling album and all the singles hardly made a ripple in the charts. Even the lead single, "Again and Again" only peaked at #86. "Good Day" seems to be really ignored. It was released 2 months ago I think but never got played. I never even watched the video yet.

Quote:

Originally Posted by explodingbird

Jess peaked at #5 and has sold 190,000 copies so far. I suppose it's not bad for these days, but I get a sinking feeling that she'll boost sales with publicity stunts again.

Second single "I Belong To Me" wasn't on the album, so I'm guessing a re-release is imminent. Surprisingly, her husband is doing really well despite not being anything much overall. His second single managed to crack into the Hot 100 last week at #87.

truehappiness · #19 22nd September 2006, 09:09 AM

I know! Isn't it so pretty, MC? :p I should make one of the other CM o_o~

I find it weird that only certain people get lots of sales in America.. x.x

pbs1605 · #20 22nd September 2006, 09:10 AM

Why do they do a re-release.Shakira did the same thing with Hips Don't Lie.They should include it on the original album.I think it is ok if a tour album comes out though.