US Billboard Charts
 

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]

...

And just HOW did Futuresex do so well? o_o

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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....

"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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

^ It's because the song wasn't made at the same time with the album. Like the album already got produced recorded, awaiting release. And suddenly the artist gets a new song that's fantastic but it's too late to add on the CD. Or, the label wouldn't allow it (maybe?) so they can cash in.

I got the normal Oral Fixaion Vol. 2 and it sucks that I don't have the bonus tracks. :gnash Even Ashlee Simpson and her single "Invisible" is the same.

Are you kidding? Rascal Flatts had the highest first week sales this year. Fiona Apple's debut album went multi-platinum eventhough she was a nobody shortly before that. Anyone can sell in America given the right promotion and quality. Unlike in Japan where every Ayumi/Utada/Ai Otsuka/Koda Kumi/B'z/Kinki Kidz/Orange Range seems to dominate the Top 10 and the yearlies ever since forever.

It does suck about missing out on the bonus tracks.

Wow, that's great. :yes I might just buy the CD then. Might. Paris has better singles though.

I ain't liking I Belong To Me.

About Rascal Flatts: Just WHY did they sell so much in the first place o__o?

^ I REALLY don't know. I hated their song so much, the one for the Cars movie. It was terrible, it didn't even sound good.

I hope Nerina Pallot gets released in the US, she's bloody awesome.

i am bewildered as well...

i mean, HOW in the WORLD do songs like that SURVIVE???? "I'm bringin' Sexy back."???? What? is ANYONE listening to the words... the song doesn't even have a good sound or anything!

I'm not surprised that Beyonce and JT have the two best singles and albums on the Billboard Charts; however, I am a little surprised that John Mayer is on the charts. In my opinion, his singing in his single "The World is Going to Change" has become quite irratating to my ears. I guess dating Jessica Simpson all this time was a bad idea........:mischief Anyway, yay for Beyonce and JT!

I LIKE RASCAL FLATTS TOO! LOL The guy's voice isn't for everyone but they have some really nice pieces.

Yay for Paris! & Maneater should kill Sexyback soon.... or Ring The Alarm (I want maneater to do it first though)

Country Music is the highest selling music in America. Its because rednecks don't know how to use the internet.

Or because, y'know, country music that doesn't suck tends to sell better (there is some crappy country out there but it tends to be ignored).

I also love what little I've heard of Rascal Flatts, but for now I'm in love with Carrie Underwood.

^ Carrie Underwood has a gorgeous voice. I didn't like her at first... but I never really gave her music a chance and once I did I was won over.

"Wasted" & "We're Young And Beautiful" = love.

See, I first caught her on American Idol (around when she butchered Independence Day) and HATED her for awhile. Then I dug up some of her older performances on the show (Alone is awesome) and saw her singing Bless the Broken Road and Elvis's Trouble and was won over (grudgingly). I was happy for her when she won, although I'd originally wanted her to lose to Bo Bice.

But yeah, her album is almost as perfect as.... not just an Idol debut album it's awesome by those standards - but for a country pop album at all, it's great. The only song I really don't like much on there is Inside Your Heaven *snicker. snicker.* - and while I'm not wild about We're Young and Beautiful, it's nice.

The rest are all stellar - even Jesus, Take the Wheel. It's downright corny, but it is pretty.

Her voice reminds me of Martina McBride's (which is a huge compliment coming from me), but... that doesn't mean I want her doing Martina's songs.

Still, her debut was one of the best albums of 2005, I think. Definitely the best Idol debuts. And the best country album of '05 (the only other ones i bought, to my memory, were Jo Dee Messina's Delicious Surprise, LeAnn Rimes's This Woman - both awesome albums - Faith Hill's Fireflies, and Martina's Timeless, which was kind of surprisingly boring).

i dont see how Justin is selling so well...in my opinion, Futuresex is awful. i wish just for once, Aly and AJ could sell as well as Beyonce or someone else, just to show everyone that they can really sing and sell cds well. btw, what ever happened to Kelly Clarkson? i havent heard anything new from her in a while...i really liked her Breakaway album.

ps: and yur sig doesnt suck, exploding bird. i think its funny...the text is a little plain though

AH, thanks.

As for Kelly, she's still here! She's going to be releasing her new album next year, possibly around February or so. She hasn't been gone that long! She put out a lot of hit singles from Breakaway and she's been touring quite a lot too, so... yeah.

"Jesus Take The Wheel" is so awesome. It's the only single I like from her though. "Inside Your Heaven" was lame. Terribly lame. Her third single didn't do well though. I even forgot the title, but it had "Remember" in it.

Of course, besides Kelly, we also have Avril with her new album to come out next year. :D I love Avril.

I'm impressed that the sales sort of equal the sales of the Japanese market.

Actually, the first week sales are only sort of similar..
Long term.. sometimes 2-5 million is the norm for popular artists.. :o

Japan is #2 behind the US, so yeah. Japan's bottom feeders sell terribly low though. In the US, albums at #200 still sell approximately 3,000 copies a week.

Well, it's still impressive that Japan has the 2nd biggest music market out there, and their population isn't even half of the population of the US... and there's those countries with like a billion inhabitants... what the hell, they live without music?

:/

^ They have piracy. Like China. Bootleg heaven. :laugh It's a wonder that record companies haven't conspired to bomb the place or anything.

I wonder what the sales would look like, in China, if the bootlegs counted.... o-O;

Well, piracy and that many of China's residents probably don't have the resources to buy official releases..

^ dude. your font usage is AMAZING. I frickin love your set because of your fonts. I cant even get my font to have an outline.

^Layer Style -> Stroke

Yes, Anthys new set is awemazing.

I think he was talking about the older one, but yeah, the US Billboards are awkward...

Ew. Justin... Ew.

You don't like Justin..........:eyes :vsad :scry

I love him, bought his album too. :D

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)

***first post updated***

MC, can't you just post or link to the whole charts for the Hot 100 and the Top 200 (or at least the top 20-40 with regards to albums) instead of just posting only the ones you personally care about? I mean, wouldn't it bug you if someone else did the same for only what they liked and you didn't see what you were looking for?

i didn't know justin timberlake was that popular

No it wouldn't bug me, I'd just request. And I don't think I have enough time to type out the entire charts into a post. Yeah, a link should be sufficient but didn't everyone at least know that it's been Billboard dot com for years?

GO CLAY!
He looks so good now! Like.. not all.. femmy.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8...entwaysji1.jpg

..do you.. mean the guy who played Batman?! O_o;

Wow. Aiken sure did a reinvention. o__o Who's he seeing? Dr. Phil? Timbaland? Madonna?

What section on the site tells you the sales numbers? I can see the chart just fine, but everyone seems to know exact sales numbers but lil' ole me :(

Clay Aiken reminds me of Junsu from DBSK in that pick. Christian Bale.....not so much. He's still not manly enough. You're gettin' there Clay, keep trying.

Oh, THAT. Just look in the news section. Or when all fails, check wikipedia. Some of them have the sales numbers. And no, they aren't fake as they're from Billboard. Every Thursday afternoon (my time), Billboard will report sales numbers for albums. And in the night, they report stuff on singles before updating all the charts. They won't give out sales numbers unless you pay I guess.

Clay Aiken looks instensely awkward no matter what. He can ask to be taken seriously when he stops covering Richard Marx songs.

Thanks! I guess I'll just wait for when wikipedia updates then.

Clay is so airbrushed. I can post pictures of him without airbrushing and you'll all throw up.

^^^Please do!

Here's the picture. It has a bad word in it so be advised.

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7...rrykingub7.jpg

I wouldnt consider that a bad word but he's hideous.

I think that candid photos of ANYONE are bound to look hideous lol..

So, there is a billboard thread, woot!

Anyone want to post the Top 10 albums and singles each week? ;)

Make this thread alive and please make it sticky!!! ;)

^ I agree, I hope a mod can sticky the thread.

I found the Top 5 Album sales for last week, but I don't know where to find the rest of the chart. :/

WOW.

susan...boyle....:thud

if you can keep updating the chart. I sure mod will put it sticky

woow susan boyle

Here's Billboard 200 :
1 BOYLE*SUSAN I DREAMED A DREAM 700,779 999 632 699,205
2 BOCELLI*ANDREA MY CHRISTMAS 217,569 18 184,791 687,068
3 LAMBERT*ADAM FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT 198,466 999 437 198,903
4 RIHANNA RATED R 180,890 999 552 181,442
5 LADY GAGA FAME MONSTER (8 TRK) 173,515 999 411 173,926
6 LADY GAGA FAME 151,393 429 28,600 1,809,786
7 CYRUS*MILEY TIME OF OUR LIVES EP 149,663 385 30,871 929,561
8 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 124,601 48 84,010 4,510,382
9 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE PLAY ON 123,870 44 86,218 656,342
10 JONES*NORAH FALL 110,150 -39 180,425 290,673
11 JACKSON*MICHAEL MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT 108,121 13 95,740 890,381
12 NEW MOON (TWILIGHT) SOUNDTRACK 104,100 11 93,435 639,820
13 MAYER*JOHN BATTLE STUDIES 92,153 -68 285,548 377,883
14 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 90,755 -34 136,741 227,545
15 SHAKIRA SHE WOLF 89,061 999 471 89,613
16 VARIOUS NOW 32 76,019 31 57,911 303,972
17 CASTING CROWNS PEACE ON EARTH 75,048 34 56,100 127,770
18 BUBLE*MICHAEL CRAZY LOVE 67,840 29 52,681 746,358
19 GLEE VOL. 1-GLEE: THE MUSIC 67,650 33 50,877 287,464
20 50 CENT BEFORE I SELF-DESTRUCT 65,783 -59 159,747 227,027
21 SWIFT*TAYLOR THE HOLIDAY COLLECTION 59,950 32 45,303 311,107
22 BON JOVI THE CIRCLE 54,363 9 50,047 267,304
23 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 53,517 72 31,167 1,440,895
24 CASTING CROWNS UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS 53,340 -68 167,432 41,855
25 OWL CITY OCEAN EYES 46,412 63 28,477 345,117
26 GROBAN*JOSH NOEL 43,569 21 36,020 4,749,768
27 LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 41,098 10 37,224 1,061,965
28 MCGRAW*TIM SOUTHERN VOICE 38,367 22 31,397 339,932
29 STING IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT 38,275 9 35,164 256,943
30 JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 37,929 56 24,361 3,863,136
31 MCCARTNEY*PAUL GOOD EVENING NEW YORK CITY 37,763 -31 54,929 93,101
32 JAY-Z BLUEPRINT 3 36,861 26 29,142 1,337,192
33 BIRDMAN PRICELESS 35,787 999 394 36,183
34 SUGARLAND GOLD AND GREEN 32,847 20 27,394 110,810
35 ALLEN*KRIS KRIS ALLEN 32,531 -59 80,072 112,640
36 BROWN*ZAC BAND FOUNDATION 32,078 5 30,437 1,254,266
37 SEAN*JAY ALL OR NOTHING 30,758 999 303 31,061
38 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCH. NIGHT CASTLE (2CD) 30,053 -4 31,400 199,522
39 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 28,317 75 16,151 4,453,689
40 ALDEAN*JASON WIDE OPEN 26,805 36 19,762 787,908
41 BEYONCE I AM...SASHA FIERCE 26,310 75 15,006 2,533,342
42 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS 25TH 26,169 -14 30,322 88,830
43 HANNAH MONTANA HANNAH MOVIE SNDTRK 26,059 60 16,285 1,689,521
44 TOMLIN*CHRIS GLORY IN THE HIGHEST:CHRISTMAS 26,008 93 13,451 19,574
45 PEARL JAM BACKSPACER 24,831 164 9,405 383,596
46 STEWART*ROD SOULBOOK 24,247 16 20,868 193,791
47 THEM CROOKED VULTURE THEM CROOKED VULTURE 24,033 -65 69,570 93,993
48 RUCKER*DARIUS LEARN TO LIVE 23,458 6 22,209 1,079,380
49 LEWIS*LEONA ECHO 22,951 -66 67,260 90,251
50 BUBLE*MICHAEL LET IT SNOW EP 22,287 60 13,888 727,528
51 PETTY*TOM & THE HEARTBREAKERS LIVE ANTHOLOGY 21,716 999 765 22,481
52 ARCHULETA*DAVID CHRISTMAS FROM THE HEART 21,449 21 17,717 88,634
53 VARIOUS WOW HITS 2010 21,286 49 14,243 39,254
54 SWITCHFOOT HELLO HURRICANE 18,394 41 13,026 49,818
55 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LOST CHRISTMAS EVE 18,375 44 12,780 1,876,577
56 WEEZER RADITUDE 18,362 32 13,957 116,357
57 BUBLE*MICHAEL CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 18,320 186 6,414 1,981,825
58 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 18,192 16 15,721 1,565,506
59 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I LOOK TO YOU 18,143 54 11,750 818,636
60 VARIOUS MAKING MERRY 18,098 3 17,551 35,654
61 LAMBERT*MIRANDA REVOLUTION 17,985 11 16,138 218,922
62 DAUGHTRY LEAVE THIS TOWN 17,976 57 11,429 766,500
63 WAITS*TOM GLITTER & DOOM LIVE 17,861 999 909 18,789
64 CONNICK*HARRY JR. YOUR SONGS 17,722 82 9,742 201,410
65 BUBLE*MICHAEL IT'S TIME 17,690 146 7,182 3,257,347
66 SELENA GOMEZ & SCENE KISS AND TELL 17,609 65 10,657 192,683
67 FLYLEAF MEMENTO MORI 17,545 -14 20,447 89,024
68 JACKSON*MICHAEL BAD 17,453 264 4,794 1,492,042
69 VARIOUS NOW COUNTRY CHRISTMAS 17,422 51 11,541 49,339
70 JACKSON*JANET #1'S - 2CD 17,215 -54 37,483 54,810
71 FOO FIGHTERS GREATEST HITS 16,963 -12 19,311 103,023
72 CREED FULL CIRCLE 16,547 -15 19,544 209,911 <== ko lẽ Creed mà flop sao
73 CHAPMAN*STEVEN CURTIS BEAUTY WILL RISE 16,157 83 8,805 16,972
74 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA CHRISTMAS EVE & OTHER STORIES 16,008 63 9,813 2,992,223
75 ONEREPUBLIC WAKING UP 15,901 -60 39,496 55,547
76 VARIOUS ARTISTS LETTERS TO SANTA 15,872 178 5,711 31,333
77 TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK 15,672 20 13,055 2,329,226
78 CHAPMAN*STEVEN CURTIS THIS MOMENT 15,509 206 5,069 123,638
79 CHIPMUNKS*THE CHRISTMAS WITH THE CHIPMUNKS 15,149 38 11,008 173,457
80 TWILIGHT: NEW MOON SCORE 15,042 100 7,516 22,558
81 VARIOUS NOW CHRISTMAS 3 14,905 72 8,687 1,125,550
81 FIONA*MELANIE BRIDGE 14,905 39 10,753 44,767
83 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 14,901 286 3,864 4,574,843
84 SMITH*MICHAEL W. IT'S A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS 14,882 251 4,234 102,076
85 BREAKING BENJAMIN DEAR AGONY 14,857 8 13,808 302,001
86 STRAIGHT NO CHASER CHRISTMAS CHEERS 14,587 25 11,649 39,732
87 JACKSON*MICHAEL ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 14,540 29 11,274 1,437,085
88 KEITH*TOBY AMERICAN RIDE 14,460 23 11,756 208,038
89 JACKSON*MICHAEL THRILLER 14,368 46 9,817 5,625,072
90 HILL*FAITH JOY TO THE WORLD 14,248 32 10,829 518,951
91 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 14,171 24 11,410 2,418,366
92 CASTING CROWNS CASTING CROWNS 13,465 160 5,179 763,884
93 PARAMORE BRAND NEW EYES 13,409 33 10,118 316,170
94 MCENTIRE*REBA KEEP ON LOVING YOU 13,393 40 9,593 304,190
95 DYLAN*BOB CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART 13,171 33 9,867 74,913
96 BUBLE*MICHAEL MICHAEL BUBLE 13,016 194 4,429 2,348,435
97 BATTISTELLI*FRANCESCA MY PAPER HEART 12,943 166 4,861 62,774
98 SONGZ*TREY READY 12,719 10 11,553 342,401
99 JOURNEY GREATEST HITS 12,606 142 5,210 1,315,620
100 STREISAND*BARBRA LOVE IS THE ANSWER 12,423 8 11,538 400,884
101 SKILLET AWAKE 12,407 44 8,635 135,003
102 DRAKE SO FAR GONE 12,316 17 10,484 257,579
103 SPEARS*BRITNEY SINGLES COLLECTION 12,238 17 10,463 49,546
104 SUGARLAND LOVE ON THE INSIDE 11,908 7 11,169 1,905,842
105 CELTIC WOMAN CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION 11,680 16 10,047 756,708
106 JERSEY BOYS SOUNDTRACK 11,409 117 5,269 1,014,152
107 DIAMOND*NEIL CHERRY CHERRY CHRISTMAS 11,278 -5 11,878 46,740
108 BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 11,267 48 7,595 4,372,815
109 MAXWELL BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT 11,201 32 8,478 884,549
110 P!NK FUNHOUSE 11,191 12 9,989 1,403,600
111 RASCAL FLATTS UNSTOPPABLE 11,143 51 7,372 1,049,311
112 THIRD DAY CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS 11,064 230 3,349 107,583
113 STRAIT*GEORGE TWANG 10,990 24 8,890 428,849
114 BOYZ II MEN LOVE 10,924 999 861 11,785
115 JACKSON*MICHAEL OFF THE WALL 10,905 238 3,228 1,996,856
116 TOMLIN*CHRIS HELLO LOVE 10,794 90 5,682 159,288
117 PRESLEY*ELVIS ELVIS CHRISTMAS 10,713 44 7,460 384,827
118 EMINEM RELAPSE 10,686 32 8,071 1,533,184
119 NOW ESSENTIAL CHRIST ESSENTIAL NOW THAT'S WHAT I CA 10,644 49 7,142 263,485
120 THREE DAYS GRACE LIFE STARTS NOW 10,597 30 8,142 213,345
121 CLARKSON*KELLY ALL I EVER WANTED 10,584 114 4,956 765,677
122 ENYA WINTER CAME 10,556 32 7,971 713,417
123 PRESLEY*ELVIS CANM-ELVIS PRESLEY-ITS CHRISTM 10,416 45 7,195 1,179,597
124 BRYAN*LUKE DOIN' MY THING 10,201 10 9,303 143,123
125 VARIOUS NOW 31 10,196 29 7,878 781,105
126 WISIN Y YANDEL LA REVOLUCION 10,160 365 2,185 176,117
127 URBAN*KEITH DEFYING GRAVITY 10,069 23 8,187 648,654
128 IL DIVO CHRISTMAS COLLECTION 10,049 32 7,594 1,356,613
129 SHINEDOWN SOUND OF MADNESS 9,957 27 7,852 820,598
130 GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 9,874 147 4,004 4,660,075
131 SUGARLAND ENJOY THE RIDE 9,858 145 4,027 2,743,118
132 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE SOME HEARTS 9,792 160 3,764 6,876,376
133 STONE*ANGIE UNEXPECTED 9,787 999 173 9,960
134 SOUNDTRACK HANNAH MONTANA 3 9,728 70 5,717 504,088
135 CAILLAT*COLBIE BREAKTHROUGH 9,700 18 8,194 321,099
136 ALICE IN CHAINS BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE 9,664 -5 10,211 258,625
137 TOMLIN*CHRIS ARRIVING 9,661 249 2,767 361,188
138 WINANS*BEBE & CECE STILL 9,637 -1 9,712 134,514
139 ABBA GOLD-GREATEST HITS 9,538 132 4,103 5,023,385
140 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA CHRISTMAS ATTIC 9,516 59 5,995 1,620,164
141 MUSE RESISTANCE 9,503 2 9,356 283,256
142 CAREY*MARIAH MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL 9,385 4 8,992 333,488
143 GRANT*AMY CHRISTMAS COLLECTIONS 9,323 47 6,361 129,385
144 GUARALDI*VINCE TRIO CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS 9,228 93 4,774 2,760,707
145 CHESNEY*KENNY GREATEST HITS II 9,157 19 7,691 489,722
146 MA*YO-YO SONGS OF JOY & PEACE 9,135 66 5,500 375,323
147 JACKSON*MICHAEL DANGEROUS 9,108 165 3,438 514,553
148 CASH*ROSANNE LIST, THE 9,075 27 7,126 97,953
149 JOHNSON*JACK EN CONCERT 8,911 3 8,610 78,713
150 SMITH*MICHAEL W NEW HALLELUJAH 8,862 155 3,469 108,822
151 JOHNSON*JAMEY THAT LONESOME SONG 8,841 -9 9,668 637,107
152 BROOKS & DUNN #1S ... AND THEN SOME 8,791 7 8,181 190,762
153 LOVATO*DEMI HERE WE GO AGAIN 8,767 79 4,892 313,667
154 CHICKENFOOT CHICKENFOOT 8,574 14 7,527 372,034
155 JACKSON 5 ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS C 8,571 22 7,007 31,173
156 STRAIGHT NO CHASER HOLIDAY SPIRITS 8,547 68 5,090 134,785
157 KUTLESS IT IS WELL 8,439 57 5,364 23,922
158 CROWDER*DAVID BAND CHURCH MUSIC 8,359 42 5,903 45,459
159 THIRD DAY REVELATION 8,308 149 3,343 193,951
160 PETTY*TOM & THE HEARTBREAKERS GREATEST HITS 8,260 188 2,867 310,318
161 CONNICK*HARRY JR. WHAT A NIGHT! A CHRISTMAS ALBU 8,168 61 5,068 272,300
162 DISNEY DISNEY'S HOLIDAY MAGIC 8,136 44 5,635 24,558
163 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL ALTER THE ENDING 8,131 -7 8,700 47,337
164 BEATLES BEATLES, THE (LIMITED EDITION) 8,078 46 5,528 3,468,686
165 JACKSON*ALAN SONGS OF LOVE AND HEARTACHE 7,986 -4 8,316 40,588
166 PAISLEY*BRAD AMERICAN SATURDAY NIGHT 7,947 13 7,056 394,734
167 BON JOVI CROSS ROAD 7,830 152 3,102 4,805,758
168 ELF SOUNDTRACK 7,776 63 4,777 432,404
169 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 7,683 169 2,852 2,608,658
170 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD DESPERATE MEASURES 7,660 -12 8,699 37,941
171 VA-CHRISTMAS WITH THE RAT PACK CHRISTMAS WITH THE RAT PACK 7,640 60 4,788 1,021,375
172 MCBRIDE*MARTINA WHITE CHRISTMAS 7,589 56 4,864 1,431,893
173 PINK I'M NOT DEAD 7,588 266 2,074 1,442,458
174 CAILLAT*COLBIE COCO 7,541 217 2,378 1,999,843
175 VARIOUS NOW COUNTRY V2 7,470 20 6,207 163,686
176 BLAKROC BLAKROC 7,435 0 7,437
177 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP CHRISTMAS 7,413 50 4,939 20,880
178 CHICAGO BEST OF CHICAGO: 40TH ANNIVERS 7,318 306 1,801 256,541
179 VARIOUS TIS THE SEASON-KIDS CHRISTMAS 7,296 30 5,626 56,750
180 KENNY G HOLIDAY COLLECTION 7,288 44 5,076 258,239
181 MATTHEWS*DAVE BAND BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KIN 7,252 43 5,068 939,232
182 PERRY*KATY ONE OF THE BOYS 7,251 200 2,416 1,171,451
183 PRINCE LOTUS FLOW3R 7,222 999 621 396,930
184 VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS VOL. 7-VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS 7,216 999 40 7,256
185 YOUNG*CHRIS MAN I WANT TO BE 7,162 4 6,863 129,796
186 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 16 7,136 57 4,544 152,315
187 CURRINGTON*BILLY LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING 7,027 28 5,490 349,074
188 PRESLEY*ELVIS ELVIS PRESLEY CHRISTMAS DUETS 7,022 48 4,741 367,265
189 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 7,003 124 3,125 8,795,453
190 JONAS BROTHERS LINES VINES & TRYING TIMES 6,994 83 3,823 574,936
191 LINKIN PARK MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 6,989 156 2,727 2,914,893
192 BARLOWGIRL LOVE & WAR 6,925 175 2,521 14,411
193 PRESLEY*ELVIS ELVIS 30 NO. 1 HITS 6,917 188 2,402 4,560,535
194 KISS SONIC BOOM 6,879 22 5,648 200,084
195 SLAYER WORLD PAINTED BLOOD 6,874 -23 8,957 71,076
196 BEATLES SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CL 6,643 48 4,486 4,166,882
197 BEATLES BEATLES IN STEREO 6,612 19 5,536 100,264
198 CREED GREATEST HITS 6,609 127 2,906 2,091,209
199 BOYS LIKE GIRLS LOVE DRUNK 6,598 57 4,211 114,698
200 RASCAL FLATTS GREATEST HITS V1 6,595 26% 5,227 774,930


2009's Swift's year ^^!

Im not familiar with billboard chart. can somebody explain of those number. I only know the last is total sales of that album

I'm shocked at how good Susan Boyle is doing! :tired

I'm not too sure either, can someone clear things up?