"Grenade" back at #1, Britney slides to #6

UPDATE: Billboard 200 roundup now posted! :)

Bruno Mars' "Grenade" marches back atop the Billboard Hot 100 for a 3rd non-consecutive week while last week's #1 "Hold It Against Me" by Britney Spears slides to #6. It's not strange for a #1 debut to tumble on its second week as the previous #1 debuts Ke$ha's "We R Who We R" dropped #1-#5 and Eminem's "Not Afraid" fell #1-#6 too. But with the video yet to be released and the song gaining in airplay, I think this Britney song will have a good chart run ahead. "Grenade" also returned at #1 on the Hot Digital Songs chart this week selling 204K this week.

P!nk's new single "f*ckin Perfect" (clean version is simply titled "Perfect") is on its way to become another top 10 hit or even possible #1 as the song zooms #25-#6 on the Hot Digital Songs chart selling 144k and #30 - #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. It's currently the #1 song on US iTunes.

Here is this week's Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 courtesy of Yahoo! Chart Watch (full chart to be posted tomorrow):

1. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars
2. "Firework" - Katy Perry feat Drake
3. "Black and Yellow" - Whiz Khalifa
4. "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" - Enrique Iglesias feat Ludacris
5. What's My Name" - Rihanna feat Dreaj
   
6. "Hold It Against Me" - Britney Spears
7. "We R Who We R" - Ke$ha
8. "Raise Your Glass - Pink
9. "The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas
10. "Hey Baby (Drop it To the Floor)" - Pitbull feat T-Pain

Meanwhile here's the top 10 song on the Hot Digital Songs Chart as reported by Billboard.com

1. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars (204K)
   
2. "Black and Yellow" - Whiz Khalifa (201K)
   
3. "Hold It Against Me" - Britney Spears (183K)
   
4. "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" - Enrique Iglesias feat Ludacris (167K)
   
5. "Firework" - Katy Perry (163K)
   
6. "F*ckin Perfect" - Pink (144K)
   
7. "Hey Baby (Drop it To the Floor)" - Pitbull feat T-Pain (141K)
   
8. "Coming Home"- Diddy Dirty Money (140K)
   
9. "The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas (137K)
   
10. "We R Who We R" - Ke$ha (123K)
    

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After two weeks of seeing the lowest sum ever for a #1 album, this week marked a slight improvement as alternative band The Decemberists' new album "The King is Dead" debuts atop the Billboard 200 selling 94K this week. The #2 album also saw a relatively good first week sales as "Kidz Bop 19" sold 70k. Irish band The Script's second album "Science & Faith" sold a 49k this week, good enough for a #3 debut. The Script's 2009 debut album sold 339k to date in the US and peaked at #64. The Script isn't that huge in the US compared in the UK. Last week's #1 "Showroom of Compassion" by Cake plummets to #25 this week, the second biggest drop from #1 after Incubus' "Light Grenades" dropped #1-#37 in 2006.

Here is this week's Top 20 on the Billboard 200 courtesy of Pulse Music Board

1 --- 1 DECEMBERISTS KING IS DEAD 289 93.567 NR 93.861
1 --- 2 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 19 66 70.017 NR 70.097
1 --- 3 SCRIPT*THE SCIENCE & FAITH 40 49.310 NR 49.374
1 --- 4 SOCIAL DISTORTION HARD TIMES AND NURSERY RHYMES 738 45.615 NR 46.365
1 --- 5 ALLMAN*GREGG LOW COUNTRY BLUES 518 35.968 NR 36.488
16 4 6 MARS*BRUNO DOO - WOPS & HOOLIGANS 32.409 34.223 5,6% 562.569
22 13 7 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 22.855 32.507 42,2% 1.079.942
13 3 8 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 35.381 30.848 -12,8% 3.078.588
9 5 9 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 31.939 28.428 -11,0% 950.850
44 9 10 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 25.928 26.505 2,2% 709.903
1 --- 11 BLUNT*JAMES SOME KIND OF TROUBLE 36 26.331 NR 26.369
10 8 12 RIHANNA LOUD 28.096 26.190 -6,8% 839.570
12 11 13 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 25.209 24.425 -3,1% 766.273
4 6 14 VARIOUS COUNTRY STRONG (ORIGINAL MOTIO 28.606 21.938 -23,3% 121.943
10 19 15 P!NK GREATEST HITS SO FAR 17.971 21.553 19,9% 342.624
9 10 16 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 25.249 21.525 -14,8% 962.165
31 14 17 EMINEM RECOVERY 21.376 19.512 -8,7% 3.489.232
6 17 18 KELLY*R. LOVE LETTER 18.366 18.103 -1,4% 347.596
10 16 19 KID ROCK BORN FREE 18.478 17.676 -4,3% 697.977
36 12 20 BLACK KEYS BROTHERS 24.111 16.890 -30,0% 546.995
1 --- 21 PEARL JAM LIVE ON TEN LEGS 0 15.878 NR 15.879
8 22 22 BLACK EYED PEAS THE BEGINNING 16.438 15.475 -5,9% 441.587
52 25 23 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 14.632 15.324 4,7% 3.138.724
5 21 24 FOXX*JAMIE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE 16.792 14.954 -11,0% 233.861
2 1 25 CAKE SHOWROOM OF COMPASSION 44.333 14.739 -66,8% 59.256
7 24 26 T.I. NO MERCY 14.785 14.130 -4,4% 381.516
9 39 27 KE$HA CANNIBAL 10.290 13.672 32,9% 264.332
2 2 28 CAGE THE ELEPHANT THANK YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY 38.692 13.500 -65,1% 52.356
8 20 29 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC, V4 17.608 13.367 -24,1% 453.861
11 41 30 BON JOVI BON JOVI GREATEST HITS 9.919 13.333 34,4% 395.983
7 18 31 SOUNDTRACK TRON LEGACY 18.291 13.086 -28,5% 308.611
18 31 32 BROWN*ZAC BAND YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 11.634 12.932 11,2% 635.953
2 7 33 STEEL MAGNOLIA STEEL MAGNOLIA 28.313 12.631 -55,4% 40.977
17 27 34 LIL WAYNE I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 12.248 12.563 2,6% 704.427
17 28 35 CHESNEY*KENNY HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY 12.230 12.302 0,6% 655.150
1 --- 36 HEATH*BRANDON LEAVING EDEN 52 12.268 NR 7.461
10 33 37 RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS 11.005 11.791 7,1% 581.807
44 40 38 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 10.168 11.579 13,9% 2.352.580
30 30 39 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE LUNGS 11.685 10.697 -8,5% 412.001
14 38 40 SUGARLAND INCREDIBLE MACHINE 10.512 10.694 1,7% 815.232
11 43 41 GREEN*CEE LO LADY KILLER 9.812 10.625 8,3% 197.070
3 23 42 VARIOUS COUNTRY STRONG (MORE MUSIC FRM 15.289 10.423 -31,8% 36.349
8 34 43 MCGRAW*TIM NUMBER ONE HITS 10.754 10.335 -3,9% 220.526
1 --- 44 TIMES OF GRACE HYMN OF A BROKEN MAN 176 10.099 NR 10.275
5 26 45 COLE*KEYSHIA CALLING ALL HEARTS 12.319 10.002 -18,8% 203.665
11 29 46 VARIOUS NOW 36 11.811 9.979 -15,5% 494.040
15 37 47 BAND PERRY*THE BAND PERRY 10.565 9.572 -9,4% 364.046
5 36 48 HILSON*KERI NO BOYS ALLOWED 10.573 9.408 -11,0% 172.026
2 72 49 SOCIAL NETWORK REZNOR*TRENT AND ATTICUS ROS 5.712 8.685 52,1% 77.506
6 32 50 JACKSON*MICHAEL MICHAEL 11.320 8.567 -24,3% 442.904
10 35 51 GROBAN*JOSH ILLUMINATIONS 10.714 8.400 -21,6% 677.132
9 49 52 BURLESQUE SOUNDTRACK 7.713 8.323 7,9% 274.782
15 42 53 BIG TIME RUSH BTR 9.907 8.295 -16,3% 332.366
63 44 54 TRAIN SAVE ME SAN FRANCISCO 9.131 8.133 -10,9% 653.712
190 78 55 JOURNEY GREATEST HITS 5.321 8.084 51,9% 1.685.968
18 45 56 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE YEAR WITHOUT RAIN 8.174 8.026 -1,8% 511.721
117 50 57 LADY GAGA FAME 7.543 8.025 6,4% 4.002.918
19 47 58 LINKIN PARK THOUSAND SUNS 7.743 7.908 2,1% 646.061
1 --- 59 ADAMS*RYAN III/IV 1.725 7.766 350,2% 35.760
55 48 60 KE$HA ANIMAL 7.734 7.657 -1,0% 1.169.293
19 56 61 SONGZ*TREY PASSION PAIN & PLEASURE 6.905 7.378 6,9% 653.967
6 51 62 DIDDY - DIRTY MONEY LAST TRAIN TO PARIS 7.473 7.169 -4,1% 186.916
32 53 63 DRAKE THANK ME LATER 7.325 7.126 -2,7% 1.293.924
7 65 64 WILSON*CHARLIE JUST CHARLIE 6.019 6.884 14,4% 150.670
14 46 65 KINGS OF LEON COME AROUND SUNDOWN 7.987 6.795 -14,9% 522.823
2 15 66 LECRAE REHAB: THE OVERDOSE 20.942 6.730 -67,9% 22.308
1 --- 67 CHURCH*ERIC CALDWELL COUNTY - EP 0 6.686 NR 6.686
6 54 68 BOWERSOX*CRYSTAL FARMER'S DAUGHTER 7.144 6.682 -6,5% 129.637
15 52 69 RUCKER*DARIUS CHARLESTON, SC 1966 7.340 6.651 -9,4% 376.696
85 73 70 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 5.659 6.595 16,5% 2.937.973
69 57 71 LAMBERT*MIRANDA REVOLUTION 6.901 6.568 -4,8% 1.148.983
25 61 72 ARCADE FIRE SUBURBS 6.444 6.537 1,4% 472.064
4 69 73 JOBE*KARI KARI JOBE 5.902 6.377 8,1% 45.323
10 63 74 TOMLIN*CHRIS AND IF OUR GOD IS FOR US... 6.125 6.331 3,4% 81.692
11 60 75 SHELTON*BLAKE LOADED: THE BEST OF BLAKE SHEL 6.558 6.307 -3,8% 142.255
23 96 76 CHURCH*ERIC CAROLINA 4.495 6.199 37,9% 380.606
9 66 77 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC 6.007 6.182 2,9% 448.748
11 55 78 KID CUDI MAN ON THE MOON 2: THE LEGEND 6.972 6.151 -11,8% 353.129
4 119 79 FAR EAST MOVEMENT FREE WIRED 3.738 6.136 64,2% 101.217
10 71 80 URBAN*KEITH GET CLOSER 5.754 5.851 1,7% 508.176
114 70 81 BROWN*ZAC BAND FOUNDATION 5.819 5.824 0,1% 2.489.216
16 67 82 WOW HITS WOW HITS 2011 5.998 5.823 -2,9% 90.161
7 58 83 DEADMAU5 4X4=12 6.679 5.769 -13,6% 81.545
9 62 84 JACKSON*ALAN 34 NUMBER ONES 6.287 5.712 -9,2% 180.986
18 79 85 CURRINGTON*BILLY ENJOY YOURSELF 5.305 5.693 7,3% 222.022
23 88 86 KEM INTIMACY 4.853 5.596 15,3% 316.202
6 68 87 TANK NOW OR NEVER 5.987 5.590 -6,6% 96.606
9 75 88 NE-YO LIBRA SCALE 5.427 5.553 2,3% 240.936
10 76 89 NELLY 5 5.411 5.511 1,9% 209.282
8 86 90 SULLIVAN*JAZMINE LOVE ME BACK 5.024 5.412 7,7% 139.324
18 89 91 MAROON 5 HANDS ALL OVER 4.831 5.385 11,5% 404.848
4 148 92 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 3.124 5.220 67,1% 9.037.374
115 82 93 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 5.186 5.219 0,6% 6.233.909
9 92 94 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE DANGER DAYS: THE TRUE LIVES OF 4.622 5.188 12,3% 214.437
1 --- 95 WHITE LIES RITUAL 162 5.039 NR 5.202
16 85 96 WAKA FLOCKA FLAME FLOCKAVELI 5.119 4.946 -3,4% 176.221
7 84 97 HINDER ALL AMERICAN NIGHTMARE 5.178 4.784 -7,6% 97.396
21 91 98 DISTURBED ASYLUM 4.666 4.757 2,0% 452.911
2 113 99 GRASCALS*THE GRASCALS & FRIENDS COUNTRY CLA 4.049 4.732 16,9% 8.781
10 80 100 DAY TO REMEMBER WHAT SEPARATES ME FROM YOU 5.284 4.729 -10,5% 151.781
27 105 101 NIEMANN*JERROD JUDGE JERROD & THE HUNG JURY 4.155 4.671 12,4% 222.698
27 97 102 ROSS*RICK TEFLON DON 4.449 4.663 4,8% 550.411
2 81 103 NEWSBOYS BORN AGAIN 5.210 4.644 -10,9% 52.272
3 --- 104 JOHN*ELTON ROCKET MAN-NUMBER 1'S 2.134 4.613 116,2% 761.224
5 99 105 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL VOL. 1-CHRONICLE-20 GREATEST H 4.420 4.457 0,8% 5.847.964
16 90 106 KEITH*TOBY BULLETS IN THE GUN 4.745 4.440 -6,4% 279.350
3 118 107 ADELE 19 3.763 4.416 17,4% 894.820
26 93 108 AVENGED SEVENFOLD NIGHTMARE 4.560 4.391 -3,7% 457.404
74 112 109 SKILLET AWAKE 4.052 4.385 8,2% 475.401
12 101 110 PAISLEY*BRAD HITS ALIVE 4.321 4.351 0,7% 189.189
1 --- 111 VARIOUS WORLD IS CHINA 0 4.333 NR 4.333
55 94 112 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAR IS THE ANSWER 4.533 4.328 -4,5% 430.093
4 98 113 CASTRO*CRISTIAN VIVA EL PRINCIPE 4.441 4.283 -3,6% 41.669
1 --- 114 SMITH WESTERNS DYE IT BLONDE 57 4.255 NR 4.328
64 106 115 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE PLAY ON 4.117 4.238 2,9% 1.937.041
4 109 116 MY DARKEST DAYS MY DARKEST DAYS 4.104 4.227 3,0% 95.072
4 59 117 CAGE THE ELEPHANT CAGE THE ELEPHANT 6.671 4.164 -37,6% 409.024
64 104 118 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC V1 4.193 4.155 -0,9% 1.114.078
5 114 119 KID CUDI MAN ON THE MOON: THE END OF DA 4.004 4.055 1,3% 545.455
68 95 120 BUBLE*MICHAEL CRAZY LOVE 4.522 3.999 -11,6% 2.002.460
21 108 121 VARIOUS NOW 35 4.108 3.984 -3,0% 498.861
222 120 122 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 3.711 3.932 6,0% 4.954.990
1 --- 123 KEE*JOHN P. LEGACY PROJECT 45 3.884 NR 2.986
1 --- 124 VARIOUS PRINCESS ULTIMATE COLLECTION 2.190 3.882 77,3% 605.786
1 --- 125 GARRETT*DAVID ROCK SYMPHONIES 497 3.851 674,9% 52.124
20 103 126 BAREILLES*SARA KALEIDOSCOPE HEART 4.216 3.847 -8,8% 272.202
10 115 127 BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 3.997 3.839 -4,0% 4.657.969
36 107 128 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC,V3 4.114 3.820 -7,2% 620.184
1 --- 129 SCRIPT THE SCRIPT 2.095 3.805 81,6% 339.233
31 137 130 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 3.361 3.753 11,7% 3.266.953
27 83 131 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 18 5.183 3.747 -27,7% 375.153
109 128 132 JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 3.554 3.739 5,2% 4.463.399
1 --- 133 VARIOUS I GOT YOU BABE 0 3.724 NR 3.724
1 --- 134 YOUNG*NEIL GREATEST HITS 2.216 3.716 67,7% 1.232.521
1 --- 135 TENNIS CAPE DORY 1.279 3.658 186,0% 4.951
14 151 136 SOUNDTRACK HANNAH MONTANA FOREVER 3.014 3.655 21,3% 234.590
9 121 137 SOUNDTRACK TANGLED 3.706 3.651 -1,5% 66.098
4 102 138 BROKEN BELLS BROKEN BELLS 4.307 3.648 -15,3% 317.816
29 126 139 IGLESIAS*ENRIQUE EUPHORIA 3.605 3.600 -0,1% 236.372
14 124 140 SHAKIRA SALE EL SOL 3.615 3.550 -1,8% 162.414
5 111 141 B.O.B B.O.B PRESENTS: THE ADVENTURES 4.087 3.544 -13,3% 503.298
8 127 142 SHINEDOWN SOUND OF MADNESS 3.578 3.529 -1,4% 1.179.453
14 117 143 BOYLE*SUSAN I DREAMED A DREAM 3.842 3.521 -8,4% 3.974.111
62 133 144 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 3.437 3.507 2,0% 1.718.619
14 87 145 THIRD DAY MOVE 4.860 3.455 -28,9% 81.209
5 145 146 MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 3.180 3.454 8,6% 10.428.210
22 141 147 FANTASIA BACK TO ME 3.231 3.418 5,8% 394.670
11 130 148 MCENTIRE*REBA ALL THE WOMEN I AM 3.481 3.410 -2,0% 224.775
4 164 149 CORBIN*EASTON EASTON CORBIN 2.866 3.392 18,4% 314.014
10 74 150 JONES*NORAH FEATURING 5.595 3.389 -39,4% 163.925
4 123 151 PHOENIX WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX 3.621 3.380 -6,7% 560.815
4 140 152 ROYCE*P PRINCE ROYCE 3.245 3.376 4,0% 99.365
1 --- 153 SIMON & GARFUNKEL BEST OF SIMON & GARFUNKEL 1.207 3.359 178,3% 1.405.004
19 134 154 JOHNSON*JAMEY GUITAR SONG 3.414 3.319 -2,8% 256.269
1 --- 154 ASSAD*AUDREY HOUSE YOU'RE BUILDING,THE 794 3.319 318,0% 22.088
9 131 156 JAY-Z HITS COLLECTION 3.464 3.300 -4,7% 98.798
8 138 157 EL DEBARGE SECOND CHANCE 3.327 3.298 -0,9% 68.406
20 135 158 LAMONTAGNE*RAY & THE PARIAH DO GOD WILLIN' & THE CREEK DON'T 3.372 3.262 -3,3% 240.847
1 --- 159 DECEMBERISTS HAZARDS OF LOVE 745 3.228 333,3% 161.808
5 162 160 POTTER*GRACE & THE NOCTURNALS GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS 2.880 3.198 11,0% 110.123
4 143 161 30 SECONDS TO MARS THIS IS WAR 3.214 3.193 -0,7% 345.050
14 116 162 JOHN*ELTON & LEON RUSSEL UNION 3.892 3.185 -18,2% 302.654
4 158 163 GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 2.924 3.183 8,9% 4.919.779
2 198 164 MIGUEL ALL I WANT IS YOU 2.363 3.150 33,3% 37.932
14 129 165 STEWART*ROD FLY ME TO THE MOON: THE GREAT 3.512 3.149 -10,3% 292.411
4 125 166 CRUZ*TAIO ROKSTARR 3.608 3.116 -13,6% 197.901
1 --- 167 DINNERSTEIN*SIMONE BACH: A STRANGE BEAU 263 3.068 NR 3.333
6 146 168 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 3.146 3.044 -3,2% 3.012.398
4 149 169 NATIONAL HIGH VIOLET 3.119 3.025 -3,0% 217.759
3 183 170 EMINEM MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2.528 3.021 19,5% 10.336.371
8 155 171 BENET*ERIC LOST IN TIME 2.975 3.020 1,5% 83.906
1 --- 172 DOORS FUTURE STARTS HERE: THE ESSENT 1.480 3.017 103,9% 381.596
59 147 173 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC, V2 3.134 2.984 -4,8% 842.134
6 170 174 ALDEAN*JASON WIDE OPEN 2.744 2.965 8,1% 1.364.737
8 142 175 MICHELE*CHRISETTE LET FREEDOM REIGN 3.230 2.963 -8,3% 94.590
6 132 176 CIARA BASIC INSTINCT 3.453 2.952 -14,5% 74.727
27 154 177 KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS 3.000 2.951 -1,6% 3.273.427
18 172 178 SANTANA GUITAR HEAVEN: THE GREATEST GU 2.710 2.927 8,0% 245.746
8 136 179 TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE ORIGINA SOUNDTRACK 3.362 2.918 -13,2% 527.768
2 166 180 CROWDER*DAVID BAND CHURCH MUSIC 2.850 2.904 1,9% 93.120
1 --- 181 AQUABATS HI-FIVE SOUP! 5 2.902 NR 2.919
2 152 182 MILLER*STEVE BAND GREATEST HITS 1974-78 3.013 2.882 -4,4% 5.398.519
10 122 183 DEWYZE*LEE LIVE IT UP 3.624 2.851 -21,3% 112.142
33 168 184 SINATRA*FRANK NOTHING BUT THE BEST 2.769 2.849 2,9% 843.785
5 156 185 ONEREPUBLIC WAKING UP 2.974 2.819 -5,2% 311.837
4 157 186 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 2.926 2.807 -4,1% 2.077.450
43 173 187 USHER RAYMOND V RAYMOND 2.703 2.790 3,2% 1.192.466
6 167 188 KANDI KANDI KOATED 2.798 2.778 -0,7% 46.139
6 150 189 JOHNSON*JACK TO THE SEA 3.016 2.743 -9,1% 732.397
16 181 190 PLANT*ROBERT BAND OF JOY 2.563 2.732 6,6% 182.542
2 190 191 BOWIE*DAVID BEST OF DAVID BOWIE 2.477 2.731 10,3% 1.249.004
1 --- 192 MCCLURKIN*DONNIE LIVE IN DETROIT 2.049 2.727 33,1% 93.771
5 175 193 DAUGHTRY LEAVE THIS TOWN 2.667 2.718 1,9% 1.233.354
25 176 194 RASCAL FLATTS GREATEST HITS V1 2.657 2.693 1,4% 994.592
4 185 195 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER III 2.523 2.683 6,3% 3.541.303
5 144 196 VAMPIRE WEEKEND CONTRA 3.186 2.653 -16,7% 460.753
2 196 197 SEGER*BOB GREATEST HITS 2.369 2.640 11,4% 8.940.808
4 171 198 NEON TREES HABITS 2.720 2.612 -4,0% 136.791
2 192 199 BATTISTELLI*FRANCESCA MY PAPER HEART 2.435 2.610 7,2% 119.021
4 139 200 LECRAE REHAB 3.299 2.606 -21,0% 74.103

Britney Debuts at #1, Cake Sets New Low

As expected, Britney Spears' new single "Hold It Against Me" bowed atop the Billboard Hot 100 with a huge first week sales of 411K but on the other hand Billboard 200 saw another new low as alternative band Cake debuted at #1 with just 44k.

"Hold It Against Me" is the 18th song to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Britney's second song to do it (the first one was "3" back in 2009). She is also the second artist to have multiple songs debut at #1 after Mariah Carey which had 3 songs that bowed atop the Hot 100 ( "Fantasy" in September 1995, "One Sweet Day" with Boyz II Men in December 1995, and "Honey" in September 1997). With a massive first week sales of 411K, Britney Spears surpasses Taylor Swift's "Today Was A Fairytale" for the biggest debut-week digital sales of a female artist. The Swift track sold 325K last year. "Hold It Against Me" is the fourth biggest first week sales tally overall trailing behind Flo Rida's "Right Round" (636K in February 2009), Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" (465K) and Eminem's "Crack A Bottle" (418K in February 2009). "Hold It Against Me" also had terrific start on airplay as it accumulated 45 million audience impressions that boosted song to debut at #23 on the Radio Songs chart that tracks airplay.

Two other new songs made waves on the chart Avril Lavigne's "What The Hell" which sold 163K this week, debuting at #6 on the Hot Digital Songs chart and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100. This is Avril Lavingne's first top 20 hit since 'Girlfriend" topped the Hot 100 four year ago.

Meanwhile "H.A.M." by Jay-Z and Kanye West debuts at #10 on the Hot Digital Songs chart selling 125K. The track also debuts at #23 on the Hot 100.

Here is this week's Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 courtesy of Yahoo! Chart Watch (full chart to be posted tomorrow):

1. "Hold It Against Me" - Britney Spears
2. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars
3. "Firework" - Katy Perry feat Drake
4. "What's My Name" - Rihanna
5. "Black and Yellow" - Whiz Khalifa
6. "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" - Enrique Iglesias feat Ludacris
7. "We R Who We R" - Ke$ha
8. "Raise Your Glass - Pink
9. "The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas
10. "Just The Way You Are" - Bruno Mars

Here's the top 10 on the Hot Digital Songs Chart as posted at Yahoo! Chart Watch (the sales figure for the #8 song was not mentioned though)

1. Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me" (411K)
   
2. Bruno Mars' "Grenade" (219K)
3. Wiz Khalifa's "Black And Yellow" (190K)
4. Katy Perry's "Firework" (184K)
5. Enrique Iglesias featuring Ludacris & DJ Frank E's "Tonight (I'm F*ckin/Lovin' You)" (182K)
6. Avril Lavigne "What The Hell" (163K)
   
7. The Black Eyed Peas' "The Time (Dirty Bit)" (157K)
8. Lil Wayne "6 foot 7 Foot"
9. Ke$ha's "We R Who We R" (141K)
10. Jay-Z and Kanye West "H.A.M" (125k)
    

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Cake beats a record that was only set last week as its newest album "Showroom of Compassion" only sold 44k to debut atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, the lowest sum for a #1 album since Nielsen Soundscan started tracking sales in 1991. The previous record was set by Taylor Swift when "Speak Now" sold 52k just a week ago. Like what I said last week, having the lowest sum for #1 album is not really a taint to the artist who had it but its just a reflection on the dwindling album sales marlket. Alternative band Cake had been on the scene since the 90s but they never really had a mainstream hit but have a devoted fan base. "Showroom of Compassion" is actually the band's first top 10 album, their previous best was in 2001 when "Comfort Eagle" debuted and peaked at #13 but with much better sales of 72K but then again that was 10 years ago during the time album sales were on its peak.

Cage The Elephant second album "Thank You, Happy Birthday" debuts at #2 with first week sales of 39K. Their eponymous debut album entered the Hot 100 at #117 in May 2009 and actually reached a new peak this week at #59 fueled by the release of their new album. Paul Grein of Yahoo! Chart Watch notes that Cage The Elephant's debut album has sold 405K to date which is impressive for an album that never sold more than 12K in a week for its entire run which just shows how longevity matters.

Here is this week's Top 25 on the Billboard 200 first posted at Pulse Music Board:


1 CAKE SHOWROOM OF COMPASSION 44,333 999 179 44,517
2 CAGE THE ELEPHANT THANK YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY 38,592 999 162 38,856
3 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 35,381 -32 52,028 3,047,740
4 MARS*BRUNO DOO - WOPS & HOOLIGANS 32,409 -15 38,175 528,346
5 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 31,939 -17 38,642 922,422
6 VARIOUS ARTISTS COUNTRY STRONG (ORIGINAL MOTIO 28,606 1 28,450 100,005
7 STEEL MAGNOLIA STEEL MAGNOLIA 28,313 999 25 28,346
8 RIHANNA LOUD 28,096 -16 33,387 813,380
9 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 25,928 -16 31,005 683,398
10 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 25,249 -24 33,240 940,640
11 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 25,209 -14 29,362 741,848
12 BLACK KEYS BROTHERS 24,111 -3 24,957 530,105
13 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 22,855 -18 28,028 1,047,435
14 EMINEM RECOVERY 21,376 -36 33,417 3,469,720
15 LECRAE REHAB: THE OVERDOSE 20,942 999 487 17,391
16 KID ROCK BORN FREE 18,478 -15 21,731 680,301
17 KELLY*R. LOVE LETTER 18,366 -28 25,612 329,493
18 SOUNDTRACK TRON LEGACY 18,291 -47 34,333 295,525
19 P!NK GREATEST HITS SO FAR 17,971 -5 18,832 321,071
20 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC, V4 17,608 2 17,284 440,494
21 FOXX*JAMIE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE 16,792 -26 22,588 218,907
22 BLACK EYED PEAS THE BEGINNING 16,438 -27 22,652 426,112
23 VARIOUS COUNTRY STRONG (MORE MUSIC FRM 15,289 64 9,350 25,926
24 T.I. NO MERCY 14,785 -23 19,318 367,386
25 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 14,632 -25 19,465 3,123,400

Swift Tops Billboard 200 with Lowest #1 Sum

Taylor Swift sets a "record" that no one wanted to have on its belt,"Speak Now" is still the best selling album in the US but with sales of 52k it became the lowest selling #1 album since Nielsen Soundscan handled the tabulation of the Billboard 200 in 1991. Before the Soundscan era, Billboard just gathered sales data from reports from record chains. There could be lower selling #1s before like in the 50s and 60s but we'll probably never know.

"Speak Now" broke the previous record held by the OST of "Dreamgirls" which sold 60K in 2007. Here's the top 10 list of lowest selling albums that top the Billboard 200 courtesy of Pulse Music Board:

1. 52,028 Taylor Swift - Speak Now (1/22/11)
2. 60,064 Dreamgirls (1/27/07)
3. 60,343 Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (5/29/10)
4. 60,519 Alicia Keys - As I Am (2/2/2008 )
5. 61,259 Alicia Keys - As I Am (2/16/2008)
6. 62,272 Taylor Swift - Fearless (3/7/2009)
7. 62,575 Taylor Swift - Fearless (2/7/09)
8. 62,947 Glee: The Music: Volume 3: The Showstoppers (6/12/10)
9. 63,301 Taylor Swift - Fearless (1/31/09)
10. 64,831 Juno (2/9/2008)

Despite earning that dubious record, all is not bad for Taylor Swift as "Speak Now" tops the 3 million sales mark this week, and she did it in just 11 weeks! Swift's previous blockbuster "Fearless" took 22 weeks to sell that amount. The lowest #1 tally is not really a taint on Swift's career but just a reflection on how horrible the album sales climate are these days. And with no major upcoming releases until February I'm afraid that there would be a #1 album that could sell in the 40k range or even lower in the next couple of weeks.

Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday" climbs to match its debut peak at #2, it sold 39K. Also matching its debut peak is Bruno Mars' "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" back at #3 selling 38K. The Tron Legacy soundtrack earned a new peak at #4 with sales of 34K. 2010's best selling album "Recovery" by Eminem is down #2-#5 (33K) followed by Rihanna's "Loud" at #6 (33K) and Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" at #7 (33K). Mumford & Sons' "Sigh No More" is a non-mover at #8 (31K) followed by country artist Jason Aldean "My Kinda Party" up #13-#9 (29K) and the OST of the Gwyneth Paltrow movie "Country Song" caps of the top 10 this week soaring from #149 (28K).

Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" dropped #9 to #11 selling 28K this week but the good news, the album crossed the 1 million sales mark this week. When Perry's second album sold 192K on its first week back in August 2010, many were disappointed as "California Gurls" was such a phenomenal hit that people expected the first week sales of her album to be at least in the 300K range. Some people even labeled the album as flop but Perry proved the naysayers wrong as the album had stable sales for the next 19 weeks which is no doubt boosted by her successful follow up singles "Teenage Dream" and "Firework" that both hit #1 on the Hot 100.

American Idol Season 10 premieres on January 19 with some major revamping after a lackluster season 9. Reflecting how 'ho-hum' the previous season was, AI 9 winner Lee DeWyze's debut album "Live It Up" has so far only sold 106K, it's currently at #147 selling just 4k this week as reported by USA Today's Idol Chatter. Runner up Crystal Bowersox is faring better although her sales is still not impressive. Bowersox's debut album "Farmer's Daughter" is at #47 this week selling 9k bringing its total sales to 116K, 10K more than DeWyze.

Here's is this week's Top 30 on the Billboard 200 as posted at Pulse Music Board:

1 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 52,028 -32 77,001 3,012,359
2 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 38,642 -36 60,853 890,483
3 MARS*BRUNO DOO - WOPS & HOOLIGANS 38,175 -15 45,160 495,937
4 SOUNDTRACK TRON LEGACY 34,333 -37 54,385 277,234
5 EMINEM RECOVERY 33,417 -47 63,316 3,448,344
6 RIHANNA LOUD 33,387 -46 61,686 785,284
7 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 33,240 -43 58,436 915,391
8 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 31,005 -20 38,547 657,470
9 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 29,362 -15 34,356 716,639
10 VARIOUS ARTISTS COUNTRY STRONG (ORIG 28,450 477 4,929 71,399
11 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 28,028 -27 38,223 1,024,580
12 LADY ANTEBELLUM MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS 26,566 175 9,660 279,766
13 KELLY*R. LOVE LETTER 25,612 -24 33,692 311,127
14 BLACK KEYS BROTHERS 24,957 18 21,239 505,994
15 BLACK EYED PEAS THE BEGINNING 22,652 -35 35,061 409,674
16 FOXX*JAMIE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE 22,588 -37 35,599 202,115
17 KID ROCK BORN FREE 21,731 -21 27,586 661,823
18 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 19,465 2 18,993 3,108,768
19 T.I. NO MERCY 19,318 -41 32,646 352,601
20 P!NK GREATEST HITS SO FAR 18,832 -15 22,245 303,100
21 JACKSON*MICHAEL MICHAEL 17,734 -35 27,332 423,017
22 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC, V4 17,284 -34 26,003 422,886
23 COLE*KEYSHIA CALLING ALL HEARTS 16,820 -54 36,558 181,344
24 HILSON*KERI NO BOYS ALLOWED 16,793 -49 32,747 152,045
25 LIL WAYNE I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 15,484 -41 26,390 679,616
26 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE LUNGS 15,237 -26 20,499 389,619
27 GROBAN*JOSH ILLUMINATIONS 14,972 -36 23,222 658,091
28 VARIOUS NOW 36 14,218 -37 22,416 472,250
29 BROWN*ZAC BAND YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 14,061 -14 16,295 611,387
30 RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS 13,869 -28 19,212 559,011

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There's not much action on the Hot Digital Songs chart as the 'explosive' songs of Bruno Mars ("Grenade") and Katy Perry ("Firework") continue to dominate the chart. Both songs are still on a close fight for the Hot 100 #1 this week Paul Grein from Yahoo! Chart Watch already posted this week's Top 10 on the Hot 100 and Grenade is back on top. But next week there will be a major shake up on the Hot Digital Songs Chart as it is already expected that Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me" will top the chart but the question is how much will it sell? Plus would it also debut at #1 on the Hot 100 like "3" two years ago. Let's wait and see ;)

Here is this week's Top 10 on the Hot Digital Songs Chart as reported at Billboard.com

1. Bruno Mars' "Grenade" (275K)
2. Katy Perry's "Firework" (230K)
3. Enrique Iglesias featuring Ludacris & DJ Frank E's "Tonight (I'm F*ckin/Lovin' You)" (192K)
4. Wiz Khalifa's "Black And Yellow" (186K)
5. The Black Eyed Peas' "The Time (Dirty Bit)" (181K)
6. Ke$ha's "We R Who We R" (174K)
7. Lil Wayne featuring Cory Gunz's "6 Foot 7 Foot" (160K)
8. P!nk's "Raise Your Glass" (158K)
9. Rihanna featuring Drake, "What's My Name?" (150K)
10. Taio Cruz "Dynamite" (125K).

UPDATE: Here is this week's Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 courtesy of Yahoo! Chart Watch. Full Hot 100 will be posted tomorrow:

1. Bruno Mars' "Grenade"
   
2. Katy Perry's "Firework"
   
3. Rihanna featuring Drake, "What's My Name?"
4. Ke$ha's "We R Who We R"
   
5. P!nk's "Raise Your Glass"
   
6. Enrique Iglesias featuring Ludacris & DJ Frank E's "Tonight (I'm F*ckin/Lovin' You)"
   
7. Wiz Khalifa's "Black And Yellow"
   
8. The Black Eyed Peas' "The Time (Dirty Bit)"
   
9. Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are"
   
10. Rihanna "Only Girl (In The World)"
    

Swift Leads Billboard 200, Eminem Soars Back at #2

UPDATE: Full Billboard 200 and Hot Digital Songs leaked at Pulse Music Board and the figures are now posted here! :D

With the holiday albums tumbling down, there's some major shake up on this week's Billboard 200 but Taylor Swift is still the queen of the albums chart with "Speak Now" selling 77k to lead this week's chart. Eminem's "Recovery" makes a major comeback as it zooms #7-#2 selling 63K. "Recovery" is officially the best selling album of 2010 selling 3.4 millon (see my roundup of the Nielsen Yearend charts here). Rihanna's "Loud" bounces back at #3 matching its debut peak selling 61k. Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday" continues to show stability as her debut album is up #8-#4. After dropping steeply the past weeks, Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" climbs #19 to #5. The OST to "Tron: Legacy" featuring the music of electronic music duo Daft Punk zooms #27-#6 this week, its highest ranking to date. The last soundtrack from a theatrically-released movie (not a TV-movie like Camp Rock 2) to enter the top 10 was " The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" in July last year. As Bruno Mars' songs continue to dominate the airwaves his album "Doo-Wops and Hooligans" is finally showing some album sales strength as the debut album climbs back in the top 10 up #20-#7. After almost a year on the Billboard 200, Grammy nominee for Best New Artist Mumford & Sons "Sigh No More" finally entered the top 10 vaulting from #34 to #8 this week. Katy Perry's Grammy nominated album "Teenage Dream" re-enters the top 10 at #9, up from up #12 last week. 'Teenage Dream" is just roughly 4,000 away from selling 1 million copies. Rounding up the top 10 is Keyshia Cole's "Calling All Hearts" down #9-#10 which is a soft drop for an album that didn't debut that well.

The holiday albums as mentioned earlier dropped quite a lot this week. Susan Boyle's "The Gift" plunges from #2 - #31, Jackie Evancho's "O Holy Night" fell #4 - #39 but Glee's "Glee The Music: The Christmas Album" plummeted from #3 all the way to #108, yikes!

A good number of albums leaped back on the top 10 on this week's chart (as well as albums finally entering the top 10 like Tron's OST and Mumford & Sons) but it should be noted that the sales are considerably down from last week because the holidays are over and sales are now back on the steady level (which is sadly overall ain't great) but nevertheless the albums making a comeback to the top 10 could be a sign that those albums may have legs and will sell well over time.

Here is this week's Billboard 200 as posted at Pulse Music Board

1 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 77,001 -72 276,142 2,960,331
2 EMINEM RECOVERY 63,316 -54 137,332 3,414,927
3 RIHANNA LOUD 61,686 -44 110,889 751,897
4 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 60,853 -54 132,549 851,841
5 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 58,436 -32 85,593 882,151
6 SOUNDTRACK TRON LEGACY 54,385 -22 70,059 242,901
7 MARS*BRUNO DOO - WOPS & HOOLIGANS 45,160 -46 83,683 457,762
8 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 38,547 -29 54,215 626,465
9 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 38,223 -62 99,965 996,552
10 COLE*KEYSHIA CALLING ALL HEARTS 36,558 -71 127,724 164,524
11 FOXX*JAMIE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE 35,599 -75 143,657 179,527
12 BLACK EYED PEAS THE BEGINNING 35,061 -63 94,017 387,022
13 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 34,356 -61 87,804 687,277
14 KELLY*R. LOVE LETTER 33,692 -65 97,542 285,515
15 HILSON*KERI NO BOYS ALLOWED 32,747 -68 102,328 135,252
16 T.I. NO MERCY 32,646 -54 71,509 333,283
17 KID ROCK BORN FREE 27,586 -71 95,906 640,092
18 JACKSON*MICHAEL MICHAEL 27,332 -82 149,732 405,283
19 KE$HA CANNIBAL 26,978 -43 47,382 227,114
20 LIL WAYNE I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 26,390 -37 42,111 664,132
21 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC, V4 26,003 -71 89,941 405,602
22 GROBAN*JOSH ILLUMINATIONS 23,222 -76 97,464 643,159
23 VARIOUS NOW 36 22,416 -67 67,237 458,032
24 BIG TIME RUSH BTR 22,254 -38 35,872 302,605
25 P!NK GREATEST HITS SO FAR 22,245 -61 57,178 284,268
26 BLACK KEYS BROTHERS 21,239 -24 27,835 481,037
27 DIDDY - DIRTY MONEY LAST TRAIN TO PARIS 21,130 -46 39,246 161,266
28 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE LUNGS 20,499 -36 32,078 374,382
29 RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS 19,212 -76 79,006 545,142
30 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 18,993 -75 75,174 3,089,303
31 BOYLE*SUSAN THE GIFT 18,952 -92 240,022 1,851,753
32 KID CUDI MAN ON THE MOON 2: THE LEGEND 17,972 -31 25,879 331,050
33 SWIFT*TAYLOR THE HOLIDAY COLLECTION 17,724 -6 18,762 772,067
34 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 17,596 -78 81,415 2,318,745
35 KE$HA ANIMAL 17,051 -46 31,673 1,143,285
36 SUGARLAND INCREDIBLE MACHINE 16,857 -79 79,952 781,555
37 MCGRAW*TIM NUMBER ONE HITS 16,635 -67 50,982 186,859
38 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE YEAR WITHOUT RAIN 16,424 -69 53,229 485,467
39 EVANCHO*JACKIE O HOLY NIGHT 16,420 -89 151,215 1,009,894
40 BROWN*ZAC BAND YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 16,295 -66 47,600 597,326
41 CHESNEY*KENNY HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY 15,854 -71 54,645 616,884
42 KINGS OF LEON COME AROUND SUNDOWN 15,552 -60 38,538 498,178
43 DRAKE THANK ME LATER 15,358 -38 24,712 1,268,780
44 JOURNEY GREATEST HITS 15,212 8 14,073 1,665,109
45 BON JOVI BON JOVI GREATEST HITS 15,005 -70 50,544 360,449
46 BURLESQUE SOUNDTRACK 14,937 -63 40,490 249,097
47 BAND PERRY*THE BAND PERRY 14,683 -64 40,661 331,820
48 LINKIN PARK THOUSAND SUNS 14,265 -56 32,715 619,292
49 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC 14,243 -82 79,240 428,931
50 GREEN*CEE LO LADY KILLER 13,192 -32 19,463 167,123
51 SONGZ*TREY PASSION PAIN & PLEASURE 12,742 -58 30,295 631,136
52 LADY GAGA FAME 12,698 -56 29,088 3,978,505
53 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE DANGER DAYS: THE TRUE LIVES OF 12,466 -40 20,672 198,115
54 URBAN*KEITH GET CLOSER 12,155 -82 66,783 487,623
55 ARCADE FIRE SUBURBS 11,923 -38 19,344 450,564
56 LAMBERT*MIRANDA REVOLUTION 11,528 -73 42,561 1,127,420
57 NE-YO LIBRA SCALE 11,497 -55 25,748 222,605
58 TANK NOW OR NEVER 11,361 -49 22,282 77,312
59 WILSON*CHARLIE JUST CHARLIE 11,199 -65 31,634 129,327
60 JONES*NORAH FEATURING 11,184 -44 19,990 147,438
61 NELLY 5 11,161 -56 25,484 191,350
62 BOWERSOX*CRYSTAL FARMER'S DAUGHTER 10,801 -71 37,701 106,367
63 BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 10,437 -49 20,547 2,919,712
64 DAY TO REMEMBER WHAT SEPARATES ME FROM YOU 10,078 -34 15,316 135,909
65 TRAIN SAVE ME SAN FRANCISCO 9,904 -59 24,348 628,117
66 B.O.B B.O.B PRESENTS: THE ADVENTURES 9,869 -7 10,587 490,413
67 JACKSON*ALAN 34 NUMBER ONES 9,832 -72 35,048 161,255
68 HINDER ALL AMERICAN NIGHTMARE 9,816 -43 17,173 80,629
69 DEADMAU5 4X4=12 9,803 -26 13,257 62,259
70 LADY ANTEBELLUM MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS 9,660 -53 20,431 253,200
71 WAKA FLOCKA FLAME FLOCKAVELI 9,598 -26 13,007 160,273
72 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 9,585 -71 33,441 6,217,308
73 AVENGED SEVENFOLD NIGHTMARE 9,556 -44 17,200 442,713
74 RUCKER*DARIUS CHARLESTON, SC 1966 9,516 -73 35,791 355,227
75 BROWN*ZAC BAND FOUNDATION 9,503 -68 29,516 2,470,742
76 DISTURBED ASYLUM 9,428 -47 17,849 437,845
77 MAROON 5 HANDS ALL OVER 9,304 -60 23,006 388,071
78 VARIOUS NOW 35 9,149 -66 26,730 485,563
79 TOMLIN*CHRIS AND IF OUR GOD IS FOR US... 8,952 -68 28,327 70,345
80 SULLIVAN*JAZMINE LOVE ME BACK 8,719 -58 21,009 121,584
81 JOBE*KARI KARI JOBE 8,560 303 2,124 43,754
82 VARIOUS DISNEY WINTER WONDERLAND 8,469 173 3,105 39,339
83 ROSS*RICK TEFLON DON 8,053 -29 11,307 535,771
84 JAY-Z HITS COLLECTION 7,978 -48 15,473 86,828
85 THIRD DAY MOVE 7,958 -59 19,426 71,431
86 SKILLET AWAKE 7,856 -43 13,782 462,999
87 SHELTON*BLAKE LOADED: THE BEST OF BLAKE SHEL 7,817 -55 17,429 122,277
88 WOW HITS WOW HITS 2011 7,672 -78 35,521 81,517
89 VAMPIRE WEEKEND CONTRA 7,473 -17 9,031 450,811
90 KID CUDI MAN ON THE MOON: THE END OF DA 7,472 -24 9,819 532,506
91 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 7,351 -65 21,066 4,942,893
92 CURRINGTON*BILLY ENJOY YOURSELF 7,132 -61 18,060 205,294
93 THE MAINE IN DARKNESS & IN LIGHT BOX SET 7,124 0 7,124
94 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAR IS THE ANSWER 7,101 -38 11,476 416,344
95 GUARALDI*VINCE TRIO CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS 7,059 -81 37,902 3,000,654
96 CIARA BASIC INSTINCT 7,054 -65 20,381 64,140
97 BEATLES ABBEY ROAD 7,004 -53 14,971 4,646,047
98 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE PLAY ON 6,962 -77 30,517 1,923,785
99 SOUNDTRACK TANGLED 6,958 -30 9,978 53,692
100 BUBLE*MICHAEL CRAZY LOVE 6,933 -78 31,262 1,988,431
101 PAISLEY*BRAD HITS ALIVE 6,858 -71 23,992 175,441
102 FAR EAST MOVEMENT FREE WIRED 6,809 -6 7,230 86,912
103 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC V1 6,739 -70 22,335 1,100,644
104 BAREILLES*SARA KALEIDOSCOPE HEART 6,727 -43 11,768 259,167
105 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 18 6,600 -71 22,456 361,143
106 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL VOL. 1-CHRONICLE-20 GREATEST H 6,593 -33 9,800 5,833,797
107 MCENTIRE*REBA ALL THE WOMEN I AM 6,508 -78 29,114 213,137
108 GLEE CAST MUSIC: XMAS 6,505 -96 160,021 916,907
109 MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 6,498 -39 10,720 10,417,565
110 JOHNSON*JAMEY GUITAR SONG 6,467 -59 15,787 244,983
111 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 6,455 -42 11,041 3,255,714
112 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 6,445 -76 26,740 1,707,631
113 BRICKMAN*JIM JOY 6,434 219 2,018 67,777
114 SOUNDTRACK HANNAH MONTANA FOREVER 6,424 -73 23,645 224,631
114 TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE ORIGINA SOUNDTRACK 6,424 -46 12,001 517,475
116 JOHN*ELTON & LEON RUSSEL UNION 6,388 -80 31,395 289,088
117 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC,V3 6,355 -76 26,411 607,595
118 CHURCH*ERIC CAROLINA 6,298 -51 12,737 364,668
119 KEITH*TOBY BULLETS IN THE GUN 6,280 -73 23,129 265,506
120 GHOSTFACE KILLAH APOLLO KIDS 6,084 -54 13,262 19,513
121 BOYLE*SUSAN I DREAMED A DREAM 6,065 -79 29,047 3,962,785
122 CRUZ*TAIO ROKSTARR 6,044 -30 8,585 184,674
123 BROKEN BELLS BROKEN BELLS 6,020 -20 7,528 304,909
124 KEM INTIMACY 5,959 -58 14,343 300,245
125 MARSALIS*WYNTON CHRISTMAS JAZZ JAM 5,943 151 2,367 50,012
126 NIEMANN*JERROD JUDGE JERROD & THE HUNG JURY 5,930 -42 10,139 209,030
127 MY DARKEST DAYS MY DARKEST DAYS 5,883 -26 7,923 82,122
128 PHOENIX WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX 5,815 -19 7,158 549,263
129 SHAKIRA SALE EL SOL 5,814 -54 12,524 150,728
130 FANTASIA BACK TO ME 5,771 -63 15,731 383,844
131 JACKSON*MICHAEL ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 5,760 -38 9,296 1,758,431
132 VARIOUS ARTISTS LET IT SNOW: A HOLIDAY MUSICAL 5,614 0 25,378
133 LAMONTAGNE*RAY & THE PARIAH DO GOD WILLIN' & THE CREEK DON'T 5,475 -54 11,854 230,066
134 KANDI KANDI KOATED 5,432 -59 13,245 37,083
135 JOHN*ELTON ROCKET MAN-NUMBER 1'S 5,410 -29 7,650 750,574
136 SHINEDOWN SOUND OF MADNESS 5,377 -50 10,698 1,168,220
137 PARAMORE BRAND NEW EYES 5,232 -43 9,105 662,898
138 BENET*ERIC LOST IN TIME 5,226 -58 12,317 74,267
139 LADY GAGA FAME MONSTER (8 TRK) 5,126 -59 12,636 1,396,012
139 ONEREPUBLIC WAKING UP 5,126 -42 8,767 302,128
141 BEATLES 1967-70 5,123 -61 13,027 2,790,287
142 JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 5,095 -65 14,368 4,452,077
143 POTTER*GRACE & THE NOCTURNALS GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS 5,063 -52 10,633 100,906
144 STEWART*ROD FLY ME TO THE MOON: THE GREAT 5,044 -76 21,393 281,463
145 MICHELE*CHRISETTE LET FREEDOM REIGN 5,037 -61 12,976 85,043
146 SOULJA BOY DEANDRE WAY 5,026 -50 9,960 44,029
147 ALL THAT REMAINS FOR WE ARE MANY 4,984 -21 6,270 88,646
148 IGLESIAS*ENRIQUE EUPHORIA 4,967 -58 11,925 225,082
149 VARIOUS ARTISTS COUNTRY STRONG (ORIG 4,929 -26 6,701 42,949
150 EMINEM RELAPSE 4,927 -48 9,527 2,115,282
151 USHER RAYMOND V RAYMOND 4,923 -58 11,622 1,182,632
152 FLAME CAPTURED 4,883 999 300 3,479
153 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC, V2 4,869 -70 16,285 832,252
154 USHER VERSUS 4,866 -64 13,473 234,321
155 30 SECONDS TO MARS THIS IS WAR 4,861 -33 7,252 335,264
156 SPRINGSTEEN*BRUCE PROMISE 4,732 -80 23,682 150,311
157 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 4,717 -58 11,278 3,002,585
158 EL GRAN COMBO SALSA: UN HOMENAJE A EL GRAN C 4,685 -56 10,638 37,888
159 EMINEM EMINEM SHOW 4,676 -21 5,934 9,918,451
160 EL DEBARGE SECOND CHANCE 4,656 -63 12,525 58,115
161 LEGEND*JOHN WAKE UP! 4,653 -43 8,137 210,635
162 SICK PUPPIES TRI-POLAR 4,587 -38 7,358 273,873
163 NEON TREES HABITS 4,562 -42 7,891 127,664
164 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 4,499 -42 7,713 9,025,601
165 TOBYMAC TONIGHT 4,474 -58 10,673 169,762
166 VARIOUS STEP UP 3D 4,461 32 3,388 62,241
167 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA STRIP ME 4,441 -20 5,536 28,215
168 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER III 4,438 -26 5,987 3,533,280
169 BEACH HOUSE TEEN DREAM 4,428 -18 5,368 101,184
170 DEWYZE*LEE LIVE IT UP 4,411 -68 13,751 102,133
171 VAMPIRE WEEKEND ITUNES SESSION 4,391 -13 5,051 9,442
172 ESCAPE THE FATE ESCAPE THE FATE 4,355 -20 5,425 50,379
173 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 4,341 -45 7,854 2,068,463
174 SLASH ITUNES SESSION 4,334 0 4,334
175 GODSMACK ORACLE 4,287 -49 8,399 430,787
176 BEATLES BEATLES, THE (LIMITED EDITION) 4,280 -60 10,825 3,685,222
177 LECRAE REHAB 4,267 -45 7,718 67,207
178 SANTANA GUITAR HEAVEN: THE GREATEST GU 4,205 -69 13,691 236,593
179 BRYAN*LUKE DOIN' MY THING 4,194 -48 8,036 501,712
180 ROYCE*P PRINCE ROYCE 4,179 -39 6,892 89,359
181 NATIONAL HIGH VIOLET 4,148 -31 6,017 208,175
182 CORBIN*EASTON EASTON CORBIN 4,131 -52 8,524 304,615
183 CAGE THE ELEPHANT CAGE THE ELEPHANT 4,115 -19 5,096 395,062
184 BEATLES 1962-66 4,110 -63 11,209 2,386,674
185 BANKS*LLOYD H.F.M.2 (HUNGER FOR MORE 2) 4,093 -33 6,079 79,281
186 CASTRO*CRISTIAN VIVA EL PRINCIPE 4,086 -38 6,592 28,761
187 JOHNSON*JACK TO THE SEA 4,084 -66 11,849 723,272
188 ALDEAN*JASON WIDE OPEN 4,061 -58 9,685 1,356,076
189 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD SWAN SONGS 4,023 -23 5,211 742,564
190 NIRVANA NEVERMIND 4,020 64 2,453 8,797,662
191 GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 3,987 -46 7,436 4,910,403
192 EVANESCENCE FALLEN 3,966 -28 5,482 7,463,588
193 GLEE CAST ROCKY HORROR GLEE 3,949 -58 9,334 140,024
194 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC-JOURNEY TO REG 3,945 -66 11,444 387,141
195 KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS 3,920 -66 11,497 3,264,201
196 VARIOUS BACH:100 SUPREME CLASSICAL 3,892 0 3,892
197 PLANT*ROBERT BAND OF JOY 3,884 -58 9,266 174,160
197 STONE SOUR AUDIO SECRECY 3,884 -34 5,883 128,693
199 SOUNDTRACK SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD 3,879 -17 4,646 90,201
200 LIL WAYNE REBIRTH 3,872 -33 5,781 710,229

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The top 10 on the Hot Digital Songs chart is basically unchanged with only Nelly's "Just a Dream" bumping off Lil Wayne's "6'7" . Unlike the albums chart the drop from last week's Christmas sales heights was not that steep as "Grenade" by Bruno Mars managed to sell an impressive 425k and not far behind is Katy Perry's "Firework" which sold 398k. With a smaller sales gap between the two songs this time around, it's a close fight who will top the Hot 100 but I'm predicting 'Firework" will make a return trip atop Hot 100 because of its airplay strength. Here is this week's Hot Digital Songs Chart courtesy of Pulse Music Board

1 MARS*BRUNO GRENADE 424,906 -24 559,209 2,060,933
2 PERRY*KATY FIREWORK 398,194 -22 508,661 2,331,558
3 KE$HA WE R WHO WE R 319,493 -22 410,570 2,188,836
4 P!NK RAISE YOUR GLASS 273,321 -16 324,378 2,081,111
5 IGLESIAS*ENRIQUE FEAT. LUDACRI TONIGHT (I'M LOVIN' YOU) 269,543 -14 311,876 956,075
6 RIHANNA WHAT'S MY NAME? 262,285 -24 343,333 1,724,826
7 KHALIFA*WIZ BLACK & YELLOW 261,342 -21 331,091 1,381,242
8 BLACK EYED PEAS TIME (DIRTY BIT) 260,475 -11 293,863 1,539,437
9 SONGZ*TREY FEAT. NICKI MINAJ BOTTOMS UP 224,432 -23 291,161 2,201,745
10 NELLY JUST A DREAM 204,369 -4 212,823 2,760,716
11 MARS*BRUNO JUST THE WAY YOU ARE 198,935 -16 236,552 3,275,854
12 LIL WAYNE FEAT. CORY GUNZ 6 FOOT 7 FOOT 182,712 -41 308,496 657,350
13 CRUZ*TAIO DYNAMITE 180,428 -2 183,891 4,082,995
14 FAR*EAST MOVEMENT FEAT. CATAR LIKE A G6 169,772 -14 198,195 2,917,490
15 WAKA FLOCKA FLAME FEAT. ROSCOE NO HANDS 168,491 -22 215,480 1,247,159
16 RIHANNA ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) 156,503 -10 173,194 2,246,405
17 GREEN*CEE LO F**K YOU (FORGET YOU) 152,746 5 144,887 1,687,575
18 USHER FEAT. PITBULL DJ GOT US FALLIN' IN LOVE 141,607 -7 151,990 2,659,544
19 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 138,171 -8 149,921 3,010,809
20 DIDDY - DIRTY MONEY FEAT. SKYL COMING HOME 135,627 -28 189,608 550,885
21 BROWN*CHRIS YEAH 3X 133,842 -13 154,501 630,762
22 POSNER*MIKE PLEASE DON'T GO 129,830 -12 146,725 959,490
23 MAYA*EDWARD & VIKA JIGULINA STEREO LOVE 125,690 -5 132,180 824,920
24 SMITH*WILLOW WHIP MY HAIR 118,398 -24 155,615 913,773
25 PERRY*KATY FEAT. SNOOP DOGG CALIFORNIA GURLS 111,749 -3 115,348 4,398,212
26 SWIFT*TAYLOR BACK TO DECEMBER 108,229 -4 113,206 727,337
27 NEON TREES ANIMAL 104,863 -9 115,198 1,547,620
28 ONEREPUBLIC SECRETS 102,780 -11 115,848 1,483,136
29 FLO RIDA FEAT. DAVID GUETTA CLUB CAN'T HANDLE ME 101,708 1 100,417 2,124,001
30 BAND PERRY*THE IF I DIE YOUNG 101,233 -18 123,997 1,371,480
31 PITBULL FEAT. T-PAIN HEY BABY (DROP IT TO THE FLOOR 99,341 -6 105,433 714,876
32 SUGARLAND STUCK LIKE GLUE 98,512 -6 104,456 1,413,553
33 LIL WAYNE FEAT. DRAKE RIGHT ABOVE IT 98,396 -17 118,248 1,283,970
34 READY SET*THE LOVE LIKE WOE 95,986 -25 127,387 1,110,739
35 SWIFT*TAYLOR MINE 92,074 2 90,638 1,610,206
36 EMINEM FEAT. RIHANNA LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE 91,015 -23 117,999 4,245,354
37 EMINEM NOT AFRAID 89,919 -34 136,303 3,413,584
38 PERRI*CHRISTINA JAR OF HEARTS 85,893 -7 91,946 761,178
39 FAR*EAST MOVEMENT FEAT. RYAN T ROCKETEER 84,758 -2 86,382 264,016
40 EMINEM NO LOVE 84,669 -32 125,370 939,214
41 LONELY ISLAND FEAT. AKON I JUST HAD SEX 82,499 -46 152,206 247,443
42 IGLESIAS*ENRIQUE FEAT. PIT I LIKE IT 81,232 -6 86,029 2,987,150
43 VICTORIOUS CAST FEAT. VICTORIA FREAK THE FREAK OUT 78,749 20 65,753 257,258
44 B.O.B FEAT. RIVERS CUOMO MAGIC 77,976 -6 83,001 1,709,561
45 HILSON*KERI PRETTY GIRL ROCK 77,850 -36 121,212 355,073
46 CALI SWAG DISTRICT TEACH ME HOW TO DOUGIE 77,217 -14 90,056 1,221,684
47 TRAIN HEY, SOUL SISTER 68,958 7 64,374 5,000,983
48 POSNER*MIKE COOLER THAN ME 68,388 12 60,991 2,465,426
49 KE$HA TAKE IT OFF 68,227 -11 77,026 1,872,420
50 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 67,726 2 66,599 606,690
51 MINAJ*NICKI RIGHT THRU ME 67,225 -26 90,413 543,855
52 CHESNEY*KENNY SOMEWHERE WITH YOU 66,094 1 65,653 371,742
53 BLACK EYED PEAS I GOTTA FEELING 65,620 9 60,236 6,626,922
54 CRUZ*TAIO HIGHER 65,288 -35 99,747 206,682
55 MCGRAW*TIM FELT GOOD ON MY LIPS 64,389 1 64,058 375,878
56 B.O.B FEAT. HAYLEY WILLIAMS AIRPLANES 63,719 -8 69,140 4,004,148
57 ALDEAN*JASON W/KELLY CLARKSON DON'T YOU WANNA STAY 62,359 10 56,708 325,092
58 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE DOG DAYS ARE OVER 61,180 -2 62,531 820,935
59 KE$HA TIK TOK 60,733 13 53,534 5,483,258
60 FLO RIDA FEAT. AKON WHO DAT GIRL 59,120 13 52,357 200,059
61 USHER FEAT. WILL.I.AM OMG 56,633 0 56,496 3,762,654
62 DERULO*JASON RIDIN' SOLO 56,430 -2 57,381 2,374,801
63 BROWN*CHRIS FEAT. TYGA & KEVIN DEUCES 54,224 -14 63,050 999,907
64 PLAIN WHITE T'S RHYTHM OF LOVE 53,738 10 48,705 463,775
65 YOLANDA BE COOL & DCUP WE NO SPEAK AMERICANO 53,700 -1 54,341 767,540
66 BAREILLES*SARA KING OF ANYTHING 53,042 1 52,494 879,712
67 SHELTON*BLAKE WHO ARE YOU WHEN I'M NOT LOOKI 51,221 2 50,456 300,791
68 JEREMIH FEAT. 50 CENT DOWN ON ME 50,752 -6 53,717 300,840
69 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 48,769 41 34,601 4,506,558
70 JACKSON*MICHAEL FEAT. AKON HOLD MY HAND 48,209 -26 65,227 273,507
71 DJ KHALED FEAT. T-PAIN, LUDACR ALL I DO IS WIN 47,339 -9 52,170 1,643,628
72 MUMFORD & SONS LITTLE LION MAN 46,755 17 39,869 682,044
73 CRUZ*TAIO FEAT. LUDACRIS BREAK YOUR HEART 46,570 15 40,421 3,244,533
74 DR. DRE FEAT. SNOOP DOGG & AKO KUSH 46,051 -21 58,003 316,232
75 BIG TIME RUSH BIG NIGHT 46,041 105 22,457 88,457
76 MCCOY*TRAVIE FEAT. BRUNO MARS BILLIONAIRE 45,086 8 41,571 2,729,624
77 GOMEZ*SELENA & THE SCENE YEAR WITHOUT RAIN 45,067 -5 47,313 449,916
78 BIEBER*JUSTIN FEAT. LUDACRIS BABY 45,063 -12 51,218 2,677,252
79 MAROON 5 MISERY 45,026 36 33,085 1,079,902
80 LADY GAGA POKER FACE 43,355 8 40,120 5,840,269
81 MARS*BRUNO MARRY YOU 43,310 1 42,855 220,216
82 ROSS*RICK FEAT. DRAKE & CHRISE ASTON MARTIN MUSIC 42,956 -8 46,931 394,572
83 BROWN*ZAC BAND FEAT. ALAN JACK AS SHE'S WALKING AWAY 42,212 7 39,574 542,200
84 KE$HA YOUR LOVE IS MY DRUG 41,568 -4 43,447 2,664,055
85 GUETTA*DAVID FEAT. KID CUDI MEMORIES 41,471 -10 45,991 553,067
86 KINGSTON*SEAN FEAT. NICKI MINA LETTING GO (DUTTY LOVE) 41,107 -14 48,037 829,330
87 T.I. FEAT. EMINEM THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE 41,004 -27 56,542 281,535
88 BIRDMAN FEAT. LIL WAYNE FIRE FLAME 40,990 -14 47,823 162,185
89 WEST*KANYE FEAT. PUSHA T RUNAWAY 40,313 -2 41,096 608,286
90 MINAJ*NICKI MOMENT 4 LIFE 39,810 11 35,977 133,320
91 EMINEM LOSE YOURSELF 39,569 -16 47,115 3,233,299
92 THOMPSON SQUARE ARE YOU GONNA KISS ME OR NOT 38,165 6 35,906 192,329
93 USHER MORE 38,136 1 37,578 213,650
94 DRAKE FEAT. KANYE WEST, LIL WA FOREVER 37,747 -14 43,928 2,363,265
95 TROOP 41 DO THE JOHN WALL 37,640 -20 47,275 206,772
96 TRAIN MARRY ME 36,299 3 35,077 255,281
97 LINKIN PARK WAITING FOR THE END 35,601 7 33,339 264,294
98 LIL WAYNE FEAT. EMINEM DROP THE WORLD 35,588 -24 46,757 1,488,765
99 ATKINS*RODNEY FARMER'S DAUGHTER 35,185 -6 37,529 638,701
100 LADY GAGA FEAT. COLBY O'DONIS JUST DANCE 34,966 9 32,032 5,911,226
101 LADY GAGA BAD ROMANCE 34,786 10 31,615 4,514,757
102 DRAKE FEAT. T.I. & SWIZZ BEATZ FANCY 34,722 -1 35,079 499,143
103 CURRINGTON*BILLY LET ME DOWN EASY 33,802 3 32,835 177,405
104 MINAJ*NICKI FEAT. EMINEM ROMAN'S REVENGE 33,685 -20 42,208 231,977
105 CHIDDY BANG OPPOSITE OF ADULTS 33,474 13 29,503 351,224
106 LAMBERT*MIRANDA ONLY PRETTIER 33,216 5 31,725 344,430
107 GLEE CAST FEAT. GWYNETH PALTRO FORGET YOU 31,718 -8 34,417 422,090
108 KID CUDI FEAT. MGMT & RATATAT PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS (NIGHTMAR 31,400 -19 38,701 935,403
109 MCCARTNEY*JESSE SHAKE 31,106 -8 33,692 304,265
110 BLACK EYED PEAS BOOM BOOM POW 30,962 1 30,805 5,753,933
111 AKON ANGEL 30,707 -1 31,143 309,666
112 SICK PUPPIES MAYBE 30,619 25 24,529 163,203
113 BIEBER*JUSTIN FEAT. JADEN SMIT NEVER SAY NEVER 30,605 -14 35,386 443,699
114 CHURCH*ERIC SMOKE A LITTLE SMOKE 30,309 14 26,507 372,042
115 WEST*KANYE, JAY-Z, RICK ROSS, MONSTER 30,287 5 28,934 331,110
116 DERULO*JASON IN MY HEAD 29,637 22 24,296 2,623,994
117 LA ROUX BULLETPROOF 29,582 70 17,372 1,944,346
118 JOURNEY DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' 29,570 9 27,193 4,209,760
119 PARAMORE ONLY EXCEPTION 29,374 -4 30,683 1,020,871
120 JAY-Z + ALICIA KEYS EMPIRE STATE OF MIND 28,899 22 23,784 4,198,042
121 BEATLES LET IT BE 28,580 -7 30,641 211,418
122 WILL.I.AM & NICKI MINAJ CHECK IT OUT 28,493 -19 35,118 596,895
123 EVANS*SARA LITTLE BIT STRONGER 28,202 11 25,339 241,380
124 DEV FEAT. CATARACS BASS DOWN LOW 28,163 -6 29,929 105,747
125 BLACK EYED PEAS IMMA BE 28,115 13 24,929 3,248,559
126 BIEBER*JUSTIN FEAT. USHER SOMEBODY TO LOVE 27,953 -1 28,166 943,124
127 B.O.B FEAT. BRUNO MARS NOTHIN' ON YOU 27,741 -1 28,108 2,677,521
128 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE MAMA'S SONG 27,589 -7 29,609 291,201
129 FOXX*JAMIE FEAT. DRAKE FALL FOR YOUR TYPE 27,279 -41 46,348 126,694
130 SWIFT*TAYLOR YOU BELONG WITH ME 27,067 -17 32,672 3,570,449
131 LUPE FIASCO SHOW GOES ON 26,872 12 24,055 188,697
132 LAMBERT*MIRANDA HOUSE THAT BUILT ME 26,763 1 26,422 959,508
133 SHAKIRA FEAT. FRESHLYGROUN WAKA WAKA (THIS TIME FOR AFRIC 26,616 -20 33,081 867,188
134 URBAN*KEITH PUT YOU IN A SONG 26,520 -11 29,835 232,390
135 PAISLEY*BRAD THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC 26,270 -37 41,597 67,867
136 LIL WAYNE FEAT. DRAKE GONORRHEA 26,128 -18 31,765 341,364
137 CYRUS*MILEY PARTY IN THE U.S.A. 25,785 -11 28,857 4,369,715
138 LADY GAGA FEAT. BEYONCE TELEPHONE 25,574 5 24,278 2,740,228
139 DAFT PUNK DEREZZED 25,536 3 24,695 93,537
140 WILD CHERRY PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC 25,510 10 23,174 957,422
141 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 25,208 -7 26,988 4,787,950
142 LADY GAGA ALEJANDRO 25,174 9 23,026 2,040,293
143 OWL CITY FIREFLIES 25,105 8 23,148 4,061,309
144 DODSON*ANTOINE FEAT. GREGORY B BED INTRUDER SONG 24,996 4 23,994 361,632
145 BEATLES HERE COMES THE SUN 24,988 -9 27,452 166,798
146 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM PRETTY BOY SWAG 24,928 -11 27,867 649,973
147 MY DARKEST DAYS PORN STAR DANCING 24,878 -10 27,540 367,405
148 DRAKE FIND YOUR LOVE 24,775 -6 26,486 1,387,154
149 SEAN*JAY FEAT. NICKI MINAJ 2012 (IT AINT THE END)" 24,478 18 20,783 652,583
150 SWIFT*TAYLOR LOVE STORY 24,467 -19 30,241 4,852,707
151 KEITH*TOBY BULLETS IN THE GUN 24,447 7 22,860 143,406
152 LADY ANTEBELLUM HELLO WORLD 24,426 8 22,640 176,833
153 DERULO*JASON WHAT IF 24,381 -15 28,546 178,543
154 SAVING ABEL ADDICTED 24,087 9 22,121 1,820,156
155 LLOYD LAY IT DOWN 24,041 -11 26,886 172,187
156 KHALIFA*WIZ MAKE IT HOT 23,682 34 17,620 128,228
157 LADY GAGA PAPARAZZI 23,671 7 22,167 2,858,455
158 KE$HA CANNIBAL 23,586 33 17,691 117,406
159 NIEMANN*JERROD WHAT DO YOU WANT 23,477 16 20,248 154,997
160 POISON EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN 23,462 2 22,947 1,056,534
161 SCRIPT*THE FOR THE FIRST TIME 23,305 3 22,634 115,794
162 DRAKE OVER 23,221 3 22,522 1,147,793
163 MC HAMMER U CAN'T TOUCH THIS 23,035 -3 23,682 1,250,752
164 B.O.B I AM THE CHAMPION 22,949 -47 43,276 66,225
165 T-PAIN FEAT. YUNG JOC BUY U A DRANK (SHAWTY SNAPPIN' 22,805 -20 28,447 2,304,685
166 IYAZ REPLAY 22,775 3 22,027 3,623,844
167 CHESNEY*KENNY BOYS OF FALL 22,671 -5 23,795 585,381
168 KE$HA FEAT. 3OH!3 BLAH BLAH BLAH 22,253 -3 22,872 2,029,534
169 PERRY*KATY PEACOCK 22,156 18 18,735 183,599
170 YOUNG*CHRIS VOICES 22,063 5 21,002 177,858
171 KID CUDI SOUNDTRACK 2 MY LIFE 22,011 -19 27,236 596,510
172 BEYONCE SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON I 21,943 21 18,068 4,376,379
173 KINGSTON*SEAN FIRE BURNING 21,755 7 20,287 2,716,801
174 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND FISHIN' IN THE DARK 21,633 4 20,847 484,615
175 LAMBERT*ADAM IF I HAD YOU 21,483 12 19,139 733,891
176 3OH!3 DOUBLE VISION 21,393 6 20,165 267,899
177 ALDEAN*JASON BIG GREEN TRACTOR 21,347 -5 22,469 1,594,758
178 NICKELBACK HOW YOU REMIND ME 21,335 40 15,285 896,721
179 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE UNDO IT 21,189 9 19,506 972,754
180 MATCHBOX TWENTY 0.125 21,091 -4 21,986 621,285
181 LMFAO FEAT. LIL JON SHOTS 20,924 10 18,985 1,302,516
182 REBA TURN ON THE RADIO 20,918 14 18,316 200,671
183 GUETTA*DAVID FEAT. RIHANNA WHO'S THAT CHICK? 20,912 -4 21,878 114,323
184 BIG TIME RUSH TIL I FORGET ABOUT YOU 20,878 76 11,844 137,433
185 MINAJ*NICKI YOUR LOVE 20,767 -19 25,636 917,286
186 BROOKS*MEREDITH BITCH 20,666 -3 21,354 591,196
187 BEATLES HEY JUDE 20,590 -1 20,743 125,859
188 EMINEM TILL I COLLAPSE 20,127 -25 26,686 1,209,660
189 KID CUDI FEAT. KANYE WEST ERASE ME 20,101 -10 22,289 436,344
190 WEST*KANYE ALL OF THE LIGHTS 20,088 14 17,687 91,426
191 BROWN*ZAC BAND CHICKEN FRIED 20,022 9 18,391 2,537,146
192 MUMFORD & SONS CAVE 19,750 22 16,232 159,093
193 P!NK F**KIN' PERFECT 19,537 -2 20,035 96,179
194 B.O.B DON'T LET ME FALL 18,994 -16 22,642 254,470
195 RIHANNA S&M 18,977 54 12,297 107,191
196 USHER FEAT. LUDACRIS & LIL JON YEAH 18,826 11 16,975 2,914,544
197 SONGZ*TREY CAN'T BE FRIENDS 18,819 -22 24,196 222,524
198 3OH!3 HIT IT AGAIN 18,700 -68 58,628 77,328
199 DERULO*JASON WHATCHA SAY 18,612 29 14,436 3,470,007
200 BIEBER*JUSTIN U SMILE 18,441 0 18,379 338,753

Grenade Explodes Atop Hot 100

Bruno Mars' scores his second solo #1 and third #1 overall on the Hot 100 as "Grenade" tops this week's Billboard Hot 100. "Grenade" sold a massive 559k downloads this week! In fact, the top 10 on this week's Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart all sold above 290k. This was made possible by the Christmas sales rush as many people receive new mp3 players and iTunes cards to so last week was indeed a huge sales week! Last week's #1 "Firework" by Katy Perry steps down to #2 but like 'Grenade" the single also enjoyed huge sales spike this week selling 508K. Here is this week's top 10 on the Hot Digital Songs Chart courtesy of Paul Grein's Yahoo! Chart Watch:

1. Bruno Mars' "Grenade" (559K)
2. Katy Perry's "Firework" (508K)
3. Ke$ha's "We R Who We R" (411K)
4. Rihanna featuring Drake, "What's My Name?" (343K)
5. Wiz Khalifa's "Black And Yellow" (331K)
6. P!nk's "Raise Your Glass" (324K)
7. Enrique Iglesias featuring Ludacris & DJ Frank E's "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" (312K)
8. Lil Wayne featuring Cory Gunz's "6 Foot 7 Foot" (308K)
9. The Black Eyed Peas' "The Time (Dirty Bit)" (294K)
10. Trey Songz featuring Nicki Minaj's "Bottoms Up" (291K).

The huge digital sales this week served a big impact on this week's Hot 100 as the Hot 100 top 10 is almost identical to the Hot Digital Songs top 10. The top 5 is composed of former #1 songs led by "Grenade" and "Firework" and followed by Ke$ha's "We R Who We R" at #3, Rihanna and Drake's "What's My Name" at #4 and Pink's "Raise Your Glass" at #5 while Enrique Iglesias scores another top 10 hit as his new single "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) jumps to #7. Here is is this week's Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 (full chart to be posted tomorrow)

1. Bruno Mars' "Grenade"
2. Katy Perry's "Firework"
3. Ke$ha's "We R Who We R"
4. Rihanna featuring Drake, "What's My Name?"
5. P!nk's "Raise Your Glass"
6. Wiz Khalifa's "Black And Yellow"
7. Enrique Iglesias featuring Ludacris & DJ Frank E's "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"
8. Trey Songz featuring Nicki Minaj's "Bottoms Up"
9. The Black Eyed Peas' "The Time (Dirty Bit)"
10. Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are"

While the single sales are rosy the album sales on the other hand are gloomy as for the first time in Nielsen Soundscan history (which started in 1991) no album sold at least 300k during the Christmas week where sales are greater than usual. Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" continues its reign on top selling 276k (bringing its total sales to date to 2.8 million, it will likely cross the 3 million mark next week) followed by former champ Susan Boyle's "The Gift" at #2 selling 240K this week. This is sad to see albums fairing weekly on the holidays but what else is new sales are down 13% from last year. Expect record breaking low sales on January-February 2011 when sales usually take a big slump after the holidays. Unfortunately, there are no Billboard 200 album sales leak so far this week that I have seen so I'll just share the top 10 for the meantime (courtesy of Yahoo! Chart Watch):

1. Taylor Swift, "Speak Now", 276,000
2. Susan Boyle, "The Gift", 240,00
3. Various Artists, "Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album", 160,000
4. Jackie Evancho, "O Holy Night", 151,000
5. Michael Jackson, "MICHAEL", 150,0006.
6. Jamie Foxx, "Best Night Of My Life", 144,000
7. Eminem, "Recovery", 137,000
8. Nicki Minaj, "Pink Friday", 133,000
9. Keyshia Cole, "Calling All Hearts", 128,000
10. Rihanna, "Loud", 111,000

Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars Reclaim #1

Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" returns on top of the Billboard 200 Albums chart knocking off Susan Boyle's "The Gift" to #2 while Bruno Mars' "Grenade" dislodges three-week #1 "Firework" by Katy Perry on the Hot Digital Songs chart. "Speak Now" sold 259 thousand copies this week while "The Gift" sold 254 thousand this week, both albums saw an increase in sales from the previous week. "Speak Now" has already sold 2.6 million is just 8 weeks, it will likely sell 2.8 million by the end of the year which will be the #3 best selling album for 2010 behind Eminem's "Recovery" (3.2 million) and Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" (3 million). On the other hand, Bruno Mars returns atop the Hot Digital Songs chart with his second single "Grenade" which sold 212 thousand this week, the track dislodges Katy Perry's "Firework" which sold 192k this week. The sales gap between "Grenade" and "Firework" is just over 20k and with Katy's track dominant lead on airplay, "Firework" will likely be the #1 song for the third straight week on the Billboard Hot 100 to be posted tomorrow.

Entering at #3 on the Billboard is the posthumous album of the late Michael Jackson titled "Michael" which sold 228K this week. This album is a collection of unreleased tracks Jackson has been producing as early as 5 years ago. Also new at #3 on the Hot Digital songs chart is Lil Wayne's "6'7" which sold 167k this week.

American Idol 9 runner up Crystal Bowersox debut album "Farmer's Daugther" entered the chart at #28 selling 58 thousand. While Lee DeWyze's "Live It Up" debuted on a higher position at #19 a couple of weeks back. Bowersox outsold him as DeWyze's debut album only sold 39 thousand on its first week (the album is currently at #119 and has so far sold 84k). Nevertheless, the sales are both disappointing for AI alums and unless there's a sales turnaround for the two (or some other AI9 finalist will break out) this will likely be the first batch of American Idol alumni not to have someone have land a top 10 album (or even score a hit on the Billboard Hot 100).

Here is this week's top on the Hot Digital Songs Chart courtesy of Paul Grein's Yahoo! Chart Watch:

1. Bruno Mars - "Grenade" (212K)
2. Katy Perry - "Firework" (192K)
3. Lil Wayne - "6'7" (166K)
4. Black Eyed Peas - "The Time (Dirty Bit) (147K)
5. Rihanna feat Drake - "What's My Name?" (141K)
6. Ke$ha - "We R Who We R" (134K)
7. P!nk - "Raise Your Glass" (130K)
8. Whiz Khalifa - "Black and Yellow" (122K)
9. Enrique Iglesias feat Ludacris - "Tonight (I'm Lovin'/F*ckin You) - (109K_
10. Trey Songz feat Nicki Minaj- "Bottoms Up" (99K)

Here are the Top 25 CURRENT albums on Billboard. I emphasize on CURRENT because this list does not include catalog albums (old albums) like Andrea Bocelli's "My Christmas" which according to Yahoo! Chart Watch is #20 on the Billboard 200 this week. Once again this is the only one that leaked at Pulse Music Board so better than nothing, right? :)

1 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 259,136 29 200,927 2,607,188
2 BOYLE*SUSAN THE GIFT 254,341 5 243,227 1,602,302
3 JACKSON*MICHAEL MICHAEL 227,673 999 515 228,219
4 EVANCHO*JACKIE O HOLY NIGHT 190,720 28 148,646 846,573
5 GLEE CAST MUSIC: XMAS 158,227 -18 193,421 750,381
6 KELLY*R. LOVE LETTER 153,873 999 393 154,281
7 DIDDY - DIRTY MONEY LAST TRAIN TO PARIS 100,786 999 102 100,890
8 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 97,447 19 81,870 658,439
9 KID ROCK BORN FREE 93,934 41 66,410 516,600
10 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC,V4 86,842 17 74,489 289,658
11 RIHANNA LOUD 83,681 18 70,987 579,322
12 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC 82,887 17 70,711 335,448
13 GROBAN*JOSH ILLUMINATIONS 79,532 5 75,492 522,802
14 BLACK EYED PEAS BEGINNING 76,623 23 62,288 257,944
15 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 74,287 26 59,100 858,364
16 RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS 74,084 9 67,767 446,924
17 CAREY*MARIAH MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU 73,848 24 59,469 363,352
18 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 73,079 36 53,855 2,219,734
19 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 71,167 27 56,225 565,117
20 T.I. NO MERCY 69,388 -56 159,462 229,128
21 EMINEM RECOVERY 68,519 39 49,319 3,214,279
22 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 66,128 -1 66,501 738,122
23 VARIOUS NOW 36 65,152 31 49,654 368,379
24 SUGARLAND INCREDIBLE MACHINE 63,473 25 50,698 684,746
25 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 61,624 33 46,486 2,995,136

#1 Again for Katy Perry, Susan Boyle

Katy Perry's "Firework" continues to shine brightly as it leads the Billboard Hot Digital Songs Chart for a third straight week while Susan Boyle's "The Gift" is still on a roll as it leads the Billboard 200 Albums Chart for a fourth non-consecutive week.

Bruno Mars' "Grenade" is on course to be the next chart topper as the second single from his debut album jumps from #3 to #2 this week on the Hot Digital Songs chart. On the other hand, Taylor Swift is on track to get the top spot back on the Billboard 200 as her third album "Speak Now" continues to show its sales prowess selling 200K this week and climbing back to #2 this week.

After a disappointing start, The Black Eyed Peas' new album "The Beginning" plunges from #6 to #15 this week however the lead single from the album "The Time (Dirty Bit)" is holding well as it only dropped to #3 from #2 last week on the Hot Digital Songs chart.

Incarcerated T.I had an underwhelming start with his new album "No Mercy" debuting at #4 on the Billboard 200 selling 159K. The rapper's last three albums all went straight to #1 selling at least 375K on its first week. T.I's last album "Paper Trail" spawned massive hit singles "Whatever You Like" and "Live Your Life" (featuring Rihanna) which both topped the Hot 100 in 2008 for 7 weeks and 6 weeks, respectively. In comparison, "Get Back Up", the lead single from "No Mercy", peaked at #70 so far on the Hot 100. This week though an album track "That's All She Wrote" which features Eminem, debuts at #8 on the Hot Digital Songs chart selling 109K.

Billboard already released their yearend charts but as some of you may know it only covers from December 2009-November 2010 so as for the calendar year, Paul Grein of Yahoo! Chart Watch is monitoring the tight race between Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" and Katy Perry's "California Gurls" for the best selling song digitally for 2010. "Hey, Soul Sister" is just ahead of "California Gurls" by two thousand downloads (4,154,000 > 4,152,00) so this is an exciting battle. Check out Paul Grein's Yahoo! Chart Watch extra of the top 20 best selling songs in the US to date for 2010 (here's the link)

And with only 2 weeks left, it's safe to say that Eminem's "Recovery" will be the best selling album in the US for the year. To date, "Recovery" has sold 3,145,760. At #2 is Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" with 2,933,152, it will likely cross the 3 million mark next week. Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" needs to sell at least 650k for the next two weeks to cross the 3 million mark, it seems hard to achieve but with the Christmas weeken ahead, she could possibly do it. But I'm guessing "Speak Now" would only sell 2.8 million by the end of the year which isn't really bad but it be would great if we could have 3 million sellers this year so I hope "Speak Now" could do it :)

The Hot 100 list will be posted tomorrow and "Firework" is expected to be #1 again for a second week so for the meantime here is this week's Top 10 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart courtesy of Paul Grein from Yahoo! Chart Watch

1. Katy Perry - "Firework" (201K)
2. Bruno Mars - "Grenade" (185K)
3. Black Eyed Peas - "The Time (Dirty Bit) (150K)
   
4. Rihanna feat Drake - "What's My Name?" (135K)
5. P!nk - "Raise Your Glass" (129K)
6. Ke$ha - "We R Who We R" (125K)
   
7. Whiz Khalifa - "Black and Yellow" (110K)
8. T.I feat Eminem - "That's All She Wrote" (109K)
   
9. Trey Songz feat Nicki Minaj- "Bottoms Up" (96K)
10. Bruno Mars - "Just the Way You Are" (91K)

Meanwhile, here are the Top 25 CURRENT albums on Billboard. I emphasize on CURRENT because this list does not include catalog albums (old albums) like Andrea Bocelli's "My Christmas" which according to Yahoo! Chart Watch is #11 on the Billboard 200 this week. The reason I'm posting this instead of the Billboard 200 chart is because this is the only one that leaked on Pulse Music Board so better than nothing, right? :)

1 BOYLE*SUSAN THE GIFT 243,227 -10 271,567 1,362,766
2 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 200,927 10 182,018 2,348,052
3 GLEE CAST MUSIC: XMAS 193,421 49 129,436 592,154
4 T.I. NO MERCY 159,462 999 180 159,740
5 EVANCHO*JACKIE O HOLY NIGHT 148,646 3 144,572 659,861
6 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 81,870 -21 103,149 560,992
7 GROBAN*JOSH ILLUMINATIONS 75,492 -3 78,085 443,417
8 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC,V4 74,489 -42 128,160 202,816
9 RIHANNA LOUD 70,987 -8 77,040 495,641
10 SOUNDTRACK TRON LEGACY 70,794 999 144 70,941
11 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC 70,711 7 66,383 252,561
12 RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS 67,767 18 57,194 372,840
13 WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 66,501 -39 108,404 671,994
14 KID ROCK BORN FREE 66,410 5 63,498 422,666
15 BLACK EYED PEAS BEGINNING 62,288 -48 118,704 181,321
16 CAREY*MARIAH MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU 59,469 -8 64,676 289,504
17 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 59,100 22 48,593 784,077
18 WILSON*CHARLIE JUST CHARLIE 57,286 999 162 57,448
19 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 56,225 18 47,750 493,950
20 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 53,855 33 40,483 2,146,655
21 URBAN*KEITH GET CLOSER 52,019 -12 59,380 348,836
22 SUGARLAND INCREDIBLE MACHINE 50,698 8 46,957 621,273
23 VARIOUS NOW 36 49,654 5 47,102 303,227
24 EMINEM RECOVERY 49,319 13 43,563 3,145,760
25 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 46,486 29 36,084 2,933,512