Posted December 16, 201014 yr NEW JACKSON MAKES IT SONY IN DECEMBER Sony Music Will Have Five of Top Six, with Jackson, Boyle, Glee, Evancho and R. Kelly December 15, 2010 Epic’s MICHAEL, the late superstar’s second official posthumous release (after last year’s This Is It soundtrack), hit retail Tuesday, and first-week sales estimates are now between 225-250k for the album. That would put the Moonwalker in a vigorous three-horse race with Sony stable mate Susan Boyle’s still-reigning The Gift and Big Machine frisky colt Taylor Swift’s Speak Now for #1 on next week’s HITS Top 50 sales chart. Those totals are based on one-day sales reports from those hardy music retailers who haven’t abandoned their stores to set up Christmas tree lots. Two of the next three positions are Team Stringer/ Barnett acts, too, with Columbia’s Glee Cast Christmas and Jackie Evancho going up against yet another Sony artist, Jive/JLG’s debuting R. Kelly. Estimates for Kelly's typically salacious Love Letter are in the 150-160k range, which would beat most industry forecasts, as the veteran R&B superstar tends to do. That would give Sony five of the top six albums on next week’s chart. Next highest debut comes from Bad Boy/Interscope’s Diddy Dirty Money, the latest project from P. Diddy, which would seem to be in the 60-65k range after an appearance several weeks ago on Saturday Night Live. American Idol alumnus Crystal Bowersox’s 19/Jive/JLG debut is on target for 45-50k, with Atlantic’s Tank aiming for 40-45k and Jive/JLG’s Ciara between 35-40k. http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPa...gi?news08337m01
December 16, 201014 yr Poor Michael, :o they initially posted that he would sell 400-450 k of his album. I guess it wasn't a big success after all. I can't believe american taste, Taylor Swift :puke2: with her boing lame album sells 1 million copies 1st week, and Michael Jackson the King of pop struggles to sell 200 k with his first posthumous release. What kind of taste this is??? :wacko:
December 16, 201014 yr What kind of taste this is??? :wacko: Well aren't a lot of people against the Michael Jackson release, since it's supposed to be made up of demos and stuff? Not too surprised at the American sales for it, given that it doesn't look to be going top 2 in the UK either. And Taylor Swift's album is the best of 2010 imo, very deserving of the huge sales.
December 16, 201014 yr wow poor Ciara!! how the mighty have fallen.. glad Crystal is set to beat Lee's first week sales :)
December 17, 201014 yr Poor Michael, :o they initially posted that he would sell 400-450 k of his album. I guess it wasn't a big success after all. I can't believe american taste, Taylor Swift :puke2: with her boing lame album sells 1 million copies 1st week, and Michael Jackson the King of pop struggles to sell 200 k with his first posthumous release. What kind of taste this is??? :wacko: Not that I am remotely a Taylor Swift fan at all, but Michael's album is an album full of rejects and demos that are poor and that he didn't want released. :rolleyes:
December 18, 201014 yr Author TOP 10 CHART PREVIEW December 16th Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 225-250kSusan Boyle (Columbia) 225-250kMichael Jackson (Epic) 210-225k (NEW)Jackie Evancho (Columbia) 210-225kR. Kelly (Jive/JLG) 155-170k (NEW)Glee Cast Christmas (Columbia) 155-170kKid Rock (Atlantic) 90-100kGlee Cast Vol. 4 (Columbia) 80-90kJustin Bieber My Worlds Acoustic (Island/IDJ) 70-80kNicki Minaj (YM/Cash Money/Universal Motown) 70-80kMariah Carey (Island/IDJ) 70-80kJustin Bieber My World 2.0 (Island/IDJ) 65-75KKaty Perry (Capitol/EMI) 65-75kRihanna (Def Jam/IDJ) 60-70kBlack Eyed Peas (Interscope) 60-70kDiddy Dirty Money (Bad Boy) 60-70k (NEW) http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgi
December 21, 201014 yr CHART DATE: 12/20/2010 NOW IN: FINAL 2 1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 254,996 +27% SPEAK NOW 1 2 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 251,002 +5% THE GIFT -- 3 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 224,910 -- MICHAEL 5 4 JACKIE EVANCHO COLUMBIA 196,668 +30% O HOLY NIGHT 3 5 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 154,075 -20% CHRISTMAS ALBUM -- 6 R. KELLY JIVE/JLG 150,405 -- LOVE LETTER 6 7 NICKI MINAJ YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 98,458 +22% PINK FRIDAY 12 8 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 94,250 +33% BORN FREE 10 9 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 89,541 +24% GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 4 -- 10 DIDDY DIRTY MONEY BAD BOY 87,380 -- LAST TRAIN TO PARIS 19 11 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 82,973 +48% BEGINNING 8 12 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 82,582 +11% ILLUMINATIONS 11 13 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 82,503 +14% MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC 7 14 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 79,771 +7% LOUD 14 15 RASCAL FLATTS BIG MACHINE 76,559 +12% NOTHING LIKE THIS 21 16 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 73,812 +39% MY WORLD 2.0 17 17 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 72,428 +19% TEENAGE DREAM 20 18 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 70,501 +28% MY KINDA PARTY 24 19 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 69,233 +42% RECOVERY 15 20 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 66,513 -1% MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU 25 21 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 36 CAPITOL/EMI 65,802 +35% VARIOUS ARTISTS 23 22 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 64,346 +28% INCREDIBLE MACHINE 4 23 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 64,317 -59% NO MERCY 26 24 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 62,792 +31% NEED YOU NOW 13 25 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 62,010 -10% MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED... 22 26 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 61,739 +20% GET CLOSER 9 27 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 61,735 -15% MY CHRISTMAS 30 28 VINCE GUARALDI FANTASY 53,963 +31% CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS 16 29 DAFT PUNK WALT DISNEY 53,640 -16% TRON: LEGACY (SOUNDTRACK) 29 30 BRUNO MARS NEW ELEKTRA 53,452 +25% DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS -- 31 CRYSTAL BOWERSOX 19/JIVE/JLG 53,400 -- FARMER'S DAUGHTER 33 32 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 52,360 +35% A YEAR WITHOUT RAIN 38 33 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 48,428 +44% GREATEST HITS SO FAR 32 34 BON JOVI ISLAND/IDJMG 45,630 +16% GREATEST HITS 37 35 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 44,110 +30% HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY 28 36 TIM MCGRAW CURB 43,704 -4% NUMBER ONE HITS 40 37 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 41,588 +26% SIGH NO MORE -- 38 TANK ATLANTIC 41,181 -- NOW OR NEVER 31 39 BURLESQUE RCA/RMG 40,992 +2% SOUNDTRACK 35 40 ANNIE LENNOX DECCA 39,785 +7% CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA 27 41 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 39,009 -15% NOEL 41 42 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 38,976 +22% YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE -- 43 CIARA JIVE/JLG 37,940 -- BASIC INSTINCT 47 44 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 36,437 +36% MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS 46 45 THE BAND PERRY UNIV REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 34,597 +28% THE BAND PERRY -- 46 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 34,547 -- REVOLUTION 34 47 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL XMAS V.4 CAPITOL/EMI 33,752 -11% VARIOUS ARTISTS 44 48 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 31,009 +14% I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 39 49 CHRIS TOMLIN SIX STEPS RECORDS 30,908 -8% GLORY IN THE HIGHEST: CHRISTMAS -- 50 JOHN*ELTON & LEON RUSSEL DECCA 30,566 --
December 22, 201014 yr Awesome result! Pleased for Taylor :cheer:. CR: 1-1-2-9-4-2-2-1- (I think?) Impressed how well Selena's album is holding up with no new single. We need a third single now to get it back top 20!
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