Posted January 10, 200718 yr CHART DATE: 01/08/2007 LAST UPDATE: 01/09/2007 16:19:42 NOW IN: FINAL LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 DREAMGIRLS:MUSIC FROM THE... COLUMBIA/SMS 68,691 -- SOUNDTRACK -- 2 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 57,956 -- KONVICTED -- 3 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 56,284 -- DAUGHTRY -- 4 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 50,692 -- FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS -- 5 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL...VOL.23 SONY LABEL GROUP 47,340 -- VARIOUS -- 6 OMARION EPIC 45,321 -- 21 -- 8 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 43,075 -- SOUNDTRACK -- 12 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 38,732 -- SOME HEARTS -- 13 CIARA LAFACE/ZLG 36,898 -- THE EVOLUTION -- 14 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 36,621 -- B'DAY -- 16 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 35,728 -- EMINEM PRESENTS THE RE-UP -- 19 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 33,511 -- THE SWEET ESCAPE -- 20 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 33,067 -- THE DUTCHESS -- 21 JOHN MAYER AWARE/COLUMBIA/CRG 30,636 -- CONTINUUM -- 22 NELLY FURTADO GEFFEN 29,239 -- LOOSE -- 23 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE REPRISE 28,501 -- THE BLACK PARADE -- 24 IL DIVO COLUMBIA 27,937 -- SIEMPRE -- 25 JAY-Z ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 27,783 -- KINGDOM COME -- 26 INCUBUS EPIC 27,494 -- LIGHT GRENADES -- 27 SNOOP DOGG GEFFEN 27,485 -- THE BLUE CARPET TREATMENT -- 28 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 24,178 -- THE EVOLUTION OF ROBIN THICKE -- 29 30 SECONDS TO MARS VIRGIN 24,110 -- A BEAUTIFUL LIE -- 30 U2 INTERSCOPE 23,530 -- U218 SINGLES -- 31 EVANESCENCE WIND-UP 23,292 -- THE OPEN DOOR -- 32 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 23,156 -- LOVE, PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY... -- 38 BOW WOW COLUMBIA 21,629 -- THE PRICE OF FAME -- 39 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA/RMG 21,169 -- BACK TO BASICS Edited January 10, 200718 yr by Dino
January 10, 200718 yr Dreamgirls might not be #1 in Billboard... HDD are counting both versions of the album as one... Billboard is not...
January 10, 200718 yr Dreamgirls might not be #1 in Billboard... HDD are counting both versions of the album as one... Billboard is not... Which means that the Billboard # 1 might sell less then 60,000 for the first time in the soundscan era...
January 10, 200718 yr Ok... Dreamgirls is #1 3 1 DREAMGIRLS SOUNDTRACK 66,355 -36 104,366 451,993 2 2 AKON KONVICTED 63,699 -43 112,275 1,221,730 11 3 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 55,916 -27 76,262 1,176,949 8 4 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS 51,638 -38 82,669 2,428,765 6 5 VARIOUS NOW 23 48,094 -46 89,174 1,844,522 10 6 HANNAH MONTANA SOUNDTRACK 46,365 -40 77,794 2,034,046 5 7 YOUNG JEEZY INSPIRATION: THUG MOTIVATION 45,329 -51 91,774 675,528 4 8 NAS HIP HOP IS DEAD 45,117 -55 101,103 502,100 13 9 BEATLES LOVE 44,427 -34 66,819 1,141,062 1 10 OMARION 21 42,071 -65 119,392 162,534 Billboard: And We're Telling You: 'Dreamgirls' Sings Way To Top January 10, 2007 The soundtrack to "Dreamgirls" rises to No. 1 -- making it the first film soundtrack to climb to the top since 2002. The bad news: It registers the lowest sales total for a No. 1 album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991 ... In other news this week, Carly Simon parlays a dead week for new releases (plus a QVC stop) into a top 20 debut ... As The Billboard 200 continues to adjust in the post-Christmas haze, many titles ascend the tally, including Daughtry, Rascal Flatts and Corinne Bailey Rae ... Other acts that make big moves this week include Damien Rice, Shiny Toy Guns, Queen and Journey ... In Progress Reports, we've got updates on Justin Timberlake, Rob Thomas, Chris Brown, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Brad Paisley, the Wreckers and Modest Mouse. FLASH POINTS • The "Dreamgirls" soundtrack moves to No. 1 on The Billboard 200 this week, making it the first film soundtrack to rise to the top since "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" climbed to No. 1 in 2002. "Dreamgirls" is the fourth soundtrack to hit No. 1 in the past year, following "Curious George," "High School Musical" and "Hannah Montana." Also, "Dreamgirls" is the first movie musical soundtrack to hit No. 1 since 1978's "Grease." (That's discounting the soundtracks from animated features like "The Lion King" and Prince's 1984 quasi-musical "Purple Rain.") • Unfortunately, the "Dreamgirls" achievement is marred by a rather significant milestone -- with a woeful 66,000 units, it's the smallest figure for a No. 1 album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. Previously, the lowest No. 1 total belonged to OutKast's "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" when it did 86,000 in January 2004. So far, there have been only 10 weeks where the No. 1 album sold less than 100,000. Half of those occurred from 1991-1994. OutKast's album fell below 100,000 twice in 2004, Jamie Foxx's "Unpredictable" did 97,000 in January of 2006 and Johnny Cash's "American V: A Hundred Highways" started with 88,000 last July ... It should be noted that there are two editions of the "Dreamgirls" soundtrack. The single-disc version is at No. 1 this week, and it serves as a highlights set of music from the film. At No. 51 sits "Dreamgirls: Deluxe Edition," a two-CD expanded album with a higher price tag and many bonus songs not found on the single-disc album. The two versions sold a combined 85,000 copies. • It's looking good that another soundtrack, from Disney Channel's movie "Jump In!," could make a handsome debut next week. The TV film stars "High School Musical's" Corbin Bleu, and it premieres Jan. 12. The soundtrack not only features Bleu, but also Drew Seeley. The latter is familiar to "High School Musical" fans, as he provided most of the singing voice of "Troy," the character Zac Efron played in the movie. Seeley is currently on tour with the "High School Musical" cast (minus Efron) through the end of the month. • As The Billboard 200 adjusts to its non-holiday normality, a lot of titles surge one way or the other on the tally. With the overall albums market down 35% compared with last week, the smaller decline in sales you have, the bigger the chart jump you'll make. For example, Daughtry's self-titled album rockets 11-3 even though it's down 27%. Other releases that make sizable position gains are the "Hannah Montana" soundtrack (10-6, down 40%), Rascal Flatts' "Me and My Gang" (22-13, down 29%), Nickelback's "All the Right Reasons" (20-18, down 37%) and Nelly Furtado's "Loose" (29-21, down 23%) ... Nickelback's set is still going strong 66 weeks after its release. With 4.7 million and counting, it has ranked in the top 30 every week since it bowed ... Furtado's album is on the comeback trail, thanks to her current single "Say It Right." The tune rises 9-7 on the CHR/Top 40 chart this week and is also charting on Hot AC/Adult Top 40 and Rhythmic Top 40. Her album started strong last summer thanks to her No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit "Promiscuous" but took a slide as the set's second single, "Maneater," failed at radio. The album has sold 1.2 million to date. • Carly Simon takes advantage of a dead week in terms of new releases and bows with her new album, "Into White," at No. 15 (40,000 units). The collection of pop standards and lullabies features such classics as "Blackbird," "Oh! Susanna," "Over the Rainbow" and "You Are My Sunshine." The set should get a big boost in the coming weeks, as Simon appeared on "Good Morning America" yesterday and visits "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Jan. 16. The album's debut was also fueled by a Jan. 5 QVC special, where the singer performed and chatted ... Simon's last release, "Moonlight Serenade," started at No. 7 in 2005 with 58,000. It has sold 329,000 to date ... Simon's set wasn't the only album released Jan. 2. Elvis Presley's "The Essential Elvis Presley" also bowed that day. The two-disc set is the second-highest debut this week and starts at No. 72 with 13,000. While on the surface it's just another repackaging of the King's hits, it's also the latest installment of the best-selling "Essential" series from Sony BMG. But this is the first time The Billboard 200 chart has seen an "Essential" album devoted to a former BMG artist (Presley is on RCA) -- all of the previous chart entries from the "Essential" collection came from those in the old Sony family of labels. They include Columbia's Alice in Chains, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Billy Joel and Bob Dylan, and Epic's Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, the Clash, Ozzy Osbourne, Luther Vandross and Michael Jackson. • Who else is taking great strides on The Billboard 200 this week? Corinne Bailey Rae zooms 57-33 with her self-titled album (down only 12%). Robin Thicke's "The Evolution of Robin Thicke" charges 62-35 (down a scant 5%). The various-artists compilation "WOW Hits 2007" climbs 91-76 with a 24% decline while the soundtrack to "Rocky Balboa" motors 109-87 (down only 25%). All of these albums -- plus many more that move up the chart -- were sale-priced at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Circuit City, Target or Kmart ... Damien Rice's "9" vaults 117-58 with Greatest Gainer honors (up nearly 5,000 units - 38%). "9 Crimes," a song from the set, was heard in the Jan. 4 rerun of "Grey's Anatomy" ... Shiny Toy Guns' "We Are Pilots" flies 178-114 after the Apple iTunes Music Store promoted the band's "Le Disko" as a free download single of the week. Interest in the song clearly caused consumers to buy the album -- tagged with a new-artist price of $6.99. Though its overall sales are down 5%, it's up 122% on the Top Digital Albums chart (a debut at No. 13). The digital album configuration made up 43% of the set's sales last week. • Speaking of iTunes, the store's promotion of greatest-hits sets during the past few weeks sparks some fascinating chart moves. On Top Pop Catalog, Queen's "Greatest Hits I & II" debuts at No. 3 with 9,000 (up 56%). Of that 9,000, 96% of the sales were digital. At the iTunes store, the 34-track set (equal to two CDs in the physical world) went for a crazy cheap $7.99. At one point, the Queen set was the top-selling album at the store. The sale is over now, and the title's price is back up to $33. Amusingly, one comment in the "reviews" section for the album from a user named Nightninja whines "iTunes make it 7.99 again!!!! i won't buy this now." Clearly, you can't please everyone. Nevermind how a consumer can still purchase every song on "Greatest Hits I & II" a la carte for only 99 cents ... iTunes also hyped Journey's "Greatest Hits," causing its debut at No. 20 on Top Digital Albums (3,000; up 73%). Overall, it moves 25-8 on Top Pop Catalog Albums with a scant 4% decline. MARKET WATCH • Album units, current chart week: 8.34 million units • DOWN 35% from last issue's charts: 12.84 million units • DOWN 22% from same week, 2005: 10.75 million units • This week: No albums sell more than 100,000 copies. • This week last year on The Billboard 200: Jamie Foxx held at No. 1 with "Unpredictable," while Mary J. Blige and Eminem were at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively. The chart's top debut came from the Strokes' "First Impressions of Earth" at No. 4 (88,000). The top three albums each sold more than 100,000 units. BORDERLINES • The No. 1 album this week, the "Dreamgirls" soundtrack (Music World/Columbia/Sony Music), sold 66,000. • The No. 1 album for the same week of 2006, Jamie Foxx's "Unpredictable" (J/RMG), sold 131,000. • Average total of the No. 1 album for the same week of the year during the past 10 years (1998-2007): 162,529.
January 10, 200718 yr Wow If Vanessa Hudgens & The Wreckers had released their albums then they'd be no1 :huh:
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