June 6, 200718 yr Author CHART DATE: 06/04/2007 LAST UPDATE: 06/05/2007 12:33:14 NOW IN: 72.14% LW TW artist / album label power index -- 1 R. KELLY JIVE/ZLG 235,569 DOUBLE UP 1 2 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 109,655 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG -- 3 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 78,673 RELENTLESS 2 4 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 69,074 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 6 5 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 44,583 DAUGHTRY 9 6 AVRIL LAVIGNE ARISTA/RMG 38,756 BEST DAMN THING 29 7 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 35,645 THE EVOLUTION OF ROBIN THICKE 8 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 31,234 SOME HEARTS 11 9 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 31,085 BACK TO BLACK 7 10 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 29,598 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 15 11 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 28,793 TAYLOR SWIFT 13 12 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN WALT DISNEY RECORDS 26,500 SOUNDTRACK 4 13 YOUNG JEEZY PRESENTS U.S.D.A. DEF JAM/IDJMG 25,743 COLD SUMMER 17 14 NOW 24 EMI 25,447 VARIOUS ARTISTS 3 15 OZZY OSBOURNE EPIC 24,630 BLACK RAIN 20 16 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 23,466 THE DUTCHESS 10 17 NE-YO DEF JAM/IDJMG 23,099 BECAUSE OF YOU 22 18 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 19,781 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 12 19 TANK MOTOWN 18,447 SEX LOVE & PAIN 19 20 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 17,621 KONVICTED 14 21 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY INTERSCOPE 16,854 STRENGTH & LOYALTY 25 22 TIM MCGRAW CURB 16,407 LET IT GO 23 23 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 15,020 THE SWEET ESCAPE 5 24 THE USED REPRISE 14,602 LIES FOR THE LIARS 21 25 GRETCHEN WILSON COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 14,564 ONE OF THE BOYS 28 26 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 12,361 FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS 27 27 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 12,297 ME AND MY GANG 16 28 WILCO NONESUCH/WARNER BROTHERS 12,293 SKY BLUE SKY 36 29 NELLY FURTADO GEFFEN 12,018 LOOSE 26 30 BOBBY VALENTINO DTP/DEF JAM/IDJ 11,587 SPECIAL OCCASION 30 31 FALL OUT BOY ISLAND/IDJMG 11,087 INFINITY ON HIGH 33 32 SHREK THE THIRD GEFFEN 10,641 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 43 33 ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 9,875 A HUNDRED MILES OR MORE 45 34 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL 9,822 CORINNE BAILEY RAE 32 35 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 9,123 EXTREME BEHAVIOR 38 36 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 9,120 B'DAY 41 37 MIRANDA LAMBERT SBMG NASHVILLE 8,942 CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 31 38 ELLIOTT YAMIN HICKORY RECORDS 8,863 ELLIOTT YAMIN 37 39 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 8,786 SOUNDTRACK 48 40 MUSIQ SOULCHILD ATLANTIC/ATL G 8,526 LUVANMUSIQ 42 41 MARTINA MCBRIDE SBMG NASHVILLE 8,132 WAKING UP LAUGHING 39 42 TIMBALAND INTERSCOPE 7,523 TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE -- 43 BUCKY COVINGTON LYRIC STREET 7,317 BUCKY COVINGTON -- 44 CIRCA SURVIVE EQUAL VISION 7,220 ON LETTING GO 40 45 PINK LAFACE/ZLG 7,095 I'M NOT DEAD -- 46 GYM CLASS HEROES FUELED BY RAMEN/WMG 7,061 AS CRUEL AS SCHOOL CHILDREN -- 47 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 7,031 ENJOY THE RIDE 18 48 LIL' BOOSIE & WEBBIE ASYLUM/ATLANTIC/ATL G 6,857 SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST 47 49 LLOYD THE INC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 6,661 STREET LOVE 44 50 JOSS STONE VIRGIN 6,566 INTRODUCING JOSS STONE
June 6, 200718 yr Author CHART DATE: 06/04/2007 LAST UPDATE: 06/05/2007 13:27:06 NOW IN: FINAL LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 R. KELLY JIVE/ZLG 395,510 -- DOUBLE UP 1 2 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 164,501 -62% IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 2 3 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 128,632 -33% MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT -- 4 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 97,595 -- RELENTLESS 6 5 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 65,399 -15% DAUGHTRY 11 6 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 50,988 +32% BACK TO BLACK 9 7 AVRIL LAVIGNE ARISTA/RMG 49,341 0% BEST DAMN THING 4 8 YOUNG JEEZY PRESENTS U.S.D.A. DEF JAM/IDJMG 47,543 -49% COLD SUMMER 7 9 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 46,848 -21% CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 29 10 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 46,783 +146% THE EVOLUTION OF ROBIN THICKE 8 11 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 44,972 -15% SOME HEARTS 3 12 OZZY OSBOURNE EPIC 41,900 -72% BLACK RAIN 10 13 NE-YO DEF JAM/IDJMG 40,058 -3% BECAUSE OF YOU 20 14 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 34,777 +19% THE DUTCHESS 14 15 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY INTERSCOPE 32,217 -5% STRENGTH & LOYALTY 15 16 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 32,192 -1% TAYLOR SWIFT 12 17 TANK MOTOWN 30,723 -14% SEX LOVE & PAIN 5 18 THE USED REPRISE 29,037 -69% LIES FOR THE LIARS 13 19 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN WALT DISNEY RECORDS 28,915 -19% SOUNDTRACK 17 20 NOW 24 EMI 28,188 -6% VARIOUS ARTISTS 19 21 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 27,525 -7% KONVICTED 22 22 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 25,967 -4% ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 16 23 WILCO NONESUCH/WARNER BROTHERS 24,853 -21% SKY BLUE SKY 28 24 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 21,954 +3% FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS 25 25 TIM MCGRAW CURB 20,537 -9% LET IT GO 23 26 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 20,366 -12% THE SWEET ESCAPE 21 27 GRETCHEN WILSON COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 18,673 -32% ONE OF THE BOYS 27 28 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 18,027 -16% ME AND MY GANG -- 29 CIRCA SURVIVE EQUAL VISION 17,418 -- ON LETTING GO 32 30 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 17,296 +1% EXTREME BEHAVIOR 30 31 FALL OUT BOY ISLAND/IDJMG 17,020 -6% INFINITY ON HIGH 26 32 BOBBY VALENTINO DTP/DEF JAM/IDJ 16,940 -25% SPECIAL OCCASION 37 33 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 16,518 +8% SOUNDTRACK 36 34 NELLY FURTADO GEFFEN 15,766 0% LOOSE 45 35 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL 15,219 +11% CORINNE BAILEY RAE 38 36 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 15,024 +1% B'DAY 33 37 SHREK THE THIRD GEFFEN 14,352 -13% ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 39 38 TIMBALAND INTERSCOPE 14,315 -4% TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE 44 39 JOSS STONE VIRGIN 14,178 +2% INTRODUCING JOSS STONE 18 40 LIL' BOOSIE & WEBBIE ASYLUM/ATLANTIC/ATL G 14,088 -53% SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST 40 41 PINK LAFACE/ZLG 14,080 -3% I'M NOT DEAD 43 42 ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 13,690 -2% A HUNDRED MILES OR MORE 31 43 ELLIOTT YAMIN HICKORY RECORDS 13,665 -24% ELLIOTT YAMIN 48 44 MUSIQ SOULCHILD ATLANTIC/ATL G 13,370 +1% LUVANMUSIQ -- 45 JOE JIVE/ZLG 12,782 -- AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE ME -- 46 GYM CLASS HEROES FUELED BY RAMEN/WMG 12,762 -- AS CRUEL AS SCHOOL CHILDREN 34 47 NINE INCH NAILS NOTHING/INTERSCOPE 12,186 -26% YEAR ZERO 42 48 MARTINA MCBRIDE SBMG NASHVILLE 12,185 -13% WAKING UP LAUGHING 41 49 MIRANDA LAMBERT SBMG NASHVILLE 11,541 -20% CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 47 50 LLOYD THE INC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 11,400 -15% STREET LOVE
June 6, 200718 yr Author Dino, what was the point of posting what i had already posted before? oh you have?? oh sorry
June 6, 200718 yr :o at Amy Winehouse! Rehab has gone up to #30 on the hot 100 too! Edited June 6, 200718 yr by darren
June 6, 200718 yr Hot 100- do we have it already? Or do you mean Downloads? Hot 100 :P Perez said it has climbed 25 places! Should be on here soon I think.
June 12, 200718 yr CHART DATE: 06/11/2007 LAST UPDATE: 06/11/2007 09:16:53 NOW IN: 17.70% LW TW artist / album label power index -- 1 RIHANNA ISLAND/IDJMG 19,979 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD -- 2 BIG & RICH WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 15,517 BETWEEN RAISING HELL AND AMAZING 4 3 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 14,348 RELENTLESS 16 4 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 14,162 TAYLOR SWIFT -- 5 DADDY YANKEE INTERSCOPE 13,790 EL CARTEL: THE BIG BOSS 3 6 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 13,144 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 2 7 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 12,631 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 7 8 AVRIL LAVIGNE ARISTA/RMG 11,697 BEST DAMN THING 20 9 NOW 24 EMI 9,473 VARIOUS ARTISTS -- 10 T-PAIN ZOMBA 9,201 EPIPHANY 1 11 R. KELLY JIVE/ZLG 8,923 DOUBLE UP 25 12 TIM MCGRAW CURB 7,650 LET IT GO 14 13 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 7,128 THE DUTCHESS 21 14 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 7,059 KONVICTED 22 15 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 7,051 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 11 16 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 6,964 SOME HEARTS 5 17 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 6,508 DAUGHTRY -- 18 WARPED TOUR 2007 SIDE ONE DUMMY 6,240 VARIOUS ARTISTS 27 19 GRETCHEN WILSON COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 5,214 ONE OF THE BOYS 28 20 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 4,797 ME AND MY GANG -- 21 BUCKY COVINGTON LYRIC STREET 4,146 BUCKY COVINGTON 10 22 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 3,737 THE EVOLUTION OF ROBIN THICKE 13 23 NE-YO DEF JAM/IDJMG 3,318 BECAUSE OF YOU 33 24 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 3,221 SOUNDTRACK -- 25 POISON CAPITOL 3,143 POISON'D! 9 26 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 3,109 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE -- 27 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 3,083 ENJOY THE RIDE 36 28 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 2,974 B'DAY 49 29 MIRANDA LAMBERT SBMG NASHVILLE 2,883 CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 48 30 MARTINA MCBRIDE SBMG NASHVILLE 2,849 WAKING UP LAUGHING 19 31 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN WALT DISNEY RECORDS 2,847 SOUNDTRACK 17 32 TANK MOTOWN 2,811 SEX LOVE & PAIN 26 33 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 2,709 THE SWEET ESCAPE -- 34 LARRY THE CABLE GUY WARNER BROS. 2,599 MORNING CONSTITUTIONS -- 35 GARY ALLAN MCA NASHVILLE 2,598 GREATEST HITS -- 36 COWBOY TROY WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 2,454 BLACK IN THE SADDLE 42 37 ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 2,386 A HUNDRED MILES OR MORE -- 38 RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS VIRGIN 2,320 DON'T YOU FAKE IT 43 39 ELLIOTT YAMIN HICKORY RECORDS 2,196 ELLIOTT YAMIN 32 40 BOBBY VALENTINO DTP/DEF JAM/IDJ 2,128 SPECIAL OCCASION 31 41 FALL OUT BOY ISLAND/IDJMG 2,127 INFINITY ON HIGH -- 42 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL WALT DISNEY RECORDS 2,105 SOUNDTRACK 15 43 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY INTERSCOPE 2,073 STRENGTH & LOYALTY -- 44 30 SECONDS TO MARS VIRGIN 2,065 A BEAUTIFUL LIE 41 45 PINK LAFACE/ZLG 2,040 I'M NOT DEAD 30 46 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 1,984 EXTREME BEHAVIOR -- 47 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 1,980 LOVE, PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY... -- 48 CHRIS CORNELL INTERSCOPE 1,916 CARRY ON 6 49 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 1,890 BACK TO BLACK 50 50 LLOYD THE INC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 1,784 STREET LOVE
June 12, 200718 yr CHART DATE: 06/11/2007 LAST UPDATE: 06/11/2007 14:11:08 NOW IN: 55.48% LW TW artist / album label power index -- 1 PAUL MCCARTNEY HEAR MUSIC 119,231 MEMORY ALMOST FULL -- 2 RIHANNA ISLAND/IDJMG 85,392 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD -- 3 T-PAIN ZOMBA 54,597 EPIPHANY -- 4 BIG & RICH WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 53,726 BETWEEN RAISING HELL AND AMAZING -- 5 THE POLICE A&M 51,303 THE POLICE 2 6 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 44,377 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 3 7 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 38,922 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 1 8 R. KELLY JIVE/ZLG 33,870 DOUBLE UP 7 9 AVRIL LAVIGNE ARISTA/RMG 32,653 BEST DAMN THING -- 10 DADDY YANKEE INTERSCOPE 31,964 EL CARTEL: THE BIG BOSS 16 11 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 26,872 TAYLOR SWIFT 4 12 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 26,442 RELENTLESS 5 13 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 22,266 DAUGHTRY 11 14 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 21,795 SOME HEARTS 6 15 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 21,714 BACK TO BLACK 20 16 NOW 24 EMI 20,941 VARIOUS ARTISTS 9 17 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 18,260 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 14 18 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 16,783 THE DUTCHESS 22 19 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 15,734 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 10 20 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 14,924 THE EVOLUTION OF ROBIN THICKE 25 21 TIM MCGRAW CURB 14,704 LET IT GO 21 22 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 12,752 KONVICTED 13 23 NE-YO DEF JAM/IDJMG 12,488 BECAUSE OF YOU 28 24 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 11,994 ME AND MY GANG -- 25 MARILYN MANSON INTERSCOPE 11,224 EAT ME, DRINK ME 26 26 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 11,035 THE SWEET ESCAPE -- 27 WARPED TOUR 2007 SIDE ONE DUMMY 10,770 VARIOUS ARTISTS -- 28 POISON CAPITOL 10,250 POISON'D! -- 29 LARRY THE CABLE GUY WARNER BROS. 9,440 MORNING CONSTITUTIONS 34 30 NELLY FURTADO GEFFEN 8,691 LOOSE 27 31 GRETCHEN WILSON COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 8,343 ONE OF THE BOYS 12 32 OZZY OSBOURNE EPIC 8,297 BLACK RAIN 42 33 ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 8,260 A HUNDRED MILES OR MORE 19 34 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN WALT DISNEY RECORDS 8,054 SOUNDTRACK 41 35 PINK LAFACE/ZLG 7,507 I'M NOT DEAD -- 36 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 7,111 ENJOY THE RIDE 33 37 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 7,099 SOUNDTRACK -- 38 BUCKY COVINGTON LYRIC STREET 6,997 BUCKY COVINGTON 30 39 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 6,696 EXTREME BEHAVIOR 17 40 TANK MOTOWN 6,493 SEX LOVE & PAIN -- 41 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 6,361 LIVE IN DUBLIN 49 42 MIRANDA LAMBERT SBMG NASHVILLE 6,349 CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 15 43 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY INTERSCOPE 6,316 STRENGTH & LOYALTY 43 44 ELLIOTT YAMIN HICKORY RECORDS 6,097 ELLIOTT YAMIN 24 45 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 5,834 FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS 32 46 BOBBY VALENTINO DTP/DEF JAM/IDJ 5,577 SPECIAL OCCASION 35 47 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL 5,397 CORINNE BAILEY RAE 31 48 FALL OUT BOY ISLAND/IDJMG 5,296 INFINITY ON HIGH -- 49 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 5,240 LOVE, PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY... 44 50 MUSIQ SOULCHILD ATLANTIC/ATL G 5,203 LUVANMUSIQ
June 12, 200718 yr Amy will climb through the week, she normally does. I wanted Rihanna to beat Paul -_-
June 12, 200718 yr I bet the PAUL MCCARTNEY album aint even as good as Rihanna's sigh To use a phrase - You are so wrong: Hear is just one review All Music Guide Memory Almost Full 5 Stars (June 5, 2007) Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Allusion to the digital world though it may be, there's a sweet, elegiac undercurrent to the title of Paul McCartney's Memory Almost Full, an acknowledgement that it was written and recorded when McCartney was 64, the age he mythologized on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released almost exactly 40 years before Memory. Certainly, McCartney has mortality on the mind, but this isn't an entirely unusual occurrence for him in this third act of his solo career. Ever since his wife Linda's death from cancer in 1998, he's been dancing around the subject, peppering Flaming Pie with longing looks back, grieving by throwing himself into the past on the covers album Run Devil Run, slowly coming to terms with his status as the old guard on the carefully ruminative Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. But if that previous record was precise, bearing all the hallmarks of meticulous producer Nigel Godrich, Memory Almost Full is startlingly bright and frequently lively, an album that embraces McCartney's unerring gift for melody. Yet for as pop as it is, this is not an album made with any illusion that Paul will soon have a succession of hit singles: it's an art-pop album, not unlike either of the McCartney albums. Sometimes this is reflected in the construction —- the quick succession of short songs at the end, uncannily (and quite deliberately) sounding like a suite — sometimes in the lyrics, but the remarkable thing is that McCartney never sounds self-consciously pretentious here, as if he's striving to make a major statement. Rather, he's quietly taking stock of his life and loves, his work and achievements. Unlike latter-day efforts by Johnny Cash or the murky Daniel Lanois-produced albums by Bob Dylan, mortality haunts the album, but there's no fetishization of death. Instead, McCartney marvels at his life — explicitly so in the disarmingly guileless "That Was Me," where he enthuses about his role in a stage play in grammar school with the same vigor as he boasts about playing the Cavern Club with the Beatles — and realizes that when he reaches "The End of the End," he doesn't want anything more than the fond old stories of his life to be told. This matter-of-fact acknowledgement that he's in the last act of his life hangs over this album, but his penchant for nostalgia — this is the man who wrote the sepia-toned music hall shuffle "Your Mother Should Know" before he was 30, after all — has lost its rose-tinted streak. Where he once romanticized days gone by, McCartney now admits that we're merely living with "The Ever Present Past," just like how although we live in the present, we still wear "Vintage Clothes." He's no longer pining for the past, since he knows where the present is heading, yet he seems disarmingly grateful for where his journey has taken him and what it has meant for him, to the extent that he slings no arrows at his second wife, Heather Mills, he only offers her "Gratitude." Given the nastiness of the coverage of his recent divorce, Paul might be spinning his eternal optimism a bit hard on this song, but it isn't forced or saccharine — it fits alongside the clear-eyed sentiment of the rest of Memory Almost Full. It rings true to the open-heartedness of his music, and the album delivers some of McCartney's best latter-day music. Memory Almost Full is so melodic and memorable, it's easy to take for granted his skill as a craftsman, particularly here when it feels so natural and unforced, even when it takes left turns, which it thankfully does more than once. Best of all, this is the rare pop meditation on mortality that doesn't present itself as a major statement, yet it is thematically and musically coherent, slowly working its way under your skin and lodging its way into your cluttered memory. On the surface, it's bright and accessible, as easy to enjoy as the best of Paul's solo albums, but it lingers in the heart and mind in a way uncommon to the rest of his work, and to many other latter-day albums from his peers as well. Selected brief reviews: 100 Observer Music Monthly It's a way more focused album than usual. 91 Entertainment Weekly His best record since 1989's Flowers in the Dirt, Memory is beautifully elegiac and surprisingly caffeinated. 90 musicOMH.com An album full of perfect pop songs, which borrow and rework musical themes and motifs from across 40 years of McCartney's career. 80 Hot Press Missing, thankfully, are the twee Paulie-isms that often insult our intelligence, making Memory Almost Full that rare thing, a modern-day Paul McCartney you can listen to without wincing. Also The Times, The Sun, The Express, The Mail & Q Magazine all gave the album 4 stars out of 5. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pending to error the Billboard Album Top200 figures are in (subject to confirmation): CHART DATE: 06/11/2007 LAST UPDATE: 06/12/2007 13:24:22 NOW IN: FINAL LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 PAUL MCCARTNEY HEAR MUSIC 166,440 -- MEMORY ALMOST FULL -- 2 T-PAIN ZOMBA 166,203 -- EPIPHANY -- 3 RIHANNA ISLAND/IDJMG 162,168 -- It looks like Paul McCartney is going to score his first US #1 album since 1982's Tug Of War. His 8th of his solo career and his 26th in total. Proof that we do still need him now he's 64......
June 13, 200718 yr CHART DATE: 06/11/2007 LAST UPDATE: 06/12/2007 08:31:08 NOW IN: 66.54% LW TW artist / album label power index -- 1 PAUL MCCARTNEY HEAR MUSIC 125,775 MEMORY ALMOST FULL -- 2 RIHANNA ISLAND/IDJMG 113,057 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD -- 3 T-PAIN ZOMBA 89,525 EPIPHANY -- 4 BIG & RICH WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 58,393 BETWEEN RAISING HELL AND AMAZING 1 5 R. KELLY JIVE/ZLG 57,441 DOUBLE UP 2 6 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 52,965 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG -- 7 THE POLICE A&M 51,303 THE POLICE 3 8 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 50,315 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT -- 9 DADDY YANKEE INTERSCOPE 40,993 EL CARTEL: THE BIG BOSS 7 10 AVRIL LAVIGNE ARISTA/RMG 35,266 BEST DAMN THING 6 11 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 28,720 BACK TO BLACK 16 12 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 27,940 TAYLOR SWIFT 4 13 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 26,442 RELENTLESS 5 14 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 26,129 DAUGHTRY 11 15 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 24,146 SOME HEARTS -- 16 MARILYN MANSON INTERSCOPE 22,591 EAT ME, DRINK ME 20 17 NOW 24 EMI 22,019 VARIOUS ARTISTS 9 18 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 20,597 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 14 19 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 20,274 THE DUTCHESS 10 20 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 18,285 THE EVOLUTION OF ROBIN THICKE 13 21 NE-YO DEF JAM/IDJMG 18,130 BECAUSE OF YOU 22 22 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 17,709 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 21 23 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 14,970 KONVICTED 25 24 TIM MCGRAW CURB 14,704 LET IT GO 12 25 OZZY OSBOURNE EPIC 14,575 BLACK RAIN -- 26 CARL THOMAS BUNGALO 14,550 SO MUCH BETTER 8 27 YOUNG JEEZY PRESENTS U.S.D.A. DEF JAM/IDJMG 13,639 COLD SUMMER 17 28 TANK MOTOWN 12,673 SEX LOVE & PAIN 26 29 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 12,617 THE SWEET ESCAPE 15 30 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY INTERSCOPE 12,310 STRENGTH & LOYALTY -- 31 POISON CAPITOL 12,244 POISON'D! 28 32 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 11,994 ME AND MY GANG -- 33 WARPED TOUR 2007 SIDE ONE DUMMY 10,770 VARIOUS ARTISTS 34 34 NELLY FURTADO GEFFEN 10,032 LOOSE -- 35 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 9,946 LIVE IN DUBLIN 19 36 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN WALT DISNEY RECORDS 9,486 SOUNDTRACK -- 37 LARRY THE CABLE GUY WARNER BROS. 9,440 MORNING CONSTITUTIONS 32 38 BOBBY VALENTINO DTP/DEF JAM/IDJ 8,947 SPECIAL OCCASION 41 39 PINK LAFACE/ZLG 8,603 I'M NOT DEAD -- 40 CHRIS CORNELL INTERSCOPE 8,601 CARRY ON 30 41 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 8,538 EXTREME BEHAVIOR 27 42 GRETCHEN WILSON COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 8,343 ONE OF THE BOYS 42 43 ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 8,260 A HUNDRED MILES OR MORE 44 44 MUSIQ SOULCHILD ATLANTIC/ATL G 7,546 LUVANMUSIQ -- 45 DREAM THEATER ROADRUNNER 7,376 SYSTEMATIC CHAOS 24 46 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 7,362 FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS -- 47 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 7,111 ENJOY THE RIDE 33 48 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 7,099 SOUNDTRACK -- 49 BUCKY COVINGTON LYRIC STREET 6,997 BUCKY COVINGTON 31 50 FALL OUT BOY ISLAND/IDJMG 6,550 INFINITY ON HIGH
June 13, 200718 yr CHART DATE: 06/11/2007 LAST UPDATE: 06/12/2007 10:26:42 NOW IN: 72.07% LW TW artist / album label power index -- 1 PAUL MCCARTNEY HEAR MUSIC 135,981 MEMORY ALMOST FULL -- 2 RIHANNA ISLAND/IDJMG 129,186 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD -- 3 T-PAIN ZOMBA 95,851 EPIPHANY 2 4 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 74,503 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG -- 5 BIG & RICH WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 66,066 BETWEEN RAISING HELL AND AMAZING 1 6 R. KELLY JIVE/ZLG 62,227 DOUBLE UP 3 7 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 59,170 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT -- 8 THE POLICE A&M 51,303 THE POLICE 6 9 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 47,552 BACK TO BLACK -- 10 DADDY YANKEE INTERSCOPE 45,083 EL CARTEL: THE BIG BOSS 7 11 AVRIL LAVIGNE ARISTA/RMG 37,748 BEST DAMN THING 5 12 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 34,326 DAUGHTRY -- 13 MARILYN MANSON INTERSCOPE 32,914 EAT ME, DRINK ME 16 14 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 30,058 TAYLOR SWIFT 4 15 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 28,679 RELENTLESS 11 16 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 28,499 SOME HEARTS 14 17 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 23,644 THE DUTCHESS 9 18 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 23,053 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 10 19 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 22,420 THE EVOLUTION OF ROBIN THICKE 20 20 NOW 24 EMI 22,042 VARIOUS ARTISTS 22 21 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 19,923 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 13 22 NE-YO DEF JAM/IDJMG 18,603 BECAUSE OF YOU 12 23 OZZY OSBOURNE EPIC 16,832 BLACK RAIN -- 24 CHRIS CORNELL INTERSCOPE 16,435 CARRY ON 21 25 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 15,206 KONVICTED -- 26 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 14,978 LIVE IN DUBLIN -- 27 CARL THOMAS BUNGALO 14,864 SO MUCH BETTER 19 28 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN WALT DISNEY RECORDS 14,859 SOUNDTRACK 25 29 TIM MCGRAW CURB 14,704 LET IT GO 28 30 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 14,280 ME AND MY GANG 8 31 YOUNG JEEZY PRESENTS U.S.D.A. DEF JAM/IDJMG 13,639 COLD SUMMER 34 32 NELLY FURTADO GEFFEN 13,536 LOOSE 17 33 TANK MOTOWN 13,168 SEX LOVE & PAIN 15 34 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY INTERSCOPE 13,132 STRENGTH & LOYALTY 26 35 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 12,914 THE SWEET ESCAPE -- 36 POISON CAPITOL 12,271 POISON'D! 24 37 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 12,190 FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS -- 38 DREAM THEATER ROADRUNNER 11,780 SYSTEMATIC CHAOS 31 39 FALL OUT BOY ISLAND/IDJMG 11,062 INFINITY ON HIGH -- 40 WARPED TOUR 2007 SIDE ONE DUMMY 11,041 VARIOUS ARTISTS -- 41 LARRY THE CABLE GUY WARNER BROS. 9,440 MORNING CONSTITUTIONS 35 42 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL 9,045 CORINNE BAILEY RAE -- 43 JOHN MAYER AWARE/COLUMBIA 8,966 CONTINUUM 32 44 BOBBY VALENTINO DTP/DEF JAM/IDJ 8,947 SPECIAL OCCASION 41 45 PINK LAFACE/ZLG 8,603 I'M NOT DEAD 30 46 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 8,538 EXTREME BEHAVIOR 27 47 GRETCHEN WILSON COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 8,343 ONE OF THE BOYS 42 48 ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 8,260 A HUNDRED MILES OR MORE 44 49 MUSIQ SOULCHILD ATLANTIC/ATL G 7,546 LUVANMUSIQ 23 50 WILCO NONESUCH/WARNER BROTHERS 7,434 SKY BLUE SKY
June 13, 200718 yr CHART DATE: 06/11/2007 LAST UPDATE: 06/12/2007 13:24:22 NOW IN: FINAL LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 PAUL MCCARTNEY HEAR MUSIC 166,440 -- MEMORY ALMOST FULL -- 2 T-PAIN JIVE/ZLG 166,203 -- EPIPHANY -- 3 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 162,168 -- GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 1 4 R. KELLY JIVE/ZLG 110,475 -72% DOUBLE UP 2 5 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 109,693 -33% IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG -- 6 BIG & RICH WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 101,080 -- BETWEEN RAISING HELL AND AMAZING 3 7 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 95,514 -26% MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT -- 8 DADDY YANKEE INTERSCOPE 87,994 -- EL CARTEL: THE BIG BOSS -- 9 MARILYN MANSON INTERSCOPE 85,216 -- EAT ME, DRINK ME 6 10 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 65,360 +28% BACK TO BLACK -- 11 THE POLICE A&M 62,626 -- THE POLICE 5 12 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 53,617 -18% DAUGHTRY 7 13 AVRIL LAVIGNE ARISTA/RMG 49,334 0% BEST DAMN THING 4 14 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 40,690 -58% RELENTLESS 11 15 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 39,766 -12% SOME HEARTS 9 16 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 39,745 -15% CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE -- 17 CHRIS CORNELL INTERSCOPE 36,753 -- CARRY ON 13 18 NE-YO DEF JAM/IDJMG 36,561 -9% BECAUSE OF YOU 16 19 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 35,304 +10% TAYLOR SWIFT -- 20 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 34,766 -- LIVE IN DUBLIN 14 21 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 34,249 -2% THE DUTCHESS 12 22 OZZY OSBOURNE EPIC 33,018 -21% BLACK RAIN -- 23 DREAM THEATER ROADRUNNER 30,301 -- SYSTEMATIC CHAOS -- 24 CARL THOMAS BUNGALO 29,843 -- SO MUCH BETTER 10 25 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 29,542 -37% THE EVOLUTION OF ROBIN THICKE 20 26 NOW 24 EMI 26,504 -6% VARIOUS ARTISTS 22 27 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 25,689 -1% ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 8 28 YOUNG JEEZY PRESENTS U.S.D.A. DEF JAM/IDJMG 24,333 -49% COLD SUMMER 21 29 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 24,075 -13% KONVICTED 15 30 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY INTERSCOPE 24,028 -25% STRENGTH & LOYALTY 18 31 THE USED REPRISE 20,624 -29% LIES FOR THE LIARS 24 32 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 20,581 -6% FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS 26 33 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 20,543 +1% THE SWEET ESCAPE 25 34 TIM MCGRAW CURB 20,533 0% LET IT GO 17 35 TANK UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 20,401 -34% SEX LOVE & PAIN -- 36 POISON CAPITOL 19,822 -- POISON'D! 28 37 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 18,869 +5% ME AND MY GANG 33 38 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 18,033 +9% SOUNDTRACK -- 39 WARPED TOUR 2007 SIDE ONE DUMMY 17,924 -- VARIOUS ARTISTS 23 40 WILCO NONESUCH/WARNER BROTHERS 16,977 -32% SKY BLUE SKY 19 41 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN WALT DISNEY RECORDS 16,583 -43% SOUNDTRACK 41 42 PINK LAFACE/ZLG 16,556 +18% I'M NOT DEAD 34 43 NELLY FURTADO GEFFEN 16,493 +5% LOOSE 30 44 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 15,974 -8% EXTREME BEHAVIOR 31 45 FALL OUT BOY ISLAND/IDJMG 15,900 -7% INFINITY ON HIGH 35 46 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL 15,794 +4% CORINNE BAILEY RAE 32 47 BOBBY VALENTINO DTP/DEF JAM/IDJ 14,297 -16% SPECIAL OCCASION 27 48 GRETCHEN WILSON COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 13,994 -25% ONE OF THE BOYS -- 49 LIL WYTE ASYLUM/ATLANTIC/ATL G 13,234 -- ONE & ONLY 42 50 ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 13,009 -5%
June 13, 200718 yr CHART DATE: 06/11/2007 LAST UPDATE: 06/12/2007 13:24:22 NOW IN: FINAL LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 T-PAIN JIVE/ZLG 166,203 -- EPIPHANY -- 2 PAUL MCCARTNEY HEAR MUSIC 162,640 -- MEMORY ALMOST FULL -- 3 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 162,168 -- GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 1 4 R. KELLY JIVE/ZLG 110,475 -72% DOUBLE UP 2 5 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 109,693 -33% IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG -- 6 BIG & RICH WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 101,080 -- BETWEEN RAISING HELL AND AMAZING 3 7 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 95,514 -26% MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT -- 8 DADDY YANKEE INTERSCOPE 87,994 -- EL CARTEL: THE BIG BOSS -- 9 MARILYN MANSON INTERSCOPE 85,216 -- EAT ME, DRINK ME 6 10 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 65,360 +28% BACK TO BLACK -- 11 THE POLICE A&M 62,626 -- THE POLICE 5 12 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 53,617 -18% DAUGHTRY 7 13 AVRIL LAVIGNE ARISTA/RMG 49,334 0% BEST DAMN THING 4 14 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 40,690 -58% RELENTLESS 11 15 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 39,766 -12% SOME HEARTS 9 16 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 39,745 -15% CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE -- 17 CHRIS CORNELL INTERSCOPE 36,753 -- CARRY ON 13 18 NE-YO DEF JAM/IDJMG 36,561 -9% BECAUSE OF YOU 16 19 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 35,304 +10% TAYLOR SWIFT -- 20 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 34,766 -- LIVE IN DUBLIN 14 21 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 34,249 -2% THE DUTCHESS 12 22 OZZY OSBOURNE EPIC 33,018 -21% BLACK RAIN -- 23 DREAM THEATER ROADRUNNER 30,301 -- SYSTEMATIC CHAOS -- 24 CARL THOMAS BUNGALO 29,843 -- SO MUCH BETTER 10 25 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 29,542 -37% THE EVOLUTION OF ROBIN THICKE 20 26 NOW 24 EMI 26,504 -6% VARIOUS ARTISTS 22 27 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 25,689 -1% ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 8 28 YOUNG JEEZY PRESENTS U.S.D.A. DEF JAM/IDJMG 24,333 -49% COLD SUMMER 21 29 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 24,075 -13% KONVICTED 15 30 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY INTERSCOPE 24,028 -25% STRENGTH & LOYALTY 18 31 THE USED REPRISE 20,624 -29% LIES FOR THE LIARS 24 32 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 20,581 -6% FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS 26 33 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 20,543 +1% THE SWEET ESCAPE 25 34 TIM MCGRAW CURB 20,533 0% LET IT GO 17 35 TANK UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 20,401 -34% SEX LOVE & PAIN -- 36 POISON CAPITOL 19,822 -- POISON'D! 28 37 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 18,869 +5% ME AND MY GANG 33 38 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 18,033 +9% SOUNDTRACK -- 39 WARPED TOUR 2007 SIDE ONE DUMMY 17,924 -- VARIOUS ARTISTS 23 40 WILCO NONESUCH/WARNER BROTHERS 16,977 -32% SKY BLUE SKY 19 41 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN WALT DISNEY RECORDS 16,583 -43% SOUNDTRACK 41 42 PINK LAFACE/ZLG 16,556 +18% I'M NOT DEAD 34 43 NELLY FURTADO GEFFEN 16,493 +5% LOOSE 30 44 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 15,974 -8% EXTREME BEHAVIOR 31 45 FALL OUT BOY ISLAND/IDJMG 15,900 -7% INFINITY ON HIGH 35 46 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL 15,794 +4% CORINNE BAILEY RAE 32 47 BOBBY VALENTINO DTP/DEF JAM/IDJ 14,297 -16% SPECIAL OCCASION 27 48 GRETCHEN WILSON COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 13,994 -25% ONE OF THE BOYS -- 49 LIL WYTE ASYLUM/ATLANTIC/ATL G 13,234 -- ONE & ONLY 42 50 ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 13,009 -5%
June 13, 200718 yr So Paul didnt get number one ^_^ Decent sales this week, Amy up 28% but down four places!
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