Posted October 30, 200816 yr BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUMS (chart date 8th November 2008) TW | ARTIST | ALBUM | TW SALES | % CHANGE | LW SALES | TOTAL SALES 01 AC/DC BLACK ICE 784,288 999 29 784,317 (NEW) 02 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3:00 SENIOR SOUNDTRACK 296,842 999 125 296,926 (NEW) 03 T.I. PAPER TRAIL 93,427 -29 131,565 971,067 04 CHESNEY*KENNY LUCKY OLD SUN 87,753 -50 176,414 264,240 05 METALLICA DEATH MAGNETIC 52,169 3 50,623 1,213,754 06 KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS 40,086 -11 45,239 2,275,623 07 MARY MARY SOUND, THE 36,895 999 636 35,718 (NEW) 08 NE-YO YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN 30,711 -24 40,386 521,453 09 HUDSON*JENNIFER JENNIFER HUDSON 28,825 -37 45,750 354,967 10 LIL WAYNE THA CARTER III 25,384 -2 25,794 2,601,685 11 ADELE 19 24,926 131 10,783 179,822 12 RIHANNA GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 21,432 -7 23,131 1,935,827 13 JONAS BROTHERS LITTLE BIT LONGER 21,319 -9 23,556 1,037,524 14 MRAZ*JASON WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THIN 21,023 9 19,332 527,848 15 YOUNG JEEZY RECESSION 20,962 -13 24,123 561,561 16 TAYLOR*JAMES COVERS 20,669 -34 31,452 190,656 17 LAMONTAGNE*RAY GOSSIP IN THE GRAIN 20,390 -66 60,476 81,033 18 WILLIAMS*HANK III DAMN RIGHT REBEL PROUD 19,627 999 154 19,781 (NEW) 19 SUGARLAND LOVE ON THE INSIDE 19,456 -14 22,729 965,093 20 SULLIVAN*JAZMINE FEARLESS 18,756 -20 23,478 177,106 21 PERRY*KATY ONE OF THE BOYS 18,426 -3 19,049 482,766 22 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 17,103 -8 18,575 1,845,750 23 WOMACK*LEE ANN CALL ME CRAZY 16,915 999 11 16,926 (NEW) 24 LEWIS*LEONA SPIRIT 16,613 -15 19,524 1,202,618 25 GAME LAX 16,451 -11 18,573 531,853 26 THICKE*ROBIN SOMETHING ELSE 16,153 -39 26,460 218,134 27 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 16,032 -1 16,258 150,746 28 MAMMA MIA SOUNDTRACK 15,266 -15 18,019 1,083,716 29 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 15,048 -8 16,358 3,498,703 30 SLIPKNOT ALL HOPE IS GONE 14,456 -14 16,744 503,790 31 WOW HITS 2009 WOW HITS 2009 14,329 -6 15,254 25,151 32 RUCKER*DARIUS LEARN TO LIVE 13,803 -19 17,063 162,122 33 NIGHTMARE REVISITED SOUNDTRACK 13,560 9 12,396 59,461 34 WILLIAMS*LUCINDA LITTLE HONEY 13,509 -61 34,650 48,398 35 ESCAPE THE FATE THIS WAR IS OURS 13,485 999 320 14,019 (NEW) 36 RISE AGAINST APPEAL TO REASON 12,927 -39 21,084 98,779 37 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE CARNIVAL RIDE 12,312 44 8,577 2,388,558 38 OF MONTREAL SKELETAL LAMPING 12,068 999 299 12,367 (NEW) 39 MORGAN*CRAIG THAT'S WHY 11,912 999 3 11,915 40 MCLACHLAN*SARAH CLOSER: THE BEST OF SARAH MCLA 11,645 -30 16,663 67,931 41 DENNEN*BRETT HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS 11,467 999 404 11,871 (NEW) 42 CYRUS*MILEY BREAKOUT 11,074 -16 13,146 977,460 43 MCGRAW*TIM GREATEST HITS 3 10,935 -40 18,190 73,466 44 SOLIS*MARCO ANTONIO NO MOLESTAR 10,911 -19 13,533 47,048 45 LABELLE BACK TO NOW 10,860 999 43 10,903 (NEW) 46 LOVATO*DEMI DON'T FORGET 10,761 -29 15,064 164,166 47 DYLAN*BOB VOL. 8-TELL TALE SIGNS: THE BO 10,729 -39 17,719 78,691 48 KEANE PERFECT SYMMETRY 10,710 -75 43,498 54,256 49 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC VOL. 28-NOW 10,342 -8 11,250 900,953 50 HILL*FAITH JOY TO THE WORLD 10,255 13 9,074 37,718 51 CASTING CROWNS PEACE ON EARTH 9,606 14 8,434 7,347 (NEW) 52 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK BLOCK 9,494 -14 11,022 207,593 53 CAMP ROCK SOUNDTRACK 9,180 -11 10,349 1,053,924 54 NOW COUNTRY NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL COUNTRY 9,036 -11 10,191 173,578 55 CURRINGTON*BILLY LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING 8,689 -66 25,422 34,129 56 DUFFY ROCKFERRY 8,329 -3 8,598 545,840 57 SAVING ABEL SAVING ABEL 8,316 1 8,232 203,871 58 DISTURBED INDESTRUCTIBLE 8,277 -1 8,332 773,164 59 PICKLER*KELLIE KELLIE PICKLER 8,235 -31 11,880 79,311 60 JOHNSON*JAMEY THAT LONESOME SONG 8,200 3 7,972 103,808 61 JOURNEY REVELATION 8,077 8 7,467 509,141 62 PUSSYCAT DOLLS DOLL DOMINATION 8,059 -30 11,497 145,285 63 STAIND ILLUSION OF PROGRESS 7,978 -9 8,727 235,216 64 MA*YO-YO SONGS OF JOY & PEACE 7,739 -34 11,683 19,445 65 GRUPO MONTEZ DE DURANGO NOSOTROS SOMOS 7,630 999 54 7,684 (NEW) 66 BUCKCHERRY BLACK BUTTERFLY 7,508 -13 8,599 112,488 67 KINDRED THE FAMILY SOUL ARRIVAL 7,477 999 25 7,502 (NEW) 68 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD SWAN SONGS 7,221 12 6,455 70,192 69 OASIS DIG OUT YOUR SOUL 7,188 -48 13,698 74,327 70 JOE JOE THOMAS NEW MAN 6,702 -33 9,950 107,678 71 APOCALYPTICA WORLDS COLLIDE 6,661 25 5,343 116,146 72 M.I.A. KALA 6,654 -25 8,835 368,823 73 MICHAELSON*INGRID BE OK 6,599 -56 15,016 21,644 74 3 DOORS DOWN 3 DOORS DOWN 6,432 -12 7,297 592,033 75 MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR 6,356 -3 6,559 206,374 76 BENET*ERIC LOVE & LIFE 6,314 -17 7,619 107,166 77 THEORY OF A DEADMAN SCARS & SOUVENIRS 6,308 -9 6,941 209,047 78 PRESLEY*ELVIS ELVIS PRESLEY CHRISTMAS DUETS 6,269 -25 8,366 14,839 79 STRAIT*GEORGE TROUBADOUR 6,247 -11 7,047 592,946 80 JONAS BROTHERS JONAS BROTHERS 6,245 -11 7,008 1,650,441 81 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 6,165 -9 6,773 4,262,878 82 TOMLIN*CHRIS HELLO LOVE 5,951 -14 6,938 47,696 83 LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 5,846 -4 6,081 269,784 84 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE 5,807 10 5,286 449,486 85 LINKIN PARK MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 5,680 0 5,654 2,590,603 86 USHER HERE I STAND 5,639 -6 5,975 1,053,375 87 NELLY BRASS KNUCKLES 5,598 -28 7,747 152,325 88 KEITH*TOBY TOBY KEITH 35 BIGGEST HITS 5,537 -8 5,987 481,502 89 CALLE 13 LOS DE ATRAS VIENEN CONMIGO 5,493 999 61 5,554 (NEW) 90 JACK'S MANNEQUIN GLASS PASSENGER 5,469 -32 8,016 76,843 91 JACKSON*ALAN GOOD TIME 5,452 2 5,342 572,956 92 SENSES FAIL LIFE IS NOT A WAITIN 5,350 -35 8,193 37,223 93 NEWFIELD*HEIDI WHAT AM I WAITING FOR 5,306 -14 6,153 138,815 94 TV ON THE RADIO DEAR SCIENCE 5,300 -19 6,571 67,545 95 SHINEDOWN SOUND OF MADNESS 5,255 -4 5,466 202,610 96 FLEET FOXES FLEET FOXES 5,208 -19 6,394 113,968 97 SAADIQ*RAPHAEL WAY I SEE IT 5,178 -14 6,035 62,818 98 DISCIPLE SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY 5,073 999 31 2,372 (NEW) 99 UNEARTH MARCH 4,961 -54 10,875 15,921 100 ALL THAT REMAINS OVERCOME 4,942 -15 5,783 66,164 101 LIL ROB 1218 PART II 4,918 999 4 4,922 (NEW) 102 MCGRAW*TIM GREATEST HITS 1 & 2 4,860 -36 7,645 217,114 103 REHAB GRAFFITI THE WORLD 4,853 -7 5,237 82,849 104 BROOKS*GARTH ULTIMATE HITS 4,804 -5 5,053 1,952,035 105 SECONDHAND SERENADE TWIST IN MY STORY 4,776 -4 4,989 143,167 106 BUBLE*MICHAEL CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 4,743 -15 5,607 1,726,322 107 SINATRA*FRANK NOTHING BUT THE BEST 4,733 -5 4,988 389,258 108 JOHNSON*JACK SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC 4,688 -13 5,417 1,423,171 109 CHEETAH GIRLS: ONE WORLD SOUNDTRACK 4,668 -11 5,250 131,583 110 FOLDS*BEN WAY TO NORMAL 4,664 -30 6,661 60,913 111 ANBERLIN NEW SURRENDER 4,650 -32 6,833 55,962 112 LITTLE BIG TOWN PLACE TO LAND 4,610 999 144 184,468 113 HECTOR EL FATHER JUICIO FINAL 4,597 999 81 4,678 (NEW) 114 THIRD DAY REVELATION 4,577 -13 5,249 79,500 115 TOKIO HOTEL SCREAM 4,412 -13 5,081 111,403 116 SIMPSON*JESSICA DO YOU KNOW 4,391 -25 5,890 131,666 117 BROWN*CHRIS EXCLUSIVE 4,376 -8 4,752 1,822,776 118 LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP 4,375 6 4,131 1,003,666 119 NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLI SOUNDTRACK 4,367 -48 8,396 36,707 120 TURNER*TINA TINA! 4,363 -27 5,994 27,333 121 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS 4,351 59 2,730 5,778 122 PLANT/KRAUSS RAISING SAND 4,316 -57 10,070 1,109,118 123 RASCAL FLATTS STILL FEELS GOOD 4,299 0 4,297 2,094,148 124 PRETENDERS BREAK UP THE CONCRETE 4,279 -39 7,037 28,087 125 SAPP*MARVIN THIRSTY 4,265 -16 5,094 494,550 126 DJ KHALED WE GLOBAL 4,243 -38 6,858 97,511 127 SPARKS*JORDIN JORDIN SPARKS 4,231 -16 5,025 941,496 128 PETERSON*ANDREW VOL2: THE RESURRECTION LETTERS 4,209 999 6 748 (NEW) 129 CAILLAT*COLBIE COCO 4,180 -13 4,788 1,797,475 130 LOS PIKADIENTES DE CABORCA VAMONOS PA'L RIO 4,159 -11 4,670 48,489 131 SEETHER FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE SPA 4,132 -7 4,424 577,231 132 KIDZ BOP KIDS VOL. 14-KIDZ BOP 4,115 -16 4,924 189,817 133 EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN 3,997 11 3,589 3,108,537 134 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK GREATEST HITS 3,991 -18 4,849 91,555 135 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMASVILLE 3,983 56 2,555 7,859 136 KEYS*ALICIA AS I AM 3,966 -20 4,967 3,618,016 137 PARAMORE RIOT! 3,950 -8 4,288 1,030,875 138 DADDY YANKEE TALENTO DE BARRIO 3,939 -4 4,113 99,442 139 GRANT*AMY CHRISTMAS COLLECTIONS 3,920 32 2,959 7,415 140 BROWNE*JACKSON TIME THE CONQUEROR 3,905 -33 5,852 53,848 141 MAYER*JOHN WHERE THE LIGHT IS-JOHN MAYER 3,904 -11 4,403 258,359 142 JENNINGS*WAYLON & THE 357'S WAYLON FOREVER 3,864 999 3 3,867 (NEW) 143 LAMBERT*MIRANDA CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 3,842 -3 3,954 596,410 144 METRO STATION METRO STATION 3,783 -16 4,495 258,985 145 AUGUST RUSH SOUNDTRACK 3,747 -14 4,355 290,211 146 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAY OF THE FIST 3,731 -7 3,999 227,010 147 TRIVIUM SHOGUN 3,727 -29 5,280 40,649 148 LEWIS*JENNY ACID TONGUE 3,696 -25 4,938 45,919 149 OFFSPRING RISE & FALL RAGE & GRACE 3,679 -4 3,821 164,795 150 CASTING CROWNS ALTAR & THE DOOR 3,668 4 3,543 357,985 151 PAISLEY*BRAD 5TH GEAR 3,621 -6 3,842 1,182,355 152 PLIES DEFINITION OF REAL 3,612 12 3,217 527,261 153 MAROON 5 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 3,608 -17 4,341 2,018,671 154 LIFEHOUSE WHO WE ARE 3,586 -1 3,614 507,144 155 CELTIC THUNDER ACT TWO 3,528 -22 4,522 29,465 156 MADONNA HARD CANDY 3,515 -8 3,838 662,256 157 ESTELLE SHINE 3,501 2 3,447 146,480 158 LECRAE REBEL 3,484 -25 4,617 14,181 159 WEEZER WEEZER (RED ALBUM) 3,434 -14 4,007 367,882 160 ADKINS*TRACE AMERICAN MAN GREATEST HITS... 3,432 -5 3,614 515,859 161 BUILDING 429 BUILDING 429 3,400 999 30 1,048 (NEW) 162 SWIFT*TAYLOR BEAUTIFUL EYES 3,399 -7 3,641 200,409 163 AVENGED SEVENFOLD AVENGED SEVENFOLD 3,389 3 3,300 463,384 164 SKILLET COMATOSE COMES ALIVE 3,302 999 14 2,189 (NEW) 165 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE NARROW STAIRS 3,285 -4 3,423 418,861 166 TESLA FOREVER MORE 3,243 -39 5,348 24,768 167 VARIOUS IDOLOS DE MEXICO PARA EL MUN 3,214 -12 3,656 28,245 168 UNDEROATH LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATIO 3,205 -18 3,900 102,244 169 MORGAN*CRAIG GREATEST HITS 3,196 -10 3,554 16,831 170 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 3,191 -6 3,391 2,272,747 171 O.A.R. ALL SIDES 3,186 -9 3,484 103,351 172 FONSI*LUIS PALABRAS DEL SILENCIO 3,184 -17 3,823 87,908 172 IGLESIAS*ENRIQUE 95/08 EXITOS 3,184 -1 3,203 211,592 174 HEATH*BRANDON WHAT IF WE 3,139 -5 3,288 16,268 175 SEX AND THE CITY SOUNDTRACK 3,133 -20 3,897 287,303 176 ROSSDALE*GAVIN WANDERLUST 3,118 21 2,583 79,670 177 FERNANDEZ*VICENTE PARA SIEMPRE VICENTE FERNANDEZ 3,111 -4 3,231 369,432 178 HEDBERG*MITCH DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOSH? 3,068 -21 3,893 65,004 179 ICE CUBE RAW FOOTAGE 3,058 -14 3,544 161,098 180 NOW ESSENTIAL CHRIST ESSENTIAL NOW THAT'S WHAT 3,022 34 2,256 6,338 181 MCDONALD*RICHIE I TURN TO YOU 3,006 -33 4,486 3,697 182 DOORS FUTURE STARTS HERE: THE ESSENT 3,001 31 2,292 105,523 183 COLE*NATALIE STILL UNFORGETTABLE 2,991 -6 3,193 60,090 183 DEVIN THE DUDE LANDING GEAR 2,991 -41 5,059 18,906 185 URBAN*KEITH GREATEST HITS 2,964 -12 3,376 638,601 186 ROCK HEROES ROCK HEROES 2,961 18 2,511 32,011 187 CHESNEY*KENNY JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES 2,947 -21 3,712 1,450,616 188 AMON AMARTH TWILIGHT OF THE THUNDER GOD 2,941 -33 4,364 25,042 189 FLOBOTS FIGHT WITH TOOLS 2,893 -11 3,250 266,867 190 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS SOUNDTRACK 2,892 -6 3,064 888,631 191 MONTGOMERY GENTRY BACK WHEN I KNEW IT ALL 2,890 0 2,890 103,542 192 THREE 6 MAFIA LAST 2 WALK 2,870 -5 3,014 258,309 193 NAS NAS 2,852 -14 3,309 407,133 194 THIEVERY CORPORATION RADIO RETALIATION 2,851 -20 3,573 31,823 195 YAMAGATA*RACHAEL ELEPHANTS TEETH SINKING INTO H 2,845 -27 3,893 16,561 196 NATHANSON*MATT SOME MAD HOPE 2,837 7 2,659 104,411 197 3OH!3 WANT 2,812 19 2,363 48,254 198 DIAMOND*NEIL HOME BEFORE DARK 2,806 -3 2,885 385,350 199 SANTANA MULTI-DIMENSIONAL WARRIOR 2,798 -58 6,651 9,541 200 OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW TENNESSEE PUSHER 2,788 -27 3,811 25,777 Source: Pulse Music Board
October 30, 200816 yr Thanks. Poor Adele, just 1k shy of the top10. Hopefully Duffy will be certified "gold" soon. And Amy Winehouse is still holding the title for selling the most albums in recent years in the US for a British female artist, I think she may hold that title for a while longer, I don't see Leona's "Spirit" matching the sales of "Back to Black" now, it will probably sell another 150k per single before falling out of the chart. Edited October 30, 200816 yr by d22ghj
October 30, 200816 yr Well done Adele - Why the huge jump when the albums been out a while over there?!?! Brit girls really doing it in the U.S at the moment
October 30, 200816 yr Well done Adele - Why the huge jump when the albums been out a while over there?!?! Brit girls really doing it in the U.S at the moment As I posted in the Hot 100 thread: I think it's because she performed on the SNL with the highest ratings since 9/11 as Sarah Palin was making an appearance. She got lucky basically. :lol:
October 30, 200816 yr Well done Adele - Why the huge jump when the albums been out a while over there?!?! 'Chasing pavements' was performed by Adele on SNL on October 19th.
October 30, 200816 yr i can't believe it... sales are so low that in the next few months we might have an album debut inside the top 10 with only 10000 sales... Kylie would have reached number 82 with her 'X' album had it been released this week.(it only takes 5000 sales to reach the top 100).... Back in 1998 a number 45 album would sell more than 40.000 , nowadays 40.000 sales in enough to get an album inside the top 5,
October 30, 200816 yr Author i can't believe it... sales are so low that in the next few months we might have an album debut inside the top 10 with only 10000 sales... Kylie would have reached number 82 with her 'X' album had it been released this week.(it only takes 5000 sales to reach the top 100).... If Kylie had released now, her sales would have been less than whatever she debuted with ... sales for everyone are decreasing.
October 30, 200816 yr Might be one of the best years for British female artists for some time on the Billboard top200, 5 British females are looking at getting album sales of 200k or more by the end of this year. They are all pretty much soul or r'n'b based vocalists, so certainly Dido and Amy Winehouse opened doors in recent years for these artists in America from Britain. Edited October 30, 200816 yr by d22ghj
October 30, 200816 yr Only 25k for a Top 10 album :(. And we´re almost in November!!! I think this market is really dying.
October 30, 200816 yr Christ you're all moaning about #10 selling 25,000. Who cares? AC/DC sold 785,000!!!! Over 3/4 of a million in a week. Now that is outstanding.
October 31, 200816 yr Author Christ you're all moaning about #10 selling 25,000. Who cares? AC/DC sold 785,000!!!! Over 3/4 of a million in a week. Now that is outstanding. Agreed.
October 31, 200816 yr Author Might be one of the best years for British female artists for some time on the Billboard top200, 5 British females are looking at getting album sales of 200k or more by the end of this year. They are all pretty much soul or r'n'b based vocalists, so certainly Dido and Amy Winehouse opened doors in recent years for these artists in America from Britain. Don't forget Corinne Bailey Rae ...
November 1, 200816 yr Author Well done Adele - Why the huge jump when the albums been out a while over there?!?! Brit girls really doing it in the U.S at the moment 'Chasing pavements' was performed by Adele on SNL on October 19th. She got so lucky landing that show on that particular Saturday :lol:
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