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Billboard.com: Lil Wayne Cracks 1 Million With 'Tha Carter III' June 17, 2008, 7:30 PM ET Geoff Mayfield, L.A. With "Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne becomes the first artist since 50 Cent in 2005 to sell more than 1 million copies of an album in a single week, according to chart reports that will be issued tomorrow morning (June 18) by Nielsen SoundScan. In its first week on the market, "Tha Carter III" (Cash Money/Universal) sells just over 1 million units. The last album to top that milestone was 50 Cent's "The Massacre" in March 2005. No album in 2006 sold as many as 800,000 copies in a single frame, and the largest sales week since "The Massacre" belonged to Kanye West's "Graduation," which netted an opener of 957,000 copies last year when it hit stores on Sept. 11. Lil Wayne first appeared on The Billboard 200 in 1999. His previous biggest sales week was a 238,000-unit start for "Tha Carter II" in 2005. That set entered The Billboard 200 at No. 2 while becoming his fourth No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

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Lil Wayne Within Reach Of Million-Copy Debut June 13, 2008, 5:50 PM ET Keith Caulfield, L.A. The magic million is within sight of Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III." The Cash Money/Universal album continues to lead Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart, released today (June 13). Based on the new tally, the album could sell a million copies by the time SoundScan closes out its tracking week on Sunday night. Unweighted sales of "Carter" through the close of business yesterday stood at 630,000. That's the largest number the Friday Building chart has seen since it began in September. The last album to rack up a similar number on a Friday Building chart was Kanye West's "Graduation" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam), which posted a 600,000 figure the Friday of its release. "Graduation" would go on to shift 957,000 in its first full week. The last album to sell a million copies in a week was 50 Cent's "The Massacre" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope), when it bowed with 1.1 million in March 2005. Billboard estimates the nine merchants who report to Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart -- Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Circuit City, iTunes, Starbucks, Borders, Target, Anderson Merchandisers and Handleman Co. -- comprise about 80% of all U.S. album sales.

BBC "Dirty south" rap star Lil' Wayne is set to go straight to number one in the US album charts, after selling 423,000 copies of his record in just one day.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Lucinda was my fave!!!!!! Stupid Sir Alan!!

46.81 % -- 1 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 276,819 HERE I STAND 1 2 3 DOORS DOWN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 29,013 3 DOORS DOWN -- 3 SEX & THE CITY NEW LINE 25,226 SOUNDTRACK 6 4 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 20,650 SPIRIT 2 5 BUN B RAP-A-LOT/ATLANTIC 16,104 II TRILL 12 6 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 15,945 TAYLOR SWIFT 7 7 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 15,249 E=MC2 -- 8 AL GREEN BLUE NOTE/BNLG 15,151 LAY IT DOWN 9 9 MADONNA WARNER BROS. 14,154 HARD CANDY 13 10 TOBY KEITH UME/SHOW DOG 13,106 35 BIGGEST HITS

The £173K paid by Uk is 10% of 'Eurovision money' or whatever you call it (Source Terry W.) So i'm sure they could easily find another way to get this revenue, If the UK was put in the semi's, i doubt it would ever quality, unless it was an amazing song, I think jury's should play an important part along with the public vote as well .

Sweden and Iceland x

Sweden!!! Why did this not get any votes from the UK! Was it cos of Brit got talent?

Would love Sweden to win!!! but it probs will be Russia, Ukraine or Serbia.

billboard.biz ''Neil Diamond nabs the first No. 1 of his career as "Home Before Dark" bows atop the Billboard 200. The set's 146,000 start is his best debut sales week since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. Last week's chart-topper, Madonna's "Hard Candy," slides to No. 3 in its second week with a 66% decline. Mother's Day had its usual effect on the chart, with a bevy of mom-friendly albums taking a bow in the top 10, including new offerings from Toby Keith, Clay Aiken, Gavin DeGraw, Josh Groban, Dierks Bentley and Luis Miguel'' '' Last week's No. 1, Madonna's "Hard Candy," falls to No. 3, shifting 94,000 -- with a not-so-sweet 66% decline. That's the third-largest second-week percentage drop for a No. 1-debuting album this year. DAY26's self-titled set (down 73% in its second week) and Janet Jackson's "Discipline" (down 68%) posted bigger erosions. Here is a quick rundown of 2008's No. 1 debuts and their sophomore-frame drops: Mariah Carey's "E=MC2" (61%), Leona Lewis' "Spirit" (54%), George Strait's "Troubadour" (65%), DAY26's "DAY26" (73%), Danity Kane's "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (62%), Rick Ross' "Trilla" (54%), Alan Jackson's "Good Time" (55%), Janet Jackson's "Discipline" (68%) and Jack Johnson's "Sleep Through the Static" (52%).''

Yes, Madonna was number 1 with 'Into the Groove', when the re-issue of 'Holiday' reached number 2,

Coldplay song downloaded 2m times BBC News

NOW IN: FINAL 1 1 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 175,899 -63% E=MC2 2 2 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 98,488 +9% SPIRIT -- 3 ASHLEE SIMPSON GEFFEN 50,228 -- BITTERSWEET WORLD -- 4 FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS SUB POP 49,449 -- FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS 5 5 NOW 27 SBMG/COMMERICAL MUSIC GRP 33,948 -14% VARIOUS ARTISTS 7 6 JUNO RHINO 30,711 -11% SOUNDTRACK -- 7 ATMOSPHERE RHYMESAYER/ILG 30,513 -- WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS... 6 8 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 30,020 -21% TROUBADOUR -- 9 PHIL VASSAR UNIVERSAL SOUTH 29,583 -- PRAYER OF A COMMON MAN 9 10 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 28,696 -2% TAYLOR SWIFT 8 11 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RAZOR & TIE 26,805 -10% SOUNDTRACK 4 12 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 26,699 -41% BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT 14 13 JAMES OTTO WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 25,591 +7% SUNSET MAN 12 14 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 23,769 -10% SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC 10 15 R.E.M. WARNER BROS. 23,256 -16% ACCELERATE 11 16 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJMG 22,627 -18% TRILLA 3 17 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 22,228 -53% LADY ANTEBELLUM 21 18 JORDIN SPARKS 19/JIVE/ZLG 20,379 +7% JORDIN SPARKS 22 19 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 20,315 +8% JONAS BROTHERS -- 20 STORY OF THE YEAR EPITAPH 20,226 -- BLACK SWAN -- 21 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 19,777 -- CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 27 22 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 19,071 +6% COCO 15 23 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 17,676 -22% DAUGHTRY 29 24 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 17,237 0% AS I AM 26 25 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA NASHVILLE 16,537 -8% GOOD TIME 24 26 FLO RIDA ATLANTIC 16,293 -10% MAIL ON SUNDAY 13 27 DANITY KANE BAD BOY/ATLANTIC 15,810 -36% WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE 30 28 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 15,685 -9% CARNIVAL RIDE 40 29 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 14,658 +4% BACK TO BLACK 17 30 SARA BAREILLES EPIC 13,763 -36% LITTLE VOICE 37 31 RACONTEURS WARNER BROS. 13,741 -4% CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY 33 32 SNOOP DOGG GEFFEN 13,635 -13% EGO TRIPPIN' -- 33 WEEPIES NETTWERK 13,508 -- HIDEAWAY 32 34 HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY WALT DISNEY RECORDS 13,314 -16% SOUNDTRACK 25 35 PANIC AT THE DISCO FUELED BY RAMEN 12,848 -29% PRETTY. ODD. 35 36 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN 12,504 -17% GROWING PAINS 38 37 CHRIS BROWN JIVE/ZLG 12,493 -12% EXCLUSIVE 28 38 COUNTING CROWS GEFFEN 12,363 -29% SATURDAY NIGHTS SUNDAY MORNINGS -- 39 PRODIGY AAO MUSIC 12,063 -- H.N.I.C. PT. 2 31 40 NAKED BROTHERS BAND NICKELODOEN 11,795 -30% I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL -- 41 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 11,542 -- ROCK N ROLL JESUS 43 42 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 11,482 -15% JUST LIKE YOU 48 43 TRACE ADKINS CAPITOL NASHVILLE 11,331 -6% AMERICAN MAN: GREATEST HITS V2 -- 44 GARTH BROOKS PEARL RECORDS 10,656 -- ULTIMATE HITS -- 45 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 10,611 -- JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES -- 46 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO 10,522 -- 95/08 EXITOS 45 47 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 10,484 -15% ENJOY THE RIDE 49 48 BUCKCHERRY ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC 10,314 -11% 15 46 49 ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 10,228 -17% RAISING SAND 50 50 ONEREPUBLIC INTERSCOPE 10,044 -13%

Its Tesco,

Albums: Hard Candy.

217k for Confessions with a huge single, so I'd say 'hopefully' around 150k for HC.

If 4 mins is number 1 wouldn't it be Madonna's 13th number 1? x

From Everyhit.com Most Consecutive Top 10 Hits Here, an artist must reach the Top 10 with every consecutive release. Re-entries are ignored; they can neither add to the tally nor be responsible for breaking a 'run'. Madonna holds this record with 34 (from "Like A Virgin" in 1984 to "Secret" in 1994. The run was broken by "Take A Bow" which peaked at no. 16). Top male artist is Cliff Richard with 23 (from "A Voice In The Wilderness" in 1960 to "The Minute You're Gone" in 1965. Run broken by "On My Word" which peaked at no. 12). Two groups are still going strong in this respect; Westlife have 23 consecutive Top 10 hits Westlife (from "Swear It Again" in 1999 to "Us Against The World" in Mar 2008) and Oasis lag just one behind (from "Live Forever" in 1994 to "Let There Be Love" in 2005). There is was an argument (from Beatles and Abba fans) that Oasis' run is broken after the fifth Top 10 hit ("Roll With It") by "Wibbling Rivalry: A Lot Of Swearing And Cussing / Even More Swearing And Cussing" - the release, by Creation Records, of an argument between the Gallagher brothers after a Radio One interview. It peaked at no. 52 in Nov 1995. But, for contractual reasons Creation released this under the name "Oas*s" (omitting the "i"), unintentionally protecting Oasis' unbroken chart run! Furthermore, a technical issue (related to the maximum number of formats of a release) led to a 12" single version of "Some Might Say" peaking separately at no. 71 a week after the main single topped the chart. Common consensus is that this should not be deemed to break the run of hits. The Beatles and Abba each have 18 consecutive Top 10 hits. (Beatles from "A Hard Day's Night" 1964 to "Yesterday" in 1976, broken by "Back In The USSR" which stalled at no. 19. Abba from "S.O.S." in 1975 to "One Of Us" in 1981, broken by "Head Over Heels" which peaked at no. 25). Top all-girl group is Girls Aloud with 18 consecutive Top 10 hits (from "Sound Of The Underground" in 2002 to "Can't Speak French" in Mar 2008).

Madonna would have had so many more number 1's lol x

Madonna really needs to bring the phyical release forward or release the video now to have any chance of top 3 or 5 on mian chart, no idea why she hasn't brought the video out by now, what is she thinking! If she falls anymore on i-tunes, phyical with have little impact at all.

How do u get the popularity bar chart thing on i-tunes ?

We could finish top 10 anytime, if only we sent a good act to represent us, none have been good since Gina G really, lol

My least fav,! How could he win! Just makes me believe the British are even more stupid, his performance was forgettable and rubbish, another last place in Eurovison, even behind the puppet! zzz

Was J-lo physicals and downloads? My fave song at the mo.