US Billboard Charts (24/03/2012)

[joao]

Billboard has to change its rules to prevent the 0.25 albums to chart as soon as possible! Altough it feels good to see the whole top 5 selling over 100k at this time of the year... but this way it´s extremely unfair!

[WolfSpear]

Billboard has to change its rules to prevent the 0.25 albums to chart as soon as possible! Altough it feels good to see the whole top 5 selling over 100k at this time of the year... but this way it´s extremely unfair!

Agreed. They need to set a minimum regardless of how many weeks an album has spent on the chart. Make it a 4.99 mininum ... thats basically what you get for a budget.

[AutomaticBR]

Billboard has to change its rules to prevent the 0.25 albums to chart as soon as possible! Altough it feels good to see the whole top 5 selling over 100k at this time of the year... but this way it´s extremely unfair!

Agreed. They need to set a minimum regardless of how many weeks an album has spent on the chart. Make it a 4.99 mininum ... thats basically what you get for a budget.

do we even know if Google is payin' 25 cents or less to the record companies for these albums or if they're payin' the normal price but still are selling it for 25 cents like it was with GaGa? cuz if it's the 2nd way around, I don't see why they should not count them to the chart, what matters is the wholesale price, not the retail one.

[thebigham]

Google is paying the labels the wholesale price for the albums and then selling them for a loss.

[ferrero]

the charts are made to track the quantity of copies sold...not the profit the label/artists/Itunes will get

[BrainDamageII]

¡For one week only!

Does anyone have the Dance/Mix Show Airplay and Dance Singles Sales charts for this week?

Hot Dance Singles Sales

1 1 28 Feel So Close, Calvin Harris
2 NEW 1 Give Me All Your Luvin', Madonna Featuring Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.
3 3 12 Levels, Avicii
4 2 4 Kindred, Burial
5 NEW 1 How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep, Bombay Bicycle Club
6 7 50 Cinema, Benny Benassi Featuring Gary Go
7 5 15 Video Games, Lana Del Rey
8 8 6 Tonight Is The Night, Outasight
9 NEW 1 Must Be The Feeling, Nero
10 9 15 Lights, Ellie Goulding

[BrainDamageII]

Hot Dance / Mix Show Airplay

1 1 23 Feel So Close, Calvin Harris
2 2 13 Turn Me On, David Guetta Featuring Nicki Minaj
3 4 19 Glad You Came, The Wanted
4 3 11 Set Fire To The Rain, Adele
5 6 10 International Love, Pitbull Featuring Chris Brown
6 5 24 Levels, Avicii
7 7 9 Domino, Jessie J
8 8 23 We Found Love, Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
9 9 19 Good Feeling, Flo Rida
10 12 5 Wild Ones, Flo Rida Featuring Sia
11 10 23 Sexy And I Know It, LMFAO
12 11 5 Take Care, Drake Featuring Rihanna
13 15 4 Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You), Kelly Clarkson
14 16 6 Ass Back Home, Gym Class Heroes Featuring Neon Hitch
15 14 3 Turn Up The Music, Chris Brown
16 13 3 Can't Stop Me, Afrojack & Shermanology
17 20 6 Cry (Just A Little), Bingo Players
18 18 3 Starships, Nicki Minaj
19 24 5 Young, Wild & Free, Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars
20 22 2 Part Of Me, Katy Perry
21 19 3 Tonight Is The Night, Outasight
22 NEW 1 Titanium, David Guetta Featuring Sia
23 17 6 Give Me All Your Luvin', Madonna Featuring Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.
24 23 5 Antidote, Swedish House Mafia Vs Knife Party
25 21 19 The One That Got Away, Katy Perry

[Lehmann]

arab, Brain, big thanks for info!

76 61 63 55 LIL' WAYNE I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 1333 -4 1383 999750
1 million next week.. amazing for mixtape

Do you know what the all-time best-selling mixtape is?

Hmm no, would like to know if there're any platinum mixtapes..

[Timmy94]

Billboard has to change its rules to prevent the 0.25 albums to chart as soon as possible! Altough it feels good to see the whole top 5 selling over 100k at this time of the year... but this way it´s extremely unfair!

But I prefer seeing the top 5 selling 100k because people discovered Lady Antebellum's, Drake's or Lil Wayne's albums and simply like it because they do good music and not because they think that it's such a ridiculously low price that they don't even mind the loss if the album is crap...

And it's not too long ago that we had a top 5 selling 100k each "the natural way"...

[joao]

Billboard has to change its rules to prevent the 0.25 albums to chart as soon as possible! Altough it feels good to see the whole top 5 selling over 100k at this time of the year... but this way it´s extremely unfair!

Agreed. They need to set a minimum regardless of how many weeks an album has spent on the chart. Make it a 4.99 mininum ... thats basically what you get for a budget.

do we even know if Google is payin' 25 cents or less to the record companies for these albums or if they're payin' the normal price but still are selling it for 25 cents like it was with GaGa? cuz if it's the 2nd way around, I don't see why they should not count them to the chart, what matters is the wholesale price, not the retail one.

They are payng full price, but it still doesn´t change the fact that charts could be manipulated by these tricks. For example, some albums have been unfairly missing in this weeks Top 5 or Top 10 because of these offers. Coldplay and Lady Antebellum are obviously NOT among the Top 5 most popular albums of the week.

And I seriously doubt that labels are not involved in these tricks, even if they claim to receive the full price. If that´s the case, then why aren´t physical retailers doing the same offers and selling new albums for a buck? Because physical albums have a cost to produce, and if you sell them for less then what they cost you have a money loss (unless it´s old albums you don´t expect people will ever buy for normal price anymore). Google and Amazon claimed that they afford for these losses because they are atracting more visitors to their sites, and thus atracting more money trough other sales. I find it very suspicious, since they are not doing the same offer for physical albums. Because with physical albums you cannot "mask" how much you pay the label... even if you pay less then the average price, you still have to cover the expenses in producing and shipping the physical item, which doesn´t exist in "digital albums"... so that can be easily masked.

[maurice]

Does anyone have any info about the Dance/Electronic Digital Songs chart on Billboard?

[NothingFails]

how do mp3 albums even have a wholesale price? CD's I get, you're buying manufactured copies that were pressed and shipped... you're downloading sound files

[Timmy94]

how do mp3 albums even have a wholesale price? CD's I get, you're buying manufactured copies that were pressed and shipped... you're downloading sound files

Than you're paying for the process in making the album (which in some cases takes years and costs thousands of dollars) and not just the sound file itself...

[joao]

how do mp3 albums even have a wholesale price? CD's I get, you're buying manufactured copies that were pressed and shipped... you're downloading sound files

Than you're paying for the process in making the album (which in some cases takes years and costs thousands of dollars) and not just the sound file itself...

Then the price of the digital album should be the same as of the physical album, excluded the costs at manufacturing the physical product and shipping it. That would be fair.

I don´t understand why someone pays for a digital album the same price they would pay for a physical album. I´d buy digital albums if they costed 1/3rd of the physical album.

And the costs into producing the album´s music is the same wether the album sells 500,000 copies of 20 million copies. But when it comes to physical albums, every copy has a cost of its own to produce.

[scootermcgee27]

It's obvious that there are more costs involved in producing and selling a physical product as opposed to a digital product, but there is still a cost for online providers in maintaining their online stores and the storage space and bandwidth necessary to provide for their customers. On top of that, the producers, the singers, the musicians, the engineers, the promoters, etc. still need to get paid for their work, so digital albums still cost a decent amount.

Let's also not forget that the physical product we keep referring to - the plastic casing, the booklet, and the CD itself - cost practically nothing for the label to produce in mass quantities. Yes, it's obviously still more than a digital product, but how much could a bit of plastic and some paper cost? You can buy loads of blank CDs and paper for very little. Imagine how much they'd cost if you bought them in bulk.

[NothingFails]

how do mp3 albums even have a wholesale price? CD's I get, you're buying manufactured copies that were pressed and shipped... you're downloading sound files

Than you're paying for the process in making the album (which in some cases takes years and costs thousands of dollars) and not just the sound file itself...

Then the price of the digital album should be the same as of the physical album, excluded the costs at manufacturing the physical product and shipping it. That would be fair.

I don´t understand why someone pays for a digital album the same price they would pay for a physical album. I´d buy digital albums if they costed 1/3rd of the physical album.

And the costs into producing the album´s music is the same wether the album sells 500,000 copies of 20 million copies. But when it comes to physical albums, every copy has a cost of its own to produce.

That is my issue with digital files. Why 2/3 of the time the physical copy is cheaper than the copy that is just a bunch of digital files. I feel like when you PAY to OWN a copy, tangibility (and the ability to resell it if you don't like it) and the stuff such as artwork, booklet, lyrics and everything is very important, and when you're just getting the sound files, you're not getting the "complete package", so I'll always balk at the price they want for mp3 albums. Its funny that a cd you can buy for $5 new at Best Buy or Wal-Mart is $10 on mp3 only.

[skycycle]

arab, Brain, big thanks for info!

76 61 63 55 LIL' WAYNE I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING 1333 -4 1383 999750
1 million next week.. amazing for mixtape

Do you know what the all-time best-selling mixtape is?

This is a full-length album and NOT a mixtape, though it was originally supposed to be a shorter EP.

As far as best-selling mixtape goes there's a lot of contenders for that title and it will not be an easy task to see who sold what - the most recent example I can think of right away is Drake's "So Far Gone". In January it was at 632,000 - almost three years after its release, which is very impressive indeed...

[Molattow]

Can anyone explain me the difference between LPs and mixtapes ?

[Miguelito]

Billboard 200/Catalog Albums Chart Update - March 24, 2012

Houston Sales Continue: Whitney Houston continues at #1 with "Whitney: The Greatest Hits", though it drops four spots to #6 on the Billboard 200 this week. Although sales are beginning to drop for the Houston catalog, she retains six albums in the Top 10 of the Catalog chart and adds a seventh as "Just Whitney…" rises to #10. Seven of the top ten Catalog albums are Whitney Houston albums, topping the six from each of the last three weeks, and the three from four weeks ago.
The last time there were this many albums from the same artist on the top 10 of the Catalog chart for this long was in September and October 2009, when Beatles albums occupied at least six, and as many as nine, positions in the Catalog top 10 for four straight weeks.
With Adele's "19" at #2, albums by female soloists occupy the top five spots on Catalog again this week.

Welcome To The Jungle: Surging up to #31 on the Billboard 200 this week, but only managing #6 on the Catalog chart, is Guns 'N Roses' "Greatest Hits". This is its 249th week in the top 200 albums as a Catalog selection, and it reaches a new high position as a Catalog selection this week, surpassing a previous high of #39 on December 8, 2007. It reached #3 on its original release in 2004, a pretty high position these days for a greatest hits collection.
In addition, "Appetite For Destruction" returns to the Catalog chart and to the Billboard 200. It's the album's first appearance there since an original 147-week run that started in 1987, gained its greatest traction in late 1988 and early 1989, and included five weeks at #1.

New On The Charts: The only new entry on the Catalog chart this week is "The Generous Mr. Lovewell" by MercyMe, which reached #3 on its original release in 2010 and spent 40 weeks on the Billboard 200. It had a 95-week run on the Christian Albums chart, missing only one week since its release, and topped that chart for six weeks. It's the fifth Catalog charting album for MercyMe, and all of the others have reached the top 10. "Almost There" (which featured the adult contemporary hit "I Can Only Imagine") spent 63 weeks on the chart in 2004-2005 and reached #3; "Spoken For" spent just one week on the chart in 2004, but it was at #6; "The Christmas Sessions" had a four-week run between 2006 and 2008, and reached #8; "All That Is Within Me" had a six-week run in 2009-2010 and reached #6.
Four albums return to the Catalog chart after an absence of more than a year. "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'" by 50 Cent continues a string of R&B/rap/hip-hop hit albums returning to the charts in 2012; these have included "Dr. Dre -- 2001" by Dr. Dre, "What's The 411?" by Mary J. Blige, "The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill" by Lauryn Hill, 2Pac's "All Eyez On Me", and Snoop Doggy Dogg's "Doggy Style". "Get Rich" returns for the first time since 2007 for its 62nd week overall; it is a former Catalog #1 (for one week in 2005), and also reached #1 on the Billboard 200.
Another former #1 on both charts is Elvis Presley's "Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits"; it didn't chart at all in 2011 and was last seen in 2010, but returns this week.
The release (and #1 debut) of Bruce Springsteen's "Wrecking Ball" sends his "Greatest Hits" onto the Catalog chart for the first time since 2010; it has only reached #3 on the chart, but spends its 131st week on the charts this week.
The other returning entry is Guns 'N Roses "Appetite For Destruction", last appearning on the Catalog chart in 2010; it bumps up to 419 weeks on the chart, good enough for 20th place among Catalog albums.

Milestones: Eminem's "Curtain Call: The Hits" spends its 150th week among the top 200 albums. It spent 58 weeks on the old Comprehensive chart as a current album, and is now up to 92 weeks on the chart as a Catalog album.

Chart Multiples Update: Two artists are added to the list to bring the total to seven:
1. Eminem: He's becoming a major catalog artist, with a hits album, a "classic" and a recent transition to Catalog status all charting at the same time. He's the only artist besides Whitney Houston with more than two Catalog albums on the chart.
2. Willie Nelson: A large drop for "Super Hits" this week, but "VH1 Storytellers" (with Johnny Cash) holds on to a BB200 position.
3. Johnny Cash: "Super Hits" is the higher of his two selections at #45 Catalog. "VH1 Storytellers" is also on the Billboard 200.
4. Whitney Houston: "The Preacher's Wife" departs from the tally, but seven other albums are all in the Catalog Top 10. All of her albums, however, lose some traction on the Billboard 200.
5. Pink Floyd: Continued sales from "The Wall" reissues last week, though most of the interest was seen last week.
6. Guns 'N Roses: "Appetite For Destruction" joins "Greatest Hits" on the Billboard 200 tally.
7. Elvis Presley: The King goes from zero albums to two, as "Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits" and "An Afternoon In The Garden" both return.

Here are the catalog albums on this week's Billboard 200:

[Legend: This Week, Last Week, 2 Weeks Ago, Title, Artist [BB200 Catalog Wks, Total BB200 Wks, BB200 Catalog Peak (peak while on BB200 as Catalog)] (Original BB200 Info: Total weeks on, Peak, First year)]
(First set of numbers use Comprehensive from Nov 2003 - Nov 2009)
[20CMTMC = 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection]

6 2 2 Whitney: The Greatest Hits, Whitney Houston [8, 8, #2] (29, #5, 2000)
11 7 7 19, Adele [75, 136, #4] (61, #11, 2008)
15 5 6 The Bodyguard (Soundtrack), Whitney Houston [5, 5, #5] (141, #1, 1992)
19 13 16 I Look To You, Whitney Houston [5, 30, #13] (25, #1, 2009)
21 10 9 Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston [6, 6, #9] (162, #1, 1985)
31 86 160 Greatest Hits, Guns 'N Roses [249, 387, #31] (138, #3, 2004)
52 31 30 My Love Is Your Love, Whitney Houston [4, 4, #30] (75, #13, 1998)
59 17 190 The Wall, Pink Floyd [13, 13, #17] (123, #1, 1979)
61 32 39 I'm Your Baby Tonight, Whitney Houston [3, 3, #32] (51, #3, 1990)
65 50 126 Just Whitney…, Whitney Houston [3, 3, #50] (24, #9, 2002)
75 - - Nevermind, Nirvana [12, 12, #13] (252, #1, 1991)
87 111 - 35 Biggest Hits, Toby Keith [2, 58, #87] (76, #2, 2008)
90 109 93 Brothers, The Black Keys [16, 94, #44] (78, #3, 2010)
91 - - The Generous Mr. Lovewell, MercyMe [1, 41, #91] (40, #3, 2010)
98 48 70 The Best Of Etta James: 20CMTMC, Etta James [16, 16, #32] (N/A, 1999)
103 85 140 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem [92, 150, #60] (69, #1, 2005)
105 137 108 Need You Now, Lady Antebellum [17, 111, #67] (94, #1, 2010)
108 68 92 Recovery, Eminem [13, 90, #55] (77, #1, 2010)
114 108 - Greatest Hits, Queen [176, 176, #45] (207, #11, 1992)
120 124 110 The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20CMTMC, Lynyrd Skynyrd [71, 71, #60] (27, #146, 1999)
122 120 102 The Best Of The Temptations: 20CMTMC, Vol. 1 -- The '60s, The Temptations [29, 29, #73] (N/A, 1999)
124 122 99 The Best Of Lionel Richie: 20CMTMC, Lionel Richie [33, 33, #71] (N/A, 2003)
125 58 146 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bob Marley & The Wailers [347, 347, #26] (113, #54, 1984)
127 132 96 Lungs, Florence + The Machine [25, 91, #35] (68, #14, 2009)
129 119 100 The Best Of Boyz II Men: 20CMTMC, Boyz II Men [40, 40, #70] (N/A, 2003)
130 158 138 Chronicle -- The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival [272, 272, #14] (30, #100, 1976)
134 145 131 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey [314, 314, #18] (92, #10, 1988)
135 - - Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. [6, 15, #127] (13, #1, 2007)
136 126 120 The Best Of Barry White: 20CMTMC, Barry White [41, 41, #78] (5, #100, 2003)
137 42 166 Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd [353, 353, #12] (741, #1, 1973)
139 159 147 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band [23, 172, #101] (149, #9, 2008)
140 151 137 My World 2.0, Justin Bieber [23, 103, #53] (80, #1, 2010)
144 - - Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent [23, 61, #57] (82, #1, 2003)
147 149 143 The Best Of Three Dog Night: 20CMTMC, Three Dog Night [38, 38, #109] (N/A, 2000)
149 - - Man On The Moon: The End Of The Day, Kid Cudi [5, 75, #149] (70, #4, 2009)
154 114 148 The Best Of Eric Clapton: 20CMTMC, Eric Clapton [55, 57, #66] (5, #143, 2005)
162 118 151 Super Hits, Willie Nelson [31, 31, #98] (2, #193, 1995)
164 162 163 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem [56, 56, #59] (69, #1, 2000)
165 174 149 Fearless, Taylor Swift [58, 174, #58] (116, #1, 2008)
168 170 142 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band [364, 364, #60] (114, #8, 1994)
169 161 150 The Best Of The Jackson 5: 20CMTMC, The Jackson 5 [28, 28, #23] (N/A, 1999)
175 160 164 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20CMTMC, Aerosmith [40, 40, #67] (N/A, 2007)
176 - - Greatest Hits, Bruce Springsteen [8, 8, #93] (32, #1, 1995)
179 - - Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, Elvis Presley [61, 99, #55] (99, #1, 2002)
180 - - Licensed To Ill, The Beastie Boys [9, 9, #115] (68, #1, 1986)
181 20 - The Best Of The Monkees, The Monkees [2, 2, #20] (6, #51, 2003)
184 - 179 An Afternoon In The Garden, Elvis Presley [46, 46, #85] (N/A, 1997)
185 187 173 Super Hits, Johnny Cash [9, 9, #109] (N/A, 1994)
188 - - Appetite For Destruction, Guns 'N Roses [1, 1, #188] (147, #1, 1987)
189 - 191 Doin' My Thing, Luke Bryan [10, 71, #126] (61, #6, 2009)
196 198 180 VH1 Storytellers, Johnny Cash / Willie Nelson [40, 40, #56] (2, #150, 1998)
199 193 176 War Is The Answer, Five Finger Death Punch [19, 104, #128] (85, #7, 2009)
- 80 105 The Preacher's Wife, Soundtrack [4, 4, #80] (38, #3, 1996)
- 89 - Rocket Man: Number Ones, Elton John [24, 52, #45] (31, #9, 2007)
- 95 157 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse [34, 112, #7] (78, #2, 2007)
- 102 51 1, The Beatles [268, 268, #4] (104, #1, 2000)
- 139 - Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre [3, 3, #139] (93, #2, 1999)
- 140 - The Hits Collection: Volume One, Jay-Z [1, 18, #140] (17, #43, 2010)
- 171 87 Number Ones, Michael Jackson [212, 236, #1] (31, #13, 2003)
- 176 116 Aim And Ignite, fun. [2, 3, #116] (1, #71, 2009)
- 180 - Doggy Style, Snoop Doggy Dogg [1, 1, #180] (72, #1, 1993)
- 181 - Waiting To Exhale, Soundtrack [1, 1, #181] (49, #1, 1995)
- 185 - Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd [5, 5, #33] (39, #1, 1975)
- 195 194 The Best Of Chuck Berry: 20CMTMC, Chuck Berry [4, 4, #134] (N/A, 1999)
- 199 199 Super Hits, Janis Joplin [16, 16, #113] (N/A, 2000)
- - 88 Thriller, Michael Jackson [91, 91, #2] (122, #1, 1982)
- - 130 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Miranda Lambert [11, 103, #130] (100, #6, 2007)
- - 133 Whitney, Whitney Houston [3, 3, #87] (85, #1, 1987)
- - 144 O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Soundtrack [30, 30, #105] (101, #1, 2001)
- - 169 All Eyez On Me, 2Pac [2, 2, #169] (100, #1, 1996)
- - 175 Thank Me Later, Drake [9, 83, #135] (74, #1, 2010)
- - 184 Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, Simon & Garfunkel [1, 1, #184] (127, #5, 1972)
- - 186 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters [16, 46, #48] (30, #11, 2009)
- - 193 Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, Aerosmith [6, 6, #105] (40, #53, 1980)
- - 197 The Best Of George Strait: 20CMTMC, George Strait [34, 34, #97] (18, #76, 2002)

Statistics: There were 52 Catalog albums on the Billboard 200 this week, two fewer than last week, but 23 more than the same week one year ago.
The Catalog #1 one year ago (March 26, 2011) was "19" by Adele (4th week). It remained at #1 through April 9.
The Catalog #1 five years ago (March 24, 2007): "Greatest Hits" by Guns 'N Roses. This was the albums' third overall week at #1 and began a six-week run.
The Catalog #1 ten years ago (March 23, 2002): "Human Clay" by Creed. It returned to #1 for an 11th overall week this week.
The Catalog #1 fifteen years ago (March 22, 1997): The soundtrack from "Grease" (13th week). It was parked at #1 through June 21.
The Catalog #1 twenty years ago (March 21, 1992): "Time Pieces -- The Best Of Eric Clapton". This was the album's 5th week at #1 and ended its initial run at the top -- but it would come back for 32 more weeks eventually, all recorded by the middle of 1993.

All numbers below reflect the Comprehensive chart for weeks from Nov 2003 - Nov 2009.

More than 100 weeks on BB200 as Catalog:
364 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
353 Pink Floyd (Dark Side Of The Moon)
347 Bob Marley & The Wailers
314 Journey
272 Creedence Clearwater Revival
249 Guns 'N Roses
176 Queen
Dropping out: The Beatles-1 (268 weeks), Michael Jackson-Number Ones (212)

More than 100 weeks on BB200 overall:
1094 Pink Floyd (Dark Side Of The Moon)
478 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
460 Bob Marley & The Wailers
406 Journey
387 Guns 'N Roses (Greatest Hits)
383 Queen
302 Creedence Clearwater Revival
264 Nirvana
174 Taylor Swift (Fearless)
172 Zac Brown Band
168 Whitney Houston (Whitney Houston)
160 Elvis Presley (Elv1s)
150 Eminem (Curtain Call)
148 Guns 'N Roses (Appetite)
146 Whitney Houston (The Bodyguard)
136 Adele
136 Pink Floyd (The Wall)
125 Eminem (Marshall Mathers LP)
111 Lady Antebellum (Need You Now)
105 50 Cent
104 Five Finger Death Punch
103 Justin Bieber (My World 2.0)
Dropping out: The Beatles-1 (372 weeks), Michael Jackson-Number Ones (236), Amy Winehouse (112)

More than 100 weeks on BB200 overall + Catalog Top 10 Weeks 1991-2003
(with at least one Catalog Top 10 week before Nov 22, 2003):
1378 Pink Floyd (Dark Side Of The Moon) (284 extra weeks)
961 Bob Marley & The Wailers (501 extra weeks)
728 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (250)
612 Journey (206)
254 The Beastie Boys (177)
241 Guns 'N Roses (Appetite) (93)
237 Pink Floyd (The Wall) (101)
176 Eminem (Marshall Mathers LP) (51)
Dropping out: The Beatles-1 (406 total weeks)

Consecutive weeks on BB200 (while Catalog), Top 10:
62 Adele
58 Taylor Swift (Fearless)
37 Lynyrd Skynyrd
25 Florence + The Machine
23 Justin Bieber (My World 2.0)
17 Lady Antebellum (Need You Now)
15 The Black Keys
15 Zac Brown Band
13 Eminem (Recovery)
13 Eric Clapton
Dropping out: Amy Winehouse (13 weeks)

Consecutive overall weeks on BB200 (at least one Catalog week):
174 Taylor Swift (Fearless)
111 Lady Antebellum (Need You Now)
103 Justin Bieber (My World 2.0)
90 Eminem (Recovery)
89 Florence + The Machine

More than 100 weeks on Catalog:
1029 Pink Floyd (Dark Side Of The Moon)
1011 Bob Marley & The Wailers
857 Journey
759 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
735 Creedence Clearwater Revival
568 Queen
470 Pink Floyd (The Wall)
439 The Beastie Boys
419 Guns 'N Roses (Appetite)
256 Guns 'N Roses (Greatest Hits)
187 Eminem (Marshall Mathers)
177 Lynyrd Skynyrd
152 Elvis Presley (Elv1s)
131 Bruce Springsteen
111 Eminem (Curtain Call)
Dropping out: The Beatles-1 (391 weeks), Michael Jackson-Number Ones (222)

Consecutive weeks on Catalog, Top 10:
63 Adele
58 Taylor Swift (Fearless)
25 Florence + The Machine
23 Justin Bieber (My World 2.0)
17 Lady Antebellum (Need You Now)
15 The Black Keys
13 Zac Brown Band
13 Eminem (Recovery)
13 Lynyrd Skynyrd
12 Eric Clapton
12 Journey
Dropping out: Amy Winehouse (12 weeks)

Catalog Notes: Nirvana's "Nevermind" has another good week on the chart, re-entering at #11 for its 77th overall week on the Catalog chart. It's the closest of this week's charting entries to the 100-week milestone, just one week ahead of Adele's "19" - which will unquestionably get there in exactly 24 weeks.

[Catalog Chart Legend: This Week, Last Week, 2 Weeks Ago, Title, Artist (Weeks on Catalog)]
[20CMTMC = 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection)

1 1 1 Whitney: The Greatest Hits, Whitney Houston (9)
2 3 3 19, Adele (76)
3 2 2 The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston (21)
4 5 5 I Look To You, Whitney Houston (5)
5 4 4 Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston (6)
6 17 40 Greatest Hits, Guns 'N Roses (256)
7 8 6 My Love Is Your Love, Whitney Houston (3)
8 6 - The Wall, Pink Floyd (470)
9 9 7 I'm Your Baby Tonight, Whitney Houston (3)
10 12 23 Just Whitney…, Whitney Houston (3)
11 - - Nevermind, Nirvana (77)
12 23 - 35 Biggest Hits, Toby Keith (5)
13 22 13 Brothers, The Black Keys (15)
14 - - The Generous Mr. Lovewell, MercyMe (1)
15 11 9 The Best Of Etta James: 20CMTMC, Etta James (18)
16 16 29 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem (111)
17 32 19 Need You Now, Lady Antebellum (17)
18 14 12 Recovery, Eminem (13)
19 21 - Greatest Hits, Queen (568)
20 29 20 The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20CMTMC, Lynyrd Skynyrd (177)
21 27 17 The Best Of The Temptations: 20CMTMC, Vol. 1 -- The '60s, The Temptations (36)
22 28 15 The Best Of Lionel Richie: 20CMTMC, Lionel Richie (40)
23 13 33 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bob Marley & The Wailers (1011)
24 31 14 Lungs, Florence + The Machine (25)
25 26 16 The Best Of Boyz II Men: 20CMTMC, Boyz II Men (53)
26 38 28 Chronicle -- The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival (735)
27 35 25 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey (857)
28 - - Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. (8)
29 30 22 The Best Of Barry White: 20CMTMC, Barry White (43)
30 10 43 Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd (1029)
31 39 34 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band (21)
32 37 27 My World 2.0, Justin Bieber (23)
33 - - Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent (62)
34 36 31 The Best Of Three Dog Night: 20CMTMC, Three Dog Night (44)
35 - - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi (13)
36 24 35 The Best Of Eric Clapton: 20CMTMC, Eric Clapton (69)
37 25 38 Super Hits, Willie Nelson (52)
38 42 41 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem (187)
39 45 36 Fearless, Taylor Swift (58)
40 43 30 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (759)
41 41 37 The Best Of The Jackson 5: 20CMTMC, The Jackson 5 (30)
42 40 42 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20CMTMC, Aerosmith (44)
43 - - Greatest Hits, Bruce Springsteen (131)
44 - - Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, Elvis Presley (152)
45 - - Licensed To Ill, The Beastie Boys (439)
46 7 - The Best Of The Monkees, The Monkees (2)
47 - 48 An Afternoon In The Garden, Elvis Presley (48)
48 50 45 Super Hits, Johnny Cash (50)
49 - - Appetite For Destruction, Guns 'N Roses (419)
50 - - Doin' My Thing, Luke Bryan (14)
- 15 18 The Preacher's Wife, Soundtrack (4)
- 18 - Rocket Man: Number Ones, Elton John (44)
- 19 39 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse (38)
- 20 8 1, The Beatles (391)
- 33 - Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre (8)
- 34 - The Hits Collection: Volume One, Jay-Z (1)
- 44 10 Number Ones, Michael Jackson (222)
- 46 21 Aim And Ignite, fun. (2)
- 47 - Doggy Style, Snoop Doggy Dogg (13)
- 48 - Waiting To Exhale, Soundtrack (1)
- 49 - Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd (55)
- - 11 Thriller / Thriller 25, Michael Jackson (233)
- - 24 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Miranda Lambert (25)
- - 26 Whitney, Whitney Houston (3)
- - 32 O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Soundtrack (100)
- - 44 All Eyez On Me, 2Pac (62)
- - 46 Thank Me Later, Drake (8)
- - 47 War Is The Answer, Five Finger Death Punch (24)
- - 49 VH1 Storytellers, Johnny Cash / Willie Nelson (42)
- - 50 Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, Simon & Garfunkel (81)

Regards, Miguelito

[heh]

and mine would be the Hard Rock chart!

Mine too!

[Tansike]

I have no idea where to ask this question, so i post it here.

How much does a song sell when it's #350 on iTunes? Are there any estimations?