US Billboard Charts (31/03/2012)

[NothingFails]

a shame how badly Ting Tings flopped, but not really a surprise since the album seems to be bombing everywhere

What? They had new material?

Yep, debut at #86 this week

[Miguelito]

Billboard 200/Catalog Albums Chart Update - March 31, 2012

Guns 'N Quarters: The recent 25-cent sale promotions by Google and Amazon have created a monster, as Guns 'N Roses' "Greatest Hits", recently featured as a sale item, jumps all the way to its original peak position of #3 with sales of over 80 thousand. It surges right past Whitney Houston's greatest hits album and Adele's "19", which both hold their position in the top 200; they drop to #2 and #3 on Catalog, respectively. The Guns 'N Roses collection was perched at #160 three weeks ago, and was even off of the top 200 for a week this year. Last week, there was a skein of titles that got the 25-cent treatment, with several returning to the top 10, but none have made it a greater distance up the chart than this collection from 2004.
Billboard will likely continue to tweak their policies with regard to super-sale items, but one thing is for certain: If you want to sell 80K copies of an album, you have to produce something that people want to buy - even if only for a quarter.

Houston's Fifth: This is the sixth straight week with three or more Whitney Houston albums in the top 10 of the Catalog chart. This includes six or more albums in each of the last five weeks, with seven albums in the top 10 each of the last two weeks. Only Michael Jackson and The Beatles have had more albums simultaneously in the Catalog top 10, and only Michael Jackson has had half or more of the top 10 for as many weeks in a row as the five that Houston has currently. Michael Jackson monopolized the entire catalog Top 10 for three straight weeks (with Jackson 5 albums included); even discounting the Jackson 5, Jackson had five or more albums in the top 10 as an individual artist for 11 straight weeks between July and September 2009.

New On The Charts: None of the nine entries on the Catalog chart this week are first time entries. Six of them were previously on the chart in 2012, and the other three were on the chart in 2011. These include Flogging Molly's "Drunken Lullabies", an album that tends to get sales around St. Patrick's Day; "Beethoven's Last Night", the only non-Christmas related Trans-Siberian Orchestra album to have reached the Catalog chart; and Lil' Wayne's "Tha Carter III", which returns after an absence of almost six months.

Milestones: Simultaneous with its surge to #1, Guns 'N Roses' "Greatest Hits" spends its 250th week among the top 200 selling albums as a Catalog album; this tacks onto its original run of 138 weeks as a current album. It is also one of only two albums reaching a new high position as a Catalog album on the Billboard 200 this week. The other is Drake's "Thank Me Later" (#130).
Justin Bieber's "My World 2.0" reaches two straight years on the Billboard 200, with all 104 weeks spent consecutively since its release. It is down to #175 this week, so the streak is in jeopardy.
Florence + The Machine's "Lungs" reaches half a year (26 weeks) on the Catalog chart this week. It has the third longest current consecutive week streak, behind only Adele's "19" and Taylor Swift's "Fearless".

Chart Multiples Update: Guns 'N Roses and Elvis Presley depart from the list, but the total drops by only one to six artists:
1. Eminem: There's no slowdown in Eminem's recovery, as "Recovery" vaults to #64 and is the highest-ranked Catalog album not by Whitney Houston, Adele, or Guns 'N Roses.
2. Willie Nelson: "VH1 Storytellers" (with Johnny Cash) and "Super Hits" both continue runs near the bottom of the charts.
3. Johnny Cash: Like Willie Nelson, he charts with "VH1 Storytellers" (with Willie Nelson) and "Super Hits".
4. Whitney Houston: All seven of her chart selections are in the Catalog Top 10, and in the top 80 of the Billboard 200, with the hits album holding at #6.
5. Pink Floyd: "The Wall" continues its recent bump; "Dark Side" slides off of the Billboard 200 but remains at the bottom of the Catalog chart.
6. Taylor Swift: "Taylor Swift" makes a solid re-entry on the Billboard 200, just ahead of "Fearless".

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]

3 31 86 Greatest Hits, Guns 'N Roses [250, 388, #3] (138, #3, 2004)
6 6 2 Whitney: The Greatest Hits, Whitney Houston [9, 9, #2] (29, #5, 2000)
11 11 7 19, Adele [76, 137, #4] (61, #11, 2008)
17 19 13 I Look To You, Whitney Houston [6, 31, #13] (25, #1, 2009)
20 15 5 The Bodyguard (Soundtrack), Whitney Houston [6, 6, #5] (141, #1, 1992)
29 21 10 Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston [7, 7, #9] (162, #1, 1985)
64 108 68 Recovery, Eminem [14, 91, #55] (77, #1, 2010)
69 52 31 My Love Is Your Love, Whitney Houston [5, 5, #30] (75, #13, 1998)
76 61 32 I'm Your Baby Tonight, Whitney Houston [4, 4, #32] (51, #3, 1990)
79 65 50 Just Whitney…, Whitney Houston [4, 4, #50] (24, #9, 2002)
93 90 109 Brothers, The Black Keys [17, 95, #44] (78, #3, 2010)
113 98 48 The Best Of Etta James: 20CMTMC, Etta James [17, 17, #32] (N/A, 1999)
117 59 17 The Wall, Pink Floyd [14, 14, #17] (123, #1, 1979)
119 139 159 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band [24, 173, #101] (149, #9, 2008)
122 105 137 Need You Now, Lady Antebellum [18, 112, #67] (94, #1, 2010)
123 127 132 Lungs, Florence + The Machine [26, 92, #35] (68, #14, 2009)
125 91 - The Generous Mr. Lovewell, MercyMe [2, 42, #91] (40, #3, 2010)
126 120 124 The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20CMTMC, Lynyrd Skynyrd [72, 72, #60] (27, #146, 1999)
128 - - Drunken Lullabies, Flogging Molly [3, 3, #104] (1, #157, 2002)
130 - - Thank Me Later, Drake [10, 84, #130] (74, #1, 2010)
133 130 158 Chronicle -- The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival [273, 273, #14] (30, #100, 1976)
134 - - Tha Carter III, Lil' Wayne [71, 146, #72] (76, #1, 2008)
136 124 122 The Best Of Lionel Richie: 20CMTMC, Lionel Richie [34, 34, #71] (N/A, 2003)
137 122 120 The Best Of The Temptations: 20CMTMC, Vol. 1 -- The 60's, The Temptations [30, 30, #73] (N/A, 1999)
140 - - Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift [81, 257, #58] (176, #5, 2006)
142 103 85 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem [93, 151, #60] (69, #1, 2005)
145 165 174 Fearless, Taylor Swift [59, 175, #58] (116, #1, 2008)
146 125 58 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bob Marley & The Wailers [348, 348, #26] (113, #54, 1984)
148 129 119 The Best Of Boyz II Men: 20CMTMC, Boyz II Men [41, 41, #70] (N/A, 2003)
150 134 145 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey [315, 315, #18] (92, #10, 1988)
153 136 126 The Best Of Barry White: 20CMTMC, Barry White [42, 42, #78] (5, #100, 2003)
154 - - Beethoven's Last Night, Trans-Siberian Orchestra [2, 2, #81] (1, #165, 2000)
155 147 149 The Best Of Three Dog Night: 20CMTMC, Three Dog Night [39, 39, #109] (N/A, 2000)
158 154 114 The Best Of Eric Clapton: 20CMTMC, Eric Clapton [56, 58, #66] (5, #143, 2005)
167 - - Duets: An American Classic, Tony Bennett [13, 52, #94] (44, #3, 2006)
169 164 162 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem [57, 57, #59] (69, #1, 2000)
170 169 161 The Best Of The Jackson 5: 20CMTMC, The Jackson 5 [29, 29, #23] (N/A, 1999)
171 199 193 War Is The Answer, Five Finger Death Punch [20, 105, #128] (85, #7, 2009)
175 140 151 My World 2.0, Justin Bieber [24, 104, #53] (80, #1, 2010)
176 196 198 VH1 Storytellers, Johnny Cash / Willie Nelson [41, 41, #56] (2, #150, 1998)
179 175 160 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20CMTMC, Aerosmith [41, 41, #67] (N/A, 2007)
184 162 118 Super Hits, Willie Nelson [32, 32, #98] (2, #193, 1995)
185 - 176 Aim And Ignite, fun. [3, 4, #116] (1, #71, 2009)
188 75 - Nevermind, Nirvana [13, 13, #13] (252, #1, 1991)
191 185 187 Super Hits, Johnny Cash [10, 10, #109] (N/A, 1994)
200 184 - An Afternoon In The Garden, Elvis Presley [47, 47, #85] (N/A, 1997)
- 87 111 35 Biggest Hits, Toby Keith [2, 58, #87] (76, #2, 2008)
- 114 108 Greatest Hits, Queen [176, 176, #45] (207, #11, 1992)
- 135 - Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. [6, 15, #127] (13, #1, 2007)
- 137 42 Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd [353, 353, #12] (741, #1, 1973)
- 144 - Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent [23, 61, #57] (82, #1, 2003)
- 149 - Man On The Moon: The End Of The Day, Kid Cudi [5, 75, #149] (70, #4, 2009)
- 168 170 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band [364, 364, #60] (114, #8, 1994)
- 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)
- 188 - Appetite For Destruction, Guns 'N Roses [1, 1, #188] (147, #1, 1987)
- 189 - Doin' My Thing, Luke Bryan [10, 71, #126] (61, #6, 2009)
- - 80 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 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse [34, 112, #7] (78, #2, 2007)
- - 102 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 Number Ones, Michael Jackson [212, 236, #1] (31, #13, 2003)
- - 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 The Best Of Chuck Berry: 20CMTMC, Chuck Berry [4, 4, #134] (N/A, 1999)
- - 199 Super Hits, Janis Joplin [16, 16, #113] (N/A, 2000)

Statistics: There were 46 Catalog albums on the Billboard 200 this week, six fewer than last week, but 18 more than in 2008, the last year with a fifth chart week in March.
The Catalog #1 one year ago (April 2, 2011) was "19" by Adele (5th week). It remained at #1 through April 9.
The Catalog #1 five years ago (March 31, 2007): "Greatest Hits" by Guns 'N Roses. This was the albums' fourth overall week at #1, out of 13 so far (including this week).
The Catalog #1 ten years ago (March 30, 2002): "Human Clay" by Creed (12th week overall). It would spend one more week at #1 later on in 2002.
The Catalog #1 fifteen years ago (March 29, 1997): The soundtrack from "Grease" (14th week). It was parked at #1 through June 21.
The Catalog #1 twenty years ago (March 28, 1992): "Watermark" by Enya. It was the first Catalog #1 by a female solo artist, and spent 17 weeks at #1, all in 1992.

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

More than 100 weeks on BB200 as Catalog:
348 Bob Marley & The Wailers
315 Journey
273 Creedence Clearwater Revival
250 Guns 'N Roses
Dropping out: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (364 weeks), Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon (353), Queen (176)

More than 100 weeks on BB200 overall:
461 Bob Marley & The Wailers
407 Journey
388 Guns 'N Roses
303 Creedence Clearwater Revival
265 Nirvana
257 Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift)
175 Taylor Swift (Fearless)
173 Zac Brown Band
169 Whitney Houston (Whitney Houston)
151 Eminem (Curtain Call)
147 Whitney Houston (The Bodyguard)
146 Lil' Wayne
137 Adele
137 Pink Floyd (The Wall)
126 Eminem (Marshall Mathers LP)
112 Lady Antebellum (Need You Now)
105 Five Finger Death Punch
104 Justin Bieber (My World 2.0)
Dropping out: Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon (1094 weeks), Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (478), Queen (383), Elvis Presley-Elv1s (160), Guns 'N Roses-Appetite (148), 50 Cent (105)

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):
962 Bob Marley & The Wailers (501 extra weeks)
613 Journey (206)
238 Pink Floyd (The Wall) (101)
177 Eminem (Marshall Mathers LP) (51)
Dropping out: Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon (1378 total weeks), Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (728), The Beastie Boys (254), Guns 'N Roses-Appetite (241)

Consecutive weeks on BB200 (while Catalog), Top 10:
63 Adele
59 Taylor Swift (Fearless)
38 Lynyrd Skynyrd
26 Florence + The Machine
24 Justin Bieber (My World 2.0)
18 Lady Antebellum (Need You Now)
16 The Black Keys
16 Zac Brown Band
14 Eminem (Recovery)
14 Eric Clapton

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

More than 100 weeks on Catalog:
1030 Pink Floyd (Dark Side Of The Moon)
1012 Bob Marley & The Wailers
858 Journey
760 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
736 Creedence Clearwater Revival
569 Queen
471 Pink Floyd (The Wall)
257 Guns 'N Roses (Greatest Hits)
188 Eminem (Marshall Mathers)
178 Lynyrd Skynyrd
112 Eminem (Curtain Call)
Dropping out: The Beastie Boys (439 weeks), Guns 'N Roses-Appetite (419), Elvis Presley-Elv1s (152), Bruce Springsteen (131)

Consecutive weeks on Catalog, Top 10:
64 Adele
59 Taylor Swift (Fearless)
26 Florence + The Machine
24 Justin Bieber (My World 2.0)
18 Lady Antebellum (Need You Now)
16 The Black Keys
14 Zac Brown Band
14 Eminem (Recovery)
14 Lynyrd Skynyrd
13 Eric Clapton
12 Journey

Catalog Notes: Zac Brown Band's "The Foundation" has the biggest jump up the Catalog chart this week, and also returns to #1 on the Country Catalog albums chart.
Eminem's "Recovery" and Taylor Swift's "Fearless" also have jumps of more than 10 positions.
Three long time Catalog charting albums, by Bob Seger, Pink Floyd and Queen, hold onto Catalog chart positions while missing out on the Billboard 200 this week.
(Yes, for the first time since February 25, not every charting Catalog album is on the Billboard 200.)

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

1 6 17 Greatest Hits, Guns 'N Roses (257)
2 1 1 Whitney: The Greatest Hits, Whitney Houston (10)
3 2 3 19, Adele (77)
4 4 5 I Look To You, Whitney Houston (6)
5 3 2 The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston (22)
6 5 4 Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston (7)
7 18 14 Recovery, Eminem (14)
8 7 8 My Love Is Your Love, Whitney Houston (4)
9 9 9 I'm Your Baby Tonight, Whitney Houston (4)
10 10 12 Just Whitney…, Whitney Houston (4)
11 13 22 Brothers, The Black Keys (16)
12 15 11 The Best Of Etta James: 20CMTMC, Etta James (19)
13 8 6 The Wall, Pink Floyd (471)
14 31 39 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band (22)
15 17 32 Need You Now, Lady Antebellum (18)
16 24 31 Lungs, Florence + The Machine (26)
17 14 - The Generous Mr. Lovewell, MercyMe (2)
18 20 29 The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20CMTMC, Lynyrd Skynyrd (178)
19 - - Drunken Lullabies, Flogging Molly (4)
20 - - Thank Me Later, Drake (9)
21 26 38 Chronicle -- The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival (736)
22 - - Tha Carter III, Lil' Wayne (83)
23 22 28 The Best Of Lionel Richie: 20CMTMC, Lionel Richie (41)
24 21 27 The Best Of The Temptations: 20CMTMC, Vol. 1 -- The 60's, The Temptations (37)
25 - - Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift (89)
26 16 16 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem (112)
27 39 45 Fearless, Taylor Swift (59)
28 23 13 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bob Marley & The Wailers (1012)
29 25 26 The Best Of Boyz II Men: 20CMTMC, Boyz II Men (54)
30 27 35 Journey's Greatest Hits, Journey (858)
31 29 30 The Best Of Barry White: 20CMTMC, Barry White (44)
32 - - Beethoven's Last Night, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (2)
33 34 36 The Best Of Three Dog Night: 20CMTMC, Three Dog Night (45)
34 36 24 The Best Of Eric Clapton: 20CMTMC, Eric Clapton (70)
35 - - Duets: An American Classic, Tony Bennett (12)
36 38 42 The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem (188)
37 41 41 The Best Of The Jackson 5: 20CMTMC, The Jackson 5 (31)
38 - - War Is The Answer, Five Finger Death Punch (25)
39 32 37 My World 2.0, Justin Bieber (24)
40 - - VH1 Storytellers, Johnny Cash / Willie Nelson (43)
41 42 40 The Best Of Aerosmith: 20CMTMC, Aerosmith (45)
42 37 25 Super Hits, Willie Nelson (53)
43 - 46 Aim And Ignite, fun. (3)
44 11 - Nevermind, Nirvana (78)
45 48 50 Super Hits, Johnny Cash (51)
46 47 - An Afternoon In The Garden, Elvis Presley (49)
47 40 43 Greatest Hits, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (760)
48 33 - Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 50 Cent (63)
49 30 10 Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd (1030)
50 19 21 Greatest Hits, Queen (569)
- 12 23 35 Biggest Hits, Toby Keith (5)
- 28 - Greatest Hits, The Notorious B.I.G. (8)
- 35 - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi (13)
- 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)
- 49 - Appetite For Destruction, Guns 'N Roses (419)
- 50 - Doin' My Thing, Luke Bryan (14)
- - 15 The Preacher's Wife, Soundtrack (4)
- - 18 Rocket Man: Number Ones, Elton John (44)
- - 19 Back To Black, Amy Winehouse (38)
- - 20 1, The Beatles (391)
- - 33 Dr. Dre -- 2001, Dr. Dre (8)
- - 34 The Hits Collection: Volume One, Jay-Z (1)
- - 44 Number Ones, Michael Jackson (222)
- - 47 Doggy Style, Snoop Doggy Dogg (13)
- - 48 Waiting To Exhale, Soundtrack (1)
- - 49 Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd (55)

Regards, Miguelito

[vinnie65]

Many thanks for the sales arab. Great work! Do you have the top hard rock charts?

[jilange92]

Good Post! thanks for this!

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