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To no one's surprise, Jay-Z debuts at #1 on the Nielsen Soundscan charts released today. With the holiday craze in full swing, Kingdom Come moved over 680,000 units making it the highest debut for a rap album and the 2nd highest debut of the year. It is the ex-retiree's biggest sales week ever, as well as his ninth No. 1 on the chart. He thusly ties the Rolling Stones for the third-most No. 1s, behind the Beatles with 19 and Elvis Presley with 10. Position/Artist/Album/TWSales/%Change/LWSales/Total Sales: 1 JAY-Z KINGDOM COME 680052 999 1648 681738 - platinum by next week 2 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 303677 999 109 303800 3 VARIOUS NOW 23 289022 49 193622 819507 4 BEATLES LOVE 271605 999 324 271937 5 SNOOP DOGG BLUE CARPET TREATMENT 264171 999 570 264753 6 BEYONCE B'DAY 173264 155 68015 1397537 - surprising uptrend 7 HANNAH MONTANA SOUNDTRACK 167168 47 113729 897262 8 AKON KONVICTED 163709 -42 283948 448173 9 TUPAC PAC'S LIFE 159316 999 260 159580 - family should stop releasing music 10 URBAN*KEITH LOVE PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY T 156728 51 103480 530739 Other Notables: 11 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS 138269 134 59054 1808255 - 2X platinum watch 12 U2 U218 SINGLES 134389 999 135 134542 13 GAME DOCTOR'S ADVOCATE 134078 -63 358278 493066 - big drop-off 14 GROBAN*JOSH AWAKE 133610 -11 150155 555433 18 NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 101745 99 51075 4117983 19 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE SOME HEARTS 101507 67 60755 3884703 23 RASCAL FLATTS ME AND MY GANG 77951 47 52914 2892780 25 FERGIE DUTCHESS 77110 31 58690 655094 28 LEGEND*JOHN ONCE AGAIN 62878 3 60895 532782 29 KILLERS SAM'S TOWN 62497 77 35239 701521 30 EVANESCENCE OPEN DOOR 61061 11 54895 1050695 - these cats are nice 35 LUDACRIS RELEASE THERAPY 49577 45 34237 765558 37 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 45924 23 37325 886288 - platinum watch 40 JOJO HIGH ROAD 45106 69 26760 288868 43 DIDDY PRESS PLAY 41376 60 25915 369322 - so I guess no one's pressing play 44 BIRDMAN & LIL' WAYNE LIKE FATHER LIKE SON 38220 -25 51261 338627 45 JACKSON*JANET 20 Y.O. 37338 173 13669 548847 49 JONES*JIM HUSTLER'S P.O.M.E. (PRODUCT 32236 -24 42443 182942 - ballin? don't think so 51 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA BACK TO BASICS 31221 2 30581 968992 - platinum watch 59 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS MOVE ALONG 26637 45 18343 1511753 63 FURTADO*NELLY LOOSE 24117 77 13663 884758 71 PUSSYCAT DOLLS PCD 21442 50 14292 2324814 72 PANIC! AT THE DISCO FEVER YOU CAN'T SWEAT OUT 21185 20 17615 1372020 76 FAT JOE ME MYSELF & I 20636 -66 60437 81215 77 RAE*CORINNE BAILEY CORINNE BAILEY RAE 20624 7 19347 542603 86 LABELLE*PATTI GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PATTI LABE 18017 999 34 17981 87 MATTHEWS*DAVE BAND VOL. 1-BEST OF WHAT'S AROUND 17854 -9 19718 102767 90 DANITY KANE DANITY KANE 17537 9 16100 748945 91 SWITCHFOOT NOTHING IS SOUND 17525 320 4168 358132 93 BLUNT*JAMES BACK TO BEDLAM 17478 -4 18212 2317040 95 THICKE*ROBIN EVOLUTION OF ROBIN 17211 12 15385 116868 - this album should be platinum 97 YANKOVIC*WEIRD AL STRAIGHT OUTTA LYNWOOD 17066 20 14239 251288 - he will outsell Lloyd Banks 99 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS STADIUM ARCADIUM 16869 36 12414 1533770 105 RICHIE*LIONEL COMING HOME 15842 35 11730 280883 106 CAMP*JEREMY BEYOND MEASURE 15552 39 11167 30866 111 JIBBS JIBBS FEAT. JIBBS 14743 17 12592 115369 114 BROWN*CHRIS CHRIS BROWN 13941 43 9717 1664964 123 TAMIA BETWEEN FRIENDS 13065 -27 17869 31406 - just shameful 124 ROSS*RICK PORT OF MIAMI 12595 5 11989 632821 127 PITBULL EL MARIEL 12430 -10 13884 93703 128 LEGEND*JOHN GET LIFTED 12418 117 5726 1818105 137 GNARLS BARKLEY ST. ELSEWHERE 11689 2 11430 1077511 146 CHINGY HOODSTAR 11142 9 10199 230076 147 BECK INFORMATION 11110 -3 11496 247319 150 BANKS*LLOYD ROTTEN APPLE 10528 -7 11363 271981 152 P.O.D. GREATEST HITS (THE ATLANTIC YE 10348 999 49 9713 153 MONICA MAKINGS OF ME 10341 2 10181 196827 163 BUBLE*MICHAEL IT'S TIME 9713 35 7197 2105334 166 FIASCO*LUPE LUPE FIASCO'S FOOD & LIQUOR 9264 0 9294 213653 - Real hip-hop deserves better 168 FRANKLIN*KIRK VOL. 1-SONGS FOR THE STORM 9130 -3 9417 26766 169 STUDDARD*RUBEN RETURN 9026 -2 9204 141101 171 BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 8939 0 8920 2653921 - 3X platinum watch 178 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 8510 29 6599 2591474 181 LIL BOOSIE BAD AZZ 8316 -3 8551 86652 184 ICE CUBE LAUGH NOW CRY LATER 8063 116 3732 491942 - gold watch 189 T.I. KING 7959 35 5904 1552839 190 WYNONNA CLASSIC CHRISTMAS 7854 3 7607 24315 191 RIHANNA GIRL LIKE ME 7787 30 6012 1062253 194 SHAREEFA POINT OF NO RETURN 7681 -18 9312 79083 195 SHAKIRA ORAL FIXATION V2 7624 18 6452 1522897 196 YUNG JOC NEW JOC CITY 7613 13 6767 829887 198 CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 7514 41 5343 5578101

After thinking about it for a long time I've come to the decision that a battle between LL & Jay will not happen. I think there's too much respect between the two for it to ever resort to beefing. I wouldn't want to see a battle anyway because neither rapper is not in a place mentally to really put on a great battle. LL's last great battle was with Moe Dee(Cannibus doesn't count because LL put him to sleep rather quickly) while Jay's last battle was Nas(don't even talk to me about Dipset; that's not a battle - it's Jay basically toying with them).

My dream scenario would for Will to retire from rap as The Fresh Prince. Do about 2 albums as JJFP and then ride off into the sunset. I know Will can't keep rapping 4ever so my only wish would be 2 more JJFP albums.

LOL at Cozmo's revolutionary rant but I do feel you on what you said. The industry needs to be destroyed and rebuilt. Too few people have control over the whole industry. The music industry as it's constructed now is a dinosaur that's too stupid to understand that it's going to die in its current state. Digital is not only the future, it's already here. They keep trying to control the digital scene and downloading because in the digital form the people control the music. The industry is archaic and outdated and it needs to die.

I wouldn't consider John Mayer R&B either but the person who posted it at UrbanConnect.com put him in there so.... BTW, love John's new album Continuum

Well here it is - the latest US Soundscan numbers(these are just the R&B and rap numbers). BTW, Happy Thanksgiving!!! Rank/Artist/Album/TWSales/%Change/LWSales/Total Sales #1 GAME DOCTOR'S ADVOCATE 358,278 999 687 358,988 - much less than he predicted #2 AKON KONVICTED 283,948 999 500 284,464 #9 BEYONCE B'DAY 68,015 17 57,923 1,224,273 - up from #17 #12 LEGEND*JOHN ONCE AGAIN 60,895 -2 62,238 469,904 - I see GOLD in his future #14 FAT JOE ME MYSELF & I 60,437 999 141 60,579 #15 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX 59,054 -13 67,546 1,669,986 #16 FERGIE DUTCHESS 58,690 2 57,516 577,984 #20 BIRDMAN & LIL' WAYNE LIKE FATHER 51,261 -29 72,447 300,407 #25 JONES*JIM HUSTLER'S P.O.M.E. 42,443 -60 106,450 150,706 - falling fast; was #6 LW #33 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 37,325 14 32,853 840,364 - pushing toward platinum #35 LUDACRIS RELEASE THERAPY 34,237 -12 38,815 715,981 #39 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA BACK TO BASICS 30,581 28 23,844 937,771 #43 DIDDY PRESS PLAY 25,915 -11 29,022 327,946 - his girl group is outselling him 2-to-1 #75 DANITY KANE DANITY KANE 16,100 -3 16,593 731,408 #77 THICKE*ROBIN EVOLUTION 15,385 14 13,504 99,657 - continuing slow rise!!! #85 PUSSYCAT DOLLS PCD 14,292 7 13,333 2,303,372 #91 JACKSON*JANET 20 Y.O. 13,669 -14 15,924 511,509 #92 FURTADO*NELLY LOOSE 13,663 5 13,025 860,641 #94 CHERISH UNAPPRECIATED 12,923 5 12,310 350,990 #96 JIBBS JIBBS FEAT. JIBBS 12,592 -25 16,718 100,626 #103 ROSS*RICK PORT OF MIAMI 11,989 -12 13,686 620,226 #107 RICHIE*LIONEL COMING HOME 11,730 -14 13,571 265,041 #110 GNARLS BARKLEY ST. ELSEWHERE 11,430 -7 12,332 1,065,822 #111 BANKS*LLOYD ROTTEN APPLE 11,363 -26 15,349 261,453 - GUnit is done!!! #119 CHINGY HOODSTAR 10,199 -9 11,200 218,934 - seriously fallin' off! #120 MONICA MAKINGS OF ME 10,181 -2 10,358 186,486 #122 BROWN*CHRIS CHRIS BROWN 9,717 -5 10,225 1,651,023 #125 FRANKLIN*KIRK VOL. 1 9,417 -36 14,792 20,403 #126 SHAREEFA POINT OF NO RETURN 9,312 -6 9,916 71,402 #128 FIASCO*LUPE LUPE FIASCO'S 9,294 4 8,912 204,389 - this should be in top 10 #129 STUDDARD*RUBEN RETURN 9,204 -19 11,380 132,075 #135 BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 8,920 63 5,479 2,644,982 #138 LIL BOOSIE BAD AZZ 8,551 -24 11,239 78,336 #145 TECH N9NE EVERREADY 8,331 -62 21,887 30,297 #159 LADY SOVEREIGN PUBLIC WARNING 7,452 -18 9,109 34,899 - maybe Jay-Z should promote her more #170 CHARLES*RAY RAY SINGS BASIE 7,041 -21 8,862 122,993 #172 Z-RO STILL LIVING 6,935 -52 14,451 21,415 #174 YUNG JOC NEW JOC CITY 6,767 -16 8,081 822,274 #177 YOUNG DRO BEST THANG SMOKIN' 6,614 -23 8,630 296,861 #178 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 6,599 -12 7,525 2,582,964 #179 HOGAN*BROOKE UNDISCOVERED 6,545 -34 9,844 59,945 #182 JENNINGS*LYFE PHOENIX 6,437 -10 7,144 366,995 #187 RIHANNA GIRL LIKE ME 6,012 -4 6,256 1,054,466 #190 T.I. KING 5,904 9 5,406 1,544,880 #192 LEGEND*JOHN GET LIFTED 5,726 5 5,449 1,805,687 #193 LUNY TUNES & TAINY LOS 5,685 -10 6,328 91,773

Absolutely. I'm one of the few people on this board that would like to see him do more movies. He's done more than enough for me in terms of music. Now I would like to see him win acting awards(Golden Globe, Oscar, etc.). If he quits music for good I'll be fine with it as long as he really feels it's time to put the mic down. Maybe he just needs a break to sort out his feelings about the industry. If I were him I would release music independently... but that's just me.

Nas is basically saying what I've been saying for years. If artists want to maintain integrity in their music, they've got to go the independent route. I'm not saying all artists on big labels have no integrity it's just that if you want true musical freedom then you can't be on a big label. There's too much b.s. in the industry whether it's having to kiss "studio" DJs butt to get your songs played(*cough*Kay-Slay*cough*) or dumbing down your music. It's just not worth it anymore.

Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon

I'm not all that upset if Will decides to retire for good. We have 9 albums to listen to and enjoy and as I've said many times before he doesn't have anything to prove. The industry is in shambles right now. There's just too much politics and not enough originality and freedom in music right now. I think people in their 30's still check for hip-hop it's just that they're not going to accept everything that comes out. Rap is, and always will be, music for young people and unfortunately the vast majority of rap is really dumbed down. I think AJ said it best when it comes to doing music. It's not fun anymore. It's all about the numbers, whether or not you can get on TRL. People lose their identity(if they ever had one to begin with) when they just focus on making money and worrying about sales. If Will retires then I say at least he retired with dignity and honor in the form of Lost & Found. He never sold out to sell records and make money. He is one the best emcees to rock the mike. Period.

Public Enemy - Brothers Gonna Work It Out

(Sarcastically) AJ, tell us how you really about Jay-Z. :lol:

In Thursday's edition of the Chicago Sun-Times, Elroy Smith, program director & GM of WGCI-FM(which won the Marconi award for best urban radio station in the country) had some comments about Michael Jackson and his impending album. At one point in the interview he had this to say about Michael: ''I'm not going to play Michael Jackson because it's Michael Jackson,'' Smith said. ''But if it has an urban flair to it, if it has potential, oh yeah, we will truly give it a shot.'' Now maybe it's just me but I took offense to this statement. Despite his much-publicized antics this dude is a musical genius. His Thriller album has now sold 104 million copies worldwide. It sounds to me, if you read between the lines, that if it's not "radio-friendly" then he's not going to put MJ on the playlist. This is the problem with radio stations now. Give the people the choice of whether or not the music is good. Am I the only one who sees this statement as a shot at Michael? BTW you can read the whole interview here.

Great interview. I have a good feeling that Will will hear his name on the morning of January 23rd as an Oscar nominee. I wouldn't worry about the Scientology stuff. It felt to me like he wasn't serious about it.

I agree with both your points. It's just unfortunate that all the industry cares about is sales instead of talent. In a better world, Lupe and Robin Thicke would be 2X platinum by now instead of the garbage that sells. Just got to continue to support real music and real artists no matter what.

Position/Artist/Album/Units sold TW/% Change/Units sold LW/Total Units Sold 1 VARIOUS NOW 23 336,666 999 189 336,863 2 GROBAN*JOSH AWAKE 270,353 999 559 271,668 3 URBAN*KEITH LOVE PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY T 267,227 999 185 267,478 4 SUGARLAND ENJOY THE RIDE 210,867 999 649 211,802 5 HANNAH MONTANA SOUNDTRACK 131,063 -36 203,475 616,365 6 JONES*JIM HUSTLER'S P.O.M.E. 94,194 999 1,799 96,007 7 BIRDMAN & LIL' WAYNE LIKE FATHER LIKE SON 72,447 -59 176,337 249,146 8 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE SOME HEARTS 71,866 59 45,130 372,2441 9 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS 67,546 -22 86,417 1,610,932 - 2X Platinum is near 10 MATTHEWS*DAVE BAND VOL. 1-BEST OF WHAT'S AROUND 65,139 999 53 65,195 Other Notables: 14 LEGEND*JOHN ONCE AGAIN 62,238 -46 114,749 409,009 15 EVANESCENCE OPEN DOOR 59,271 -17 71,620 934,739 16 BEYONCE B'DAY 57,923 -2 58,823 1,156,258 17 FERGIE DUTCHESS 57,516 4 55,358 519,294 19 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE BLACK PARADE,THE 54,059 -37 86,081 380,776 20 NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 51,166 -2 52,189 3,965,163 21 FOO FIGHTERS SKIN AND BONES 48,961 999 86 49,049 26 LUDACRIS RELEASE THERAPY 38,815 -16 46,166 681,744 33 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 32,853 -5 34,449 803,039 36 DIDDY PRESS PLAY 29,022 -31 42,097 302,031 - what happened, Diddy? 48 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA BACK TO BASICS 23,844 4 22,907 907,190 56 RAE*CORINNE BAILEY CORINNE BAILEY RAE 19,347 2 18,964 502,632 - Congrats on Gold album 63 YANKOVIC*WEIRD AL STRAIGHT OUTTA LYNWOOD 16,838 -13 19,279 219,983 65 DANITY KANE DANITY KANE 16,593 -9 18,268 715,308 67 JACKSON*JANET 20 Y.O. 15,924 -16 18,979 497,840 71 BANKS*LLOYD ROTTEN APPLE 15,349 -20 19,272 250,090 74 FRANKLIN*KIRK VOL. 1-SONGS FOR THE STORM 14,792 999 174 13,430 82 ROSS*RICK PORT OF MIAMI 13,686 -13 15,806 608,237 84 THICKE*ROBIN EVOLUTION OF ROBIN 13,504 5 12,819 84,272 - slowing gaining ground 85 BLUNT*JAMES BACK TO BEDLAM 13,377 17 11,470 2,281,350 87 PUSSYCAT DOLLS PCD 13,333 -9 14,585 2,289,080 89 FURTADO*NELLY LOOSE 13,025 1 12,873 846,978 97 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS STADIUM ARCADIUM 12,356 0 12,389 1,504,487 98 GNARLS BARKLEY ST. ELSEWHERE 12,332 0 12,326 1,054,392 105 STUDDARD*RUBEN RETURN 11,380 -35 17,511 122,871 107 CHINGY HOODSTAR 11,200 -8 12,186 208,735 - falling off 112 MONICA MAKINGS OF ME 10,358 -15 12,151 176,305 113 BROWN*CHRIS CHRIS BROWN 10,225 -3 10,569 1,641,306 115 SHAREEFA POINT OF NO RETURN 9,916 -36 15,548 62,090 116 HOGAN*BROOKE UNDISCOVERED 9,844 -28 13,756 53,400 124 LADY SOVEREIGN PUBLIC WARNING 9,109 -50 18,296 27,447 129 FIASCO*LUPE LUPE FIASCO'S FOOD & LIQUOR 8,912 -19 11,058 195,095 - real hip-hop should sell more 143 YUNG JOC NEW JOC CITY 8,081 -15 9,475 815,507 147 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 7,525 -7 8,107 2,576,365 152 BUBLE*MICHAEL IT'S TIME 7,226 -1 7,333 2,088,424 154 JENNINGS*LYFE PHOENIX 7,144 -8 7,768 360,558 155 HAMMOND*FRED FREE TO WORSHIP 6,996 -16 8,306 76,297 160 SHAKIRA ORAL FIXATION V2 6,474 14 5,674 1,508,821 168 RIHANNA GIRL LIKE ME 6,256 -4 6,527 1,048,454 170 PRICE*KELLY THIS IS WHO I AM 6,027 -32 8,818 29,282 180 BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 5,479 -1 5,543 2,636,062 182 LEGEND*JOHN GET LIFTED 5,449 -4 5,703 1,799,961 184 T.I. KING 5,406 -4 5,625 1,538,976 192 YOUNG*CHRIS CHRIS YOUNG 5,200 -20 6,498 81,511 195 CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 5,158 4 4,954 5,565,244

AJ, Everything you just said is right on the money... except in this one case. While a lot of Jay's material leaves a lot to be desired I think he stepped his game up on this album. Songs like 30-Something, Minority Report and Beach Chair showcase his ability to deal with real subjects... and this is coming from someone who not even a big fan of his.

Jay-Z - 30 Something

I just listened to Kingdom Come and I gotta say that it's a good album. Nothing will match Reasonable Doubt because that's a classic album but Kingdom Come has some really nice tracks on there. The two tracks that are straight garbage are the two songs he did with Usher & Beyonce. My Grade is: B By the way, here's the link DevilsJim: Jay-Z - Kingdom Come

I think it's a combination of things. Certainly the internet has hurt record sales but it really has to do with the industry not promoting good music. You can go to Wal-Mart and get albums for a good price so I don't think it's the economy. It's really about the music and the music just isn't good right now. For the most part... it stinks.

K-Fed apparently did a show here in Chicago at the world famous House Of Blues and the place was just about empty. The House of Blues was sending invites to regular patrons with free complimentary tickets to K-Fed's show. :lolsign: :rofl: :lol:

1 HANNAH MONTANA SOUNDTRACK 203,475 -28 281,153 485,302 2 MANILOW*BARRY GREATEST SONGS...60'S 201,904 999 153 202,222 3 BIRDMAN & LIL' WAYNE LIKE FATHER LIKE SON 176,337 999 336 176,699 4 LEGEND*JOHN ONCE AGAIN 114,749 -50 231,107 346,771 5 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS 86,417 -3 88,921 1,543,386 - He's still selling off just 2 singles?!? Can't hate though. 6 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE BLACK PARADE,THE 86,081 -64 240,074 326,717 7 WHO ENDLESS WIRE 81,189 999 189 81,430 8 MEAT LOAF BAT OUT OF HELL III 80,693 999 200 80,932 9 PICKLER*KELLIE SMALL TOWN GIRL 79,133 999 20 79,164 10 DEFTONES SATURDAY NIGHT WRIST 76,338 999 152 76,497 Other Notables: 12 EVANESCENCE OPEN DOOR 71,620 -9 78,430 875,468 13 BEYONCE B'DAY 58,823 37 42,951 1,098,335 - all I can say is... bad 14 FERGIE DUTCHESS 55,358 46 37,865 461,778 15 NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 52,189 6 49,347 3,913,997 16 BENNETT*TONY DUETS: AMERICAN CLASSIC 51,820 -3 53,324 607,957 17 PITBULL EL MARIEL 47,967 999 161 48,132 18 LUDACRIS RELEASE THERAPY 46,166 4 44,603 642,929 20 DIDDY PRESS PLAY 42,097 -30 60,002 273,009 27 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 34,449 -6 36,789 770,186 - good to see John selling 29 CAMP*JEREMY BEYOND MEASURE 30,808 999 365 13,789 35 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA BACK TO BASICS 22,907 1 22,649 883,346 42 YANKOVIC*WEIRD AL STRAIGHT OUTTA LYNWOOD 19,279 -11 21,777 203,145 43 BANKS*LLOYD ROTTEN APPLE 19,272 -24 25,489 234,741 - Weird Al almost outselling Lloyd 44 JACKSON*JANET 20 Y.O. 18,979 -4 19,861 481,916 - face it Janet, glory days are over 45 RAE*CORINNE BAILEY CORINNE BAILEY RAE 18,964 4 18,290 483,285 - great album 48 LADY SOVEREIGN PUBLIC WARNING 18,296 999 39 18,338 49 DANITY KANE DANITY KANE 18,268 2 17,909 698,715 54 STUDDARD*RUBEN RETURN 17,511 -25 23,327 111,491 60 ROSS*RICK PORT OF MIAMI 15,806 3 15,348 594,551 67 PUSSYCAT DOLLS PCD 14,585 9 13,417 2,275,747 72 HOGAN*BROOKE UNDISCOVERED 13,756 -54 29,732 43,556 - guess the reality show didn't help 78 FURTADO*NELLY LOOSE 12,873 8 11,915 833,953 79 THICKE*ROBIN EVOLUTION OF ROBIN 12,819 4 12,348 70,768 - too great an album not to be selling 82 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS STADIUM ARCADIUM 12,389 -3 12,764 1,492,131 83 GNARLS BARKLEY ST. ELSEWHERE 12,326 -7 13,321 1,042,052 85 CHINGY HOODSTAR 12,186 -4 12,749 197,535 86 MONICA MAKINGS OF ME 12,151 -11 13,711 165,947 88 BLUNT*JAMES BACK TO BEDLAM 11,470 -3 11,809 2,267,973 89 AIKEN*CLAY THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS 11,345 -1 11,407 388,890 94 FIASCO*LUPE LUPE FIASCO'S FOOD & LIQUOR 11,058 -1 11,147 186,183 - see Robin Thicke quote 95 YOUNG DRO BEST THANG SMOKIN' 10,833 2 10,644 281,617 96 BROWN*CHRIS CHRIS BROWN 10,569 6 9,969 1,631,081 107 YUNG JOC NEW JOC CITY 9,475 1 9,392 807,426 114 PRICE*KELLY THIS IS WHO I AM 8,818 -45 16,169 23,577 - I guess real R&B can't sell either 123 HAMMOND*FRED FREE TO WORSHIP 8,306 -13 9,576 70,389 125 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 8,107 26 6,430 2,568,840 - why? 132 JENNINGS*LYFE PHOENIX 7,768 -2 7,966 353,414 139 BUBLE*MICHAEL IT'S TIME 7,333 -3 7,526 2,081,198 149 RIHANNA GIRL LIKE ME 6,527 1 6,477 1,042,198 151 FEDERLINE*KEVIN PLAYING WITH FIRE 6,485 999 10 6,495 - all I can do is laugh. ROTFLMAO 166 NE-YO IN MY OWN WORDS 5,738 2 5,599 1,359,320 167 LEGEND*JOHN GET LIFTED 5,703 -16 6,766 1,794,512 169 SHAKIRA ORAL FIXATION V2 5,674 15 4,945 1,502,347 170 OUTKAST IDLEWILD 5,654 -22 7,233 436,207 171 T.I. KING 5,625 0 5,613 1,533,570 173 LETOYA LETOYA 5,569 1 5,512 461,400 175 BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 5,543 -4 5,782 2,630,583 - can she make it to 3X platinum? 176 INDIA.ARIE TESTIMONY:VOL.1,LIFE & RELATIO 5,528 -9 6,079 521,545 192 SIGEL*BEANIE STILL PUBLIC ENEMY #1 5,036 999 71 5,107 - now this is truly falling off 195 CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 4,954 2 4,836 5,560,086 197 ICE CUBE LAUGH NOW CRY LATER 4,843 14 4,259 475,801 200 CASSIE CASSIE 4,793 4 4,605 258,928

Here they are - the latest Soundscan numbers: 1 HANNAH MONTANA SOUNDTRACK 281,153 999 634 281,827 2 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE BLACK PARADE,THE 240,074 999 459 240,636 3 LEGEND*JOHN ONCE AGAIN 231,107 999 832 232,022 4 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS 88,921 -10 99,017 1,456,969 5 EVANESCENCE OPEN DOOR 78,430 -30 112,430 803,848 6 HINDER EXTREME BEHAVIOR 68,660 -9 75,726 1,116,646 7 DIDDY PRESS PLAY 60,002 -65 170,483 230,912 8 BENNETT*TONY DUETS: AMERICAN CLASSIC 53,324 -21 67,590 556,137 9 NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 49,347 -6 52,607 3,861,808 10 KILLERS SAM'S TOWN 46,802 -24 61,715 526,048 Other Notables: 12 JOJO HIGH ROAD 46,168 -57 108,053 154,366 14 LUDACRIS RELEASE THERAPY 44,603 -19 55,352 596,763 16 BEYONCE B'DAY 42,951 17 36,576 1,039,512 - severely overrated CD 21 FERGIE DUTCHESS 37,865 5 35,970 406,420 24 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 36,789 -15 43,453 735,737 - great album 33 BANKS*LLOYD ROTTEN APPLE 25,489 -46 46,906 215,469 - flop 35 STUDDARD*RUBEN RETURN 23,327 -67 70,501 93,980 37 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA BACK TO BASICS 22,649 -4 23,497 860,439 38 YANKOVIC*WEIRD AL STRAIGHT OUTTA LYNWOOD 21,777 -4 22,584 183,866 42 JACKSON*JANET 20 Y.O. 19,861 -26 26,723 462,937 - falling fast 46 RAE*CORINNE BAILEY CORINNE BAILEY RAE 18,290 12 16,395 464,321 - most slept on CD of '06 47 DANITY KANE DANITY KANE 17,909 -21 22,619 680,447 54 PRICE*KELLY THIS IS WHO I AM 16,169 999 307 15,575 64 MONICA MAKINGS OF ME 13,711 -22 17,577 153,796 66 PUSSYCAT DOLLS PCD 13,417 -16 16,055 2,261,162 67 GNARLS BARKLEY ST. ELSEWHERE 13,321 -14 15,512 1,029,726 70 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS STADIUM ARCADIUM 12,764 -9 13,950 1,479,742 71 CHINGY HOODSTAR 12,749 -13 14,733 185,349 74 THICKE*ROBIN EVOLUTION OF ROBIN 12,348 7 11,532 57,949 - just sad 77 FURTADO*NELLY LOOSE 11,915 -10 13,178 821,080 78 BLUNT*JAMES BACK TO BEDLAM 11,809 -6 12,558 2,256,502 84 FIASCO*LUPE LUPE FIASCO'S FOOD & LIQUOR 11,147 -19 13,738 175,125 - real hip-hop should sell more 95 BROWN*CHRIS CHRIS BROWN 9,969 -7 10,664 1,620,512 98 HAMMOND*FRED FREE TO WORSHIP 9,576 -20 12,007 63,310 101 YUNG JOC NEW JOC CITY 9,392 -22 12,015 797,951 118 JENNINGS*LYFE PHOENIX 7,966 -15 9,332 345,646 127 BUBLE*MICHAEL IT'S TIME 7,526 -4 7,856 2,073,865 133 OUTKAST IDLEWILD 7,233 -17 8,734 430,553 140 NORFUL*SMOKIE LIFE CHANGING 6,900 1 6,805 36,113 141 LEGEND*JOHN GET LIFTED 6,766 53 4,417 1,788,809 142 HI-TEK HI-TEKNOLOGY V2 6,600 -70 21,763 28,603 144 RIHANNA GIRL LIKE ME 6,477 -18 7,921 1,035,671 147 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 6,430 0 6,413 2,560,733 - why is this still selling? 152 INDIA.ARIE TESTIMONY:VOL.1,LIFE & RELATIO 6,079 -8 6,616 516,017 157 BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 5,782 -7 6,203 2,625,040 159 T.I. KING 5,613 -6 5,994 1,527,945 161 NE-YO IN MY OWN WORDS 5,599 -17 6,746 1,353,582 163 LETOYA LETOYA 5,512 -20 6,908 455,831 166 SIMPSON*JESSICA PUBLIC AFFAIR 5,387 -25 7,206 240,091 - bombed 174 XZIBIT FULL CIRCLE 5,188 -69 16,659 22,606 - wow(and not in a good way) 179 METHOD MAN 4:21 THE DAY AFTER 4,980 -23 6,431 166,318 - sad 184 CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 4,836 -7 5,187 5,555,132 - are you kidding me? 191 CASSIE CASSIE 4,605 -18 5,607 254,135 197 BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 4,494 -4 4,679 3,998,062

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