Soundscan Report - 2.22.07

[TopDawg14]

2.22.07 - Fresh from the post-Grammy buzz, sales picked up for a number of artists including Mary J. Blige(with 2 albums in the top 25), Justin Timberlake, Corinne Bailey Rae and Gnarls Barkley. Perhaps the biggest story is the continuing success story of Robin Thicke. His sales jumped 90% from last week and now has platinum in his sight when most analysts didn't think he would go Gold. The Evolution of Robin Thicke continues to get great word of mouth and increased airplay... on urban radio stations. The late Gerald Levert debuts at #2 while Norah Jones continues her strangle hold on the #1 spot.

Pos/Artist/Album/TWSales/%Change/LWSales/Total Sales

1 Jones*norah Not Too Late 210,861 -11 235,687 852,843

2 Levert*gerald In My Songs 165,275 999 756 166,045

3 Various 2007 Grammy Nominees 131,240 116 60,746 317,083

4 Rae*corinne Bailey Corinne Bailey Rae 119,791 132 51,550 1,121,317 - platinum

5 Fall Out Boy Infinity On High 118,747 -54 259,674 378,947

6 Thicke*robin Evolution Of Robin Thicke 115,681 90 60,796 599,879 - Gold+

7 Timberlake*justin Futuresex/love Sounds 107,774 123 48,357 2,755,824 - 3X platinum watch

8 Dixie Chicks Taking The Long Way 103,407 714 12,704 2,004,936

9 Daughtry Daughtry 101,890 34 75,868 1,627,518

10 Mayer*john Continuum 80,442 182 28,494 1,417,977

11 Akon Konvicted 69,751 8 64,643 1,569,843

12 Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium 67,067 194 22,839 1,912,757 - 2x platinum watch

13 Underwood*carrie Some Hearts 60,916 60 38,173 4,921,021 - WOW!

14 Williams*lucinda West 57,155 999 267 57,452

15 Nickelback All The Right Reasons 51,558 17 44,066 4,928,333 - 5X PLATINUM WATCH!!!

16 Furtado*nelly Loose 47,597 16 41,040 1,396,313

17 Rascal Flatts Me And My Gang 47,388 27 37,454 3,734,813

18 Dreamgirls Soundtrack 45,723 2 44,713 779,390

19 Groban*josh Awake 45,180 11 40,748 1,504,739

20 Fergie Dutchess 45,055 32 34,255 1,433,868

21 Blige*mary J. Breakthrough 43,381 161 16,638 2,819,450 - 3x platinum watch

22 Pretty Ricky Late Night Special 42,509 -7 45,732 283,132

23 Legend*john Once Again 41,962 138 17,645 947,554 - Platinum watch

24 Blige*mary J. Reflections: A Retrospective 39,447 62 24,334 567,474 - Gold+

25 Beyonce B'day 39,261 13 34,770 2,265,566

26 Stefani*gwen Sweet Escape 38,319 24 30,924 884,141

27 Urban*keith Love Pain & The Whole Crazy T 37,428 54 24,354 1,143,389

28 Jump In! Soundtrack 35,985 2 35,353 263,943

29 Mcphee*katharine Katharine Mcphee 34,761 -28 48,252 199,035

30 Shins Wincing The Night Away 33,136 -13 37,950 243,525

31 Celtic Woman New Journey 33,036 -14 38,571 142,973

32 Various Now 23 32,121 7 30,018 2,044,152

33 Tisdale*ashley Headstrong 30,802 -52 63,827 94,681

34 Hannah Montana Soundtrack 30,267 10 27,606 2,211,804

35 Morrison*van Van Morrison At The Movies 29,306 999 213 29,531

36 Beatles Love 28,561 28 22,290 1,309,392

37 Young Jeezy Inspiration: Thug Motivation 28,302 2 27,821 858,445

38 Atkins*rodney If You're Going Through Hell 28,241 11 25,457 775,617

39 Allen*lily Alright Still 28,127 -22 36,129 98,723

40 Fray How To Save A Life 27,971 -0 28,025 1,878,596

41 Aguilera*christina Back To Basics 27,160 66 16,341 1,379,143

42 Hinder Extreme Behavior 26,817 -4 27,842 2,060,736

43 Daddy's Little Girls Soundtrack 26,794 109 12,807 70,450

44 Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere 26,672 192 9,127 1,232,070

45 Bennett*tony Duets: American Classic 26,129 147 10,600 1,407,327

46 Swift*taylor Taylor Swift 23,196 21 19,233 416,674

47 Blunt*james Back To Bedlam 23,102 152 9,161 2,517,374

48 Ludacris Release Therapy 22,867 64 13,966 1,083,957 - Platinum

49 Paisley*brad Time Well Wasted 22,602 19 19,014 1,816,387

50 Connick*harry Jr. Oh, My Nola 22,053 -41 37,428 103,843

51 My Chemical Romance Black Parade,the 21,836 8 20,174 931,313

52 Turner*josh Your Man 21,691 23 17,600 1,662,227

53 Evanescence Open Door 21,241 7 19,886 1,572,120

54 Ciara Evolution 21,218 -3 21,848 988,256

55 Carroll*jason Michael Waitin' In The Country 20,356 -65 57,608 78,116

56 30 Seconds To Mars Beautiful Lie 20,277 10 18,406 804,893

57 Various Totally Country V6 20,109 -14 23,345 80,493

58 Mellencamp*john Freedom's Road 19,332 -10 21,427 119,724

59 Various Wow Gospel 2007 18,784 -17 22,526 66,058

60 Eminem Presents: Re-up Eminem Presents: Re-up 18,639 -1 18,896 873,146

61 Sugarland Enjoy The Ride 17,869 16 15,408 866,017

62 Nas Hip Hop Is Dead 17,814 1 17,552 633,803

63 Spektor*regina Begin To Hope 17,451 11 15,700 283,348

64 U2 U218 Singles 16,574 33 12,487 616,889

65 Scott*jill Jill Scott Collaborations 16,566 -7 17,742 84,628

66 Griffin*patty Children Running Through 16,158 -39 26,631 42,992

67 Jay-z Kingdom Come 16,144 -3 16,660 1,351,775

68 Bloc Party Weekend In The City 16,100 -66 47,726 64,101

69 Gym Class Heroes As Cruel As School Children 15,935 -5 16,727 160,562

70 Birdman & Lil' Wayne Like Father Like Son 15,774 -6 16,870 619,741

71 Omarion 21 15,280 -2 15,609 280,480

72 Strait*george It Just Comes Natural 15,025 23 12,251 953,029

73 Snoop Dogg Blue Carpet Treatment 14,963 -8 16,333 782,147

74 Blue October Foiled 14,272 14 12,564 860,759

75 High School Musical Soundtrack 14,169 6 13,371 3,828,256

76 Game Doctor's Advocate 13,874 12 12,417 847,441

77 Bocelli*andrea Under The Desert Sky 13,694 31 10,444 537,435

78 Three Days Grace One-x 13,532 1 13,343 582,260

79 Elizalde*valentin Vencedor 13,249 20 11,063 111,396

80 Brown*chris Chris Brown 13,185 19 11,056 1,845,502

81 Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Don't You Fake It 13,173 9 12,077 461,662

82 Killers Sam's Town 13,040 8 12,032 1,022,526

83 Mcgraw*tim Vol. 2-greatest Hits 12,957 18 10,995 1,670,329

84 Dukedagod Jr Writer: Writer's Block 4 12,926 999 39 12,965

85 Tyrese Alter Ego 12,760 4 12,262 295,713

86 Bow Wow Price Of Fame 12,516 13 11,113 420,522

87 Brooks & Dunn Hillbilly Deluxe 12,429 15 10,807 1,284,277

88 Snow Patrol Eyes Open 12,413 14 10,871 898,537

89 Seger*bob Face The Promise 12,356 14 10,859 741,203

90 Simon*carly Into White 12,157 -18 14,892 160,595

91 Il Divo Siempre 12,144 -7 13,098 852,969

92 Tunstall*kt Eye To The Telescope 11,911 6 11,186 977,778

93 Pickler*kellie Small Town Girl 11,579 2 11,340 433,267

94 Hudgens*vanessa V 11,316 10 10,274 382,463

95 Hellogoodbye Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Din 11,295 10 10,296 270,429

96 Hicks*taylor Taylor Hicks 11,160 1 11,079 633,885

97 Incubus Light Grenades 10,977 2 10,763 494,342

98 Adkins*trace Dangerous Man 10,969 10 10,010 551,911

99 Madonna Confessions Tour 10,882 -21 13,827 65,366

100 Diddy Press Play 10,797 29 8,339 531,099

[rcpbball30]

Carrie Underwood and Nickelback are both approaching 5 million, that is unbelievable, I had no idea anyone still sold that much nowadays.

[ash trey]

Nice to see John Legend holding it down there...too bad there's no hip hop artists enjoying as much success as their pop/Rock counterparts.

[JumpinJack AJ]

2 Levert*gerald In My Songs ...flawless album...i didn't know he had an album like this in the works!! Get it!!

4 Rae*corinne Bailey Corinne Bailey Rae ...amazing talent!! amazing album!!

6 Thicke*robin Evolution Of Robin Thicke ...love this album...happy 2 see it this high

7 Timberlake*justin Futuresex/love Sounds ...missing the more soulful side of him...but his current single is my fav song off the album

9 Daughtry Daughtry ...i kinda like his/their 1st single

10 Mayer*john Continuum ...i like his breezier, light weight stuff from 2001...but the heavier stuff is good 2

11 Akon Konvicted ...good album...i waz surprised...but i haven't listened 2 it in awhile

15 Nickelback All The Right Reasons ...i like some of their mellower stuff

16 Furtado*nelly Loose ...love her vibe...can't see what else she does with the album

18 Dreamgirls Soundtrack ...see the movie, love the music

20 Fergie Dutchess ...dope album...dope album....dope album

21 Blige*mary J. Breakthrough ...best album in recent years

22 Pretty Ricky Late Night Special ...love their beats, but that's it...everything else sucks

23 Legend*john Once Again ...Great artist, 1st album waz better tho'

24 Blige*mary J. Reflections: A Retrospective ...nice walk down memory lane...with some good new stuff 2

25 Beyonce B'day ...the boring production doesn't stick with me...her talent is slightly swallowed with this unfocused album

26 Stefani*gwen Sweet Escape ...i think her 1st album waz a bit better...still love Gwen tho'

29 Mcphee*katharine Katharine Mcphee ...overlooked...real talent here

37 Young Jeezy Inspiration: Thug Motivation ...this guy sucks so much

39 Allen*lily Alright Still ...i love this girl's vibe...but i've put her album down for a few weeks

40 Fray How To Save A Life ...i really like this group

41 Aguilera*christina Back To Basics ...great album, should be higher and with another single

42 Hinder Extreme Behavior ...not in2 rock, but i heard the album and i think it's good for rock

43 Daddy's Little Girls Soundtrack ...brilliant album...should be much higher

44 Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere ...i'm sleeping on this album...but i'll check it sometime

47 Blunt*james Back To Bedlam ...i like his acoustic vibe...and most of the album

48 Ludacris Release Therapy ...i think this is is best album. I think half of it sounded pretty good...the other half, not so much. Amoungst the best stuff on the radio so far.

53 Evanescence Open Door ...i haven't listened 2 the album much, but i like the 1st 2 singles

54 Ciara Evolution ...she has potential...but her sound is her biggest weakness

60 Eminem Presents: Re-up Eminem Presents: Re-up ...common stuff 4 the most part...some crap on their 2 from Em's artists

62 Nas Hip Hop Is Dead ...still the greastest thing 2 hit the charts since L+F, Todd Smith, and Monkey Business

63 Spektor*regina Begin To Hope ...i like her quirky 1st single...i wouldn't mind hearing her other songs

65 Scott*jill Jill Scott Collaborations ...good 2 see her there with a collaboration album

67 Jay-z Kingdom Come ...looks like his best album since he came out...still can't take him serious at this point

69 Gym Class Heroes As Cruel As School Children ...THIS ALBUM IS DOPE!! Check it!!

70 Birdman & Lil' Wayne Like Father Like Son ...idiots

71 Omarion 21 ...album is weaker than the 1st...but i still see him shaping R-N-B up for years

73 Snoop Dogg Blue Carpet Treatment ...still think this is a great album

76 Game Doctor's Advocate ...i just can't take him seriously

80 Brown*chris Chris Brown ...not bad...i can see him going places

85 Tyrese Alter Ego ...dope album, the one single is only generating minimal sucess...NEW SINGLE TIME!!

86 Bow Wow Price Of Fame ...wasted potential

88 Snow Patrol Eyes Open ...i liked their acoustic song on the radio

95 Hellogoodbye Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! ...love their catchy dance song on the radio

99 Madonna Confessions Tour ...considering this is actually released as a concert DVD, it's good that the short CD part of it got it on the charts

100 Diddy Press Play ...it's still Puffy...but this album isn't 2 bad...but i'm glad he's not riding at the top. His new single SUCKS even with Keysha Cole's help.

Just my opinions :rockon:

[mfuqua23]

I was scanning these sales, and I'm wondering what are the record labels thinking? We're all complaining about what's promoted on mainstream hip hop. And it's not working?!? Where are the "Lil"s and "Yung"s. Yeah, I seen Yung Jeezy. If labels main goal are to sell records and this "gangsta, hustler, poor message, awful party music" is not working, why do they stay with it? Hmm.

[JumpinJack AJ]

I waz thinkin' the same thing. It's lookin' like all the money-chasing cRap acts are just getting radio play without the album sales now.

[J-o-e]

The only thing I'm dissapointed is that "Eminem: Presents the re-up" is actually above Jay z and Nas's albums which are about 10 times better than that peice of garbage, on the eminem album I like two songs, "No Apologyies" and "Cry Now Remix" and on Nas and Jay z's albums I like pretty much every song on both of there albums, I cant see how that works, nobody sees the truth in the industry these days,

AJ why don't you take Jay Z serouisly? "Kingdom Come" is one of his greatest albums so far, he says so much truth on it. but we have our own opinoins and I respect yours:)

[Cozmo D]

The highest ranked Rap album is #37? YES!!! That really warms my heart!

Don't worry, like I've said all along the majors will start getting out of Rap all together very soon! :wiggle:

[TopDawg14]

The highest ranked Rap album is #37? YES!!! That really warms my heart!

Don't worry, like I've said all along the majors will start getting out of Rap all together very soon! :wiggle:

I'd like to believe that but I think the majors still have much more blood to suck out of rap before they start getting out of the business.

[Cozmo D]

The highest ranked Rap album is #37? YES!!! That really warms my heart!

Don't worry, like I've said all along the majors will start getting out of Rap all together very soon! :wiggle:

I'd like to believe that but I think the majors still have much more blood to suck out of rap before they start getting out of the business.

Right now they are hemorrhaging more blood than they are able to suck, and the majors never stand for that for very long. :1-say-yes: