Thursday, October 21st, 2010 at 5:58 pm
His album hit the Billboard 200 at no. 2 two weeks ago, and this week Lil Wayne's
I Am Not A Human Being clawed its way back to no. 1 exclusively from download sales, reports Billboard.com. In its third chart week, the album moved from no. 16 to no. 1 with sales of 125,000, the largest leap to the top since January 2008 when Radiohead's
In Rainbows went from 156 to 1.Eminem's
Recovery fell one spot to no. 5...
Friday, October 15th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Los Angeles-based foursome, the Far East Movement, have scored a monster hit with their latest single, "Like A G6," which was certified platinum this week selling over 1.1 million copies to date. The song also remains at the no. 1 spot on the country's Digital Song chart and no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second week in a row. Its off their recently released debut album,
Free Wired...
Thursday, October 14th, 2010 at 8:03 am
Despite new releases from Bruno Mars, Waka Flocka Flame and Faith Evans, country music reigns supreme on this week's Billboard 200. While Toby Keith takes the top spot and Kenny Chesney is pushed to no. 2, Bruno Mars is right behind them with his debut album. Mars' debut,
Doo-Wops & Hooligans, lands the second-highest debut this week, entering at no. 3 with 55,000...
Thursday, October 7th, 2010 at 6:33 am
It was country singer Kenny Chesney's week on the Billboard 200, as he beats out new releases from two hip-hop heavyweights in Lil Wayne and Gucci Mane. While Chesney did his thing, so did Lil Wayne with
I Am Not A Human Being. The set opens at no. 2 with 110,000 copies sold ... digital copies that is. The set was initially intended as a digital-exclusive release, however...
Thursday, September 30th, 2010 at 8:06 am
This week's Billboard 200 is ruled by rock bands -- the Zac Brown Band lands the top spot, while Maroon 5's third album comes in as the runner up and Linkin Park falls from no. 1 last week to no. 3 this week with
A Thousand Suns. But, there's atill a little hip-hop and R&B in the top tier. Eminem slides from no. 3 to no. 6 this week with
Recovery, still selling a respectable 66,000 to take his total to over 2.6 million sold...
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 at 8:22 am
It's another week, and another rundown of albums on the Billboard 200. This week, new releases from rock band Linkin Park and singer Trey Songz top the charts... who's on top though? It's Linkin Park's latest,
A Thousand Suns, that give the band their fourth no. 1 album, selling 241,000, but Trey Songz was right behind them. In at no. 2 is Songz' fourth album,
Passion, Pain & Pleasure...
Thursday, September 16th, 2010 at 8:28 am
Pop soul singer, Sara Bareilles, was able land the top spot with the release of her new album, but some of the hip-hop releases were able to make a little noise. Eminem's
Recovery is still selling crazy. This week it sold another 81,000 and moved up once spot from last week to no. 2. His album has now sold 2.5 million since its release...
Thursday, September 9th, 2010 at 7:40 am
Rock band Disturbed managed to land their fourth no. 1 debut this week, beating out all previous and new releases to take the top spot. Their new album is followed by the
Now 35 compilation, which starts at no. 2 with 105,000. Then, it's Eminem's
Recovery holding steady at no. 3 with 93,000 (down 6%), as his total creeps on the 2.5 million mark...
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Eminem was finally knocked outta the no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 this week, thanks to new releases from Katy Perry and Fantasia. Perry's new
Teenage Dream landed at no. 1 selling 192,000 giving the singer her best sales week to date, while former "American Idol" champ Fantasia starts at no. 2 with
Back To Me selling 117,000 copies...
