CHART DATE: 04/13/2009
LAST UPDATE: 04/13/2009 18:56:26
NOW IN: 52.57%

1 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 198,775
UNSTOPPABLE
5 2 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY RECORDS 108,252
SOUNDTRACK
-- 3 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 77,065
WIDE OPEN
-- 4 JADAKISS DEF JAM/IDJMG 60,139
THE LAST KISS
4 5 NOW 30 UME 57,060
VARIOUS ARTISTS
10 6 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 50,945
FEARLESS
1 7 PRINCE NPG 46,040
LOTUS FLOW3R
2 8 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 43,129
DEFYING GRAVITY
7 9 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 36,037
SOUNDTRACK
9 10 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 30,062
FAME

not bad


Link>http://www.hitsdailydoubl...lescht.cgi
[Edited 4/14/09 9:12am]

myloveis4ever said:

first

new update from HITS DAILY DOUBLE:

CHART DATE: 04/13/2009
LAST UPDATE: 04/14/2009 12:50:05
NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 355,339 --
UNSTOPPABLE
5 2 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY RECORDS 193,911 +131%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 3 JADAKISS DEF JAM/IDJMG 130,407 --
THE LAST KISS
-- 4 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 107,557 --
WIDE OPEN
4 5 NOW 30 UME 100,179 +17%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
10 6 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 84,419 +109%
FEARLESS
1 7 PRINCE NPG 74,938 -60%
LOTUS FLOW3R
2 8 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 70,976 -60%
DEFYING GRAVITY
7 9 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 68,024 -4%
SOUNDTRACK
9 10 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 56,076 +13%
FAME
3 11 DIANA KRALL VERVE 43,622 -57%
QUIET NIGHTS
14 12 KELLY CLARKSON RCA/RMG 41,621 +23%
ALL I EVER WANTED
11 13 U2 INTERSCOPE 37,716 +4%
NO LINE ON THE HORIZON
16 14 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 37,435 +28%
DARK HORSE
32 15 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA NASHVILLE 32,733 +99%
CARNIVAL RIDE
15 16 KERI HILSON INTERSCOPE 32,368 -3%
IN A PERFECT WORLD
8 17 FLO RIDA ATLANTIC 31,758 -42%
R.O.O.T.S.
-- 18 NEIL YOUNG REPRISE 30,290 --
FORK IN THE ROAD
-- 19 MERCY ME INO/COLUMBIA 29,506 --
10
40 20 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 26,061 +90%
TAYLOR SWIFT
25 21 THE FRAY EPIC 25,528 +27%
THE FRAY
-- 22 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 25,520 --
LOVE ON THE INSIDE
21 23 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 24,580 +6%
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
19 24 THE-DREAM DEF JAM/IDJMG 23,556 -16%
LOVE VS. MONEY
29 25 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 23,504 +32%
FOUNDATION
22 26 JAMIE FOXX J RECORDS/RMG 22,648 +3%
INTUITION
6 27 UGK JIVE/JLG 22,634 -68%
UGK 4 LIFE
20 28 DAVID COOK 19/RCA/RMG 20,860 -20%
DAVID COOK
28 29 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 19,597 +8%
ONLY BY THE NIGHT
23 30 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 19,493 -11%
PAPER TRAIL
31 31 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 18,681 +9%
WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS
-- 32 JAMEY JOHNSON MERCURY NASHVILLE 17,837 --
THAT LONESOME SONG
36 33 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 17,615 +23%
LEARN TO LIVE
43 34 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 17,441 +31%
FUNHOUSE
42 35 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/JLG 16,260 +22%
CIRCUS
44 36 THEORY OF A DEADMAN ROADRUNNER 15,996 +21%
SCARS & SOUVENIRS
13 37 CHRIS BOTTI COLUMBIA 15,079 -56%
CHRIS BOTTI IN BOSTON
-- 38 BILLY RAY CYRUS LYRIC STREET/WALT DISNEY 14,394 --
BACK TO TENNESSE
-- 39 RADIO DISNEY JAMS 11 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 14,374 --
VARIOUS ARTISTS
12 40 RODNEY ATKINS CURB 13,930 -60%
IT'S AMERICA
45 41 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE N.E.E.T./INTERSCOPE 13,851 +7%
SOUNDTRACK
35 42 JOHN RICH WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 13,583 -7%
SON OF A PREACHER MAN
-- 43 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 13,533 --
3D CONCERT EXPERIENCE
18 44 BOW WOW COLUMBIA 13,107 -53%
NEW JACK CITY II
-- 45 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SENIOR YEAR WALT DISNEY RECORDS 13,094 --
SOUNDTRACK
-- 46 DEMI LOVATO HOLLYWOOD 12,975 --
DON'T FORGET
38 47 MARTINA MCBRIDE RCA NASHVILLE 12,760 -10%
SHINE
34 48 PAPA ROACH GEFFEN 12,730 -17%
METAMORPHOSIS
-- 49 NOW 29 UME 12,578 --
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 50 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 12,519 --
KIDZ BOP 15
[b][Edited 4/14/09 13:23pm]

So he'll be #8 on the real chart right? Hahaha.

Gohi said:

exactly . lol

Contro said:

Yes. And Keith Urban will be number 7

Contro said:

it says LAST WEEK #1
[Edited 4/14/09 14:50pm]

thanks2joniandu said:

So true! He will be robbed yet again

Good to see that it's still selling well
[Edited 4/14/09 15:33pm]

thedance said:

Yes, Because per "HITS DAILY DOUBLE's (Not Billboard's) count, he was #1 when the #'s were completed. There were other charts that had Prince at #1 as well...

^ so the conclussion is... Prince was indeed robbed by Billboard ?



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[Edited 4/14/09 15:44pm]

thedance said:

maybe ... i hope not

What we learned last week is that the sales figures posted on HDD are unreliable.

April 15


Plunging 2-9 is Prince's Target exclusive triple-disc set "Lotus Flow3r/MPLSound/Elix3r" (NPG). The collection, which includes one-disc from Prince protégé Bria Valente dips 60% to 66,000.

60% is very, very good for an album with no singles out. There are dozens of albums that have a more than 70% drop even with a hit single in the airwaves.

Copycat said:

Exactly. The Billboard charts are tallied from the actual number of sales provided by Soundscan. Only a Prince fan would suggest that they're less accurate than HDD's estimates. They are projections, nothing more.

thedance said:

most definitely

It's really scary knowing some people have latched onto the conspiracy theory that data from Soundscan, a computerized system for tracking retail music sales, has been compromised to report less units sold for Lotusflow3r.
[Edited 4/15/09 11:59am]

Wow! Over 355K first week sales for Rascal Flats! Why can't Prince sell that many??

Its Prince's career and he does whatever he wants to do, if he wants to release single w/o a video or not release singles for the songs radio has added to their playlist! Its his career and his business...

The album did what it was suppose to do.
Just like Lotus Flow3r, he promoted the cd with 3 shows in l.a. and 3 performances on leno, not to mention hooked up with Target to have an outlet for the music and they provided some promos themselves for the product, now if the album fizzles away from the charts, trust me, Prince didn't release the project for the charts. He released it to get his new music out there and there was enough attention to draw for it.

end of story

Each time a Prince album flops, we hear the claim that he didn't release it for the charts.

Copycat said:

in what ways do you think he released this cd for charts?

Copycat said:

The album's been out for 2 weeks, why are you calling it a flop? It's still on the top 10.

wonder505 said:

http://www.drfunkenberry....a-valente/

myloveis4ever said:

no: seventh

He has to be played on the radio or no go. Blame radio, our most conservative venue for art, or lack thereof.

Copy Cat, your stupid!
Prince never releases his cd's for the dumb charts.
He said it back in 1998, he isn't worried about charts any longer, this is why he faught so hard to get free from record labels, because music is more important to him, than charts or selling 10 million albums, he's been there and done that!

PS- The album isn't a flop!

and just because it was posted on DR. Funkenburst's site doesn't mean Prince posted it. Ppl are so childish these days, Prince is 50 F-ing years old, why would he worry about bubble gum charts.

Of course he's a musician and pop star who has been in the spot light forever, but there comes a time when real artists get tired of playing the game and just wants to release music because they love what they do.

If the album went in at 168 on the charts, I don't think he'd lose any sleep, but he wanted to promote it with leno and the 3 shows in l.a. to spread the word, now he's not doing much, because he's done his job now.

Copycat said:

but that's one article posted after the fact. to release a cd for chart i would imagine he would do alot more to push it out there for sale purpose. i'm still shocked it charted the way it did even though they are not big numbers. prince is probably surprised himself.

2freaky4church1 said:

I dont think Prince cares if this album aint getting played on the radio. I mean, he only released the album @ Targets. I dont even think the album has a single.

DetroitMusic said:

You're a scary fanatic. (Cue the Twilight Zone music.)