USA

SoundScan Information and commentary courtesy of JRKing. Thank you.

Sales For The Week Ending May 8th, 2005/Billboard Issue Date: May 21st, 2005.

Rank, Title, Sales This Week, +/- percentage

MARIAH CAREY - 205,003 units (7,555 units excluding The Emancipation Of Mimi)
(excluding Live at Madison Square Garden DVD and "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together" digital single sales)

1. The Emancipation Of Mimi: 197,448 (-) (#2 on BB200 and BB R&B/Hip-Hop Album Chart)
2. Greatest Hits (2 CD): 2,524 (+4%)
3. #1's: 2,049 (+9%)
4. Remixes (2 CD): 690 (+6%)
5. Charmbracelet: 435 (+17%)
6. #1's (Video): 322 (+44%)
7. Butterfly: 309 (-1%)
8. Music Box: 238 (-10%)
9. Glitter: 210 (+15%)
10. Daydream: 189 (+16%)
11. Around the World (Video): 171 (+73%)
12. Mariah Carey: 154 (+15%)
13. Rainbow: 125 (-19%)
14. Through The Rain: 73 (+11%)
15. Emotions: 38 (+41%)
16. MTV Unplugged: 28 (-38%)

Notes: Some nice gains the past week. The #1's and Around the World videos see big percentage increases. Merry Christmas scanned 9 copies (up 50%). And of course, another stellar week for The Emancipation Of Mimi. The album is certainly surpassing everyone's expectations.


MICHAEL JACKSON - 13,159 units
(Does not include sales for The Ultimate Collection (4 CD/1 DVD), single sales, certain music DVD titles like The One, Dangerous: The Short Films, etc.), material recorded with The Jacksons, and Motown era solo and Jackson 5 albums.)

1. Thriller: 3,966 (3,638) (+9%) (Top 20 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Chart and possibly Top 50 on Billboard Pop Catalog Chart. Exact positions to be announced.)
2. Number Ones: 3,612 (3,562) (3,658) (+1%)
3. Number Ones (Video): 2,468 (2,331) (+6%) (Top 15 on the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart, 58 weeks on the chart. Exact position to be announced.)
4. Greatest Hits: HIStory Vol. I: 917 (917) (-)
5. Off the Wall: 707 (734) (-4%)
6. Greatest Hits: HIStory (Video): 341 (332) (+3%)
7. Bad: 319 (309) (+30%)
8. HIStory on Film - Vol. 2 (Video): 299 (301) (-1%)
9. Dangerous: 223 (225) (-1%)
10. Invincible: 143 (123) (+16%)
11. HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I (2 CD): 127 (101) (+26%)
12. Blood on the Dance Floor: 37 (33) (+12%)

Notes: Another week with notable percentage gains for some of the albums. Nice to see Thriller back to cracking almost 4,000 units per week. The Special Edition has now scanned 799,635 units. Also, something worthy of note is that Number Ones will surpass 900,000 units scanned over the next few weeks. The album will likely scan 1 million units by years end. Elsewhere, the Number Ones DVD holds firmly in the Top 15 of the Billboard Comprehensive Music Videos Chart while Thriller maintains its Top 20 placement on the BB R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Chart and possibly Top 50 of the BB Pop Catalog Chart. Exact positions to be posted in the Main Chart Thread pinned on the board.

MADONNA - 6,925 units

1. The Immaculate Collection: 3,431 (+4%)
2. GHV2: 589 (-)
3. Ray of Light: 344 (+42%)
4. Like a Virgin: 322 (+29%)
5. Something to Remember: 280 (+3%)
6. Madonna: 243 (+10%)
7. The Immaculate Collection (Video): 239 (+15%)
8. True Blue: 174 (+7%)
9. Remixed & Revisited: 147 (-8%)
10. American Life: 144 (-6%)
11. Music: 150 (+15%)
12. The Video Collection 93:99: 121 (-2%)
13. Like a Prayer: 113 (+5%)
14. Erotica: 112 (-7%)
15. Girlie Show: Live Down Under: 88 (+13%)
16. Ciao, Italia: Live From Italy: 77 (+5%)
17. Evita: 74 (+19%)
18. Drowned World Tour 2001: 68 (+10%)
19. You Can Dance: 65 (+5%)
20. Me Against the Music: 63 (+11%)
21. Bedtime Stories: 40 (-32%)
22. I'm Breathless: 41 (-15%)

Notes: Not a bad week for the albums. Biggest percentage gainers are Ray Of Light and Like A Virgin, which see nice bumps. The Madonna album just keeps increasing (Iw onder if it's being marketed somewhere like True Blue had been several weeks back). The Immaculate Collection sees a little bit of an increase, and GHV2 holds steady. The three concert videos also post gains (albeit minor ones).

CHER - 7,371 units
(excluding Live Farewell Tour CD)

1. Very Best of Cher: 2,957 (+31%)
2. Very Best of Cher (Video): 1,193 (+38%)
3. Best of Cher-Millennium Collection (2004 edition): 911 (+13%)
4. Very Best of Cher (Deluxe): 621 (+45%)
5. Farewell Tour (Video): 588 (+32%)
6. If I Could Turn Back Time- Cher’s GH: 356 (+33%)
7. Heart of Stone: 204 (+3%)
8. Half Breed: 155 (+35%)
9. Believe: 152 (+35%)
10. Best of Cher-Millennium Collection (first edition): 120 (+21%)
11. Live in Concert (video, 1999): 114 (+43%)

Notes: Mother’s Day caused quite a nice bump for Cher’s catalog. Everything but Living Proof (which declined 31% saw increases).

JANET JACKSON - 3,256 units

1. Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (album): 636 (+4%)
2. Damita Jo: 514 (+9%)
3. Rhythm Nation: 446 (+1%)
4. janet.: 443 (-1%)
5. From janet. To Damita Jo: 335 (-6%)
6. The Velvet Rope: 246 (-15%)
7. All For You (album): 220 (-20%)
8. Live in Hawaii (DVD/video): 172 (-13%)
9. Control: 172 (+6%)
10. All For You (DVD): 45 (-24%)
11. Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (DVD/video): 27 (-)

Notes: No major Mother’s Day bumps for Ms. Jackson. Rhythm Nation 1814 manages another strong week, even outscanning janet. for the first time since - well, probably ever.

WHITNEY HOUSTON - 2,578 units

1. The Greatest Hits (Album): 1,250 (+19%)
2. The Bodyguard: 381 (+29%)
3. The Greatest Hits (Video): 203 (+37%)
4. Whitney Houston: 193 (+23%)
5. The Preacher's Wife: 192 (+2%)
6. Whitney: 103 (+1%)
7. My Love is Your Love (Album): 96 (+8%)
8. Just Whitney: 92 (-13%)
9. The Star Spangled Banner: 33 (+43%)
10. It’s Not Right But it’s Okay: 24 (+243%)
11. One Wish: 7 (+75%)
12. I'm Your Baby Tonight (Album): 4 (-75%)

Notes: A pretty good Mother’s Day week for Whitney - well, except for Just Whitney (which drops below 100 units) and I'm Your Baby Tonight.

BILLBOARD - HOT DIGITAL SONGS (TOP 40)

1 1 STEFANI*GWEN HOLLABACK GIRL 61531 10 55695 317485
3 2 MATTHEWS*DAVE, BAND AMERICAN BABY 34192 10 31205 65434
6 3 BLACK EYED PEAS DON'T PHUNK/MESS WITH MY HEART 32398 21 26799 112270
4 4 THOMAS*ROB LONELY NO MORE 30788 1 30629 244901
7 5 SMITH*WILL SWITCH 28171 8 26177 295428
5 6 AKON LONELY 27689 1 27359 264538
8 7 KILLERS MR. BRIGHTSIDE 25739 6 24345 440188
9 8 GAME FEAT. 50 CENT HATE IT OR LOVE IT 22512 3 21943 256153
2 9 COLDPLAY SPEED OF SOUND 22317 -37 35299 101172
23 10 BACKSTREET BOYS INCOMPLETE 21587 71 12625 81019
12 11 CAREY*MARIAH WE BELONG TOGETHER 20464 22 16811 66808
24 12 FOO FIGHTERS BEST OF YOU 20240 63 12386 32626
14 13 50 CENT JUST A LIL BIT 19169 19 16051 90540
11 14 CLARKSON*KELLY SINCE U BEEN GONE 18981 4 18216 587578
10 15 GREEN DAY HOLIDAY 18161 -5 19024 98247
15 16 CIARA FEAT. LUDACRIS OH 17181 14 15061 122341
13 17 50 CENT CANDY SHOP 16570 1 16438 509157
21 18 WEEZER BEVERLY HILLS 15898 21 13186 145389
17 19 TRICK DADDY FEAT. LIL' KIM & L SUGAR (GIMME SOME) 15414 9 14104 198253
26 20 CLARKSON*KELLY BEHIND THESE HAZEL EYES 15095 29 11711 77528
20 21 DAY*HOWIE COLLIDE 14712 11 13234 192829
18 22 STEFANI*GWEN RICH GIRL 14440 3 13969 451716
22 23 LIFEHOUSE YOU AND ME 13913 9 12736 160132
28 24 3 DOORS DOWN LET ME GO 12438 12 11120 169254
25 25 GREEN DAY BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS 12416 1 12332 673376
19 26 CAREY*MARIAH IT'S LIKE THAT 12031 -11 13552 179715
51 27 SYSTEM OF A DOWN BYOB 11879 60 7433 55005
16 28 AMERIE 1 THING 11696 -19 14490 115460
35 29 PAPA ROACH SCARS 11099 15 9610 120544
30 30 50 CENT DISCO INFERNO 10953 2 10721 420307
32 31 CIARA FEAT. MISSY ELLIOTT 1, 2 STEP 10797 2 10624 545070
34 32 KILLERS SOMEBODY TOLD ME 10786 9 9923 401444
29 33 BOWLING FOR SOUP ALMOST 10481 -3 10830 156398
70 34 NINE INCH NAILS HAND THAT FEEDS 9664 73 5597 75559
37 35 LUDACRIS NUMBER ONE SPOT 9590 4 9197 122118
33 36 TIMBERLAKE*SNOOP DOGG FEAT. C SIGNS 9533 -8 10371 137634
39 37 BLACK EYED PEAS LET'S GET IT STARTED 9415 9 8660 626874
31 38 NALICK*ANNA BREATHE (2 AM) 9399 -12 10682 61016
45 39 VALENTINO*BOBBY SLOW DOWN 9356 19 7862 48959
67 40 RASCAL FLATTS BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD 9183 58 5801 1638 "

Number Ones - Within the next two weeks will crack 900k scanned in the USA (on its way to scanning 1 million by the end of the year.)

Thriller (Special Edition) - Next week will have scanned over 800k in the USA (selling an average of 4,000 units per week in the USA.)

amit1234 said:

By a whole 3 copies -- quite the accomplishment.


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[Edited 5/12/05 19:20pm]

Thanks JRKing

Madonna(not listing You Can Dance, as the bulk of its sales were pre-SS)
The Immaculate Collection: 5.258 million* (with untracked late 1990 sales, its hard-sales, non-record-club tally probably is 7 million or so)
Ray of Light: 3.784 million
Music: 2.898 million
Something to Remember: 2.054 million
GHV2: 1.31 million

Whitney Houston
The Greatest Hits: 1.466 million

Janet Jackson
Design of a Decade 1986/1996: 2.278 million

Mariah Carey
#1s: 3.464 million
Greatest Hits: 633,450
Remixes: 208,400

"The Emancipation Of Mimi" (Album):-Billboard 200: #2 (Last Week #2)
-Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: #1 (Last Week #2)
-Billboard Top Internet Albums: #15 (Last Week #11)

"We Belong Together" (Single):-Billboard Hot 100: #3 (Last Week #7)
-Billboard Hot 100 Airplay: #2 (Last Week #6)
-Billboard Pop 100: #16 (Last Week #25)
-Billboard Pop 100 Airplay: #20 (Last Week #28)
-Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: #4 (Last Week #10)
-Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: #3 (Last Week #10)
-Billboard Hot Digital Tracks: #9 (Last Week #10)
-Billboard Hot Digital Songs: #11 (Last Week #12)

"It's Like That" (Single):-Billboard Hot 100: #51 (Last week #45)
-Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales: #19 (Last Week #8)
-Billboard Pop 100: #37 (Last Week #34)
-Billboard Pop 100 Airplay: #41 (Last Week #41)
-Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: #58 (Last week #50)
-Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: #63 (Last week #60)
-Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single Sales: #14 (Last Week #4)
-Billboard Hot Digital Tracks: #23 (Last Week #13)
-Billboard Hot Digital Songs: #26 (Last week #19)
-Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play: #1 (Last Week #2)
-Billboard Hot Dance Music/Sales: #5 (Last Week #1)

Michael Jackson Sales Continue To Thrill

by Paul Cashmere

13May 2005

Michael Jackson's back catalogue is continuing to sell consistently during his trial.

In the last 3 months, the Jackson catalogue has sold a further 195,597 units with 'Thriller' accounting 56,117 of those sales.

'Thriller' received it's last Platinum certification in 2000 when it achieved sales of 26 million in the USA.

The special edition version of the album released in 2001 has sold an additional 799,635 units. It still trails The Eagles 'Their Greatest Hits' which was certified 28 times platinum in 2002 for sales of more than 28 million units.

However, Jackson is outselling both Madonna and his sister Janet. The Madonna catalogue has turned over 88,057 units in the last three months. Michael's sister Janet Jackson has sold 48,655 units in the same period.

Madonna's biggest selling albums to date are 'Like A Virgin' and 'The Immaculate Collection'. Both have sold 10 million plus.

Janet's biggest albums are 'Rhythm Nation' and 'Janet'. Both have sold 6 million plus in the USA.

http://www.undercover.com...ckson.html

amit you rock, all this info is interesting.

amit1234 said:

Pardon me being a numbers-whore, but Janet had three consecutive albums that scanned over six million each in the USA -- 'Control,' 'Rhythm Nation' and 'janet.'

Thanks jayradee. Very sweet of you.

Hey Jan - You're absolutely correct. Not sure why the writer goofed on that.