LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 MUSIQ SOULCHILD ATLANTIC/ATL G 156,464 --
LUVANMUSIQ
-- 2 LLOYD UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 151,867 --
STREET LOVE
-- 3 RICH BOY INTERSCOPE 109,614 --
RICH BOY
3 4 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 79,185 -2%
DAUGHTRY
4 5 AKON SRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 71,433 -6%
KONVICTED
-- 6 NEIL YOUNG REPRISE 52,272 --
LIVE AT MASSEY HALL
-- 7 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 50,279 --
BACK TO BLACK
-- 8 EIGHTBALL & MJG BAD BOY/ATLANTIC/ATL G 45,659 --
RIDIN' HIGH
11 9 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 42,368 -10%
FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS
8 10 FALL OUT BOY ISLAND/IDJMG 42,205 -28%
INFINITY ON HIGH
12 11 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 41,694 -6%
SOME HEARTS
9 12 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 40,603 -18%
THE EVOLUTION OF ROBIN THICKE
7 13 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE/BNLG 39,079 -36%
NOT TOO LATE
15 14 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 38,759 -9%
THE DUTCHESS
5 15 GARY ALLAN MCA NASHVILLE 37,076 -47%
GREATEST HITS
16 16 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 36,939 -9%
ALL THE RIGHT REASONS
17 17 NELLY FURTADO GEFFEN 34,851 -10%
LOOSE
14 18 CORINNE BAILEY RAE CAPITOL 34,773 -19%
CORINNE BAILEY RAE
2 19 ARCADE FIRE MERGE 34,486 -59%
NEON BIBLE
1 20 NOTORIOUS B.I.G. BAD BOY/ATLANTIC/ATL G 34,017 -66%
GREATEST HITS
20 21 CELTIC WOMAN MANHATTAN/BNLG 33,470 +20%
A NEW JOURNEY
18 22 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 25,762 -20%
THE SWEET ESCAPE
6 23 RELIENT K CAPITOL 25,417 -64%
FIVE SCORE & SEVEN YEARS AGO
24 24 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 23,057 -12%
ME AND MY GANG
-- 25 JAMES MORRISON UNIVERSAL 22,739 --
UNDISCOVERED
19 26 DIXIE CHICKS OPEN WIDE/MONUMENT/COL 22,012 -27%
TAKING THE LONG WAY
10 27 KORN VIRGIN 21,940 -56%
MTV UNPLUGGED
21 28 JOHN MAYER AWARE/COLUMBIA 21,067 -24%
CONTINUUM
30 29 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 20,974 +1%
TAYLOR SWIFT
23 30 GRAMMY NOMINEES 2007 SBMG/COMMERICAL MUSIC GRP 20,286 -22%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
28 31 HINDER UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 20,001 -6%
EXTREME BEHAVIOR
37 32 LILY ALLEN CAPITOL 19,995 +16%
ALRIGHT, STILL
22 33 GERALD LEVERT ATLANTIC/ATL G 19,119 -27%
IN MY SONGS
25 34 DREAMGIRLS:MUSIC FROM THE... COLUMBIA/SMS 18,612 -25%
SOUNDTRACK
42 35 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 18,490 +13%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 36 TYPE O NEGATIVE SPV RECORDS 18,441 --
DEAD AGAIN
27 37 KIDZ BOP 11 RAZOR & TIE 18,365 -23%
VARIOUS
26 38 YOUNG JEEZY DEF JAM/IDJMG 17,893 -25%
INSPIRATION
33 39 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 16,744 -10%
B'DAY
29 40 SHINS SUB POP 16,668 -21%
WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY
-- 41 FRATELLIS INTERSCOPE 16,063 --
COSTELLO MUSIC
32 42 PRETTY RICKY ATLANTIC/ATL G 16,045 -17%
LATE NIGHT SPECIAL
-- 43 300 WARNER BROS. 15,953 --
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
43 44 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA/RMG 15,939 0%
BACK TO BASICS
39 45 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL...VOL.23 SONY LABEL GROUP 15,934 -7%
VARIOUS
36 46 GYM CLASS HEROES FUELED BY RAMEN/WMG 15,745 -10%
AS CRUEL AS SCHOOL CHILDREN
13 47 SEVENDUST 7 BROTHERS RECORDS 15,591 -64%
ALPHA
44 48 CIARA LAFACE/ZLG 15,590 -2%
THE EVOLUTION
38 49 THE FRAY EPIC 15,305 -11%
HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
41 50 EVANESCENCE WIND-UP 14,974 -9%
THE OPEN DOOR
[Edited 3/21/07 8:45am]
[Edited 3/21/07 16:46pm]
[Edited 3/23/07 2:48am]
[Edited 3/23/07 11:48am]

asg said:

My estimate of Amy selling 100,000 copies when all is said and done might be a little conservative apparently.

Is this Musiq's first nr 1 record?
I'm glad he isn't forgotten,it took a while.
Looking 4ward hearing the album.

I guess crack is still all the rage

Paisley4u said:

apparently he already had a #1 album in 2002 i read it on some other forum but
i am not entirely certian of this thou

Paisley4u said:

Its actually decent. I really loath him and his "jyeah jyeah jyeahs" :puke.
But thiers alot less of those on this album.

Not really crazy about the album at all, its alot of the same recylced RB beats and samples, MUSIQ is one of those artists capable of so much more but he always seem to be a let down. He was OK that one night i saw him at the PRINCE aftershow in NYC's World Club.

lastdecember said:

there was one after show where he bombed. and I mean SUCKED ASS. tryin to be all cool and sucking then tryin to be like whoa! hey hoa! put your hands in the air, caus ehe was suckin ass and the crowd didnt feel him.

lastdecember said:

the album sucks

Lazy.....very LAZY cd. I'll be they recorded this in 2 days.

Nobody likes Juslisen?
Newness,halfcrazy,babygirl...
And Just friends,Break you off with The Roots.
He got some decent song imo.

BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50
1 1 FERGIE GLAMOROUS 154466 -7 165919 632516
3 2 MIMS THIS IS WHY I'M HOT 124096 6 117179 530669
2 3 AKON DON'T MATTER 122805 3 119470 742983
4 4 LAVIGNE*AVRIL GIRLFRIEND 94189 -1 95068 314007
5 5 GYM CLASS HEROES CUPID'S CHOKEHOLD 92295 -2 93931 825706
54 6 RICH BOY THROW SOME D'S 89192 388 18268 197364
7 7 STEFANI*GWEN SWEET ESCAPE 82929 -6 88683 891547
6 8 FALL OUT BOY THIS AIN'T A SCENE, IT'S AN AR 74841 -19 91893 971381
8 9 DAUGHTRY IT'S NOT OVER 62694 -4 65378 933156
9 10 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN WHAT GOES AROUND...COMES AROUN 55400 -12 62789 889564
13 11 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA CANDYMAN 44580 21 36861 273903
12 12 NICKELBACK IF EVERYONE CARED 42629 1 42110 356669
11 13 FURTADO*NELLY SAY IT RIGHT 41654 -5 43718 1332543
16 14 FAT JOE FEATURING LIL WAYNE MAKE IT RAIN 38881 12 34752 660416
17 15 BABY BOY DA PRINCE WAY I LIVE 37738 9 34613 319569
10 16 RIHANNA & SEAN PAUL BREAK IT OFF 36617 -29 51365 252265
32 17 PINK U + UR HAND 35254 27 27821 274259
48 18 LLOYD YOU 35124 76 19916 322774
21 19 OMARION ICE BOX 35029 9 32117 418186
20 20 RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS FACE DOWN 34860 6 32924 637668
24 21 DIDDY LAST NIGHT 34588 9 31773 194501
14 22 UNK WALK IT OUT 34291 -4 35566 818944
22 23 JONES*JIM WE FLY HIGH 33852 6 31951 1047016
63 24 KELLY*R OR BOW WOW I'M A FLIRT 33218 116 15355 77158
-- 25 DUFF*HILARY WITH LOVE 32516 999 1096 35792
18 26 FERGIE FERGALICIOUS 31992 -4 33483 1838041
19 27 BEYONCE IRREPLACEABLE 31161 -6 33178 1730211
28 28 YOUNG JEEZY GO GETTA 30346 4 29152 185324
25 29 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE BEFORE HE CHEATS 30257 -3 31343 849938
36 30 DAUGHTRY HOME 30242 18 25693 125407
43 31 T-PAIN FEATURING YUNG JOC BUY U A DRANK (SHAWTY SNAPPIN' 29453 33 22183 81572
26 32 AKON SMACK THAT 28368 -7 30558 1959810
27 33 HELLOGOODBYE HERE (IN YOUR ARMS) 27416 -7 29604 760139
15 34 LUDACRIS RUNAWAY LOVE 27381 -23 35372 618750
29 35 AUGUSTANA BOSTON 27306 -6 29122 667893
30 36 AKON I WANNA LOVE YOU 26832 -7 28730 1385216
39 37 MCPHEE*KATHARINE OVER IT 25005 4 24028 167353
33 38 LAVIGNE*AVRIL KEEP HOLDING ON 24728 -11 27752 661155
47 39 UNK 2 STEP 23984 18 20337 102484
38 40 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FEATURING TI SEXYBACK 23017 -7 24833 2075866
34 41 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS SNOW (HEY OH) 22830 -16 27089 648888
37 42 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE 22226 -12 25296 1020300
42 43 FRAY HOW TO SAVE A LIFE 21479 -6 22748 2035919
40 44 THICKE*ROBIN LOST WITHOUT U 21384 -8 23265 219184
49 45 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE WASTED 21379 10 19358 115674
44 46 T.I. TOP BACK 21075 -4 22006 347237
46 47 BLUE OCTOBER INTO THE OCEAN 20724 -3 21272 372705
23 48 DIXIE CHICKS NOT READY TO MAKE NICE 20548 -35 31810 843197
67 49 DROPKICK MURPHYS I'M SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON 20486 40 14610 132570
35 50 MAYER*JOHN WAITING ON THE WORLD TO CHANGE 20377 -22 26047 1111132

A FEW BONUSES:
-- 80 WINEHOUSE*AMY REHAB 13298 999 0 13298
150 85 WINEHOUSE*AMY YOU KNOW I'M NO GOOD 12865 77 7275 34642
-- 105 PINK WHO KNEW 9490 64 5776 158183
-- 115 ROWLAND*KELLY FEAT. EVE LIKE THIS 8758 999 0 8758

There are a handful--literally 5 songs I like by Musiq but I'm basically over him. I don't get the love for the My Buddy. Hasn't he done that theme a few times? Anyway, I guess he's alright but he doesn't grab my attention.

Musiq is a one trick pony.

sextonseven said:

B2B was damn near sold out in every retail chain I went to on the first day. I'm so happy to see her in the top 10!

JackieBlue said:

His previous album was a big disapointment,so I was hoping this
one would be better.
I'll keep on enjoying his previous work and I hope some
of his new songs are good,but some of U allready made it clear I
could be disapointed once again...

bellahoney said:

I knew there was a lot of buzz about her (all her NYC shows sold out in minutes it seems), but I didn't think she would outsell Lily Allen. Good for her.

sextonseven said:

The thing that bugs me about them is that i saw reports the other day, that Lily Allen was saying she was tired and needed a break and Amy's dad was saying his daughter needed a break from the attention. WTF? this bugs me, i understand the pressure and all that, but lets be real, where not talking pressure like "george Michaels faith" when he decided to get away from things, you sold 100,000 records, deal with it.

lastdecember said:

But aren't they platinum-selling artists in the U.K.? And they're both really young, right? Maybe it's all too much, too soon.

spelling edit
[Edited 3/21/07 10:37am]

so musiq went back to his full phoney name ehh?

Chart Greets Sweet Sounds of Musiq
March 21, 2007

MUSIQ SOULCHILD
Editor: Keith Caulfield; Contributors: Anthony Colombo, Gary Trust, Alex Vitoulis; Editorial Director: Geoff Mayfield

Musiq Soulchild takes his "Luvanmusic" straight to No. 1 on The Billboard 200, giving the R&B singer his second chart-topper ... Five other acts' albums debut in the top 10 this week: Lloyd, Rich Boy, Neil Young, Amy Winehouse and 8Ball & MJG. The big chart also greets new entries from Brit import James Morrison, rockers Type O Negative, the Fratellis, the latest "Radio Disney Jams" set and the newest from Aqualung ... In Progress Reports, we've got updates on Daughtry, 30 Seconds to Mars, the Bravery and new country act Flynnville Train.




FLASH POINTS



• As his "Buddy" single becomes his biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit since 2002, Musiq Soulchild celebrates his second No. 1 album on The Billboard 200 as "Luvanmusiq" opens atop the chart with 149,000. "Buddy" is already in the top five on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, his best showing since "Dontchange" peaked at No. 3 in 2002 ... Musiq's last set, "Soulstar," debuted and peaked at No. 13 on The Billboard 200 in 2003 with 156,000. Though his latest album can't beat the first-week sales of "Soulstar," keep in mind that that album's opening sales frame was elevated because of its release in the thick of the Christmas shopping rush in December 2003 ... His 2002 set, "Juslisen (Just Listen)," opened at No. 1 with 260,000 ... Musiq's just one of five R&B or hip-hop artists that debut in the top 10 this week. He joins R&B singer Lloyd at No. 2, rapper Rich Boy at No. 3, British R&B singer Amy Winehouse at No. 7 and rap act 8Ball & MJG at No. 8. Lloyd's last album, 2004's "Southside," only spent 14 weeks on the chart after it bowed and peaked at No. 11 with 67,000. This time around, Lloyd has a massive hit single with "You." It's in the top 25 on the CHR/Top 40 airplay chart and in the top 10 on The Billboard Hot 100. The tune has already hit No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.


• Powered by his "Throw Some D's" hit single, rapper Rich Boy starts at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 with 112,000 units. The track has hit the top three on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and is climbing up The Billboard Hot 100. The Mobile, Ala., native's debut album features production from Polow Da Don, Lil Jon, Brian Kidd and Needlz. He's currently on tour with Lil Wayne, Birdman, Young Jeezy and Jim Jones with dates lined up through April ... A few slots down The Billboard 200 we greet the arrival of 8Ball & MJG's "Ridin' High" at No. 8 with 50,000 units. Collectively, the two rappers have charted 10 albums on The Billboard 200. The duo's last chart entry, 2004's "Living Legends," debuted and peaked at No. 3 on that list.


• Neil Young brings his latest archival live album to The Billboard 200 as "Live at Massey Hall" starts at No. 6 with 57,000. The album captures a 1971 acoustic concert and also comes in a CD/DVD package; the DVD includes the entire show. Young's last archive set, "Live at the Fillmore East: March 6 & 7, 1970," debuted and peaked at No. 55 last November. It bowed with 20,000 units ... At No. 7, British R&B sensation Amy Winehouse starts with her "Back to Black" album, selling 51,000. Digital retail accounted for 31% of the set's first-week sales. Her single "You Know I'm No Good" has gotten love from MTV, VH1 and VH1 Soul. MTV played it 18 times for the week ending March 18, making it the eighth-most-played clip on the network. On VH1 Soul, it garnered 20 plays ... Another British import, singer/songwriter James Morrison, starts at No. 24 with "Undiscovered" (24,000). A whopping 47% of his sales came from digital retailers. This week, his single "You Give Me Something" debuts at No. 39 on the Hot AC/Adult Top 40 chart and No. 30 on the Triple A chart. The song was ranked in the top 10 at two radio stations last week: WJZW Washington, D.C., and WXRV Boston.


• Other debuts on The Billboard 200 this week include ... Type O Negative's "Dead Again" at No. 27 with 22,000. It's the band's highest-charting album, but not its best sales week. Its 1999 set "World Coming Down" launched with 41,000 but started at No. 39 ... The Fratellis' "Costello Music" bows at No. 48 with 15,000. The set is partially powered by the band's fame thanks to the use of its "Flathead" song in Apple iTunes TV commercials. The tune (see Progress Reports, below) is bubbling under the Alternative/Modern Rock chart ... The ninth volume of the "Radio Disney Jams" series starts at No. 56 with 14,000. The set features songs by Daniel Powter, Natasha Bedingfield, Gwen Stefani, Rascal Flatts, Drew Seeley and a live version of "Start of Something New" by the "High School Musical" cast ... Aqualung's new album, "Memory Man," hits The Billboard 200 at No. 88. The act's last set, "Strange and Beautiful," spent nine weeks on the big chart, peaking at No. 108 in early 2006 ... At No. 120, the compilation "Stax 50th - A 50th Anniversary Celebration" bows with 7,000. The set features such classics as "Green Onions" by Booker T. & the MG's, "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding and "I'll Take You There" by the Staple Singers.


MARKET WATCH

• Album units, current chart week: 8.50 million units
• DOWN 1.8% from last issue's charts: 8.66 million units
• DOWN 18.7% from same week, 2006: 10.46 million units
• This week: The top three albums sell more than 100,000 copies.
• This week last year on The Billboard 200: the "High School Musical" soundtrack returned to No. 1 (142,000) while the biggest debut was from E-40's "My Ghetto Report Card" (No. 3; 94,000). Only the top two albums sold more than 100,000 units.



BORDERLINES

• The No. 20 album this week, Corinne Bailey Rae's "Corinne Bailey Rae" (Capitol), sold 34,000.
• The No. 20 album for the same week of 2006, Hawthorne Heights' "If Only You Were Lonely" (Victory), sold 34,000.
• Average total of the No. 20 album for the same week of the year during the past 10 years (1998-2007): 45,543.

PROGRESS REPORTS

• Chris Daughtry is the second "American Idol" contestant to top the CHR/Top 40 chart (following Kelly Clarkson), as his band Daughtry rises 3-1 with "It's Not Over" ... Daughtry continues a resurgence by rock bands at the format, becoming the third to top the chart in the last five months, following Nickelback and Hinder. The last time three different rock groups led the list during a shorter span was from late 2001 through March 2002, when "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback (10 weeks), "Hey Baby" by No Doubt (one week) and "In the End" by Linkin Park (five weeks) all reached the top in succession ... "Over" displaces Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around ... Comes Around," which becomes the first song to top the CHR/Top 40 list for only a single week since Rihanna's "SOS" spent a solitary frame at No. 1 on the chart dated April 22, 2006.

• 30 Seconds to Mars grabs its first Alternative/Modern Rock No. 1 as "From Yesterday" skips 3-1 in its 22nd chart week. "Yesterday" is the follow-up to "The Kill (Bury Me)," which recently set the Alternative/Modern Rock record for most weeks on the chart (52). It peaked at No. 3 in August ... At the very bottom of the chart, at No. 40, the Bravery debuts with its new single "Time Won't Let Me Go." It's the lead track from the band's album "The Sun and the Moon," due May 22 ... Titles that are bubbling under the Alternative/Modern Rock chart that are likely to debut in the coming weeks include Say Anything's "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too," the Fratellis' "Flathead" and Fall Out Boy's "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs."

• On Hot Country Songs, Kenny Chesney holds at No. 1 with "Beer in Mexico" while Carrie Underwood slides 6-3 with "Wasted." That gives the "American Idol" champ her fourth consecutive top three single on the Hot Country Songs chart, following "Jesus, Take the Wheel," "Before He Cheats" and "Don't Forget to Remember Me" ... Little Big Town nabs its sixth top 40 hit on the Hot Country Songs chart as "A Little More You" hops 46-39 ... Down at No. 59, new act Flynnville Train bows with "Last Good Time." The Show Dog Nashville act is working on its major-label debut, which is due later this year.

sosgemini said:

what phoney name is that? 'soul child"?

his real name is Muzak Flounder Eye

Ribbed4UrPleasure said:

they all sound fake

asg said:

thats because alot of the 'neo-soul' scene is full of themselves, which is full of shit

Ribbed4UrPleasure said:

Musiq Soulchild (born Talib Johnson on September 16, 1977.[1] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), is an American neo soul and R&B artist, and was one of the most popular artists on the Def Soul label. In 2001, he dropped the "Soulchild" from his moniker and began referring to himself simply as "Musiq", stating that he had not yet mastered his craft, and thus was not yet "music's soulchild". However, he reassumed the "Soulchild" surname with the release of the song Buddy in 2007. Besides being a successful recording artist, Musiq is notable for his disregard for normal rules of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, which can be seen in the titles of his singles and his albums.

Courtesy of wikipedia...

sosgemini said:

trying to be a one name with the title of music is pretty hoity toity
and 'soulchild' at that.
the words in his music seem so desperate, i always imagine him talking that scratch to some way out of his league woman and her giving him the cold shoulder like she would to a homeless person.
Imagine her suprise when he takes off those shades

Old Pie face Flounder Eye
[Edited 3/21/07 11:03am]

Modest Mouse in the House, Vies With Joss Stone for #1

March 21, 2007


And the Mouse gets the cheese.

Epic indie faves Modest Mouse's self-deprecatingly titled We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is off and sailing this week, as the band's active fan base turned out in impressive numbers, with a big first day putting it on target to a one-week total of between 120-130k and a shot at #1 on next week's HITS album chart.

The estimate is based on one-day sales reports from those retailers around the country still standing after this morning's Wall Street Journal story on the demise of the record industry.

The album is the follow-up to the Seattle alternadarlings' surprise 2004 platinum album Good News for People Who Love Bad News.

Introducing Joss Stone, the third album on Virgin for the 19-year-old U.K. soul diva, will give it some pretty stiff competition, with first-day sales putting it at around 100-110k , enough to make it a battle for #1 on next Tuesday's album tally.

The big story of the week, though, belongs to another American Idol alum, Elliott Yamin, whose new album for pubbery Sony/ATV's Hickory label could go as high as 90k, a total about half of what Sanjaya might do if he released an album tomorrow. Congrats to manager, ex-HITS flunkie and Wall Street Journal source Jeff Rabhan, who is expected to make a ton on T-shirt sales.

Universal Motown's Marquez Houston is the latest in Sylvia Rhone's stable of stars, with a first-week total that could climb to between 60-65k.

Other possible chart newcomers include Priority/Capitol's C-Murder and Universal Republic's Baby Boy Da Prince.

The market was down 2% vs last week, down 19% vs same week last year and now down 17% year-to-date.

sextonseven said:

I'm shocked she didn't debut higher and/or sell more copies with the constant hype and advertisment (and I'm just talking about web advertisements...she probably has a ton of TV commericals, too).

VinnyM27 said:

I live in a cave so I haven't seen any of that. I didn't even know MTV was playing the video. All I saw was the excellent reviews and the 100+ threads on the org.