Timmy84 said:

Oh i agree with that all the way, i just wish they would have used a real music retailer that was supporting music, but hey thats me. But i agree, i would like to see them start taking into account artist sites sales too, cause alot of older acts sell there stuff mostly there because the Big box stores dont stock them and of course they cant even chart that way.,

lastdecember said:

Yeah but I understand what you're saying. It can be seen as cheap and calculating to those who have problems with stores like Wal Mart in the first place.

No offense - who is checking for The Eagles?????

Cinnie said:

a chit load based on those sales.

asg said:

I dont even know anything about the Eagles

confirmed:

http://www.reuters.com/ar...9820071107

Wow,I'm so out of the loop,I didn't even know that the Eagles have a new album! And they're one of my favorite bands.

asg said:

LOL!

Well, this is going to wind up selling even fewer copies than 20 Y.O., which opened at #2 with 296k.

And it also means Janet remains the only female artist to have five consecutive studio albums reach #1.
[Edited 11/7/07 7:17am]

SoulAlive said:

first album with new material since 1979

lastdecember said:

The album technically isn't long enough to qualify as a double album, according to Billboard/RIAA.
[Edited 11/7/07 6:36am]

official billboard numbers

1 EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN 710,946 0 710,946
2 SPEARS*BRITNEY BLACKOUT 289,712 999 324 290,048
1 3 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE CARNIVAL RIDE 170,100 -68 527,101 697,626
4 AVENGED SEVENFOLD AVENGED SEVENFOLD 93,749 999 430 94,182
5 TURNER*JOSH EVERYTHING IS FINE 83,562 999 118 83,688
2 6 PLANT/KRAUSS RAISING SAND 81,221 -28 112,308 193,877
7 BACKSTREET BOYS UNBREAKABLE 81,123 999 121 81,255
5 8 GROBAN*JOSH NOEL 76,142 16 65,365 266,488
9 BOCELLI*ANDREA BEST OF ANDREA BOCELLI-VIVERE 67,499 999 59 67,579
8 10 RASCAL FLATTS STILL FEELS GOOD 53,212 -7 57,066 992,560

what's sad for brit is that her label totally over estimated her figures making this puppy look like a flop. oh well.

sosgemini said:

It was actually hitsdailydouble that projected 350,000, not Jive.

thekidsgirl said:

I was surprised about that too. But, I see somebody still love them.

sosgemini said:

Well, all in all, I think Britney Spears did alright considering that she did almost no promotion for this album.

I mean, if she does not seem to care about her new music, why expect others to?

As for the Backstreet Boys, damn. Surprised to find out that they are still together, and coming out with new material.

VoicesCarry said:

Even jive had it at 330-350k

she sold 124k first day as a general industry rule it is supposed to be 2.5 times the first day total but that falls below 2.5 times for younger fanbases and if the release is highly publicized! which in both cases worked agianst her!
Hits had it even at 400k on its first prediction but billboard had predicted she would do between 200-300k from t he onset
[Edited 11/7/07 8:28am]

Eagles Fly Ahead Of Britney Spears On Billboard 200
November 07, 2007


EAGLES
Editor: Keith Caulfield; Contributors: Anthony Colombo, Jose Promis, Alex Vitoulis; Editorial Director: Geoff Mayfield

"Long Road out of Eden," the Eagles' first full-length studio album since 1979's "The Long Run," debuts at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums with a whopping 711,000 -- the second-largest sales week of the year. "Eden" was sold exclusively through Wal-Mart, its Web site, Sam's Club and the Eagles' official Web site ... Britney Spears' "Blackout" settles for the runner-up slot with a still-handsome 290,000 ... The Billboard 200's top 10 also welcomes bows from Avenged Sevenfold, Josh Turner, Backstreet Boys and Andrea Bocelli ... Revamped and reissued editions of Flyleaf and Jonas Brothers' respective albums yield big jumps ... And Christmas is very much in the air on the charts, now that Halloween has passed, as a number of holiday efforts post handsome gains.


FLASH POINTS


• The Eagles' "Long Road out of Eden" blasts onto The Billboard 200 at No. 1 with 711,000 -- the second-largest sales week of the year, trailing only Kanye West's 960,000 debut with "Graduation." Since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, Eagles' previous best sales week came during Christmas week of 1994 when "Hell Freezes Over" moved 588,000. "Long Road out of Eden" marks the legendary band's sixth No. 1 album, stretching back to 1975's "One of These Nights." Only three other groups in the history of The Billboard 200 have more No. 1s -- the Beatles (19), the Rolling Stones (nine) and Led Zeppelin (seven).

• "Long Road out of Eden" was sold exclusively through Wal-Mart, its Web site, Sam's Club and the Eagles' official Web site. In consultation with Nielsen SoundScan, Billboard will now allow exclusive album titles that are only available through one retailer to appear on The Billboard 200 and other Billboard charts, effective with this week's charts. Prior to this, proprietary titles were not eligible to appear on most Billboard charts. Previously, titles that were not generally available at retail were not eligible to appear on The Billboard 200, but were entitled to chart on Billboard's Top Comprehensive Albums list, which includes catalog titles and proprietary albums from retailers willing to report those sales.

• Britney Spears debuts at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 with "Blackout," selling 290,000. Her previous four studio sets all opened atop the chart. She earns the distinction of being the only woman to see her first five studio albums debut in the top two slots on the chart ... Spears' last studio effort, 2003's "In the Zone," started with 609,000. Previous to that, she entered atop the big chart with "Britney" (746,000 in 2001), "Oops! ... I Did It Again" (1,319,000 in 2000) and "... Baby One More Time" (121,000 in 1999). After "In the Zone," she issued the best-of compilation "Greatest Hits: My Prerogative" in 2004 (No. 4 debut with 255,000) and the remix collection "B in the Mix: The Remixes" in 2005 (No. 134 debut with 14,000) ... Last week's No. 1, Carrie Underwood's "Carnival Ride," slips to No. 3, selling 170,000 (down 68%).

• Rock band Avenged Sevenfold easily notches its best sales week yet as its fourth full-length album bows at No. 4 with 94,000. The group's last set, 2005's "City of Evil," debuted and peaked at No. 30 when it opened with 33,000. The band's second album, 2003's "Waking the Fallen," missed The Billboard 200 but peaked at No. 15 on the Top Heatseekers chart. Its first album, 2001's "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet," didn't reach any Billboard tally ... Country singer Josh Turner scores his second top 10 album on The Billboard 200 as "Everything Is Fine" starts with 84,000 at No. 5. It also begins at No. 2 on Top Country Albums. The album's lead single, "Firecracker," holds at No. 8 with a bullet on the Hot Country Songs chart this week.

• Spears' Jive labelmates Backstreet Boys also debut this week as the group's "Unbreakable" bows at No. 7 with 81,000. The act, now reduced to a quartet after the departure of Kevin Richardson, saw its last album, "Never Gone," start at No. 3 with 291,000 in 2005 ... Andrea Bocelli's first greatest-hits collection, "The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere," begins at No. 9 on The Billboard 200 with 68,000 ... In non-debut news this week, thanks to the rerelease of Jonas Brothers' self-titled album last week, the set zooms from No. 44 to No. 20 with a 90% gain. The reissue, subtitled "The Bonus Jonas Edition," comes equipped with two extra audio tracks (including one with Miley Cyrus) and a DVD. Speaking of rereleases, Flyleaf did the same thing last week, augmenting its self-titled set with an assortment of acoustic tracks and a DVD with numerous videos. The album jumps from No. 121 to No. 62 with a 124% gain.
MARKET WATCH

• Album units, current chart week: 9.25 million units
• UP 10.9% from last issue's charts: 8.34 million units
• DOWN 13.3% from same week, 2006: 10.67 million units
• This week: The top three albums sell more than 100,000 copies.
• This week last year on The Billboard 200: the soundtrack from Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana" stayed put at No. 1, shifting 203,000 in its second week. Barry Manilow's "Greatest Songs of the Sixties" started in the runner-up slot with 202,000. Five more debuts rounded out the top 10 that week. The top four albums each sold more than 100,000.



BORDERLINES

• The No. 50 album this week, LeAnn Rimes' "Family," (Curb) sold 16,000.
• The No. 50 album for the same week of 2006, "WOW Hits 2007," (Word-Curb/Provident-Integrity/EMI CMG), sold 18,000.
• Average total of the No. 50 album for the same week of the year during the past 10 years (1998-2007): 22,740.



PROGRESS REPORTS



• Now that Halloween is in the rear view mirror and Thanksgiving is fast approaching, Christmas albums on The Billboard 200 are starting to kick into high gear. Josh Groban's "Noel" earns a 16% increase while moving from No. 5 to No. 7. The four debuts ahead of Groban force the title to take a tiny tumble despite his gain. Other holiday albums that gain on the chart this week include Mannheim Steamroller's "Christmas Song" (No. 35, up 41%), Toby Keith's "A Classic Christmas" (No. 72, up 4%), the "Disney Channel Holiday" compilation (No. 98, up 74%) and Michael W. Smith's "It's a Wonderful Christmas" (No. 121, up 27%). Three more Christmas albums debut on The Billboard 200 this week -- Larry the Cable Guy's "Christmastime in Larryland" (No. 105), a Trans-Siberian Orchestra self-titled EP (No. 132) and Elvis Presley's "Home for the Holidays" (No. 165).

• This week, Foo Fighters' "The Pretender" hits its 12th week at No. 1 on the Alternative/Modern Rock radio chart. The single is only the 12th in the history of the chart to be No. 1 for 12 weeks or more. The last to do so was Linkin Park's "What I've Done" (15 weeks) earlier this year. Coincidentally, what song was stuck at No. 2 for nine weeks parked behind "Pretender"? Why, Linkin Park's "Bleed It Out," which finally retreats from the runner-up slot this week, slipping to No. 4. Don't cry for Linkin Park though, as its new single "Shadow of the Day" rises from No. 17 to No. 14 on the chart this week.

• RBD, the group born out of the Mexican TV soap opera "Rebelde" earlier in the decade, blasts from No. 36 to No. 9 in its second week on the Latin Pop airplay chart with "Inalcanzable." The track's 27-position flight is the seventh-best in the chart's 13-year history. Paulina Rubio set the mark for largest leap when "Ni Una Sola Palabra" rocketed from No. 35 to No. 2 on the Sept. 2, 2006, chart. "Inalcanzable" is RBD's eighth top 10 on the Latin Pop chart and also debuts on the Hot Latin Songs chart at No. 32. (The latter chart surveys all formats of Latin radio, including Pop, Tropical, Rhythm and Regional Mexican.) "Inalcanzable" off the band's fourth Spanish-language studio set, "Empezar Desde Cero," due Nov. 20.

BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50
2 1 TIMBALAND FEAT. ONEREPUBLIC APOLOGIZE 158304 -5 167338 1167248
1 2 BROWN*CHRIS KISS KISS 151684 -19 187182 497740
3 3 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) 126060 -8 137502 2051503
4 4 CAILLAT*COLBIE BUBBLY 98159 -3 101587 1105607
5 5 KEYS*ALICIA NO ONE 88935 4 85713 544054
7 6 BABY BASH FEATURING T-PAIN CYCLONE 88860 15 77015 719863
6 7 WEST*KANYE STRONGER 75174 -8 82075 1872648
9 8 SPEARS*BRITNEY GIMME MORE 70835 16 61108 659289
8 9 MATCHBOX TWENTY HOW FAR WE'VE COME 64053 -1 64616 686796
10 10 RIHANNA HATE THAT I LOVE YOU 56828 -5 60011 405951
14 11 FINGER ELEVEN PARALYZER 56428 45 38971 603293
12 12 FERGIE CLUMSY 50744 21 42025 217116
11 13 WEST*KANYE FEAT. T-PAIN GOOD LIFE 48167 1 47600 452089
22 14 DJ KHALED;T-PAIN;TRICK DADDY I'M SO HOOD 46651 47 31790 221990
13 15 TIMBALAND FT. KERI HILSON & JO WAY I ARE 37515 -5 39458 1636639
15 16 NICKELBACK ROCKSTAR 37469 -4 38847 1570758
19 17 SPARKS*JORDIN TATTOO 37348 14 32735 198059
16 18 50 CENT FT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AYO TECHNOLOGY 36143 -6 38269 757594
20 19 GOOD CHARLOTTE I DON'T WANNA BE IN LOVE (DANC 35732 11 32245 319265
21 20 SANTANA FEATURING CHAD KROEGER INTO THE NIGHT 35041 9 32144 138113
-- 21 SPEARS*BRITNEY PIECE OF ME 34145 999 0 34145
28 22 PLIES FEATURING AKON HYPNOTIZED 31226 19 26228 141122
18 23 FERGIE BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY 29725 -10 33007 2231649
26 24 JEAN*WYCLEF FEATURING AKON, LI SWEETEST GIRL (DOLLAR BILL) 29376 7 27447 220345
25 25 DAUGHTRY OVER YOU 29274 1 28906 431346
29 26 PLAYAZ CIRCLE DUFFLE BAG BOY 29086 12 26002 150382
24 27 MAROON 5 WAKE UP CALL 28836 -4 29949 464896
17 28 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE SO SMALL 28454 -21 36218 288945
57 29 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA FEATURING LOVE LIKE THIS 27016 59 17038 81660
32 30 SWIFT*TAYLOR OUR SONG 25732 11 23170 331193
27 31 J. HOLIDAY BED 25700 -3 26462 440835
30 32 THE-DREAM SHAWTY IS A 10 24726 1 24586 151448
23 33 LOPEZ*JENNIFER DO IT WELL 24639 -20 30765 235754
35 34 PARAMORE MISERY BUSINESS 22585 2 22229 479827
38 35 JACKSON*MICHAEL THRILLER 21925 3 21201 543851
40 36 FEIST 1234 21857 4 21002 488697
36 37 PLAIN WHITE T'S HEY THERE DELILAH 21165 -4 22120 2339161
33 38 BOYS LIKE GIRLS GREAT ESCAPE 20891 -7 22414 894915
31 39 LIFEHOUSE FIRST TIME 20861 -13 23890 655601
34 40 RIHANNA UMBRELLA 20566 -8 22300 2142965
37 41 PINK WHO KNEW 20560 -5 21563 784691
42 42 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM SOULJA GIRL 20420 0 20491 108633
44 43 FABOLOUS BABY DON'T GO 20139 1 20008 188022
43 44 LINKIN PARK BLEED IT OUT 19927 0 20012 385885
68 45 DROPKICK MURPHYS I'M SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON 19760 43 13841 338474
45 46 LINKIN PARK WHAT I'VE DONE 18669 -3 19252 1190863
55 47 SUGARLAND STAY 18062 5 17165 130953
47 48 FOO FIGHTERS PRETENDER 17710 -3 18351 284110
59 49 PICKETT*BOBBY BORIS MONSTER MASH 17649 6 16573 128353
50 50 JONAS BROTHERS S.O.S. 17601 -2 17900 481315

A FEW BONUSES:
-- 52 SPEARS*BRITNEY RADAR 16486 999 0 16486
111 54 FALL OUT BOY I'M LIKE A LAWYER...(ME & YOU) 16195 99 8138 70202
-- 75 SPEARS*BRITNEY BREAK THE ICE 13143 999 0 13143
-- 106 BLIGE*MARY J. JUST FINE 9287 999 0 9287
-- 109 SPEARS*BRITNEY OOH OOH BABY 8750 999 0 8750
-- 116 SPEARS*BRITNEY TOY SOLDIER 8009 999 0 8009
-- 120 SPEARS*BRITNEY GET NAKED (I GOT A PLAN) 7853 999 0 7853
-- 125 BACKSTREET BOYS INCONSOLABLE 7570 162 2888 64014
-- 164 SPEARS*BRITNEY FREAKSHOW 5899 999 0 5899
-- 167 SPEARS*BRITNEY TOXIC 5762 47 3920 831638
-- 189 COLE*KEYSHIA SHOULDA LET YOU GO 5378 10 4892 30854

asg said:

And no record company! Talk about ca-CHING!

Ace said:

Dollar-dollar bills, y'all!

JAY-Z LEADS THREE-WAY RACE
Chris Brown, Garth Brooks Trail in Battle for Next Week’s Chart

November 7, 2007

Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella/IDJ album American Gangster, his tribute to the Ridley Scott movie of the same name about legendary Harlem dope dealer Frank Lucas with an Oscar-worthy performance by Denzel Washington, looks like a pretty good shot to take the #1 spot on next week’s HITS Top 50.

According to retailers left around this great country of ours, he’s on track to sell between 400-450k. Judging how the Eagles do in their second week—and they will be performing on ABC’s nationally televised Country Music Awards tonight, so you never know—will determine next week’s #1.

Barry Weiss’ Team Jive continues its hot streak with the new Chris Brown album, Exclusive, with the smash single, “Kiss Kiss,” which appears headed for at the very least the Top Three and maybe even higher with between 300-350k.

The independently distribbed Garth Brooks album Ultimate Hits on Scott Borchetta’s Pearl Records imprint looks like it will do between 200-250k, though the CMAs could boost that number significantly.

Rapper Cassidy’s B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story, his new Full Surface/Ruff Ryders/J album, is on target for 70-80k

Suretone/Geffen’s Angels and Airwaves, the blink-182 spin-off, is looking at 65-75k.

Thanks to the Eagles, the market was up 11% vs last week, down 13% vs same week last year and now down 14.5% year-to-date.

BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 50
1 1 BROWN*CHRIS KISS KISS
2 2 TIMBALAND FEATURING APOLOGIZE
4 3 KEYS*ALICIA NO ONE
3 4 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM CRANK THAT - SINGLE
5 5 CAILLAT*COLBIE BUBBLY - SINGLE
6 6 WEST*KANYE STRONGER - SINGLE
8 7 BABY BASH CYCLONE
7 8 KANYE WEST FEATURIN GOOD LIFE
9 9 RIHANNA FEATURING N HATE THAT I LOVE YOU
10 10 TIMBALAND FEATURING THE WAY I ARE
11 11 J. HOLIDAY BED - SINGLE
12 12 FERGIE BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY
16 13 SPEARS*BRITNEY GIMME MORE
18 14 FINGER ELEVEN PARALYZER
14 15 MATCHBOX TWENTY HOW FAR WE'VE COME - SINGLE
13 16 50 CENT AYO TECHNOLOGY
15 17 PINK WHO KNEW
21 18 THE-DREAM SHAWTY IS DA SH*! (10) - SINGL
30 19 DJ KHALED FEATURING I'M SO HOOD
28 20 FERGIE CLUMSY
24 21 DISTURBING THA PEACE CELEBRITY CHICK
22 22 DAUGHTRY OVER YOU
19 23 MAROON 5 WAKE UP CALL
17 24 NICKELBACK ROCKSTAR
23 25 FABOLOUS FEATURING BABY DON'T GO
20 26 CARRIE UNDERWOOD SO SMALL
34 27 JORDIN SPARKS TATTOO
27 28 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE D UNTIL THE END OF TIME
29 29 PLAIN WHITE T'S HEY THERE DELILAH - SINGLE
26 30 KEYSHIA COLE LET IT GO - SINGLE
25 31 PLIES SHAWTY
31 32 KENNY CHESNEY DON'T BLINK
32 33 ELLIOTT YAMIN WAIT FOR YOU
41 34 PLIES HYPNOTIZED
44 35 CASSIDY MY DRINK N' MY 2 STEP
39 36 TAYLOR SWIFT OUR SONG
36 37 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM SOUJA GIRL
43 38 TREY SONGZ CAN'T HELP BUT WAIT
42 39 GOOD CHARLOTTE I DON'T WANNA BE IN LOVE (DANC
49 40 SANTANA FEATURING C INTO THE NIGHT
35 41 RIHANNA UMBRELLA
33 42 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN LOVESTONED/I THINK SHE KNOWS R
40 43 DAUGHTRY HOME
37 44 CARRIE UNDERWOOD BEFORE HE CHEATS
38 45 LIFEHOUSE FIRST TIME
47 46 DIERKS BENTLEY FREE AND EASY (DOWN THE ROAD I
45 47 GORILLA ZOE HOOD FIGGA - SINGLE
73 48 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA LOVE LIKE THIS
51 49 JEAN*WYCLEF SWEETEST GIRL (DOLLAR BILL)
46 50 BOYS LIKE GIRLS THE GREAT ESCAPE

INTERESTING MOVES & DEBUTS
57 51 COLE*KEYSHIA SHOULDA LET YOU GO
92 60 BLIGE*MARY J. JUST FINE
-- 65 BRITNEY SPEARS PIECE OF ME
96 77 FALL OUT BOY I'M LIKE A LAWYER...(ME & YOU)
-- 81 SEAN KINGSTON TAKE YOU THERE
-- 82 BOW WOW & OMARION GIRLFRIEND
-- 90 JAY-Z ROC BOYS (AND THE WINNER IS)..
-- 97 BIRDMAN POP BOTTLES - SINGLE
-- 100 SARA BAREILLES LOVE SONG

BUBBLING UNDER
18 2 LINKIN PARK SHADOW OF THE DAY
6 5 EAGLES HOW LONG
-- 7 BRITNEY SPEARS RADAR
-- 9 BRITNEY SPEARS BREAK THE ICE
-- 11 ALICIA KEYS LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN
-- 20 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS SOMEBODY'S ME
22 21 CELINE DION TAKING CHANCES
-- 24 ENUR FEATURING NATA CALABRIA

R&B 100
1 1 KEYS*ALICIA NO ONE
6 2 BROWN*CHRIS KISS KISS
3 3 KANYE WEST FEATURIN GOOD LIFE
12 10 COLE*KEYSHIA SHOULDA LET YOU GO
19 14 BLIGE*MARY J. JUST FINE
37 22 ALICIA KEYS LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN
53 36 RIHANNA FEATURING N HATE THAT I LOVE YOU
-- 53 KEYSHIA COLE I REMEMBER
-- 64 BOW WOW & OMARION GIRLFRIEND
91 87 ASHANTI HEY BABY (AFTER THE CLUB)

I hope Alicia goes to #1 on the Hot 100.

@ Mary's song rising up so fast (it's now #60 - thirty spots from #92 last week) and it's #14 R&B!

Mary's got another hit on her hands!

Robert Plant in the Top 10. Bruce Springsteen.....Eric Clapton, the Eagles...Neil Young. Kinda nice to see the veterans still charting.

asg said:

saw the movie American Gangster tonight. Good film!

AnckSuNamun said: