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CHART DATE: 11/29/2010
LAST UPDATE: 11/30/2010 13:25:38
NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 518,775 --
MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED...
-- 2 NICKI MINAJ YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 371,049 --
PINK FRIDAY
9 3 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 255,991 +71%
SPEAK NOW
1 4 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 250,403 -23%
THE GIFT
2 5 JACKIE EVANCHO COLUMBIA 145,648 -39%
O HOLY NIGHT
3 6 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 133,662 -35%
LOUD
-- 7 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 119,485 --
MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC
-- 8 NE-YO DEF JAM/IDJ 117,800 --
LIBRA SCALE
-- 9 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE REPRISE 112,002 --
DANGER DAYS: TRUE LIVES...
8 10 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 103,576 -36%
CHRISTMAS ALBUM
4 11 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 102,570 -46%
ILLUMINATIONS
5 12 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 90,387 -49%
BORN FREE
7 13 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 75,303 -55%
GET CLOSER
31 14 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 75,178 +195%
TEENAGE DREAM
-- 15 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 72,091 --
CANNIBAL
15 16 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 64,941 +37%
INCREDIBLE MACHINE
13 17 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 36 CAPITOL/EMI 63,258 +16%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 18 BURLESQUE RCA/RMG 62,514 --
SOUNDTRACK
32 19 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 62,061 +146%
MY WORLD 2.0
6 20 RASCAL FLATTS BIG MACHINE 59,782 -64%
NOTHING LIKE THIS
11 21 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 58,415 +3%
MY KINDA PARTY
24 22 BON JOVI ISLAND/IDJMG 52,994 +65%
GREATEST HITS
18 23 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 49,858 +43%
RECOVERY
22 24 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 46,687 +45%
NEED YOU NOW
-- 25 LLOYD BANKS G-UNIT/EMI 45,188 --
H.F.M. 2 (HUNGRY FOR MORE)
19 26 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 42,367 +22%
MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU
29 27 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 41,065 +48%
NOEL
38 28 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 41,037 +85%
A YEAR WITHOUT RAIN
14 29 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 39,312 -25%
GREATEST HITS SO FAR
28 30 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 38,509 +38%
I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING
40 31 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 37,321 +73%
COME AROUND SUNDOWN
26 32 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 36,991 +19%
MY CHRISTMAS
41 33 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 33,397 +58%
SIGH NO MORE
47 34 BRUNO MARS NEW ELEKTRA 31,477 +84%
DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS
33 35 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 30,931 +23%
HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY
-- 36 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA NASHVILLE 29,937 --
34 NUMBER ONES
10 37 NELLY UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 28,528 -54%
5.0
25 38 KID CUDI UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 27,978 -12%
MAN ON THE MOON 2: LEGEND OF MR.
37 39 THE BAND PERRY UNIV REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 27,601 +21%
THE BAND PERRY
46 40 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 26,391 +52%
PASSION PAIN & PLEASURE
-- 41 JAY-Z DEF JAM/IDJ 26,044 --
HITS COLLECTION, VOL. 1
36 42 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 25,696 +11%
LET IT SNOW
-- 43 HANNAH MONTANA FOREVER WALT DISNEY 24,065 --
SOUNDTRACK
-- 44 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 23,510 --
ANIMAL
20 45 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 23,154 -31%
MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
35 46 REBA MCENTIRE VALORY 23,031 -3%
ALL THE WOMEN I AM
39 47 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 22,583 +2%
YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE
43 48 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 21,783 +10%
REVOLUTION
49 49 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 21,745 +38%
CHARLESTON, SC 1966
30 50 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 21,612 -17%
HOLIDAY COLLECTION

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I wish I had a time machine

JoeTyler said:

garbage, pure garbage

I wish I had a time machine

Soundscan Albums & Singles Sales

December 1, 2010

As expected, Kanye West and Nicki Minaj arrive in the Nos. 1 and 2 slots, respectively, on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Mr. West sold 496,000 of his "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," while Minaj moved 375,000 of her "Pink Friday" debut according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Both sales starts are a bit lower than initially projected, as some industry insiders had predicted in the early part of last week that the pair were on track to start with perhaps 550,000 and 400,000, respectively.

Nevertheless, West's 496,000 gives him his fourth straight No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 and the fourth-best sales week of 2010. It's also a better launch than the 450,000 that greeted his last set, 2008's "808s & Heartbreak."

As for Minaj, she racks up the second-best sales week for a female hip-hop act. Only Lauryn Hill has done better, when "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" started at No. 1 with 423,000 in 1998.

Last week's No. 1 album, Susan Boyle's "The Gift," slips to No. 3 with 263,000 (down 21%), while Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" feels the heat from her NBC Thanksgiving TV special, rising five spots to No. 4 with 241,000 (up 64%). Jackie Evancho's "O Holy Night" falls three rungs to No. 5 with 142,000 (down 41%) while Rihanna's "Loud" drops three as well to No. 6 with 141,000 (down 32%).

Justin Bieber's Wal-Mart and Sam's Club-exclusive set, "My Worlds Acoustic," strums in at No. 7 with a 115,000 start. It's the teen's third top 10 entry in a little over a year. His first came with his debut album, "My World," which arrived at No. 6 on the list dated Dec. 5, 2009.

My Chemical Romance's "Danger Days: the True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys" bows at No. 8 with 112,000 -- the rock band's second top 10 album. The act's last studio set, 2006's "The Black Parade," started with 240,000 at No. 2.

The fifth and final debut in the top 10 this week comes from Ne-Yo's "Libra Scale," which weighs in at No. 9 with 112,000 (just a hair behind My Chemical Romance).

It's the fourth release for the singer/songwriter, but begins with his lowest debut sales week. His first album, 2006's "In My Own Words," opened at No. 1 with 301,000 while its follow-up, 2007's "Because of You," also began at No. 1, but with 251,000. His third set, 2008's "Year of the Gentleman," came in at No. 2 with 250,000.

Rounding out the top 10 is the "Glee" Christmas album, which jingles down two slots to No. 10 with 108,000 (down 33%).

The top 12 albums this week each sold in excess of 100,000 -- no surprise since Thanksgiving week is such a busy time of year for new releases and holiday shopping. However, because of the competitive chart, some notable new releases fail to make the top 10 this week. They include Ke$ha's "Cannibal" (No. 15 with 74,000) and the soundtrack to "Burlesque" (No. 18 with 63,000).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, the "Glee" cast takes a predictable tumble from No. 1, as its "Forget You" falls to No. 16 with 78,000 (down 59%). Meanwhile, its "Teenage Dream" hangs in at No. 48 (34,000; down 52%), marking the first "Glee" single to spend at least three weeks on the Digital Songs list since "Poker Face" racked a month back in June.

"Glee's" departure from No. 1 leaves us with a new topper in the form of Katy Perry's "Firework," which blasts 4-1 with its best week yet -- 232,000 (up 32%). P!nk's "Raise Your Glass" rises three rungs to No. 2 (209,000; up 22%) and Ke$ha's "We R Who We R" holds at No. 3 with 186,000.

There aren't any debuts in the top 10 this week, but two singles jump into the region. One's visiting for the first time while the other is making a return engagement -- and both are by the same artist.

Bruno Mars' "Grenade" says hello to the top 10 as it explodes from No. 13 to No. 6 with 164,000 (up 64%) while his earlier single "Just the Way You Are" returns to the top 10 (up six to No. 8 with 126,000; up 44%). The latter benefits from the "Glee" cast's cover of the song on last week's show. "Glee's" rendition of "Just the Way" enters at No. 19 with 70,000.

The Digital Songs chart's highest debut this week comes from Enrique Iglesias' "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" at No. 13 with 97,000. That sum combines both the sales of this version and its explicit edition: "Tonight (I'm F*****' You)."

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[Edited 12/1/10 8:32am]