CHART DATE: 12/20/2010
NOW IN: FINAL

2 1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 254,996 +27%
SPEAK NOW
1 2 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 251,002 +5%
THE GIFT
-- 3 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 224,910 --
MICHAEL
5 4 JACKIE EVANCHO COLUMBIA 196,668 +30%
O HOLY NIGHT
3 5 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 154,075 -20%
CHRISTMAS ALBUM
-- 6 R. KELLY JIVE/JLG 150,405 --
LOVE LETTER
6 7 NICKI MINAJ YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 98,458 +22%
PINK FRIDAY
12 8 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 94,250 +33%
BORN FREE
10 9 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 89,541 +24%
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 4
-- 10 DIDDY DIRTY MONEY BAD BOY 87,380 --
LAST TRAIN TO PARIS
19 11 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 82,973 +48%
BEGINNING
8 12 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 82,582 +11%
ILLUMINATIONS
11 13 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 82,503 +14%
MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC
7 14 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 79,771 +7%
LOUD
14 15 RASCAL FLATTS BIG MACHINE 76,559 +12%
NOTHING LIKE THIS
21 16 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 73,812 +39%
MY WORLD 2.0
17 17 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 72,428 +19%
TEENAGE DREAM
20 18 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 70,501 +28%
MY KINDA PARTY
24 19 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 69,233 +42%
RECOVERY
15 20 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 66,513 -1%
MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU
25 21 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 36 CAPITOL/EMI 65,802 +35%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
23 22 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 64,346 +28%
INCREDIBLE MACHINE
4 23 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 64,317 -59%
NO MERCY
26 24 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 62,792 +31%
NEED YOU NOW
13 25 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 62,010 -10%
MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED...
22 26 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 61,739 +20%
GET CLOSER
9 27 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 61,735 -15%
MY CHRISTMAS
30 28 VINCE GUARALDI FANTASY 53,963 +31%
CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
16 29 DAFT PUNK WALT DISNEY 53,640 -16%
TRON: LEGACY (SOUNDTRACK)
29 30 BRUNO MARS NEW ELEKTRA 53,452 +25%
DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS
-- 31 CRYSTAL BOWERSOX 19/JIVE/JLG 53,400 --
FARMER'S DAUGHTER
33 32 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 52,360 +35%
A YEAR WITHOUT RAIN
38 33 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 48,428 +44%
GREATEST HITS SO FAR
32 34 BON JOVI ISLAND/IDJMG 45,630 +16%
GREATEST HITS
37 35 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 44,110 +30%
HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY
28 36 TIM MCGRAW CURB 43,704 -4%
NUMBER ONE HITS
40 37 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 41,588 +26%
SIGH NO MORE
-- 38 TANK ATLANTIC 41,181 --
NOW OR NEVER
31 39 BURLESQUE RCA/RMG 40,992 +2%
SOUNDTRACK
35 40 ANNIE LENNOX DECCA 39,785 +7%
CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA
27 41 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 39,009 -15%
NOEL
41 42 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 38,976 +22%
YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE
-- 43 CIARA JIVE/JLG 37,940 --
BASIC INSTINCT
47 44 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 36,437 +36%
MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
46 45 THE BAND PERRY UNIV REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 34,597 +28%
THE BAND PERRY
-- 46 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 34,547 --
REVOLUTION
34 47 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL XMAS V.4 CAPITOL/EMI 33,752 -11%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
44 48 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 31,009 +14%
I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING
39 49 CHRIS TOMLIN SIX STEPS RECORDS 30,908 -8%
GLORY IN THE HIGHEST: CHRISTMAS
-- 50 JOHN*ELTON & LEON RUSSEL DECCA 30,566 --

Taylor again ...I like her album but no. Kanye is really falling , Nicki I wanted you to rap instead of sing but get it I guess (still overrated), I like Diddy - Dirty Money album and Ciara just give up.

There is a new michael jackson record and it's #3?!

I'm actually glad veterans like Michael (posthumously) and R. Kelly can still pull in good sales. I heard a bit of Kells' album when it leaked on Facebook, it's decent.

NDRU said:

There is a new michael jackson record and it's #3?!

It would be #1 if his family and everybody would just shut the hell up about it. Goin around tellin people it's fake, don't buy it, etc.

"Michael" first week sales in the following countries:

USA 225k (#3 debut)
UK 113k (#4 debut)
Japan 56k (#3 debut)
Germany 100k (#1 debut)

That's 500k from these 4 countries alone.

musicjunky318 said:

NDRU said:

There is a new michael jackson record and it's #3?!

It would be #1 if his family and everybody would just shut the hell up about it. Goin around tellin people it's fake, don't buy it, etc.

oh, it's the fake one! So is it still an "official" MJ album? Like, say, authorized by his estate or his record company? Or authenticated by those who worked with him?

musicjunky318 said:

-- 43 CIARA JIVE/JLG 37,940 --
BASIC INSTINCT

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NDRU said:

musicjunky318 said:

It would be #1 if his family and everybody would just shut the hell up about it. Goin around tellin people it's fake, don't buy it, etc.

oh, it's the fake one! So is it still an "official" MJ album? Like, say, authorized by his estate or his record company? Or authenticated by those who worked with him?

Yea I mean what else would you call it? It's his unreleased material together on one album. It's not a greatest hits with stuff we know. Some may think the work is subpar but it's still HIM. Sony says it's authentic and I believe it. I don't know why Randy and the rest of them are trying to say it's not his vocals.

midiscover said:

musicjunky318 said:

-- 43 CIARA JIVE/JLG 37,940 --
BASIC INSTINCT

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Jive might as well just drop her at this point. Having her around is a waste of time and money.

midiscover said:

musicjunky318 said:

-- 43 CIARA JIVE/JLG 37,940 --
BASIC INSTINCT

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musicjunky318 said:

NDRU said:

oh, it's the fake one! So is it still an "official" MJ album? Like, say, authorized by his estate or his record company? Or authenticated by those who worked with him?

Yea I mean what else would you call it? It's his unreleased material together on one album. It's not a greatest hits with stuff we know. Some may think the work is subpar but it's still HIM. Sony says it's authentic and I believe it. I don't know why Randy and the rest of them are trying to say it's not his vocals.

maybe they really just thought he didn't want it released or that is was not ready, so they are disowning it.

NDRU said:

musicjunky318 said:

Yea I mean what else would you call it? It's his unreleased material together on one album. It's not a greatest hits with stuff we know. Some may think the work is subpar but it's still HIM. Sony says it's authentic and I believe it. I don't know why Randy and the rest of them are trying to say it's not his vocals.

maybe they really just thought he didn't want it released or that is was not ready, so they are disowning it.

He's Michael Jackson. Unreleased material regardless of who likes it is bound to come out over the years. There's no sense in trying to stop it from my point of view.

I thought that Kanye would still be in the top 10.

Pink Friday

If Ciara's cousins had bought a few copies she could have it 38K.

musicjunky318 said:

NDRU said:

maybe they really just thought he didn't want it released or that is was not ready, so they are disowning it.

He's Michael Jackson. Unreleased material regardless of who likes it is bound to come out over the years. There's no sense in trying to stop it from my point of view.

I agree. I'm also surprised it's not #1 despite what his family says. If it's new MJ music I would think it would be a huge hit.

NDRU said:

musicjunky318 said:

He's Michael Jackson. Unreleased material regardless of who likes it is bound to come out over the years. There's no sense in trying to stop it from my point of view.

I agree. I'm also surprised it's not #1 despite what his family says. If it's new MJ music I would think it would be a huge hit.

Yea I predicted 450,000 last week. Guess not.

NDRU said:

musicjunky318 said:

He's Michael Jackson. Unreleased material regardless of who likes it is bound to come out over the years. There's no sense in trying to stop it from my point of view.

I agree. I'm also surprised it's not #1 despite what his family says. If it's new MJ music I would think it would be a huge hit.

I don’t think people cared plus the promotion wasn’t good.

babybugz said:

NDRU said:

I agree. I'm also surprised it's not #1 despite what his family says. If it's new MJ music I would think it would be a huge hit.

I don’t think people cared plus the promotion wasn’t good.

He's MJ. He doesn't need promotion.

midiscover said:

babybugz said:

I don’t think people cared plus the promotion wasn’t good.

He's MJ. He doesn't need promotion.

Exactly.

midiscover said:

babybugz said:

I don’t think people cared plus the promotion wasn’t good.

He's MJ. He doesn't need promotion.

Clearly this time he did lol since it didn’t boom up sales wise. But it’s early plus the “fake tracks” weren’t helping.

babybugz said:

midiscover said:

He's MJ. He doesn't need promotion.

Clearly this time he did lol since it didn’t boom up sales wise. But it’s early plus the “fake tracks” weren’t helping.

Nah. I guess people weren't interested but the album seems to be doing well overseas.

midiscover said:

babybugz said:

Clearly this time he did lol since it didn’t boom up sales wise. But it’s early plus the “fake tracks” weren’t helping.

Nah. I guess people weren't interested but the album seems to be doing well overseas.

I guess it's just in America.

I did not really hear about the album, aside from the one track that was maybe a fake.

I think if it was promoted better by Epic it would have done better. MJ may not need promotion in the same way as some, but people do at least need to know the album exists

babybugz said:

midiscover said:

Nah. I guess people weren't interested but the album seems to be doing well overseas.

I guess it's just in America.

???

midiscover said:

babybugz said:

I guess it's just in America.

???

The album not exceeding expectations , maybe here in America it won't be a huge seller but overseas it will be.

NDRU said:

musicjunky318 said:

He's Michael Jackson. Unreleased material regardless of who likes it is bound to come out over the years. There's no sense in trying to stop it from my point of view.

I agree. I'm also surprised it's not #1 despite what his family says. If it's new MJ music I would think it would be a huge hit.

I blame it on Sony not really promoting it much less the family pointing fingers.

His album was promoted, though. He had a billboard in Time Square and adverts all over TV. + he passed away just last year so that's enough to get anyone's attention.

JackieBlue said:

I thought that Kanye would still be in the top 10.

Pink Friday

If Ciara's cousins had bought a few copies she could have it 38K.

Dont be too surprised generally that happens this time of year when xmas cds really pick up steam and things like Taylor Swift and Susan Boyle etc... Kanye is not really the gift giving idea, hes more like the new joint you need and you get it or you dont, with Nikki i think she has more of the crossover appeal than Kanye does, thats why she is still up in the top 10. Nothing else is really surprising though, expect michael and r kelly to pretty much tank next week for the most part, and that Diddy cd despite that almost 90 thousand dont expect much more from it, label forecasts it for around 180-200 when its grace period ends.

lastdecember said:

JackieBlue said:

I thought that Kanye would still be in the top 10.

Pink Friday

If Ciara's cousins had bought a few copies she could have it 38K.

Dont be too surprised generally that happens this time of year when xmas cds really pick up steam and things like Taylor Swift and Susan Boyle etc... Kanye is not really the gift giving idea, hes more like the new joint you need and you get it or you dont, with Nikki i think she has more of the crossover appeal than Kanye does, thats why she is still up in the top 10. Nothing else is really surprising though, expect michael and r kelly to pretty much tank next week for the most part, and that Diddy cd despite that almost 90 thousand dont expect much more from it, label forecasts it for around 180-200 when its grace period ends.

Diddy's is the Flavor of the week , Nicki is surprising me with her sales.

Timmy84 said:

NDRU said:

I agree. I'm also surprised it's not #1 despite what his family says. If it's new MJ music I would think it would be a huge hit.

I blame it on Sony not really promoting it much less the family pointing fingers.

yeah I have not heard anything about it really

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