Maybe forgiveness is overrated. Money rapper Rick Ross earns his fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart this week with “God Forgives, I Don’t,” his latest ode to obscene wealth and the good life. “GFID” sold 218,000 copies its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, giving Ross his best sales week to-date. Great, … Continue Reading →
Good news for the Zac Brown Band: They return to No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Top 200 albums chart with their latest album, “Uncaged.” Bad news for the music industry: The album sold 48,000 copies this week, the lowest sales for a No. 1 album since February 2011, Billboard reports. Ouch. Moving on, Nas’ … Continue Reading →
And how! “Life is Good,” according to Nas, and he proves it by debuting at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Top 200 albums chart with his latest album. The set marks the New York rapper’s sixth No. 1 set; it sold 149,000 copies its first week in stores. Nas knocks last week’s No. 1, … Continue Reading →
Chris Brown lands his second No. 1 album on this week’s Billboard Top 200 albums chart with his latest, “Fortune.” The less said about this the better. Brown’s triumph blocks Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” from returning to No. 1. The album surged on the charts thanks to a promotion where it was sold for $0.99 … Continue Reading →
Justin Bieber’s “Believe” lands the year’s biggest debut on this week’s Billboard Top 200 albums chart, starting with 374,000 sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Bieber’s debut tops Madonna’s “MDNA,” which debuted with 359,000 sales back in March (the album has since fallen off the chart, d’oh), and ranks as the biggest arrival since Drake’s “Take … Continue Reading →
Usher has reached the climax of the Billboard charts this week with his latest album, “Looking 4 Myself.” The set, Ursh’s 7th studio album, sold 128,000 copies its first week in stores, marking Mr. Raymond’s fourth time atop the Billboard 200, Billboard reports. Yet “Looking 4 Myself” falls far shy of Usher’s previous studio sets, … Continue Reading →
In a sleepy week on the charts, John Mayer — who calls Taylor Swift “bulls—” in the new issue of Rolling Stone — remains at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Top 200. His “Born and Raised” sold 65,000 copies its second week in stores, far from a whopping tally (it’s the smallest sum for … Continue Reading →
Carrie Underwood’s “Blown Away” hangs on to the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart this week, selling 120,000 copies its second week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Of Underwood’s three No. 1 sets, “Blown Away” is the first to spend more than one frame atop the chart. Mother’s Day sales helped … Continue Reading →
Fourth season “American Idol” champ Carrie Underwood is a force of nature on this week’s Billboard Top 200 albums chart, as her fourth album “Blown Away” debuts at No. 1 after selling 267,000 copies its first week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Underwood’s start doesn’t measure up to her previous sets “Some Hearts” (315,000), … Continue Reading →
Yep, it happened: Jack White landed his first-ever No. 1 album this week with his debut solo set “Blunderbuss,” which sold a better-than-expected 138,000 copies its first week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Early projections had it selling 100,000-120,000 copies its first week.) So take that, Bon Jovi! “Blunderbuss” tops Adele’s “21,” which sold … Continue Reading →