SoundScan for this week

14Oct08

1 1 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 169,694 -71%
PAPER TRAIL
– 2 RISE AGAINST DGC/INTERSCOPE 68,299 –
APPEAL TO REASON
5 3 METALLICA WARNER BROS. 66,613 -25%
DEATH MAGNETIC
2 4 JENNIFER HUDSON ARISTA/RMG 61,207 -73%
JENNIFER HUDSON
– 5 OASIS REPRISE 52,963 –
DIG OUT YOUR SOUL

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Soundscan for this week

07Oct08

– 1 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 577,673 –
PAPER TRAIL
– 2 JENNIFER HUDSON ARISTA/RMG 225,400 –
JENNIFER HUDSON
– 3 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 140,950 –
SOMETHING ELSE
– 4 JAMES TAYLOR HEAR MUSIC 91,952 –
COVERS
1 5 METALLICA WARNER BROS. 88,961 -32%
DEATH MAGNETIC
4 6 NE-YO DEF JAM/IDJMG 72,345 -10%
YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN
7 7 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 57,037 -5%
ROCK N ROLL JESUS
– 8 JACK’S MANNEQUIN SIRE RECORDS 49,008 –
GLASS PASSENGER
– 9 KELLIE PICKLER BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 43,454 –
KELLIE PICKLER
9 10 YOUNG JEEZY DEF JAM/IDJMG 41,060 +9%
source: hitsdailydouble.com

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SoundScan for this week

30Sep08

1 1 METALLICA WARNER BROS. 129,983 -61%
DEATH MAGNETIC
– 2 DEMI LOVATO HOLLYWOOD 91,455 –
DON’T FORGET
– 3 PUSSYCAT DOLLS INTERSCOPE 82,615 –
DOLL DOMINATION
2 4 NE-YO DEF JAM/IDJMG 80,052 -68%
YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN
– 5 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 70,293 –
ONLY BY THE NIGHT
– 6 JAZMINE SULLIVAN J RECORDS/RMG 63,577 –
FEARLESS
6 7 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 60,066 -4%
ROCK N ROLL JESUS
– 8 JOE KEDAR ENTERAINMENT 56,733 –
JOE THOMAS NEW MAN
5 9 YOUNG JEEZY DEF JAM/IDJMG 37,809 -41%
RECESSION
8 10 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 34,989 -18%
THA CARTER III

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Soundscan for this week

24Sep08

1 1 METALLICA 329K
– 2 NE-YO 250K
– 3 NELLY 81K
– 4 DARIUS RUCKER 64K
2 5 YOUNG JEEZY 64K
3 6 KID ROCK 62K
– 7 DJ KHALED 50K
7 8 LIL WAYNE 42K
6 9 THE GAME 42K
– 10 BUCKCHERRY 42K
My source: hitsdailydouble.com
(add that to your must-check-weekly-list)

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SoundScan Shock!

17Sep08

Soundscan freaked me out today, man! I agree on the majority of things Nelly’s saying in this video (scroll down to see it), but Billboard made me think today about how hard it is to sell music these days. Walk with me for a sec.
LL Cool J (DefJam’s first artist, a hip hop icon, a [...]

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