Billboard's First Album Chart Of 2008

[renegade_killerbee]

Here's the latest sales numbers for the best-selling albums in the U.S. according to SoundScan.

These are the figures that will be printed in the Dec. 1 issue of Billboard magazine. This, since Billboard defines a chart year from first week of Dec. to last week of Nov., will be the first album chart of '08.

LW TW

- 1. Alicia Keys, "As I Am" (600-625k)
6. 2. Josh Groban, "Noel" (250-275k)
2. 3. Eagles, "Long Road Out Of Eden" (215-275k)
- 4. Celine Dion, "Taking Chances" (195-205k)
- 5. Various Artists, "Now That's 26" (190-200k)
3. 6. Garth Brooks, "The Ultimate Hits" (180-190k)
5. 7. Carrie Underwood, "Carnival Ride" (120-125k)
1. 8. Jay-Z, "American Gangster" (120-125k)
4. 9. (tie): Chris Brown, "Exclusive" (100-105k)
- Led Zeppelin, "Mothership" (100-105k)

The four debuts mean four albums drop out: "Blackout" by Britney Spears; "Taylor Swift" by Taylor Swift; "I-Empire" by Angels And Airwaves; and "B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story" by Cassidy.

*** KEVIN IN SOUTH TULSA ***

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[renegade_killerbee]

Alrightie then, let's move on to actual figures already being delivered by SoundScan. The first post is the projected sales based on percentages and those percentages are now 30.38%

NOW IN: 30.38%

LW TW artist / album label power index

-- 1 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 297,033
AS I AM
6 2 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 95,419
NOEL
-- 3 CELINE DION COLUMBIA 72,749
TAKING CHANCES
1 4 JAY-Z ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 64,321
AMERICAN GANGSTER
-- 5 NOW 26 EMI 59,855
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 6 DANE COOK COMEDY CENTRAL RECORDS 51,373
ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES: LIVE MSG
-- 7 LED ZEPPELIN ATLANTIC/ATL G 35,539
MOTHERSHIP
5 8 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 35,401
CARNIVAL RIDE
11 9 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 33,408
SOUNDTRACK
-- 10 KILLERS AMERICAN RECORDINGS 31,102
SAWDUST
4 11 CHRIS BROWN JIVE/ZLG 28,972
EXCLUSIVE
19 12 HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY WALT DISNEY RECORDS 25,650
SOUNDTRACK
12 13 REBA MCENTIRE MCA NASHVILLE 24,114
DUETS
-- 14 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 23,710
22 MORE HITS
22 15 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 22,803
JUST LIKE YOU
17 16 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 22,053
COCO
25 17 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 18,819
CHRISTMAS SONG
23 18 KID ROCK ATLANTIC/ATL G 18,768
ROCK N ROLL JESUS
7 19 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZLG 18,460
BLACKOUT
13 20 SUGARLAND ISLAND/MERCURY NASHVILLE 18,009
ENJOY THE RIDE
-- 21 GOO GOO DOLLS WARNER BROS. 15,759
GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1
9 22 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 15,223
TAYLOR SWIFT
16 23 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 14,539
STILL FEELS GOOD
28 24 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 13,352
GRADUATION
24 25 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM INTERSCOPE 12,815
SOULJABOYTELLEM.COM
-- 26 BOYZ II MEN DECCA 11,880
MOTOWN: A JOURNEY THROUGH...
27 27 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 11,677
JONAS BROTHERS
31 28 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 11,662
THE DUTCHESS
36 29 J. HOLIDAY CAPITOL 11,164
BACK OF MY LAC
45 30 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL WALT DISNEY RECORDS 11,029
SOUNDTRACK
18 31 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 10,988
EVERYTHING IS FINE
33 32 TIMBALAND INTERSCOPE 10,479
TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE
48 33 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 10,175
MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
3 34 GARTH BROOKS PEARL RECORDS 9,937
ULTIMATE HITS
40 35 MATCHBOX TWENTY ATLANTIC/ATL G 9,792
EXILE ON MAINSTREAM
38 36 SEETHER WIND-UP 9,564
FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE...
-- 37 SEAL WARNER BROS. 9,467
SYSTEM
20 38 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 9,224
BEST OFANDREA BOCELLI - VIVERE
-- 39 BON JOVI ISLAND 9,142
LOST HIGHWAY
44 40 SANTANA ARISTA/RMG 9,133
ULTIMATE SANTANA
-- 41 JAMES TAYLOR HEAR MUSIC 9,098
ONE MAN BAND
34 42 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 8,226
JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES
29 43 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 8,187
MAGIC
-- 44 DURAN DURAN EPIC 7,996
RED CARPET MASSACRE
-- 45 TOBY KEITH SHOW DOG/UNIVERSAL NASH 7,788
CLASSIC CHRISTMAS
8 46 ANGELS & AIRWAVES SURETONE 7,195
I-EMPIRE
50 47 FOO FIGHTERS RCA/RMG 7,180
ECHOES SILENCE PATIENCE & GRACE
14 48 ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 7,140
RAISING SAND
-- 49 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 6,865
IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG
49 50 50 CENT AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 6,663
CURTIS

*** KEVIN IN SOUTH TULSA ***

 

[renegade_killerbee]

These are the final numbers (100%)

NOW IN FINAL:

-- 1 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 723,125 --
AS I AM
6 2 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 229,238 +90%
NOEL
-- 3 CELINE DION COLUMBIA 206,603 --
TAKING CHANCES
-- 4 NOW 26 EMI COMMERCIAL MARKETING 203,902 --
VARIOUS ARTISTS
3 5 GARTH BROOKS PEARL RECORDS 201,049 -43%
ULTIMATE HITS
2 6 EAGLES EAGLES RECORDING COMPANY 195,426 -45%
LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN
-- 7 LED ZEPPELIN ATLANTIC/ATL G 133,763 --
MOTHERSHIP
1 8 JAY-Z ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 118,639 -73%
AMERICAN GANGSTER
5 9 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 115,505 -5%
CARNIVAL RIDE
4 10 CHRIS BROWN JIVE/ZLG 102,904 -66%
EXCLUSIVE
-- 11 DANE COOK COMEDY CENTRAL RECORDS 93,581 --
ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES: LIVE MSG
-- 12 KILLERS AMERICAN RECORDINGS 79,982 --
SAWDUST
11 13 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 79,084 +30%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 14 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 77,778 --
22 MORE HITS
19 15 HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY WALT DISNEY RECORDS 65,891 +54%
SOUNDTRACK
9 16 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 63,617 -6%
TAYLOR SWIFT
25 17 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 60,326 +83%
CHRISTMAS SONG
-- 18 JAMES TAYLOR HEAR MUSIC 59,739 --
ONE MAN BAND
20 19 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 57,994 +37%
BEST OFANDREA BOCELLI - VIVERE
17 20 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 55,104 +15%
COCO
12 21 REBA MCENTIRE MCA NASHVILLE 52,815 -8%
DUETS
16 22 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 52,083 +3%
STILL FEELS GOOD
14 23 ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 51,847 -8%
RAISING SAND
13 24 SUGARLAND ISLAND/MERCURY NASHVILLE 50,954 -10%
ENJOY THE RIDE
7 25 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZLG 50,809 -38%
BLACKOUT
22 26 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 45,341 +11%
JUST LIKE YOU
-- 27 BOYZ II MEN DECCA 41,483 --
MOTOWN: A JOURNEY THROUGH...
23 28 KID ROCK ATLANTIC/ATL G 38,401 +6%
ROCK N ROLL JESUS
24 29 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM INTERSCOPE 36,050 +9%
SOULJABOYTELLEM.COM
27 30 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 33,191 +4%
JONAS BROTHERS
18 31 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 31,981 -29%
EVERYTHING IS FINE
-- 32 GOO GOO DOLLS WARNER BROS. 31,536 --
GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1
29 33 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 31,179 +4%
MAGIC
-- 34 TRISHA YEARWOOD BIG MACHINE 30,861 --
HEAVEN HEARTACHE & THE POWER OF
-- 35 SEAL WARNER BROS. 30,583 --
SYSTEM
28 36 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 30,566 -2%
GRADUATION
-- 37 DISNEY CHANNEL HOLIDAY WALT DISNEY RECORDS 29,656 --
VARIOUS
15 38 WISIN Y YANDEL MACHETE MUSIC 27,727 -49%
WISIN VS. YANDEL
31 39 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 27,472 +5%
THE DUTCHESS
30 40 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 27,149 +1%
ALL THE RIGHT REASONS
40 41 MATCHBOX TWENTY ATLANTIC/ATL G 25,229 +25%
EXILE ON MAINSTREAM
-- 42 DURAN DURAN EPIC 24,848 --
RED CARPET MASSACRE
34 43 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 24,515 +2%
JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES
45 44 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL WALT DISNEY RECORDS 23,958 +29%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 45 TOBY KEITH SHOW DOG/UNIVERSAL NASH 23,822 --
CLASSIC CHRISTMAS
21 46 PAUL POTTS COLUMBIA 23,566 -43%
ONE CHANCE
46 47 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 22,406 +21%
SOUNDTRACK
39 48 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 22,354 +10%
DAUGHTRY
36 49 J. HOLIDAY CAPITOL 22,319 -5%
BACK OF MY LAC
33 50 TIMBALAND INTERSCOPE 22,180 -9%
TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE

 

[xwings]

Down from 7 to 25 for Britney. Now that's a good news. The eagles sold almost as many as she sold on her first week after 4 weeks on the charts.
I guess all her old fans have apparently grown up and wiser and have higher IQ.
I'm surprised that Celine Dion didn't sell as many as alot of poeple thought.

 

[Ontariobear]

Josh Grobin's appearance on Oprah yesterday should help him stay near the top for a couple more weeks too. Her sheep are now aware...
Suspect Dion's traditional fans don't know she has a new release out yet.

 

[xwings]

Josh Grobin's appearance on Oprah yesterday should help him stay near the top for a couple more weeks too. Her sheep are now aware...
Suspect Dion's traditional fans don't know she has a new release out yet.

Christmas CD usually do good around this time anyway.
Maybe Celine needs to go on Oprah. With the strik going on a lot of talk show are in repeat. That could be tough to get some exposure.

 

[renegade_killerbee]

Britney's complete crash from 2-7-25 is a lot more horrific than even I expected.

Even 2003's poorly selling "In The Zone" managed to stay in The Billboard 200 Top 5 in it's 3rd week. It dropped from No. 1-3-5.

This sucker will probably be outta the Top 200 quicker than Kelly Clarkson's "My December," which lasted for 18 weeks.

*** KEVIN IN SOUTH TULSA ***

 

[LatinoSTAR]

wow, good for Alicia, 723,125 is a pretty impressive number, i bought a copy. its a truly wonderful album

 

[JustForSee]

it's no surprise that alicia got those numbers. "no one" is doing great everywhere (#1 on hot 100 for sure), great reviews for her album and she's doing promo. good for her.


brit lol...what i can say? nothing surprising either. no promo, no good image, gimme more did his job. at least she'll be gold, i guess.

and all the top 10 albums selling above 100,000 copies...that's nice.

 

[xwings]

brit lol...what i can say? nothing surprising either. no promo, no good image, gimme more did his job. at least she'll be gold, i guess..
.

If she can manage to stay in the top hundred she might be able to get gold status. But it looks like she's trying to catch up with J. Lo CD which is quickly vanishing from the charts. She should have stayed away from the public eyes for at least a year then release the CD. It's like one bad press after another poeple just got their stomach churning everytime they see her name in the paper and internet. She basically OD the public with her personal life really.

 

[Soilwork]

OK, I actually heard the Britney album and although her voice is so processed and effected that it could be ANYONE (including a computer) for more than half the album it really isn't THAT bad.

I think that since the first single is so weak and rather annoying, it's stunted the sales. If they choose singles well, that album could be a late bloomer.

"Gimme More" pleased the fans in the first two seconds, but once the "It's Britney, Bitch" is past, the song itself is hookless and more of a drone than anything else.

There's better songs on the album. That being said, it's obvious that her star power is pretty much gone. She can't sell records simply because it's her.. she's got to make good ones.

 

[Soilwork]

One thing that makes me a bit sad is that although the Eagles album is doing really well is that there will be little radio support for that album since they dont' have a major label behind them.

There are four REALLY strong possible singles on that album and I doubt that they'll be hits.

Check out songs like "Last Good Time in Town" and "What do I do with my heart" or "Fragile Grip on Reality" and you'll see what I mean.

 

[tboy34]

If she can manage to stay in the top hundred she might be able to get gold status. But it looks like she's trying to catch up with J. Lo CD which is quickly vanishing from the charts. She should have stayed away from the public eyes for at least a year then release the CD. It's like one bad press after another poeple just got their stomach churning everytime they see her name in the paper and internet. She basically OD the public with her personal life really.

I totally agree with you. Too much overload on her personal life. Plus, with the children issue at hands. the public takes sides. Her public image isn't good at all. It's all about perception.

 

[tboy34]

One thing that makes me a bit sad is that although the Eagles album is doing really well is that there will be little radio support for that album since they dont' have a major label behind them.

There are four REALLY strong possible singles on that album and I doubt that they'll be hits.

Check out songs like "Last Good Time in Town" and "What do I do with my heart" or "Fragile Grip on Reality" and you'll see what I mean.

I just purchased the album over last weekend. I've played the hell out of it already. It's truly a great album. You're right though. Since they are not on a major label. They get no promo in the right direction.

 

[xwings]

I just purchased the album over last weekend. I've played the hell out of it already. It's truly a great album. You're right though. Since they are not on a major label. They get no promo in the right direction.

I love their title song. It won't get airplay due to the length of the song. I love disc 2 more than disc one.

 

[Soilwork]

I have a theory that Disc 2 is ACTUALLY the album but that the powers that be at the new Walmart-owned label told them it was "too political and inaccessible" and they went back and recorded Disc 1 which is, catchy as it is, just a collection of sappy country love songs.

One of the things that drives this theory home for me is how Disc 2 is produced with a lush, full, polished and rather beautiful sound whereas Disc 1 sounds like it was recorded in someone's living room.

In a way, it's good.

A major label would never have allowed a double CD to be released. Nobody does that anymore. Those of us who enjoy The Eagles are happy to get two albums out of the deal and country radio gets a bunch of hits.

I also think it's maybe the guys enticing conservative America with Disc 1 and then hitting them over the head with their anti-war, anti-religious right album.

If you haven't bought the album.. even if you're not a fan.. just buy it.

First, it's great and even people who aren't fans of The Eagles like it and second, it will mean that more artists will be able to release the albums they WANT to release instead of releasing the albums that some A&R guy who'd be just as happy selling shoes for Buster Brown thought was marketable.

 

[xwings]

Any new charts for this week?

 

[latinoguy19]

I just have to say I love Alicia Keys' new album. I am proud that she has the #1 album and single.