Yeah, Katy Perry should easily take #1, and Coldplay could very well drop to #4 or #5 thanks to Viva's disastrous sales drop...which I don't quite understand. Maybe so many people are buying the album that single sales have slowed? I don't know...that doesn't usually happen to such an extent.

Isn't it about time for Leona's second single to be picking up steam? it seems to be taking an age.

COLDPLAY STILL #1, BUT HERE COMES THE CRUE

Three Six Mafia, Shinedown Also on Tap for Chart Debuts

June 25, 2008

The top of next week’s chart will look a lot like this week, based on one-day sales reports from our intrepid gang of retail geeks around this great, sun-baked country of ours.

This week’s #1 album, Coldplay’s Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends will spend yet another week at the top of the HITS sales chart, followed by Cash Money/Universal Republic rap icon Lil Wayne’s blockbuster Tha Carter III and Disney’s still smoldering Camp Rock soundtrack, featuring the Jonas Brothers.

The biggest debut of the week will be Sunset Strip metalmongers Motley Crue’s new, independently released Saints of Los Angeles, on their own Motley Crue Records, distributed by RED, which is (pardon the pun) blowing past expectations at around 90k and headed for a #4 bow. It’s the first studio album from the original four members in more than a decade, since ‘97’s Generation Swine, which also bowed at #4, and is based on their best-selling autobiography, The Dirt.

Columbia Oscar-winning rappers Three 6 Mafia’s Last 2 Walk looks to be in the 50-60k range.

Atlantic Jacksonville, FL, grunge rockers Shinedown’s The Sound of Madness, their first studio album since ‘05’s gold Us and Them, is on target to sell between 40-45k in its first week.

ADA’s Sigur Ros is using some impressive iTunes numbers to land the enigmatic Icelandic art-rockers in the 25k range, give or take, followed by Fueled by Ramen emo comers Cute is What We Aim For at 20-25k.

Blue Note’s promising Philly singer-songwriter Amos Lee returns with his third studio album, Last Days at the Lodge, which should do around 20k.

Finally, G. Love returns after three solo albums with his Special Sauce for Superhero Brother, his third release on Jack Johnson’s Brushfire/Universal Republic imprint, with sales estimates in the 10-15k range.

The market was down 11% vs. last week, down 7% vs. same week last year and now down 11% year-to-date.

We now return you to finding the cheapest illegal fireworks online for Fourth of July.

I just noticed Wayne has already outsold Good Girl Gone Bad. That's kinda crazy.

Rihanna has never been an album seller. why do u think Disturbia is her 7th single from GGGB.

BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 50
2 1 KATY PERRY I KISSED A GIRL
3 2 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP
4 3 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE - SINGLE
5 4 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW
6 5 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE
1 6 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA
8 7 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER
11 8 PLIES BUST IT BABY PT. 2
18 9 THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS WHEN I GROW UP
70 10 MILEY CYRUS 7 THINGS
-- 11 DEMI LOVATO & JOE J THIS IS ME
7 12 JORDIN SPARKS DUET NO AIR
10 13 METRO STATION SHAKE IT
9 14 USHER LOVE IN THIS CLUB
13 15 JESSE MCCARTNEY LEAVIN'
12 16 RAY J FEAT. YUNG BERG SEXY CAN I
14 17 DANITY KANE DAMAGED REMIX
-- 18 RIHANNA DISTURBIA
16 19 COLBY O'DONIS FEATU WHAT YOU GOT
-- 20 JONAS BROTHERS PLAY MY MUSIC
26 21 LIL WAYNE A MILLI
15 22 MADONNA 4 MINUTES
17 23 3 DOORS DOWN IT'S NOT MY TIME
29 24 KARDINAL OFFISHALL DANGEROUS
21 25 THE-DREAM I LUV YOUR GIRL
31 26 THREE 6 MAFIA FEATU LOLLI LOLLI (POP THAT BODY)
20 27 COLBIE CAILLAT REALIZE
25 28 NE-YO CLOSER
36 29 V.I.C. GET SILLY
-- 30 JOE JONAS GOTTA FIND YOU
19 31 SARA BAREILLES LOVE SONG
37 32 BANNER*DAVID VGET LIKE ME
-- 33 CAMP ROCK WE ROCK (FAN PACK)
33 34 GAVIN DEGRAW IN LOVE WITH A GIRL
22 35 CARRIE UNDERWOOD LAST NAME
28 36 FLO RIDA LOW/JEALOUS
35 37 ESTELLE AMERICAN BOY
-- 38 FLO RIDA FEATURING IN THE AYER
34 39 KEYSHIA COLE HEAVEN SENT
38 40 DUFFY MERCY
32 41 ONEREPUBLIC STOP AND STARE
24 42 JOHN MAYER SAY
42 43 NEW KIDS ON THE BLO SUMMERTIME
30 44 CAREY*MARIAH TOUCH MY BODY
40 45 FLYLEAF ALL AROUND ME
46 46 KENNY CHESNEY BETTER AS A MEMORY
27 47 USHER FEATURING BEY LOVE IN THIS CLUB PART II
43 48 CHRIS BROWN TAKE YOU DOWN
23 49 MARIAH CAREY BYE BYE
39 50 TIMBALAND/ONEREPUBLIC APOLOGIZE - SINGLE

INTERESTING MOVES & DEBUTS
41 51 DAVID COOK THE TIME OF MY LIFE
58 52 LIL WAYNE FEATURING GOT MONEY
52 53 BLAKE SHELTON HOME
49 54 FLOBOTS HANDLEBARS
53 55 MAROON 5 FEATURING IF I NEVER SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN
54 61 KEYS*ALICIA TEENAGE LOVE AFFAIR
57 68 COLDPLAY VIOLET HILL
75 69 USHER MOVING MOUNTAINS
re 86 SHWAYZE FEATURING C BUZZIN'
-- 88 KATY PERRY HOT N COLD
-- 91 SUGARLAND ALL I WANT TO DO
-- 92 THE TING TINGS SHUT UP AND LET ME GO
-- 93 KEITH URBAN YOU LOOK GOOD IN MY SHIRT
-- 94 COLDPLAY LOST!
-- 99 JOSH GRACIN WE WEREN'T CRAZY

BUBBLING UNDER
-- 1 DEMI LOVATO WHO WILL I BE?
21 7 JORDIN SPARKS ONE STEP AT A TIME
11 8 REHAB SITTIN' AT A BAR (BARTENDER SO
19 12 KID ROCK ALL SUMMER LONG
-- 16 THE VERONICAS UNTOUCHED
-- 23 SEPTEMBER CRY FOR YOU

R&B 100
1 1 KEYSHIA COLE HEAVEN SENT
3 2 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP
2 3 PLIES BUST IT BABY PT. 2
7 4 LIL WAYNE A MILLI
4 5 THE-DREAM I LUV YOUR GIRL
5 6 CHRIS BROWN TAKE YOU DOWN
6 7 KEYS*ALICIA TEENAGE LOVE AFFAIR
8 8 USHER FEATURING BEY LOVE IN THIS CLUB PART II
30 24 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW
37 30 USHER MOVING MOUNTAINS
36 32 ROBIN THICKE MAGIC
40 36 NE-YO CLOSER
49 42 JENNIFER HUDSON SPOTLIGHT
-- 44 SOLANGE I DECIDED
90 82 MARIAH CAREY I'M THAT CHICK

Katy Perry #1? I did NOT see that coming, i think her being no 1 is about as big a deal as there is for American music right now, it signifies the change in the landscape of the industry.

True. And I think with the album out, people downloaded the full album instead of Viva La Vida (the single), thus its sales dropped down.

COLDPLAY, LIL WAYNE VIE FOR #1: Either a classic U.K. rock band or a N’awlins rapper will top next week’s HITS Album sales chart as Capitol’s Coldplay appears to hold a slight edge over Lil’ Wayne with what looks like between 225k-240k, compared to the latter’s 215-225k. Disney’s Camp Rock will be #3 at 180-190k, with the week’s pair of Top 5 debuts, Eleven Seven/Motley Records’ Motley Crue (100-105k) and Columbia’s Three 6 Mafia (70-75k), up next. Capitol’s Now 28 follows at 55-60k, with LaFace/ZLG’s Usher at 50-55k. Atlantic’s Florida grunge rockers Shinedown bow at #7 with 40-45k, a similar total as Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic’s Plies, Def Jam/ILG’s Rihanna and Reprise’s Disturbed. (6/27p)

CHART DATE: 06/30/2008
LAST UPDATE: 07/01/2008 12:18:01
NOW IN: FINAL


LW TW artist / album label power index % change
1 1 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 251,333 -66%
VIVA LA VIDA
2 2 LIL WAYNE UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 220,117 -23%
THA CARTER III
3 3 CAMP ROCK WALT DISNEY RECORDS 163,441 -15%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 4 MOTLEY CRUE ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC/MOTLEY 99,646 --
SAINTS OF LOS ANGELES
-- 5 THREE 6 MAFIA COLUMBIA 71,346 --
LAST 2 WALK
4 6 NOW 28 CAPITOL 64,599 -18%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
7 7 DISTURBED REPRISE 51,941 -14%
INDESTRUCTIBLE
5 8 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 51,144 -20%
HERE I STAND
8 9 PLIES SLIP-N-SLIDE 46,108 -16%
DEFINITION OF REAL
6 10 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 45,154 -29%
GOOD GIRL GONE BAD
-- 11 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 42,837 --
SOUND OF MADNESS
15 12 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 35,618 +25%
ROCK N ROLL JESUS
9 13 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 33,037 -31%
ONE OF THE BOYS
17 14 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 31,664 +16%
TAYLOR SWIFT
16 15 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 29,404 +6%
SPIRIT
-- 16 SIGUR ROS XL/BEGGARS 29,292 --
MED SUD I EYRUM VID SPILUM ENDLA
18 17 DUFFY MERCURY 28,996 +7%
ROCKFERRY
11 18 JOURNEY FRONTIERS 28,892 -22%
REVELATION
13 19 WEEZER DGC/INTERSCOPE 26,057 -13%
WEEZER (RED ALBUM)
14 20 3 DOORS DOWN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 25,416 -13%
3 DOORS DOWN
-- 21 CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR FUELED BY RAMEN 22,654 --
ROTATION
-- 22 AMOS LEE BLUE NOTE 19,831 --
LAST DAYS AT THE LODGE
23 23 CHRIS BROWN JIVE/ZLG 18,964 -8%
EXCLUSIVE
35 24 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 17,930 +23%
JONAS BROTHERS
24 25 TOBY KEITH UME/SHOW DOG 17,422 -9%
35 BIGGEST HITS
-- 26 MARVIN SAPP VERITY 17,087 --
THIRSTY
21 27 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 17,025 -20%
E=MC2
29 28 ASHANTI UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 16,766 +1%
DECLARATION
10 29 OFFSPRING COLUMBIA 16,283 -65%
RISE & FALL, RAGE & GRACE
34 30 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 15,188 +2%
WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS
19 31 ALANIS MORISSETTE MAVERICK/REPRISE 15,020 -33%
FLAVORS OF ENTANGLEMENT
31 32 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 14,600 -8%
SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC
20 33 SEX & THE CITY NEW LINE 14,462 -33%
SOUNDTRACK
12 34 JUDAS PRIEST EPIC 14,021 -61%
NOSTRADAMUS
32 35 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 14,005 -10%
CARNIVAL RIDE
25 36 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE ATLANTIC 13,810 -27%
NARROW STAIRS
41 37 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 13,372 +6%
ENJOY THE RIDE
26 38 JEWEL BIG MACHINE 13,307 -25%
PERFECTLY CLEAR
27 39 MY MORNING JACKET ATO 13,177 -25%
EVIL URGES
38 40 FLOBOTS UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 12,884 -8%
FIGHT WITH TOOLS
-- 41 G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 12,784 --
SUPERHERO BROTHER
-- 42 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RAZOR & TIE 12,404 --
SOUNDTRACK
22 43 N.E.R.D. INTERSCOPE 12,382 -41%
SEEING SOUNDS
36 44 FRANK SINATRA REPRISE 12,010 -16%
NOTHING BUT THE BEST
42 45 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 11,810 -5%
COCO
40 46 NOW 27 SBMG/COMMERICAL MUSIC GRP 11,801 -10%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 47 METRO STATION COLUMBIA 11,530 --
METRO STATION
37 48 MADONNA WARNER BROS. 11,505 -18%
HARD CANDY
46 49 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 11,480 -6%
JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES
47 50 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA NASHVILLE 11,404 -2%
GOOD TIME