First Week Soundscan Top 2010 Sales Recap

The complete run down of first week Soundscan sales for the year that was, 2010.

1 million-300K
Taylor Swift - Speak Now (1,047,000)
Eminem - Recovery (741,400)
Sade - Soldier Of Love (502,000)
Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (481,000)
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (469,000)
Drake - Thank Me Later (447,000)
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (375,000)
Usher - Raymond vs Raymond (329,000)
Susan Boyle - The Gift (318,000)

299-150K
Justin Bieber - My World 2.0 (283,000)
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns (241,000)
Trey Songz - Passion, Pain & Pleasure (240,000)
Michael Jackson - Michael (228,000)
Rihanna - Loud (206,800)
Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (192,000)
Monica - Still Standing (184,000)
Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown (184,000)
Disturbed - Asylum (179,000)
Lil Wayne - Rebirth (176,000)
Rick Ross - Teflon Don (176,000)
Hope For Haiti - V/A (171,000)
Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager (169,000)
Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare (163,000)
T.I. - No Mercy (159,500)
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (156,000)
R. Kelly - Love Letter (154,000)
Ke$ha - Animal (152,000)

149-100K
Jamie Foxx - Best Night Of My Life (144,000)
Maroon 5 - Hands All Over (142,000)
Ludacris - Battle Of The Sexes (137,000)
Keyshia Cole - Calling All Hearts (128,000)
Vampire Weekend - Contra (124,000)
The Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning (119,000)
Fantasia - Back To Me (117,000)
Justin Bieber - My Worlds Acoustic (115,000)
Jaheim - Another Round (112,000)
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (112,000)
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days (112,000)
Ne-Yo - Libra Scale (112,000)
Christina Aguilera - Bionic (111,000)
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah pt. 2 (110,000)
Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being (110,000)
Keri Hilson - No Boys Allowed (102,000)
Diddy-Dirty Money - Last Train To Paris (101,000)

99-50K
B.o.B - The Adventures of Bobby Ray (84,000)
Ke$ha - Cannibal (74,300)
Kem - Intimacy (74,000)
Black Keys - Brothers (73,000)
Tron Legacy - Soundtrack (71,000)
MGMT - Congratulations (66,000)
Santana - Guitar Heaven (66,000)
Nelly - 5.0 (63,500)
John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up! (63,000)
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot (62,400)
Gucci Mane - The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted (60,000)
The-Dream - Love King (58,000)
Charlie Wilson - Just Charlie (57,400)
Damian Marley & Nas - Distant Relatives (57,300)
Jazmine Sullivan - Love Me Back (57,000)
Plies - Goon Affiliated (56,000)
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (54,800)
Toni Braxton - Pulse (54,000)
Corrine Bailey Rae - The Sea (53,000)
The Roots - How I Got Over (51,000)

49-30K
Broken Bells - Broken Bells (49,000)
Usher - Versus (46,000)
Raheem Devaughn - Love And War of Masterpiece (45,000)
Lloyd Banks - H.F.M. 2 (The Hunger For More) (44,000)
Tank - Now Or Never (44,000)
Chrisette Michele - Let Freedom Reign (42,100)
Jason Derulo - Jason Derulo (42,000)
Bun B - Trill O.G. (41,000)
Cee-Lo Green - The Lady Killer (41,000)
Lady Gaga - Remix (39,000)
Method Man, Ghostface & Rae - The Wu Massacre (38,000)
Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli (37,200)
Ciara - Basic Instinct (37,000)
Lyfe Jennings - I Still Believe (36,000)
Trina - Amazin (32,400)
Eric Benet - Lost In Time (32,200)
Norah Jones - Featuring (31,000)
Lil Boosie - Incarcerated (30,000)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Uni5: The Worlds Enemy (29,500)

29-16K
Mike Posner - 31 Minutes Until Take Off (29,000)
DJ Khaled - Victory (28,000)
M.I.A. - Maya (28,000)
Lecrae - Rehab (28,000)
Jay-Z - The Hits Collection Vol.1 (27,700)
Faith Evans - Something About Faith (23,600)
Ron Isley - Mr. I (22,400)
Ice Cube - I Am The West (22,000)
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid (21,000)
Reflection Eternal - Revolutions Per Minute (21,000)
El Debarge - Second Chance (20,600)
Usher - Raymond Vs Raymond DLX (20,000)
N*E*R*D - Nothing (20,000)
Omarion - Ollusion (19,000)
Gucci Mane - retail mixtape (19,000)
Cypress Hill - Rise Up (18,000)
Jeremih - All About You (18,000)
Kandi Burress - Kandi Koated (18,000)
Pimp C - The Naked Soul Of Sweet Jones (17,900)
Donnell Jones - Lyrics (17,300)
Tech N9ne Collobos - The Gates Mixed Plate (17,000)
Far East Movement - Free Wired (17,000)
Seal - 6: Commitment (16,800)
8Ball & MJG - Ten Toes Down (16,100)

15-10K
Snoop - More Malice (15,000)
Travis McCoy - The Lazarus Project (15,000)
Curren$y - Pilot Talk II (15,000)
Twista - Perfect Storm (14,200)
Dwele - W.W.W. Wants World Women (14,000)
Slim Thug - Tha Thug Show (13,800)
Soulja Boy - The DeAndre Way (13,400)
Trill Family - All or Nothing (13,100)
Ghostface Killah - Apollo Kids (13,000)
Fabolous - There Is No Competion 2: The Funeral Service (12,200)
E-40: Day - Revnue Retriving (12,000)
E-40: Night - Revnue Retriving (12,000)
Fat Joe - The Darkside (12,000)
Flobots - Survival Story (11,000)
Redman - Redman Presents Reggie (11,000)
Curren$y - Pilot Talk (10,700)
Dru Hill - InDRUpendence Day (10,000)

9,999-6,000
Dondria - Dondria vs. Phattfatt (9,400)
Atmosphere - All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy (9,400)
Freeway & Jake One - The Stimulus Plan (9,000)
Lil Jon - Crunk Rock (9,000)
Brotha Lynch Hung - Dinner And A Movie (7,900)
Kelis - Flesh Tone (7,800)
Paul Wall - Heart Of A Champion (7,600)
Tech N9ne - Seepage-EP (7,600)
David Banner & 9th Wonder - Death of a Pop Star (7,300)
Ratatat - LP4 (6,900)
Quincy Jones - Q Soul Bossa Nostra (6,700)
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma (6,400)
Juvenile - Beast Mode (6,400)
Young Buck - The Rehab (6,400)
Joe Budden - Mood Muzik 4 (6,200)
Devin The Dude - Suite: 420 (6,100)
Chiddy Bang - The Preview (6,000)

5,999-1,000
Dorrough - Get Big (5,500)
Murs & 9th Wonder - ForNever (5,400)
Bruno Mars - EP (5,400)
Sheek Louch - DONNIE G: Don Gorilla (5,400)
Cassidy - C.A.S.H. (5,200)
Yelawolf - Trunk Muzik: 0-60 (5,100)
Capone N Noreaga - War Report 2 (4,600)
Bilal - Airtight's Revenge (4,600)
Little Brother - LeftBack (4,400)
Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here (3,900)
Sage Francis - Li(f)e (3,900)
Z-Ro - Herion (3,900)
Cam'Ron Presents U.N. (3,700)
Black Milk - Album of the Year (3,600)
Foreign Exchange - Authenticity (3,600)
Kutt Calhoun - Raw (3,500)
Wu & Friends Mathematics - Mathamatics Presents The Return Of Wu And Friends (3,400)
Army Of Pharaohs - Holy Terror (3,200)
Street Sweeper Social Club - The Ghetto Blaster EP (3,100)
Kids In The Hall - Land Of Make Believe (2,900)
Kurupt - Streetlights (2,900)
RJD2 - The Colossus (2,800)
Slum Village - Villa Manifesto (2,700)
Skyzoo & Illmind - Live From The Tape deck (2,400)
Vado - Slime Flu (2,300)
Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx - The eXXecution (1,100)
Inspectah Deck - Manifesto (1,100)

Eminem: Ross Ain't The Boss In 'Teflon Don's' First Week Sales

Despite early chart predictions, Rick Ross 'Teflon Don' didn't make the cut for that #1 spot on Billboard's album chart. In this week's Nielsen/Souncscan numbers, Teflon pulled in 176,000, while Em's Recovery sold with a stronger with 187,000. Leave it to Eminem's continued staying power of the 'Recovery' now its 5 consecutive week at #1.

Eminem 5 Week #1 Stance Threaten By First Week Projected 'Teflon Don' Sales

According to Hits Daily Double, Rick Ross 'Teflon Don' is projected to sell 170-180K in first week sales. This could mean an end to Eminem's sizable reign on his four week #1 spot with Recovery.
Let's revisit this time next week as the Nielsen SoundScan numbers will be officially confirmed.

Ludacris 'Battle Of The Sexes' Expected To Sell 120K In First Week Sales

Way to go Luda!!

According to Hits Daily Double, the projected first week sales for Ludacris 'Battle Of The Sexes' 3/9 new release is on track to sell 120K.

The Hits Daily Double numbers will become more firmer a day prior (on Tuesday, March 16) to the Nielsen/Soundscan (the industry standard) numbers as we will see next Wednesday, March 17.

Top Hip Hop & R&B First Week Sales 2009 Recap

The Nielsen/Soundscan 2009 recap, from top to bottom rounded & ranked to the thousand with the first week sold in parenthesis.

650-500K
Eminem - Relapse (609,000)

499-200K
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 (476,000)
Alicia Keys - The Element of Freedom (417,000)
Michael Jackson - This Is It (373,000)
Mary J. Blige - Stronger With Each Tear (330,000)
Maxwell - BLACK Summers' Night (316,000)
Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) (305,000)
Whitney Houston - I Look To You (305,000)

199-100K
Rihanna - Rated R (181,000)
Prince - LOtUSFLOW3R (168,000)
Mariah Carey - Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (168,000)
50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct (160,000)
Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap (157,000)
Young Money - We Are Young Money (142,000)
The-Dream - Love vs. Money (141,000)
Justin Bieber - My World (137,000)
Jadakiss - The Last Kiss (135,000)
Trey Songz - Ready (131,000)
Robin Thicke - Sex Therapy (123,000)
R.Kelly - untitled (114,000)
Day26 - Forever In A Day (113,000)
Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End of Day (104,000)
Chris Brown - Graffiti (102,000)

99-50K
Fabolous - Loso’s Way (99,000)
Keri Hilson - In A Perfect World (94,000)
Gucci Mane - The State Vs. Radric Davis (90,000)
Chrisette Michele - Epiphany (84,000)
Ciara - Fantasy Ride (81,000)
UGK - UGK For Life (76,000)
India.Arie - Testimony:Vol. 2, Love &Politics (75,000)
Drake - So Far Gone EP (73,000)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx pt.2 (68,000)
Leona Lewis - Echo (67,000)
Bobby Valentino - The Rebirth (64,000)
Method Man/Redman - Blackout 2 (63,000)
Asher Roth - Asleep in the Bread Aisle (61,000)
Busta Rhymes - Back On My Bullsh*t (59,000)
Jeremih - Jeremih (59,000)
Snoop Dogg - Malice N Wonderland (59,000)
Charlie Wilson - Uncle Charlie (58,000)
J.Holiday - Round 2 (55,000)
Flo-Rida - R.O.O.T.S. (55,000)
Insane Clown Posse - BANG! POW! BOOM! (50,000)

49-25K
Joe - Signature (49,000)
Lil Boosie - Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz (49,000)
Jordin Sparks - Battlefield (48,000)
Twista - Category 5 (45,000)
Notorious - Soundtrack (43,000)
Jim Jones - Prey IV Reign (43,000)
Cam'ron - Crime Pays (43,000)
Slim Thug - Boss of All Bosses (41,000)
Pitbull - Rebelution (41,000)
Mos Def - The Ecstatic (39,000)
Pleasure P - Introduction of Marcus Cooper (39,000)
Timbaland - Shock Value II (39,000)
Ginuwine - A Man’s Thoughts (37,000)
Janet Jackson - #1's (37,000)
Birdman - Pricele$$ (36,000)
K' Jon - I Get Around (33,000)
Letoya Luckett - Lady Love (33,000)
Mario - D.N.A. (32,000)
Gorilla Zoe - Don’t Feed Da Animals (31,000)
Jay Sean - All or Nothing (31,000)
Clipse - Til The Casket Drops (31,000)
Bow Wow - New Jack City pt.2 (30,000)
Tech N9ne - K.O.D. (30,000)
Sean Paul - Imperial Blaze (29,000)
Wale - Attention:Deficit (28,000)
Joss Stone - Colour Me Free (27,000)
Chris Cornell - Scream (26,000)

24-10K
Mike Jones - Voice of the Streets (24,000)
Brian McKnight - Evolution of a Man (24,000)
Ryan Leslie - Ryan Leslie (23,000)
Twiztid - W.I.C.K.E.D. (23,000)
Juvenile - Cocky & Confident (23,000)
Paul Wall - The Fast Life (22,000)
Matisyahu - Light (22,000)
Tech N9ne Collabos - Sickology 101 (21,000)
Ace Hood - Ruthless (20,000)
Ghostface Killah - Ghostdini The Wizard of Poetry (19,000)
B.G. - Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood (19,000)
DJ Drama - Gangsta Grillz pt.2 (18,000)
Teena Maire - Congo Square (18,000)
Maino - If Tomorrow Comes… (18,000)
Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse (18,000)
Queen Latifah - Persona (18,000)
Heather Headley - Audience Of One (15,000)
K'naan - Troubadour (15,000)
Street Sweepers Social Club (14,000)
Joe Budden - Escape Route (13,600)
Dorrough - Dorrough Music (13,000)
Trick Daddy - Finally Famous:Born A Thug Still A Thug (13,000)
Sean Kingston - Tomorrow (13,000)
Amerie - In Love & War (12,400)
Mims - Guilt (12,000)
D-Block - No Security (12,000)
Jay-Z - BP Collectors Edition (12,000)
Triple C's - Custom Cars and Cycles (12,000)
Ryan Leslie - Transistion (11,900)
Rakim - The 7th Seal (11,500)
Wu-Tang Clan - Chamber Music-v.1 (10,000)
New Boyz - Skinny Jeanz & A Mic (10,000)

9,000-5,000
Project Pat - Real Recognize Real (8,800)
DJ Quik & Kurupt - BlaQKout (8,800)
Brother Ali - Us (8,600)
KRS-One & Buckshot - Survival Skills (8,400)
Fat Joe - Jealous One's Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2) (8,300)
Playaz Circle - Flight 360:The Takeoff (7,900)
Blakroc - Blaroc Project (7,500)
Alchemist - Chemical Warfare (7,000)
Felt 3 - A Tribute To Rosie Perez (7,000)
Beanie Sigel - The Broad Street Bully (6,500)
Q-Tip - Kaamal The Abstract (6,500)
Wiz Khalifa - Deal Or No Deal (5,900)
J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid (5,800)
Jacka - Tear Gas (5,800)
La Coka Nostra - Brand You Can Trust (5,400)
Krizz Kaliko - Genius (5,400)
Freeway - Philadelphia Freeway 2 (5,300)
Electrik Red - How To Be A Lady v.1 (5,000)

4900-100
Lil Wyte - The Bad Influence (4,900)
Royce da 5'9" - Street Hop (4,600)
F.L.Y. - Jamboree (4,500)
Skyzoo - The Salvation (4,500)
Juicy J - Hustle Til I Die (4,400)
Snoop Doggy Dog - The Lost Sessions v.1 (4,400)
Pastor Troy - Feel Me or Kill Me (4,200)
Skull Gang Starring Juelz Santana (4,200)
Capone N Noreaga - Channel 10 (4,000)
DJ Paul - SCALE-A-TON (4,000)
B-Real - Smoke and Mirrors(3,900)
Mack 10 - Soft White (3,800)
Cage - Depart From Me (3,700)
N.A.S.A. - Spirit of Apollo (3,500)
Yo Gotti - CM2 (3,500)
Swollen Members - Armed To The Teeth (3,400)
Z-Ro - Cocaine (3,400)
Wyclef Jean - From the Hut, The Projects To The Mansion (3,300)
Saigon - Warning Shots 2 (3,100)
Mayer Hawthrone - A Strange Arrangement (3,000)
Grouch & Eligh - Say G&E! (2,800)
M.O.P. - The Foundation (2,100)
Zion I - The Take Over (2,000)
Pretty Ricky - Pretty Ricky (1,027)
Fat Joe - Presents K.A.R. (250)

Gucci Mane Nips Chris Brown Heels In First Week Sales Charts

The final Nielsen/Soundscan sales and chart rankings for 12/8 releases:



Chris Brown - Graffiti (Jive/Zomba)
102,000 sold / Rank #7



Gucci Mane - The State Vs. Radric Davis (Asylum/So Icey Ent.)
90,000 sold / Rank #10



Snoop Dogg - Malice N Wonderland (Doggy Style/EMI/Priority)
59,000 sold / Rank #21



Timbaland - Shock Value 2 (Interscope/Mosley Music)
39,000 sold / Ranks #32



Clipse - Til The Casket Drops (Columbia/Re-Up Gang)
31,000 sold / Rank #41



B.G. - Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood (E1/Chopper City Records)
19,000 sold / Rank #65

Related:
Projected First Week Sales On Chris Brown, Gucci Mane, Clipse, Snoop, Timbaland & B.G.

Susan Boyle Steals Rihanna's 'Rated R' Thunder *update*

Final Nielsen/Soundscan taley...
Susan Boyle 701K
Rihanna 181K
Lady Gaga 174K

According to the Hits Daily Double, Susan Boyle's debut 'I Dreamed a Dream' is projected to sell 670K first week of release. Also breaking the record for the most sold in first week 2009 sales, Eminem's May release of 'Relapse' which came in at 608K. Rihanna will still pull in a respective number of 180K with plenty of promotion going on prior and during the first week of release, but not enough steam to beat out Boyle's hefty sales.

With Chris Brown's 'Graffiti' coming December 8, this will get interesting as to who will pull in the bigger numbers first week Chris or Rihanna.

On Susan Boyle, Rihanna, Lady Gaga and the other November 23 releases, the Nielsen/Soundscan (the industry standard) numbers will be published tomorrow Wednesday, December 2, as Susan will win the chart race by a landslide.

50 Cent 'Before I Self Destruct' Squeaks Out 160K First Week Album Sales

50 Cent and 50's label Interscope really turned on the heat with 2 in-store events in the Tri-state area and a week earlier jumpstart with iTunes which brought in 46k adding to the mix. 50's last record 'Curtis' bore 691K first week with a little help from the Kanye West sales competition. With overall sales down and the public's interest in 50 Cent down 'Before I Self Destruct' 160K Nielsen/Soundscan number is probably on target sales wise, but some what of a disappointment for 50 and hip hop in general.

Triple C's 1st Week Estimated Sales

According to Hits Daily Double, Triple C's latest release 'Custom Cars & Cycles' have sold an estimated amount of 11,523 first week sales.

As Nielsen/Soundscan numbers officially come out tomorrow (Wednesday) which is the benchmark used in the industry, the Hits Daily Double numbers are pretty close with their estimations to Nielsen/Soundscan on numbers sold throughout the country.

Jay-Z & The Beatles Take Over This Week's Charts

Not since the mash up of Jay-Z and The Beatles bootlegged Grey Album collection or when Jay-Z wore a John Lennon t-shirt while winning the 2006 Grammy, have we seen this pairing so close together.

Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon also reaped the benefits of this superstar collision which sold respectively.

Here's the breakdown:

Jay-Z - 'The Blueprint 3' 476K
The Beatles - Total On All Remastered Editions 626K
Raekwon - 'Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. 2' 68K

This Past Week's Sales Overview Articles:
Billboard
Hip Hop DX
Digital Music News
Hits Daily Double

Michael Jackson: One week sales Absolutely Staggering

According to Billboard based on preliminary sales numbers from Nielsen SoundScan, Michael Jackson sells 1.1 Million Albums In One Week.



Read the Billboard article here