HDD: Taylor / Eminem

[Wayne]

POST-HOLIDAY ONE DAYS: Sony Music's domination of the Top 5 comes to an end next week as holiday titles and new releases drop from the chart like a fat man sliding down a chimney. From very, very early and limited numbers, it appears that Taylor Swift and Eminem, as a result of sale pricing and circular placement, will battle it out for the #1 spot on next week's chart, according to one-day sales reports from those retailers who've shoveled out from all the snow. No estimates of actual totals yet, but we'll get those to you as soon as the Eastern seaboard begins to thaw. From early indications. though, it appears that UMGD may have the entire Top 5 with Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Kanye West rounding out slots #3-5. Spoilers, however, in the form of Bruno Mars and Katy Perry, are lurking just below. Stay tuned as more intelligence, and we use that term loosely, is gathered by our crack staff. (12/30a)
http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgi

[Sergeant Pepper]

This sounds very interesting :D

[Wayne]

It's going to be interesting to see how much Susan Boyle drops (as her album isn't a full on Christmas release like Mariah Carey's) and whether the #1 will shift 100,000 copies! :/ I hope so. I have a nasty feeling that this year, somebody will break the all-time record for lowest #1 album in the US! :(

[Wayne]

CHART DATE: 01/03/2011
LAST UPDATE: 01/03/2011 11:18:49
NOW IN: 54.02%

LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 54,494
SPEAK NOW
-- 2 NICKI MINAJ YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 32,262
PINK FRIDAY
-- 3 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 31,368
LOUD
-- 4 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 24,561
CALLING ALL HEARTS
-- 5 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 23,831
RECOVERY
-- 6 KERI HILSON INTERSCOPE 21,330
NO BOYS ALLOWED
-- 7 JAMIE FOXX J RECORDS/RMG 21,204
BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE
-- 8 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 20,321
MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED...
-- 9 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 20,063
BEGINNING
-- 10 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 18,271
MY KINDA PARTY
-- 11 R. KELLY JIVE/JLG 18,110
LOVE LETTER
-- 12 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 36 CAPITOL/EMI 17,192
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 13 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 17,138
TEENAGE DREAM
-- 14 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 17,097
NO MERCY
-- 15 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 16,184
BORN FREE
-- 16 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 14,510
MICHAEL
-- 17 BRUNO MARS NEW ELEKTRA 14,380
DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS
-- 18 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 12,660
MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC
-- 19 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 12,557
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 4
-- 20 DIDDY DIRTY MONEY BAD BOY 12,232
LAST TRAIN TO PARIS
-- 21 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 11,240
GREATEST HITS SO FAR
-- 22 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 11,122
I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING
-- 23 TIM MCGRAW CURB 11,091
NUMBER ONE HITS
-- 24 DAFT PUNK WALT DISNEY 10,346
TRON: LEGACY (SOUNDTRACK)
-- 25 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 9,957
A YEAR WITHOUT RAIN
-- 26 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 9,883
CANNIBAL
-- 27 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 9,637
HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY
-- 28 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 9,617
INCREDIBLE MACHINE
-- 29 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 8,943
NEED YOU NOW
-- 30 THE BAND PERRY UNIV REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 8,912
THE BAND PERRY
-- 31 RASCAL FLATTS BIG MACHINE 8,684
NOTHING LIKE THIS
-- 32 BON JOVI ISLAND/IDJMG 7,991
GREATEST HITS
-- 33 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 7,971
PASSION PAIN & PLEASURE
-- 34 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 7,538
ILLUMINATIONS
-- 35 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 7,506
GET CLOSER
-- 36 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 7,415
A THOUSAND SUNS
-- 37 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 6,971
YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE
-- 38 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 6,921
MY WORLD 2.0
-- 39 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 6,853
SIGH NO MORE
-- 40 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 6,792
REVOLUTION
-- 41 CHARLIE WILSON JIVE/JLG 6,785
JUST CHARLIE
-- 42 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA NASHVILLE 6,531
34 NUMBER ONES
-- 43 KESHA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 6,523
ANIMAL
-- 44 BIG TIME RUSH COLUMBIA 6,444
BTR
-- 45 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 6,218
LUNGS
-- 46 BURLESQUE RCA/RMG 5,268
SOUNDTRACK
-- 47 JACKIE EVANCHO COLUMBIA 5,146
O HOLY NIGHT
-- 48 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 4,991
CHARLESTON, SC 1966
-- 49 CRYSTAL BOWERSOX 19/JIVE/JLG 4,836
FARMER'S DAUGHTER
-- 50 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 4,617
COME AROUND SUNDOWN

Wow @ Nicki! :D

[Wayne]

HDD

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi

BOYLE AND SWIFT TOP THE YEAR-END BEST SELLERS

Two Glee Cast Albums, Jackie Evancho, Michael Make It a Merry December for Stringer’s Sony

January 3, 2011

A grandmother and a 20-year-old topped the year-end list of the record biz’s best-sellers.

Susan Boyle’s The Gift sold slightly more than a million copies during the month of December, boosting her Columbia album to 1.8 million total, edging out Taylor Swift’s Big Machine album, Speak Now, which moved 918k during the month to approach 3 million.

With Glee placing both its Christmas album at #3 and Vol. 4 at #6 for the month, Jackie Evancho’s O Holy Night at #4 (635k for the month, 994k total) and Michael Jackson’s posthumous Epic album Michael at #7 (377k), Rob Stringer’s Sony Music nabbed a total of five in the December Top 10.

Aside from Evancho, the hottest end-of-year newcomer had to be Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown’s female hip-hop star Nicki Minaj, who crashed the Top 5 with 415k during the month for a total of nearly 800k.

Def Jam/IDJ’s Rihanna ( #8, 342k/690k), Reprise/WB’s Josh Groban (#9, 330k/619k) and Roc-A-Fella/IDJ’s Kanye West (#10, 326k/823k) round out the holiday leaders.

Other notable results: Atlantic’s Kid Rock finished just outside the Top 10, while Justin Bieber’s My Worlds Acoustic, a Wal-Mart exclusive on Island/IDJ, ended up at #13.

Thanks to low pricing and appearance in circulars, Eminem’s Recovery added another 300k to its year-best total of 3.35 million for Shady/Aftermath/Interscope, building up some momentum for what is expected to be a triumphant Grammy night.

Capitol/EMI’s Katy Perry album, Teenage Dream, continues to show resilience, chalking up another 282k for the month with a total that now should top a million in the first week’s of 2011.

Other best sellers for the month included Atlantic’s T.I., Big Machine’s Rascal Flatts, Island/IDJ’s Mariah Carey, Broken Bow’s Jason Aldean, Decca’s Andrea Bocelli, Jive/JLG’s R. Kelly, Mercury Nashville’s Sugarland, Capitol Nashville’s Keith Urban and Lady Antebellum.

This week, look for the Christmas titles to drop out completely, with Taylor Swift hanging on to #1 with a total of between 75-80k…and a happy new year to you, too.[/b]

[Wayne]

FINAL:

1 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 74,426 --
SPEAK NOW
-- 2 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 66,114 --
RECOVERY
-- 3 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 65,074 --
LOUD
-- 4 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 61,938 --
MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED...
-- 5 NICKI MINAJ YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 61,216 --
PINK FRIDAY
-- 6 DAFT PUNK WALT DISNEY 54,629 --
TRON: LEGACY (SOUNDTRACK)
-- 7 BRUNO MARS NEW ELEKTRA 51,020 --
DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS
-- 8 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 45,857 --
SIGH NO MORE
-- 9 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 39,285 --
TEENAGE DREAM
-- 10 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 36,515 --
BEGINNING
-- 11 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 34,843 --
MY KINDA PARTY
-- 12 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 34,468 --
CALLING ALL HEARTS
-- 13 JAMIE FOXX J RECORDS/RMG 33,316 --
BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE
-- 14 R. KELLY JIVE/JLG 33,026 --
LOVE LETTER
-- 15 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 32,593 --
NO MERCY
-- 16 KERI HILSON INTERSCOPE 31,693 --
NO BOYS ALLOWED
-- 17 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 29,054 --
CANNIBAL
-- 18 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 26,334 --
BORN FREE
-- 19 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 26,228 --
I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING
-- 20 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 26,009 --
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 4
-- 21 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 25,702 --
MICHAEL
-- 22 BIG TIME RUSH NICKELODEON/COLUMBIA 23,920 --
BTR
-- 23 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 23,781 --
LUNGS
-- 24 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 23,238 --
GREATEST HITS SO FAR
-- 25 DIDDY DIRTY MONEY BAD BOY 22,878 --
LAST TRAIN TO PARIS
-- 26 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 36 CAPITOL/EMI 21,326 --
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 27 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 20,362 --
BROTHERS
-- 28 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 19,620 --
NEED YOU NOW
-- 29 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 18,840 --
MY WORLD 2.0
-- 30 RASCAL FLATTS BIG MACHINE 18,178 --
NOTHING LIKE THIS
-- 31 KESHA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 18,069 --
ANIMAL
-- 32 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 18,034 --
ILLUMINATIONS
-- 33 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 17,135 --
COME AROUND SUNDOWN
-- 34 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 16,841 --
A YEAR WITHOUT RAIN
-- 35 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 16,688 --
YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE
-- 36 BURLESQUE RCA/RMG 16,510 --
SOUNDTRACK
-- 37 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 16,377 --
INCREDIBLE MACHINE
-- 38 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 15,864 --
HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY
-- 39 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 15,195 --
THE GIFT
-- 40 THE BAND PERRY UNIV REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 15,120 --
THE BAND PERRY
-- 41 BON JOVI ISLAND/IDJMG 14,617 --
GREATEST HITS
-- 42 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 14,499 --
A THOUSAND SUNS
-- 43 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 13,844 --
MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC
-- 44 TIM MCGRAW CURB 13,821 --
NUMBER ONE HITS
-- 45 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 13,654 --
THE FAME
-- 46 JACKIE EVANCHO COLUMBIA 12,890 --
O HOLY NIGHT
-- 47 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 12,867 --
PASSION PAIN & PLEASURE
-- 48 CRYSTAL BOWERSOX 19/JIVE/JLG 12,133 --
FARMER'S DAUGHTER
-- 49 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 11,620 --
GET CLOSER
-- 50 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 11,541 --
REVOLUTION

SOURCE: Hits Daily Double

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

[HeatSeeker]

I'm surprised the Burlesque soundtrack has done as well as it has