HDD: Adele

[Wayne]

FLOETRY IN MOTION
Adele Repeats, Marsha Ambrosius Debuts, Dropkick Murphys Rule

March 2, 2011

The year's top seller so far, Adele will repeat at #1 next week, but there are a flurry of new releases coming this week that should freshen up the top of the chart.

That's based on first-day sales reports from those music retailers who haven't boarded up their stores and gone to live in Charlie Sheen's mansion.

J/RMG's Marsha Ambrosius, one-half of the U.K. neo-soul/R&B duo Floetry, emerges with her major label debut, Late Nights & Early Mornings, to score a surprising first-week total of 85-90k that should land her a #2 bow behind fellow Brit diva Adele. She has penned songs for Michael Jackson ("Butterflies") and appeared on tracks from a variety of artists, from Nas to Jamie Foxx.

Boston-based Irish punk-rockers Dropkick Murphys, a favorite of Martin Scorsese (who put one of their songs in his Oscar-winning The Departed) should do around 35-40k for their new self-released album, Going Out in Style, their seventh studio effort and first since 2007's The Meanest of Times. It includes a guest vocal by Bruce Springsteen on the early 20th century standard, "Peg o' My Heart."

Staind front man Aaron Lewis returns with his solo debut, Town Line, a country effort on Stroudavarious, the label founded by producer and former Giant Records and DreamWorks Nashville head James Stroud, which appears headed for a first-week total of between 28-32k

Veteran Americana roots singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams' latest Lost Highway album, Blessed, her 11th in an impressive, critically acclaimed career, should do in the 21-24k range.

Dangerbird's Beady Eye, the group including former Oasis members Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer and Andy Bell, emerge on their own self-titled label with Different Gear, Still Speeding, which is looking at first-week sales between 12-15k

Universal Motown Texas punk-rockers Forever the Sickest Kids' self-titled second full-length album is also projected to be in the 12-15k range.

The market was down 10% vs. last week, up 8% vs. the same week last year and now down 9% year to date.

You may now return to following Charlie Sheen's tweets.

[Wayne]

After exploding onto the chart this week, Adele repeats at #1 with a second-week drop of less than 60% - a somewhat rare occurrence, especially for a title with such a large digital component. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:

Adele (XL/Columbia) 145-160k
*Marsha Ambrosius (J/RMG) 85-90k
Mumford & Sons (Glassnote) 55-60k
Justin Bieber Never Say Never (Island/IDJ) 50-55k
Now 37 (Capitol/EMI) 50-55k
*Dropkick Murphys (Dropkick Murphys/ILG) 35-40k|
Bruno Mars (New Elektra) 30-35k
*Aaron Lewis (Stroudavarious) 30-35k
Justin Bieber My World 2.0 (Island/IDJ) 30-35k
Nicki Minaj (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown) 28-32k
Rihanna (Def Jam/IDJ) 28-32k
Pink (LaFace/JLG) 27-30k
Eminem (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 24-27k
Katy Perry (Capitol/EMI) 24-27k
Jason Aldean (Broken Bow) 21-24k
*Lucinda Williams (Lost Highway) 21-24k
Lady Antebellum (Capitol Nashville/EMI) 21-24k

*Debuts (3/3p)

[Wayne]

NOW IN: 54.02%

1 1 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 125,455
21
-- 2 MARSHA AMBROSIUS J RECORDS/RMG 41,070
LATE NIGHTS & EARLY MORNINGS
4 3 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 37 CAPITOL/EMI 36,443
VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 4 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 36,096
NEVER SAY NEVER - THE REMIXES
10 5 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 18,185
MY KINDA PARTY
5 6 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 17,327
MY WORLD 2.0
6 7 BRUNO MARS NEW ELEKTRA 16,820
DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS
8 8 NICKI MINAJ YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 15,267
PINK FRIDAY
11 9 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 15,048
GREATEST HITS SO FAR
7 10 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 14,459
LOUD
-- 11 AARON LEWIS STROUDAVARIOUS 14,177
TOWN LINE
12 12 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 12,432
NEED YOU NOW
-- 13 BURLESQUE RCA/RMG 12,429
SOUNDTRACK
9 14 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 12,429
RECOVERY
3 15 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 12,415
SIGH NO MORE
20 16 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 11,093
ACOUSTIC
13 17 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 10,939
TEENAGE DREAM
14 18 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 10,629
SPEAK NOW
29 19 THOMPSON SQUARE STONEY CREEK/BROKEN BOW 10,182
THOMPSON SQUARE
-- 20 DROPKICK MURPHYS DROPKICK MURPHY/ILG 10,058
GOING OUT IN STYLE
24 21 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 9,513
BORN FREE
19 22 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 9,020
YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE
30 23 R. KELLY JIVE/JLG 7,522
LOVE LETTER
28 24 RASCAL FLATTS BIG MACHINE 7,270
NOTHING LIKE THIS
15 25 2011 GRAMMY NOMINEES JIVE/JLG 6,984
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 26 THE BAND PERRY UNIV REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 6,867
THE BAND PERRY
26 27 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 6,819
KIDZ BOP 19
44 28 WOW GOSPEL 2011 VERITY/JLG 6,469
VARIOUS ARTISTS
38 29 JAMIE FOXX J RECORDS/RMG 6,157
BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE
43 30 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 6,148
PASSION PAIN & PLEASURE
-- 31 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 6,122
INCREDIBLE MACHINE
31 32 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 5,866
BEGINNING
45 33 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 5,784
HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY
25 34 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 5,493
THE FAME
42 35 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 5,431
REVOLUTION
23 36 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 5,060
MY WORLD
48 37 BON JOVI ISLAND/IDJMG 4,828
GREATEST HITS
17 38 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 4,821
MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED...
49 39 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 4,774
CANNIBAL
32 40 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 4,604
I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING
-- 41 LUCINDA WILLIAMS LOST HIGHWAY 4,532
BLESSED
41 42 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 4,502
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 4
35 43 BIG TIME RUSH COLUMBIA 4,415
BTR
-- 44 TRAIN COLUMBIA 4,278
SAVE ME SAN FRANCISCO
40 45 CEE LO GREEN NEW ELEKTRA 4,201
LADY KILLER
34 46 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 4,028
NO MERCY
18 47 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 3,921
LUNGS
21 48 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 3,336
BROTHERS
50 49 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 2,512
A THOUSAND SUNS
-- 50 BEADY EYE BEADY EYE/DANGERBIRD 2,457
DIFFERENT GEAR, STILL SPEEDING

[Wayne]

HDD NOW PREDICTING DIGITAL SALES:

KEEPING TRACK: Here's a HITS list of the week's Top 15 downloaded tracks, with Britney Spears' "Till the World Ends" the only debut. (3/8p)
http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/rumormill/wp-content/uploads/TRACKS1.jpg

[Neil]

Aw I wanted JLo to be #1.
Since when did they do downloads?

[Wayne]

1 1 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 168,132 -52%
21
-- 2 MARSHA AMBROSIUS J RECORDS/RMG 94,115 --
LATE NIGHTS & EARLY MORNINGS
3 3 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 55,123 -12%
SIGH NO MORE
2 4 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 54,019 -45%
NEVER SAY NEVER - THE REMIXES
4 5 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 37 CAPITOL/EMI 43,994 -26%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 6 DROPKICK MURPHYS DROPKICK MURPHY/ILG 39,326 --
GOING OUT IN STYLE
5 7 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 32,773 -22%
MY WORLD 2.0
-- 8 AARON LEWIS STROUDAVARIOUS 32,411 --
TOWN LINE
6 9 BRUNO MARS NEW ELEKTRA 32,005 -7%
DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS
11 10 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 31,009 +23%
GREATEST HITS SO FAR
7 11 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 30,011 -8%
LOUD
8 12 NICKI MINAJ YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 28,643 -10%
PINK FRIDAY
9 13 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 27,999 -11%
RECOVERY
-- 14 LUCINDA WILLIAMS LOST HIGHWAY 26,055 --
BLESSED
10 15 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 25,230 -6%
MY KINDA PARTY
13 16 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 25,127 +8%
TEENAGE DREAM
-- 17 BURLESQUE RCA/RMG 23,643 --
SOUNDTRACK
12 18 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 21,922 -9%
NEED YOU NOW
14 19 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 19,204 -11%
SPEAK NOW
19 20 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 17,051 +14%
YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE
18 21 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 16,708 +8%
LUNGS
-- 22 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 14,765 --
SPRING BREAK 3...IT'S A SHORE TH
17 23 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 14,366 -9%
MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED...
20 24 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 14,215 -4%
ACOUSTIC
24 25 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 14,119 -1%
BORN FREE
-- 26 BEADY EYE BEADY EYE/DANGERBIRD 13,991 --
DIFFERENT GEAR, STILL SPEEDING
28 27 RASCAL FLATTS BIG MACHINE 13,975 +2%
NOTHING LIKE THIS
30 28 R. KELLY JIVE/JLG 13,897 +5%
LOVE LETTER
31 29 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 13,642 +4%
BEGINNING
16 30 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 13,447 -23%
19
29 31 THOMPSON SQUARE STONEY CREEK/BROKEN BOW 13,378 -1%
THOMPSON SQUARE
-- 32 FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 13,273 --
FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS
21 33 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 12,575 -15%
BROTHERS
32 34 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 11,996 -9%
I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING
26 35 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 11,937 -15%
KIDZ BOP 19
23 36 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 11,381 -21%
MY WORLD
49 37 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 11,321 +12%
CANNIBAL
40 38 CEE LO GREEN NEW ELEKTRA 11,150 -3%
LADY KILLER
43 39 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 11,121 +1%
PASSION PAIN & PLEASURE
25 40 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 10,969 -23%
THE FAME
-- 41 LYKKE LI ATLANTIC 10,961 --
WOUNDED RHYMES
38 42 JAMIE FOXX J RECORDS/RMG 10,941 -6%
BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE
15 43 2011 GRAMMY NOMINEES JIVE/JLG 10,906 -40%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
44 44 WOW GOSPEL 2011 VERITY/JLG 10,755 -2%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
27 45 ARCADE FIRE MERGE 10,641 -24%
SUBURBS
48 46 BON JOVI ISLAND/IDJMG 10,333 +1%
GREATEST HITS
-- 47 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 10,260 --
INCREDIBLE MACHINE
-- 48 THE BAND PERRY UNIV REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 10,203 --
THE BAND PERRY
45 49 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 10,190 -4%
HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY
34 50 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 9,003 -30%
NO MERCY

[Wayne]

ADELE AGAIN
Marsha Ambrosius, Dropkick Murphys, Aaron Lewis Bow in Top 10, as U.K. Diva Repeats

March 8, 2011

After two weeks, XL/Columbia’s Adele is still “Rolling,” as her sophomore album 21 returns to #1, with another 168k in sales, bringing the total over 500k.

Biggest debut goes to J Records/RMG neo-soul singer Marsha Ambrosius, late of the R&B duo Floetry, with her solo debut, Late Nights & Early Mornings, which bows at #2, scoring an impressive 94k.

Glassnote’s still-surging Mumford & Sons (#3), Island/IDJ’s Justin Bieber Never Say Never—the Remixes companion (#4) and Capitol/EMI’s Now 37 (#5) round out the Top Five.

ILG’s self-released Dropkick Murphys album, Going Out in Style, is the other Top 10 newcomer at #6, along with Stroudavarious’ Aaron Lewis with his solo country bow, Town Line, which enters at #8.

Bieber’s My World 2.0 (#7) gives the teenpop star two in the Top 7, with New Elektra’s Bruno Mars (#9) and LaFace/JLG’s P!nk (#10, a chart-leading +23%) completing the leader board.

Other new entries include Lost Highway’s Lucinda Williams (#14), Capitol Nashville/EMI’s Luke Bryan (#22), Dangerbird’s Beady Eye (#26), Universal Motown’s Forever the Sickest Kids (#32) and Atlantic’s Lykke Li (#41).

RCA/RMG’s Burlesque soundtrack re-enters at #17, thanks to the DVD release, while Mercury Nashville’s Sugarland (#47) and Universal Republic Nashville’s The Band Perry (#48) also climb back into the Top 50.

Along with P!nk, Atlantic’s Zac Brown Band (#20, +14%) and Kemosabe/RCA/ RMG’s Ke$ha are the top double-digit gainers, followed by Capitol/EMI’s Katy Perry (#16, +8%) and Universal Republic’s Florence + the Machine (#21, +8%).

Look for new albums from Atlantic hip-hop star Lupe Fiasco and Columbia’s Glee Vol. 5 to battle for the top spot on next week’s chart, with Arista/RMG’s Avril Lavigne, Warner Bros.’ R.E.M., H2O/EMI’s Raekwon and RCA Nashville’s Sara Evans also hitting retail and online sites this week.

By how they phrase this, they expect Lupe to be the top debut :o I wonder if Avril will be a total flop!

[Neil]

I love his song with Skylar Grey <3