123 replies to this topic

[Davey84]

omg! I love wild horses! she sounds so much younger on this album!! It's a bit a shame it's all sappy and ballad songs, but damn that this woman wasn't discovered before it just !!!

[Krys]

yes! its a shame its all ballads. Wild Horses sounds absolutely divine!

[Macaronie]

I can't imagine her singing an uptempo song though.

[celinesounds]

Macaronie, on Nov 18 2009, 07:55 PM, said:

I can't imagine her singing an uptempo song though.

her voice won't fit uptempo songs

[Céline's Blues]

celinesounds, on Nov 19 2009, 04:03 AM, said:

Macaronie, on Nov 18 2009, 07:55 PM, said:

I can't imagine her singing an uptempo song though.

her voice won't fit uptempo songs

That didn't stop Celione from recording OH!

[celinesounds]

Céline's Blues, on Nov 19 2009, 06:00 AM, said:

celinesounds, on Nov 19 2009, 04:03 AM, said:

Macaronie, on Nov 18 2009, 07:55 PM, said:

I can't imagine her singing an uptempo song though.

her voice won't fit uptempo songs

That didn't stop Celione from recording OH!

that's different

I don't see how her voice will fit uptemp songs, I see her singing songs like Barbra Streisand or Diana Krall not like Celine

[GoldenLeaf]

I seriously don't get the fascination with Susan Boyle... her voice is nice although it's not versatile... but her delivery has no passion. Anyway, I wish her best of luck with her debut album.

[GoldenLeaf]

Céline's Blues, on Nov 19 2009, 01:00 AM, said:

celinesounds, on Nov 19 2009, 04:03 AM, said:

Macaronie, on Nov 18 2009, 07:55 PM, said:

I can't imagine her singing an uptempo song though.

her voice won't fit uptempo songs

That didn't stop Celione from recording OH!

Celine's versatile voice perfectly fits all kind of songs including uptempo songs. Susan's voice only fits ballads.

Edited by Calypso, 19 November 2009 - 07:51 PM.

[I Love You]

I was watching T.V. last night, listen to Music and they were Playing Wild Horses. What an amazing song and haunting when she sings it.  

Edited by I Love You, 19 November 2009 - 10:12 PM.

[Shaun]

See Susan perform "The Power Of Love" on this page. You'll need to scroll down for the video.

Remember also, she performs "Wild Horses" on The X Factor at 8pm tonight.

[celinesounds]

Shaun, on Nov 22 2009, 02:27 AM, said:

See Susan perform "The Power Of Love" on this page. You'll need to scroll down for the video.

Remember also, she performs "Wild Horses" on The X Factor at 8pm tonight.

Nice version, but Celine still have the most amazing version

anyway I think Susan should have done the song for the new album

Edited by celinesounds, 22 November 2009 - 10:50 AM.

[takeachance]

looking forward to seeing susan tonight on xfactor.

[Macaronie]

Her album is really precious.

[Shaun]

Susan needs to learn some interview skills and quick lol. Her peformance on The X Factor tonight was amazing but the interview afterwards was cringeworthy.

[celinesounds]

live @ X factor

[takeachance]

Shaun, on Nov 22 2009, 11:14 PM, said:

Susan needs to learn some interview skills and quick lol. Her peformance on The X Factor tonight was amazing but the interview afterwards was cringeworthy.

HeHe, ya i know!!poor Dermot!!!  
Her performance was great though

Edited by takeachance, 23 November 2009 - 02:46 PM.

[Black Kitten]

Susan Boyle's First-Week U.S. Album Sales Projected At 550K+
November 24, 2009

By Edward Christman, N.Y.

U.S. music retailers say they are realizing Susan Boyle’s dreams, as her album “I Dreamed A Dream” is blowing up way beyond sales expectations.

Label and distribution executives, meanwhile, project that based on early sales returns at the big box stores and pre-orders at direct marketers like Amazon and QVC, Boyle’s album is in contention to beat this year’s top debut-week seller, Eminem’s “Relapse.” That title scanned 608,000 units in the week ending May 24, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That week also represents the best overall sales week for an album this year.

Meanwhile, Adam Lambert’s “For Your Entertainment” is also outperforming sales expectations, despite—or perhaps because of—the risque performance he turned in at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 22. Label and distribution sources project that “For Your Entertainment” could sell about 225,000 units in its first week.

Likewise, Lady Gaga and her three-pronged sales attack on consumers’ purses is also much stronger than expected. Of the new “The
Fame Monster” deluxe edition, “The Fame” original version, and
“The Fame Monster” EP, also just issued, the former two combined could sell about 150,000 units while the EP is expected to top 200,000 units.

Of course, all estimates come with the caveat that sales projection models are built around a Tuesday release date, while this week new releases came out a day early on Monday, due to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

How well Boyle’s album performs will in part have to do with replenishment, as accounts reported that many stores are on the verge of being out of stock and re-orders have been placed. Based on past performances of hot-selling titles, Sony Music Entertainment likely will keep pace with demand. But it's scrambling to do so, allocating
product daily and making multiple shipments this week to each account. Sony Music's ability to deliver product will be hampered by the holiday weekend, which begins Wednesday afternoon/evening.

While distribution projections for Boyle’s album start at the 550,000 mark, some executives are reluctant to guess how high it will go. If Sony can keep product rolling and if big boxes “have stock on Black Friday, who knows how well the album can do,” says one veteran prognosticator, who thinks the Boyle album will sell at least 700,000 copies this week.

Meanwhile, Adam Lambert’s shenanigans on the American Music Awards may have upset the sensibilities of viewers and gatekeepers at “Good Morning America,” which canceled his scheduled appearance on this morning's show. However, the only impact his AMA performance has had on sales seems to have been positive.

Boyle, however, is proving to be the big story of the week. According to
Hastings Entertainment senior VP of merchandising Alan Van Ongevalle, the album is outperforming the chain's expectations. The chain has never performed well in mainstream pop albums, "so it's doing extremely well for us,” he says. “Last week, John Mayer was our No. 1 record and that is in a genre we do reasonably well in, and so far in one day [Boyle] has done more than he sold all week. We are not out of stock yet on her, but we are heading that way quickly.”

Van Ongevalle adds that the chain placed a re-order before release date and that he expects to be in stock for the holiday weekend.

QVC reports that it had pre-orders of more than 81,000 units for the Boyle album, its best sales performance in ten years, while Amazon says the album has generated its largest global pre-order in its history. Amazon doesn't disclose numbers, but sources say its U.S. pre-order alone reached 80,000 units.

Meanwhile, Rihanna’s “Rated R” is said to be underperforming expectations so far in its debut week, “which is weird because she is on television everywhere talking about Chris Brown and a lot of teenagers are looking up to her,” says the head of purchasing at a wholesale account.

But others point out that Rihanna usually doesn’t have a big first week on a new release. “Good Girl Gone Bad,” her best-selling title with 2.5 million units, according to Nielsen Soundscan, tallied 162,000 units in its debut week for the period ended June 10, 2007. That’s in line with current projections for “Rated R,” as provided to Billboard by major label sales and distribution executives.

[Shaun]

Susan's 2 day sales in the UK are sitting at 196,000 which is more that Leona Lewis sold in the whole of last week!! And those figures projected for the US are just astounding. There's no doubt Susan will probably not be as "in demand" as she is just now in a few years time but for the moment what a story this is and an incredible achievement.

[Prince Whiskers]

Her success is an indictment of the shallow, ill-contrived, manufactured, self-indulgent ish that today's music has sunk into.

[Black Kitten]

Susan Boyle Climbs Past 625k, Approaches 675k, Lambert #2, Lady Gaga Two in Top 10

November 27, 2009

Steve Barnett's Columbia Records and Susan Boyle have a lot to be thankful for this weekend. And that goes for you two, Adam Lambert and Lady Gaga.

Going into the weekend, Simon Cowell's gal Boyle is a runaway for #1 on next Tuesday's HITS Album Sales chart, with a total almost three times her closest competitor, 19/RCA/ RMG's Idol runner-up Adam Lambert.

Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream is on target for between 625-675k in sales, which would be the year's biggest debut, besting Eminem's 608k for his Relapse album.

Lambert's For Your Entertainment looks like a lock for #2 with between 210-230k.

The week's other big story is Interscope's Lady Gaga, whose seven-song Fame Monster EP will sell between 190-210k, good enough for #3, while her just-released two-disc Fame Monster deluxe edition should add another 130-150k to that album's total.

Decca's Andrea Bocelli is the lone Top 5 holdover at 180-200k, where he's running neck-and-neck with Def Jam/IDJ diva Rihanna's critically acclaimed Rated R with the same estimated total.

The rest of the chart looks a little something like this, pending weekend traffic:

Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 100-120k
John Mayer (Columbia) 90-110k
* Shakira (Columbia) 85-100k
50 Cent (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 85-100k
Twilight Saga: New Moon (Chop Shop/Atlantic) 85-100k
Norah Jones (Blue Note/EMI) 85-100k
Taylor Swift Fearless (Big Machine) 85-100k
Michael Jackson's This Is It (Epic) 75-90k
Casting Crowns Peace on Earth (Provident/Reunion) 75-90k
Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (Big Machine) 75-90k

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i can't believe this!

[Matias]

From PerezHilton.com


Although she is taking America by storm, it cannot stop the s*** storm that is her life!

Susan Boyle had ANOTHER breakdown while having lunch at the Rock Centre cafe in NYC's Rockefeller Centre on Monday.

Immediately after her performance on the Today show, she was presented with a quilt made by hundreds of people from 28 countries including the UK, US, Australia, Mexico, Japan and Antarctica - and then she lost it!

SuBo began to become withdrawn, shake and inevitably suck her thumb. The emotion became so much that she started to sob and put her head on the table, yet the tantrum didn't last long. Once she realized that hundreds of fans and cameras were watching, she got out of her chair and began to do a lively dance.

According to her spokesman, "'She was just overjoyed and extremely touched with the reception she had had from everyone in America."

Keep it together, SuBo!

Edited by Matias, 28 November 2009 - 09:09 AM.

[Shaun]

Susan's album charted at #1 in the UK selling over 410,000 in its first week!!!  Other sales this week just to compare were Leona Lewis at #5 with 75,000, Rihanna at #16 with 32,000 copies of Rated R sold and Mariah Carey at #23 with 26,000 copies of her new album.

[Macaronie]

Who are 2 and 3 and how much sales?

[Duchess]

i'm actually disappointed in this cd. it was almost as if they pulled the reins in. she is all subdued with no oompf. it's almost as if i'm waiting for to burst into song and she doesn't. not quite what i expected especially having watched her 1st appearance over and over and couldn't believe the gusto she sang with. on her album theres nothing.

[Shaun]

Macaronie, on Nov 29 2009, 11:06 PM, said:

Who are 2 and 3 and how much sales?

#2 JLS 109,000
#3 Black Eyed Peas 78,000

[Macaronie]

Thanks.

[Black Kitten]

Hits Daily Double:

CHART DATE: 11/30/2009
LAST UPDATE: 12/01/2009 13:38:43
NOW IN: FINAL

-- 1 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 669,843 --
I DREAMED A DREAM
2 2 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 215,002 +12%
MY CHRISTMAS
-- 3 ADAM LAMBERT 19/RCA/RMG 195,974 --
FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT
-- 4 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 181,279 --
FAME MONSTER (EP)
-- 5 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 180,198 --
RATED R
29 6 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 151,653 +391%
TIME OF OUR LIVES
34 7 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 144,622 +398%
FAME
11 8 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 122,848 +48%
FEARLESS
9 9 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 114,393 +34%
PLAY ON
8 10 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 106,050 +8%
THIS IS IT
3 11 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 105,451 -41%
THE FALL
7 12 TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 102,374 -4%
SOUNDTRACK
14 13 CASTING CROWNS PROVIDENT/REUNION 88,644 +33%
PEACE ON EARTH
1 14 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 84,990 -72%
BATTLE STUDIES
-- 15 SHAKIRA Epic 83,360 --
SHE WOLF
6 16 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 82,359 -38%
MY WORLD
15 17 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 73,896 +24%
NOW 32
18 18 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 65,573 +27%
GLEE, VOL. 1
20 19 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 62,148 +43%
HOLIDAY COLLECTION
16 20 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 59,903 +8%
CRAZY LOVE
4 21 50 CENT SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 59,717 -62%
BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT
19 22 BON JOVI ISLAND/IDJMG 57,562 +15%
THE CIRCLE
27 23 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 53,828 +67%
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
5 24 CASTING CROWNS PROVIDENT/REUNION 49,388 -66%
UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS
35 25 OWL CITY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 45,688 +61%
OCEAN EYES
23 26 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 42,000 +13%
NOEL
24 27 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 40,547 +11%
LADY ANTEBELLUM
25 28 STING DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 38,644 +16%
IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT
26 29 TIM MCGRAW CURB 38,424 +18%
SOUTHERN VOICE
37 30 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 37,950 +53%
NUMBER ONES
10 31 KRIS ALLEN 19/JIVE/ZLG 34,920 -59%
KRIS ALLEN
32 32 JAY-Z ROC NATION/ATLANTIC 34,448 +16%
BLUEPRINT 3
-- 33 BIRDMAN CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 33,923 --
PRICELE$$
36 34 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 32,138 +14%
GOLD & GREEN
-- 35 JAY SEAN CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 31,855 --
ALL OR NOTHING
33 36 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 31,769 +7%
FOUNDATION
17 37 PAUL MCCARTNEY HEAR MUSIC 31,187 -43%
GOOD EVENING NEW YORK
30 38 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LAVA/ATLANTIC 29,402 -2%
NIGHT CASTLE
45 39 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 28,463 +79%
TAYLOR SWIFT
42 40 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 26,314 +34%
WIDE OPEN
44 41 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY 26,066 +62%
SOUNDTRACK
48 42 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 26,054 +71%
I AM... SASHA FIERCE
-- 43 PEARL JAM MONKEYWRENCH 24,546 --
BACKSPACER
38 44 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 23,530 +8%
LEARN TO LIVE
28 45 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 22,598 -28%
CHRISTMAS: 25TH ANNIVERSARY
49 46 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 21,440 +50%
LET IT SNOW
13 47 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 21,431 -69%
ECHO
40 48 ROD STEWART J RECORDS/RMG 21,414 +2%
SOULBOOK
-- 49 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 21,352 --
CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE
50 50 WEEZER DGC/INTERSCOPE 20,885 +48%
RADITUDE

SUBO'S SUPER

Boyle's 670k Debut Shatters Records, Lambert, Gaga, Rihanna Bow in Top 5

December 1, 2009

An impossible dream that began with her performance of the song from Les Miserables on the U.K. TV show Britain’s Got Talent last April and a massive viral YouTube presence culminated in a record-shattering, #1 chart debut for Susan Boyle’s debut Syco/Columbia album.

With nearly 670k, I Dreamed a Dream shattered Eminem’s previous year-high mark for first-week sales of Relapse, which moved 608k back in May and also beat Ashanti’s record for a debut album by a female, set back in April, 2002, when her self-titled bow sold 503k in its first week.

Boyle was one of four newcomers to the Top 10 in the wake of the biggest-selling retail weekend of the year, the lone Top 5 holdover being Decca’s Andrea Bocelli, up 12% to 215k at #2.

19/RCA/RMG Idol runner-up Adam Lambert racked up 196k with For Your Entertainment, fueled by his controversial AMAs performance, good for #3.

Lady Gaga scored two in the Top 10, her seven-song Fame Monster effort for Interscope debuts at #4 with 181k, while the newly released deluxe edition of Fame is up a whopping 398% to #7, with 144k.

Def Jam/IDJ diva Rihanna’s critically praised Rated R debuts at #5 with 180k, to be followed next week (12/8) by former boyfriend Chris Brown’s Graffiti, setting up an interesting head-to-head chart showdown.

A Wal-Mart promotion for its exclusive Miley Cyrus album Time of Our Lives re-ignited the Hollywood title, which is up 391% at #6, while Big Machine star Taylor Swift continues to feel the heat from her AMAs sweep, with Fearless up 48% to #8.

19/Arista Nashville’s Carrie Underwood (#9) and Epic’s Michael Jackson This Is It round out the Top 10.

Epic’s Shakira She Wolf album debuts at #15, with other Top 50 newcomers including Cash Money/Universal Motown’s Birdman (#33) and Jay Sean (#35), while Monkeywrench's Pearl Jam (#43) and Reprise's Michael Buble Call Me Irresponsible album (#49) both re-enter.

In all, a total of 12 albums sold in excess of 100k this week.

Aside from the triple-digit increases for Gaga and Cyrus, there are a number of titles trending upward, chief among them Big Machine’s Taylor Swift (#45-39, +79%), Columbia’s Beyonce (#48-42, +71%), Interscope’s Black Eyed Peas (#27-23, +67%), Walt Disney’s Hannah Montana: The Movie (#44-41, +62%) and Universal Republic’s Owl City (#35-25, +61%). Reprise’s Michael Buble, with Let It Snow (#49-46, +50%), gives the yuletide crooner three of the Top 50 alongside Crazy Love (#20) and the re-entered Call Me Irresponsible (#49).

[RLAAMJR.]

wow! that's cool to know. I didn't actually thought Boyle's album will sell better than I've been thinking. thanks for the info Dhena. you're doing a great job.  

[Black Kitten]

HITS:

CHART DATE: 12/07/2009
LAST UPDATE: 12/08/2009 14:14:08
NOW IN: FINAL

1 1 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 509,610 -24%
I DREAMED A DREAM
2 2 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 437,435 +103%
MY CHRISTMAS
8 3 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 129,825 +6%
FEARLESS
-- 4 R. KELLY JIVE/JLG 115,923 --
UNTITLED
13 5 CASTING CROWNS PROVIDENT/REUNION 79,711 -10%
PEACE ON EARTH
11 6 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 79,117 -25%
THE FALL
7 7 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 78,891 -45%
FAME
20 8 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 77,634 +30%
CRAZY LOVE
9 9 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 75,679 -34%
PLAY ON
17 10 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 69,929 -5%
NOW 32
10 11 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 66,306 -37%
THIS IS IT
16 12 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 64,898 -21%
MY WORLD
26 13 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 63,678 +52%
NOEL
12 14 TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 63,208 -38%
SOUNDTRACK
4 15 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 60,333 -67%
FAME MONSTER (EP)
28 16 STING DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 57,282 +48%
IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT
14 17 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 54,321 -36%
BATTLE STUDIES
5 18 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 53,544 -70%
RATED R
19 19 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 52,687 -15%
HOLIDAY COLLECTION
6 20 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 51,642 -66%
TIME OF OUR LIVES
3 21 ADAM LAMBERT 19/RCA/RMG 50,648 -74%
FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT
23 22 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 50,520 -6%
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
18 23 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 43,442 -34%
GLEE, VOL. 1
34 24 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 43,310 +35%
GOLD & GREEN
38 25 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LAVA/ATLANTIC 41,124 +40%
NIGHT CASTLE
27 26 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 40,502 0%
LADY ANTEBELLUM
25 27 OWL CITY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 39,957 -13%
OCEAN EYES
24 28 CASTING CROWNS PROVIDENT/REUNION 38,203 -23%
UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS
46 29 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 37,915 +77%
LET IT SNOW
15 30 SHAKIRA EPIC 36,872 -56%
SHE WOLF
-- 31 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RHINO 36,231 --
THE SQUEAKQUEL
29 32 TIM MCGRAW CURB 36,044 -6%
SOUTHERN VOICE
-- 33 DAVID ARCHULETA 19/JIVE/ZLG 35,590 --
CHRISTMAS FROM THE HEART
-- 34 ALLISON IRAHETA 19/JIVE/ZLG 31,808 --
JUST LIKE YOU
48 35 ROD STEWART J RECORDS/RMG 31,063 +45%
SOULBOOK
45 36 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 30,719 +36%
CHRISTMAS: 25TH ANNIVERSARY
30 37 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 30,395 -20%
NUMBER ONES
36 38 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 29,129 -8%
FOUNDATION
32 39 JAY-Z ROC NATION/ATLANTIC 28,792 -16%
BLUEPRINT 3
37 40 PAUL MCCARTNEY HEAR MUSIC 27,313 -12%
GOOD EVENING NEW YORK
22 41 BON JOVI ISLAND/IDJMG 27,198 -53%
THE CIRCLE
21 42 50 CENT SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 26,705 -55%
BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT
39 43 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 26,178 -8%
TAYLOR SWIFT
-- 44 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LAVA/ATLANTIC 25,655 --
LOST CHRISTMAS EVE
40 45 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 25,210 -4%
WIDE OPEN
-- 46 JUVENILE ATLANTIC 22,898 --
COCKY & CONFIDENT
31 47 KRIS ALLEN 19/JIVE/ZLG 22,699 -35%
KRIS ALLEN
44 48 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 22,541 -4%
LEARN TO LIVE
-- 49 ENYA REPRISE 22,539 --
VERY BEST OF ENYA
-- 50 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 21,114 --
ONLY BY THE NIGHT

============================================

DRILLING FOR BOYLE
Syco/Columbia Singer Stays Home for the Holidays, with Glee Vol. 2, Chris Brown, Gucci Mane, Thirty Seconds to Mars Leading the Debuts

December 9, 2009

If this is a Dream, Susan Boyle doesn’t want to wake up.

The unlikely Syco/Columbia phenom will top the HITS’ Album chart for a third consecutive week next Tuesday (12/15), with a total that could hit 600k, bringing her cumulative number close to 2 million.

That will certainly bring a smile to the faces of Rob Stringer, Steve Barnett and the notoriously hard-to-please Simon Cowell.

Based on one-day sales reports from those retailers not too busy selling flat-screen TVs, the top debut will come from Columbia’s Glee, Vol. 2, which is rapidly turning into its own cottage industry, with 120-130k, giving Barnett’s label the top two albums on next week’s chart.

Jive/JLG’s Chris Brown returns with Graffiti, which is on target for between 95-100k as the next highest newcomer, while Warner Bros. Birmingham, AL, rapper Gucci Mane is right behind him, with a projected total of 85-95k.

Virgin/EMI’s Thirty Seconds to Mars declare This Is War with a projected total between 65-75k, followed by Mailboat’s Jimmy Buffet (60-70k), Priority/EMI’s Snoop Dogg (55-65k), E1 Entertainment’s BG (40-50k), Blackground/Interscope’s Timbaland (35-40k) and Columbia Virginia Beach hip-hop duo Clipse (30-35k).

The market was down 5% vs. last week, down 10% vs. same week last year and down 13% year to date.

You may now return to enjoying the last few days of the “'Ought Decade.”



600k on its 3rd week? damn that's HUUUUUUGE! and it will possibly replace Fearless as the highest selling album this year! it's crazy!

[Shaun]

An incredible achievement by Susan. She's on course to be number 1 in the UK for the 3rd week this week and she'll likely pass the million mark in the UK this week too.