Eminem Sales Thread

[slicknickshady]

Lilwayne4life said he wouldnt see 3x this year. Where is he now?

Now, that it has almost outsold the carter III you wont see him around.

Great stuff for Em. In about a month it will be past carter III.

[Mikey1990]

how much this week?
id say 50-70k

[slicknickshady]

how much this week?
id say 50-70k

Big Drops happen this week usually.

I'll say 30-50K.

[Ella]

Eminem's "Recovery" is right behind Foxx, flying 15 rungs to No. 7 with 137,000 (up 100%). It benefits from sale pricing in the iTunes Store and also zips 15-1 on the Digital Albums chart with a whopping 513% jump in sales.

http://www.billboard.com/news/taylor-sw ... 7318.story

wow

[Mikey1990]

Last-minute Christmas shopping -- and post holiday purchases -- impact both the Billboard 200 albums chart and Digital Songs tally this week. As forecasted, Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" continues to reign on the albums tally with 276,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan, while over on the Digital Songs chart two songs notch historic sales weeks.



At No. 1 on Digital Songs, Bruno Mars' "Grenade" sells 559,000 downloads (up 164%) -- the third biggest sales week for a digital song in history. Right behind him this week at No. 2 is Katy Perry's "Firework" with 509,000 (up 165%) -- the fourth largest frame ever.



Flo Rida's "Right Round" still owns the largest single week for a download when it debuted with 636,000 (chart dated Feb. 28, 2009). In second place on the all-time list is Ke$ha's "TiK ToK" with 610,000 (Jan. 9, 2010, reflecting the 2008 week that included Christmas).

Conventional wisdom is that many Christmas gift recipients find MP3 players and iTunes gift cards under their tree, resulting in immediate digital gratification via download services. With this week's charts reflecting the week that ended on Dec. 26 -- the day after Christmas -- the tallies look especially festive. Every year we see spikes in digital download sales in the week that includes the day of (and after) Christmas.



Back on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Susan Boyle's "The Gift" stands still at No. 2, with 240,000 (down 6%). The "Glee" Christmas album rises two rungs to No. 3 (160,000; up 1%), Jackie Evancho's "O Holy Night" is steady at No. 4 (151,000; down 21%) and Michael Jackson's "Michael" slips two to No. 5 (150,000; down 34%).



The week's highest new entry comes from Jamie Foxx's "Best Night Of My Life," which parties it up at No. 6 with 144,000. It's Foxx's third straight set to see a late December release, following "Unpredictable" (issued on Dec. 20, 2005) and "Intuition" (Dec. 16, 2008). The latter set opened at No. 3 with 265,000, while the earlier album climbed in at No. 2 with 598,000 (before hitting No. 1 the week following).



Eminem's "Recovery" is right behind Foxx, flying 15 rungs to No. 7 with 137,000 (up 100%). It benefits from sale pricing in the iTunes Store and also zips 15-1 on the Digital Albums chart with a whopping 513% jump in sales.



Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday" stands at No. 8 for a second week, selling 133,000 (down 36%).



Keyshia Cole's "Calling All Hearts" is the list's second biggest debut, starting at No. 9 with 128,000. Her last album, "A Different Me," was released, coincidentally enough, on the same day as Foxx's last effort, on Dec. 16, 2008. "Different" launched at No. 2 with 322,000, one step ahead of "Intuition's" 265,000. Both albums were blocked from No. 1 that week by the woman who reigns this week: Taylor Swift. Her "Fearless" set was in its third non-consecutive week atop the list, selling 330,000.



Closing out the top 10 on the Billboard 200 is Rihanna's "Loud," which climbs one spot to No. 10 with 111,000 (up 33%). Right behind her at No. 11 is the debut of Keri Hilson's sophomore effort, "No Boys Allowed," with 102,000. Hilson's first release, "In a Perfect World," debuted and peaked at No. 4 in April of 2009 with 94,000.



After Hilson, you have to scroll down all the way to No. 119 to find the next highest debut: Duran Duran's new studio album, "All You Need Is Now," released exclusively last week through iTunes. The set, the iconic band's 17th to chart, begins with 14,000 sold and also arrives at No. 11 on the Digital Albums chart and No. 6 on Top Independent Albums. A deluxe physical edition of the album will drop in February of 2011.



Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Dec. 26) totaled 15.08 million units, up 21% compared to the sum last week (12.49 million) and down 12% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (17.14 million). Year to date album sales stand at 319.01 million, down 13% compared to the same total at this point last year (366.13 million).



Digital track sales this past week totaled 43.96 million downloads, up 108% compared to last week (21.18 million) and down 2% stacked next to the comparable week of 2009 (44.75 million). Year to date track sales are at 1.129 billion, up 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (1.122 billion).



Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2009 when: Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" spent its sixth and final frame atop the list, shifting 137,000 (down 73%) while Lady Gaga's "The Fame" hit its peak of No. 2 with 82,000 (though it was down 51%). The highest debut came in at No. 73, from a discount "Chopin Masterpieces" set (10,000) that was sale priced in Amazon's MP3 store.

[momentisgolden]

At No. 1 on Digital Songs, Bruno Mars' "Grenade" sells 559,000 downloads (up 164%) -- the third biggest sales week for a digital song in history. Right behind him this week at No. 2 is Katy Perry's "Firework" with 509,000 (up 165%) -- the fourth largest frame ever.

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Dec. 26) totaled 15.08 million units, up 21% compared to the sum last week (12.49 million) and down 12% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (17.14 million). Year to date album sales stand at 319.01 million, down 13% compared to the same total at this point last year (366.13 million).

Just goes to show how much more amazing these numbers are!

[bigandy]

great sales from em

[bigandy]

great sales from em looks like nicki is goin to outsell kanye eventually

[mecuryball]

Great sales 4 recovery I'm just hoping it doesn't fall that hard next week.

[AJS2050]

UK iTunes

#16 Recovery
#60 Curtain Call

#23 Love The Way You Lie
#68 Not Afraid

Looks like all the above will have a nice rise on the UK Charts this weekend.

[nathan123]

UK iTunes

#16 Recovery
#60 Curtain Call

#23 Love The Way You Lie
#68 Not Afraid

Looks like all the above will have a nice rise on the UK Charts this weekend.

why the sudden increase with LTWYL and recovery ?

[AJS2050]

UK iTunes

#16 Recovery
#60 Curtain Call

#23 Love The Way You Lie
#68 Not Afraid

Looks like all the above will have a nice rise on the UK Charts this weekend.

why the sudden increase with LTWYL and recovery ?

Reduction to the price on the UK iTunes i think. As for LTWYL & Not Afraid rising thats because people are checking the album out and some just choosing there favorites to download just like when Recovery 1st came out.

[Emadyville]

goddamn thats nuts, good for him, sales are

[AJS2050]

Chart Watch

Eminem's Recovery rebounds from #22 to #7. This is its first top 10 appearance since Nov. 7. Recovery has sold 3,352,000 copies, which is more than any album sold in 2008 or 2009. And there's still one week to go in the 2010 chart year. The last album to sell this many copies in a calendar year was Josh Groban's Noel, which sold 3,699,000 copies in 2007. The last rap album to sell this many copies in a calendar year was 50 Cent's The Massacre, which sold 4,853,000 copies in 2005. (Recovery has sold more than half again as many copies as Eminem's previous album, Relapse, which has sold 2,110,000 copies as of this week.)

One key to the success of Recovery is its strong digital sales. The album returns to #1 on the Digital Albums chart this week, with digital sales of 54K. (It was sale priced in the iTunes Store this past week.) This sales spurt pushes the album to #2 on the all-time list of albums with the most digital sales. Recovery has sold 822,000 digital copies to date, a total topped only by Lady Gaga's The Fame, which has sold 879K digital copies. (Coldplay's Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends slips to third place, with digital sales of 794K.)

Everything has been going Eminem's way. He received 10 Grammy nominations earlier this month, more than any other artist. I think he'll finally win for Album of the Year when the awards are presented on Feb. 16. (Here's a link to my annual Grammy nominations piece.)

7. Eminem, Recovery, 137,000. The former #1 album jumps from #22 to #7 in its 27th week. This is its 21st week in the top 10. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Not Afraid," which rebounds from #50 to #25.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_ ... a-brought/

[Hamza1972]

Chart Watch

Eminem's Recovery rebounds from #22 to #7. This is its first top 10 appearance since Nov. 7. Recovery has sold 3,352,000 copies, which is more than any album sold in 2008 or 2009. And there's still one week to go in the 2010 chart year. The last album to sell this many copies in a calendar year was Josh Groban's Noel, which sold 3,699,000 copies in 2007. The last rap album to sell this many copies in a calendar year was 50 Cent's The Massacre, which sold 4,853,000 copies in 2005. (Recovery has sold more than half again as many copies as Eminem's previous album, Relapse, which has sold 2,110,000 copies as of this week.)

One key to the success of Recovery is its strong digital sales. The album returns to #1 on the Digital Albums chart this week, with digital sales of 54K. (It was sale priced in the iTunes Store this past week.) This sales spurt pushes the album to #2 on the all-time list of albums with the most digital sales. Recovery has sold 822,000 digital copies to date, a total topped only by Lady Gaga's The Fame, which has sold 879K digital copies. (Coldplay's Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends slips to third place, with digital sales of 794K.)

Everything has been going Eminem's way. He received 10 Grammy nominations earlier this month, more than any other artist. I think he'll finally win for Album of the Year when the awards are presented on Feb. 16. (Here's a link to my annual Grammy nominations piece.)

7. Eminem, Recovery, 137,000. The former #1 album jumps from #22 to #7 in its 27th week. This is its 21st week in the top 10. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Not Afraid," which rebounds from #50 to #25.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_ ... a-brought/

& 6,2 million worldwide