Americans are clearly in the mood for a Canadian Christmas as Michael Buble’s holiday album eecked out a victory to be the biggest album in the country for the post Thanksgiving week. His album narrowly beat fellow Canadians Nickelback with their latest crapfest, Here and Now, by just 2%. Rihanna had to settle for a 3rd place debut for her 6th top ten album, Talk that Talk. At least she still has the # 1 song in the country with “We Found Love”… Other debuts came from Mary J. Blige who grabbed her 9th top ten record with My Life II: the Journey Continues Act 1 and Daughtry whose Break the Spell became their third consecutive top ten. (Unfortunately, it’s also their first to not hit the top)… Speaking of reality tv vet Chris Daughtry, he’s joined in the top ten by American Idol’s current champ Scotty McCreery who returns to the upper echelons with his former chart topper, Clear as Day, at # 9. One of his competitors from this season, James Durbin has a much less exciting debut way down at #36 with Memories of a Beautiful Disaster selling only 28,000 copies. It’s unlikely he’ll come anywhere close to McCreery’s current total of 587,000 or even runner-up Lauren Alaina’s total of 162,000 for her former top ten record. Faring even worse than Durbin was the winner of The Voice, Javier Colon, whose debut tanked with just 9,900 copies sold for #139.
Debuting outside of the top ten was Taylor Swifts live record Speak Now Live World Tour at # 11, Big Time Rush’s new one Elevate at # 12 and the Ultimate Hits from Bob Segar & the Silver Bullet Band at # 19…. For more on all these numbers, head to Billboard here and check out the new top ten below.
Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Christmas- Michael Buble (last week~ 2)
2. Here and Now- Nickelback (debut)
3. Talk that Talk- Rihanna (debut)
4. Take Care- Drake (lw~ 1)
5. My Life II: The Journey Continues Act 1- Mary J. Blige (debut)
6. Under the Mistletoe- Justin Bieber (lw~ 5)
7. 21- Adele (lw~ 3)
8. Break the Spell- Daughtry (debut)
9. Clear as Day- Scotty McCreery (lw~ 13)
10. Mylo Xyloto- Coldplay (lw~ 9)
And here’s the new top ten on the Hot 100 Singles chart…
Hot 100 Top Ten Singles:
1. “We Found Love”- Rihanna w/Calvin Harris (lw~ 1)
2. “Sexy and I Know It”- LMFAO (lw~ 1)
3. “It Will Rain”- Bruno Mars (lw~ 5)
4. “Moves Like Jagger”- Maroon 5 w/Christina Aguilera (lw~ 6)
5. “Someone Like You”- Adele (lw~ 3)
6. “Without You”- David Guetta w/Usher (lw~ 4)
7. “Stereo Hearts”- Gym Class Heroes w/Adam Levine (lw~8)
8. “Good Feeling”- Flo Rida (lw~ 7)
9. “The One That Got Away”- Katy Perry (lw~ 10)
10. “Party Rock Anthem”- LMFAO (lw ~ 16)
Before I go, here’s a fun treat, the current # 2 in the country, LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It”. Watch for this one to finally hit the top next week.
LMFAO “Sexy and I Know It”
Tags: American Idol, Big Time Rush, Billboard, Bob Segar, Chris Daughtry, Daughtry, James Durbin, Javier Colon, Lauren Alaina, LMFAO, Mary J. Blige, Michael Buble, Nickelback, Rihanna, Scotty McCreery, Taylor Swift, The Voice
