Rapper Rick Ross lands his fourth # 1 album on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart with his new one God Forgives, I Don’t selling 218,000 copies. One other new album hits the top ten as Joss Stone lands her fourth top ten record with The Soul Sessions Vol. 2 at # 10. Aside from the usual suspects hanging out in the upper regions of the chart like Maroon 5, Justin Bieber and Adele, pop music icons the Bee Gees fly into the top five with Number Ones which benefitted from special low pricing on Amazon.com. For more info on these numbers, head to Billboard here and check out the new top ten below.
Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. God Forgives I Don’t- Rick Ross (debut)
2. Uncaged- Zac Brown Band (last week~ 1)
3. Believe- Justin Bieber (lw~ 6)
4. Up All Night- One Direction (lw~ 7)
5. Number ones- Bee Gees (RE-Entry)
6. Life is Good- Nas (lw~ 6)
7. Kidz Bop 22 (lw~ 5)
8. 21- Adele (lw~ 9)
9. Overexposed- Maroon 5 (lw~ 10)
10. The Soul Sessions Vol. 2- Joss Stone (debut)
Over on the Hot 100, Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” holds at # 1 for the ninth week in a row making it the longest running chart topper of 2012. Jepsen breaks the tie with Gotye who ruled for eight weeks before she hit the top. We’ll see if anyone can break her streak but Ellie Goulding and Flo Rida are still climbing, so we’ll see…. One dark horse for the top spot next week is American Idol winner Phillip Phillips coronation song “Home” which flies up from 84 – 9 landing it a new peak position. The song has been getting a ton of exposure during the Olympics gymnastics coverage and clearly is winning a lot of new non-Idol fans. I also have to begrudgingly admit that I like the song. While I wasn’t a fan of Phillips on Idol, I am happy he has a hit with this song further proving the only singing competition on TV that can consistently produce hit makers is truly American Idol…. For more on this chart, head to Billboard and take a look at the new top ten below.
Top Ten Singles on the Billboard Hot 100:
1. “Call Me Maybe”- Carly Rae Jepsen (last week~ 1) * 9 weeks on top
2. “Lights”- Ellie Goulding (lw~ 5)
3. “Whistle”- Flo Rida (lw~ 4)
4. “Wide Awake”- Katy Perry (lw~ 2)
5. “Payphone” – Maroon 5 w/Wiz Khalifa (lw~ 2)
6. “Somebody that I Used to Know”- Gotye w/Kimbra (lw~ 6)
7. “Where Have You Been?”- Rihanna (lw~ 7)
8. “Titanium”- David Guetta w/Sia (lw~8)
9. “Home”- Phillip Phillips (lw~ 84)
10. “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)”- P!nk (lw~ 10)
And begrudginly, I’m gonna share with you the brand new video for the song I have finally decided I kinda like….
Phillip Phillips “Home”
Tags: Adele, American Idol, Billboard, Billboard charts, Carly Rae Jepsen, Ellie Goulding, Flo Rida, Gotye, Joss Stone, Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, Phillip Phillips, Rick Ross
