Thursday, August 26, 2010

US Charts

Eminem's ‘Recovery’ stays at No. 1 in the US Album charts for a seventh week after selling a further 116,000 copies (seriously, is there anybody who hasn’t got this album...?) ‘Recovery’ also earns its eighth consecutive week of selling at least 100,000 copies -- its entire chart life!
‘Recovery’ also notches the most weeks at No. 1 for a male artist's album since Usher’s ‘Confessions’ stay at No.1 back in 2004
Eminem and Rihanna also remain at No.1 in the US singles chart for a 6th week!

Top 5 U.S Albums:
5: Trace Adkins – ‘Cowboy’s back in town’
4: Iron Maiden – ‘The final frontier’
3: Ray Lamontange and The Pariah Dogs – ‘God willin & The creek don’t rise’
2: Kem – ‘Intimacy III’
1: Eminem – ‘Recovery’

Top 5 U.S Singles:
5: Usher & Pitbull – ‘DJ got us fallin’ in love’
4: Enrique Iglesias Feat... Pitbull – ‘I like it’
3: Katy Perry – ‘Teenage Dream’
2: Taio Cruz – ‘Dynamite’
1: Eminem & Rihanna – ‘Love the way you lie’

Overall album sales in this past chart week totalled 5.06 million up 2% compared to the sum last week (4.95 million) and down 11% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (5.70 million). Year to date album sales stand at 190.2 million, down 12% compared to the same total at this point last year (216.8 million).

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