The Billboard Thread

[AngelOfDeath_ea]

Originally Posted by Harbinger

Wooah. I haven't done this in four months!! Well I've been busy. And now I'm back. Hopefully.

Hot 100

1 Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean, Hips Don't Lie
2 Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone, Ridin'
3 Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland, Promiscuous
4 Yung Joc, It's Goin' Down
5 Daniel Powter, Bad Day
6 Fort Minor Featuring Holly Brook, Where'd You Go
7 Rihanna, SOS
8 Cassie, Me & U
9 Rihanna, Unfaithful
10 Sean Paul, Temperature
11 Lil Jon Featuring E-40 & Sean Paul Of The YoungBloodZ, Snap Yo Fingers
12 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dani California
13 The Fray, Over My Head (Cable Car)
14 Field Mob Featuring Ciara, So What
15 Chris Brown Featuring Lil' Wayne, Gimme That
16 Natasha Bedingfield, Unwritten
17 T.I., What You Know
18 Nick Lachey, What's Left Of Me
19 Bubba Sparxxx Featuring Ying Yang Twins & Mr. ColliPark, Ms. New Booty
20 Nickelback, Savin' Me

Congrats to Shakira, whose song after listening to 100000 times I still am not tired of. If I remember, this is Shakira's first US number one single? If that's true, congrats! The hip hop tune that everyone's jammin to is "Ridin'" and is rightfully at #2. It's just alright in my opinion. Nelly Furtado is scoring a huge comback with 'Promiscuous' at #3, which I believe was higher than "I'm Like A Bird" ever reached. Fort Minor's song drops to #6, that is a great song. Rihanna scores a double hitter with the infectious "SOS" dropping to #7 and the crap ballad "Unfaithful" rising to #9. And nobody can stop shaking to Sean Paul's "Temperature" at #10. I'm probably the only one but I think "Dani California" is onw of the worst songs the Red Hot Chili Peppers have ever done.


200

1 Dixie Chicks, Taking The Long Way
2 Soundtrack, High School Musical
3 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium
4 Rascal Flatts, Me And My Gang
5 Soundtrack, American Idol Season 5: Encores
6 Various Artists, NOW 21
7 Tool, 10,000 Days
8 Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts
9 James Blunt, Back To Bedlam
10 Shakira, Oral Fixation Vol. 2
11 Rihanna, A Girl Like Me
12 Angels And Airwaves, We Don't Need To Whisper
13 T.I., King
14 Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere
15 Tim McGraw, Greatest Hits Vol 2: Reflected
16 Panic! At The Disco, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
17 Chamillionaire, The Sound Of Revenge
18 Nickelback, All The Right Reasons
19 Nick Lachey, What's Left Of Me
20 Toby Keith, White Trash With Money

Dixie Chicks... ROCK ON. 2nd week topping the chart with probably their most critically praised album in a long time. Screw the hicks that hate them. That ever so popular (and tween loved) DCOM High School Musical still hits it off at #2. Phenomenon? Maybe they'll put the next one in the theatres? Carrie Underwood is high again, probably due to late American Idol fever. Angels & Airwaves at #12.. god I hate them. They areb probably the most ego inflated, pretentious band ever. "Our music is amazing" "It's better than anything out there" "The lyrics are god". Give me a break! Their music is so ordinary! And the lyrics so pretentious! I want to smash their music in pieces.

DVD Sales

1 NEW High School Musical: Encore Edition
2 NEW Cheaper By The Dozen 2
3 The Ringer
4 NEW Bloodrayne: Unrated Director's Cut
5 NEW WWE: Wrestlemania 22
6 Big Momma's House 2
7 When A Stranger Calls
8 NEW Transamerica
9 NEW The Boondock Saints: Unrated Special Edition
10 Nanny McPhee (Wide Screen)

The top of the chart is the biggest no-brainer of the year. At #2 comes the sequel to one of the worst movies ever. Transamerica is at #8, which looks worth a rent.

I LOVE "Dani California"! and the cd is awesome... just freakin' awesome :-P

And I'm glad for the Dixie Chicks. But their career is still really hurting. Their ticket sales have dropped and stuff. Y'know, I'm not a huge fan of musicians trying to go all political all the sudden like they know what the hell they are talking about. BUT, if they voice their opinion, they voice it, and I don't think it's right that so many people have turned their backs on them because of a statement that was later apologized for. It just seems kinda lame to me. "Not Ready to Make Nice" is an excellent song. I wish they were coming around here, because they are probably the only artists in the country genre that I would see in concert.

[ManSlippers]

It's funny that their ticket sales are hurting this time around. After they made the comments, they had a sold-out tour. And now they aren't? Doesn't make sense, but I LOVE them anyway!

[Birgerhar]

Maybe I've been under a rock, but I haven't seen much publicity for the Chicks.

[ManSlippers]

You've been under a rock. LOL. They've done a TON of appearances like Good Morning America, and late night shows.

[Birgerhar]

Hot 100

1 Taylor Hicks, Do I Make You Proud
2 Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean, Hips Don't Lie
3 Nelly Furtado, Featuring Timbaland Promiscuous
4 Yung Joc, It's Goin' Down
5 Chamillionaire, Featuring Krayzie Bone Ridin'
6 Gnarls Barkley, Crazy
7 Rascal Flatts, Life Is A Highway
8 Rihanna, Unfaithful
9 Cassie, Me & U
10 Lil Jon Featuring E-40 & Sean Paul Of The YoungBloodZ, Snap Yo Fingers
11 Daniel Powter, Bad Day
12 Fort Minor Featuring Holly Brook, Where'd You Go
13 Christina Aguilera, Ain't No Other Man
14 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dani California
15 The Fray, Over My Head (Cable Car)
16 Field Mob Featuring Ciara, So What
17 Rihanna, SOS
18 Chris Brown Featuring, Lil' Wayne Gimme That
19 Panic! At The Disco, I Write Sins Not Tragedies
20 Sean Paul, Temperature

I hate it when American Idol people kill the chart with their cheesy debut single. Looks like Nelly Furtado was shot out of a chance of her first #1 hit, poor her. Rihanna dropped. Against everyone's (EA members) expectations, Christina is shooting up the chart with her lame-o single 'Aint No Other Man'.

Billboard 200

1 NEW Busta Rhymes, The Big Bang
2 Dixie Chicks Taking, The Long Way
3 AFI, Decemberunderground
4 Soundtrack, High School Musical
5 NEW Three Days Grace, One - X
6 Soundtrack, Cars
7 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium
8 Rascal Flatts, Me And My Gang
9 Yung Joc, New Joc City
10 Ice Cube, Laugh Now, Cry Later
11 Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere
12 Andrea Bocelli, Amore
13 Rihanna, A Girl Like Me
14 NEW Billy Joel, 12 Gardens Live
15 Various Artists, NOW 21
16 Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts
17 Shakira, Oral Fixation Vol. 2
18 Alan Jackson, Precious Memories
19 Various Artists, Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One For The Road
20 Toby Keith, White Trash With Money

Busta bust now. He wins the chart after that (how long ago was it) pumpin single with JLo. Dixie Chicks overtake Emo dorks AFI to #2. Looks like people are ashamed to go to their concerts but not ashamed to listen to them privately. I blame Red (states). While Cars underperformed at the box office, its soundtrack is doing well (I hated all the songs in the movie).

DVD Sales

1 NEW Underworld: Evolution
2 NEW Firewall
3 NEW Glory Road
4 NEW Dumbo: Big Top Edition
5 NEW Running Scared
6 High School Musical: Encore Edition
7 Date Movie
8 Cheaper By The Dozen 2
9 NEW Entourage: The Complete Second Season
10 NEW Charmed: The Complete Fifth Season

Whaat? There was a second Underworld movie? I ran and bought 'Dumbo' caus' I'm a Disney addict, and dissapointed to find crappy bonus features as the release was aimed for babies. Walt Disney would be ashamed. Disney movies appeal to all ages (the good ones) and should have extras for the adult fans too.

Hot Digital Tracks

1 Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland, Promiscuous
2 Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean, Hips Don't Lie
3 Rascal Flatts, Life Is A Highway
4 Gnarls Barkley, Crazy [Album Version]
5 Christina Aguilera, Ain't No Other Man
6 Rihanna, Unfaithful
7 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dani California (Album Version)
8 The Fray, Over My Head (Cable Car)
9 Yung Joc Featuring Nitti, It's Goin' Down
10 Daniel Powter, Bad Day

The most downloaded tracks on the web. Yay for Nelly who's on top.

[Birgerhar]

200

1 NEW Nelly Furtado, Loose = 223,672
2 NEW Underoath, Define The Great Line = 94,868
3 Dixie Chicks, Taking The Long Way =87,562
4 NEW Keane, Under The Iron Sea =80,237
5 Busta Rhymes, The Big Bang =66,203
6 Soundtrack, High School Musical =60,806
7 NEW Field Mob, Light Poles And Pine Trees =61,792
8 Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere =57,131
9 AFI, Decemberunderground =59,719
10 Soundtrack, Cars =53,110
11 Rascal Flatts, Me And My Gang =56,137
12 Rihanna, A Girl Like Me = 55,381
13 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium =55,216
14 Yung Joc, New Joc City = 48,768
15 NEW Donell Jones, Journey Of A Gemini = 47,136
16 Various Artists, NOW 21 = 39,027
17 NEW Corinne Bailey Rae, Corinne Bailey Rae = 43,920
18 Ice Cube, Laugh Now, Cry Later = 38,217
19 Panic! At The Disco, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out = 39,420
20 Shakira, Oral Fixation Vol. 2 = 37,102

Nelly Furtado blew the roof.

Hot 100

1 Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland, Promiscuous
2 Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean, Hips Don't Lie
3 Taylor Hicks, Do I Make You Proud
4 Yung Joc, It's Goin' Down
5 Gnarls Barkley, Crazy
6 Cassie, Me & U
7 Chamillionaire, Featuring Krayzie Bone Ridin'
8 Rihanna, Unfaithful
9 Christina Aguilera, Ain't No Other Man
10 Rascal Flatts, Life Is A Highway
11 Lil Jon Featuring E-40 & Sean Paul Of The YoungBloodZ, Snap Yo Fingers
12 Field Mob Featuring Ciara, So What
13 The Fray, Over My Head (Cable Car)
14 Fort Minor Featuring Holly Brook, Where'd You Go
15 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dani California
16 Daniel Powter, Bad Day
17 Panic! At The Disco, I Write Sins Not Tragedies
18 Paris Hilton, Stars Are Blind
19 The Pussycat Dolls, Featuring Snoop Dogg Buttons
20 Rihanna, SOS

What a great summer. In recent summers the songs really sucked and Summer 2006 we have two great summer anthems! Hips Don't Lie and Promiscuous. Two awesome tracks by two awesome ladies. And Nelly Furtado just scored her first Number 1 single ever! Congrats to her! And Shockingly, Paris Hilton scored a hit with her craptacular song.

DVD Sales

1 NEW The Pink Panther
2 NEW 16 Blocks
3 Underworld: Evolution
4 NEW Dave Chappelle's Block Party
5 NEW Aquamarine
6 Glory Road
7 Firewall
8 High School Musical: Encore Edition
9 Dumbo
10 NEW Neil Young: Heart Of Gold

Why do people buy crappy movies? Oh yeah, those obsessive Beyonce fans. Come on.. even I don't own Crossroads.

Hot Digital Tracks

1 Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean, Hips Don't Lie
2 Gnarls Barkley, Crazy [Album Version]
3 Rascal Flatts, Life Is A Highway
4 Christina Aguilera, Ain't No Other Man
5 Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland, Promiscuous
6 NEW Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland, Promiscuous (Album Version)
7 Rihanna, Unfaithful
8 The Fray, Over My Head (Cable Car)
9 NEW Paris Hilton, Stars Are Blind (Album Version)
10 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dani California (Album Version)

I'm on tonight. You know my hips don't lie...

[Birgerhar]

Hot 100

1 Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland, Promiscuous
2 Gnarls Barkley, Crazy
3 Cassie, Me & U
4 Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean, Hips Don't Lie
5 Yung Joc, It's Goin' Down
6 Rihanna, Unfaithful
7 The Pussycat Dolls Featuring Snoop Dogg, Buttons
8 Christina Aguilera, Ain't No Other Man
9 Lil Jon Featuring E-40 & Sean Paul Of The YoungBloodZ, Snap Yo Fingers
10 The Fray, Over My Head (Cable Car)
11 Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie, Bone Ridin'
12 Field Mob Featuring Ciara, So What
13 Panic! At The Disco, I Write Sins Not Tragedies
14 Cherish Featuring Sean Paul Of The YoungBloodZ, Do It To It
15 Young Dro Featuring T.I., Shoulder Lean
16 Sean Paul Featuring Keyshia Cole, (When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me
17 Kelis Featuring Too $hort, Bossy
18 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dani California
19 Rascal Flatts, Life Is A Highway
20 Daniel Powter, Bad Day
21 The All-American Rejects, Move Along
22 E-40 Featuring T-Pain & Kandi Girl, U And Dat
23 Rihanna, SOS
24 Ne-Yo, Sexy Love
25 John Mayer, Waiting On The World To Change
26 Nickelback, Savin' Me
27 KT Tunstall, Black Horse & The Cherry Tree
28 Fort Minor, Featuring Holly Brook Where'd You Go
29 Natasha, Bedingfield Unwritten
30 Beyonce Featuring Jay-Z, Deja Vu

Nelly Furtado reigns supreme again with her infectious single. My new favorite song of this summer is steadily climbing at #30 - Beyonce's "Deja Vu". I think it's her best song since "Crazy In Love". And the video is the best since as well. Beyonce and Jay-Z together can do no wrong. I don't understand what people see in "Unfaithful" by Rihanna, it's one of the worst songs I've ever heard. it's shallow, overdramatic, and a pain to listen to. I think if it was remixed into something, I don't know, like those awesome "Everytime" remixes it would be a good song. Also, have you noticed how most of the top hits are all featuring another artist? Everyone wants to be on everyone's song. I'm just waiting til this trend is going to be exhausted (most probably by Pharell or Snoop Dogg).

200

1 NEW Various Artists, NOW 22
2 NEW Thom Yorke, Eraser
3 NEW Pimp C, Pimpalation
4 Nelly Furtado, Loose
5 Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere
6 Johnny Cash, American V: A Hundred Highways
7 Soundtrack, High School Musical
8 Rascal Flatts, Me And My Gang
9 NEW Muse, Black Holes And Revelations
10 Rihanna, A Girl Like Me
11 Dixie Chicks, Taking The Long Way
12 Yung Joc, New Joc City
13 The Pussycat Dolls, PCD
14 India.Arie, Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
15 NEW Cheyenne Kimball, The Day Has Come
16 Soundtrack, Cars
17 Panic! At The Disco, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
18 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium
19 AFI, Decemberunderground
20 Corinne Bailey Rae, Corinne Bailey Rae
21 Nickelback, All The Right Reasons
22 Soundtrack, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
23 The Fray, How To Save A Life
24 Shakira, Oral Fixation Vol. 2
25 NEW The Diplomats Presents JR Writer, History In The Making
26 Busta Rhymes, The Big Bang
27 Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts
28 Dashboard Confessional, Dusk And Summer
29 Various Artists, NOW 21
30 Ne-Yo, In My Own Words

Nasty, dirty, NOW claims the top. Radiohead's frontman's solo debut claims the highest debut but has has tepid reviews. Rounding out the top 20 is I think the best new artist in a long time. Corrine Bailey Rae's song "Put Your Records On" is simply brilliant and wonderful and just a joy to listen to. Why do most of the great artists come from the UK nowadays? It's like the 60s all over again.

DVD Sales

1 Failure To Launch
2 Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
3 Eight Below
4 Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion
5 NEW The Matador
6 Ultraviolet
7 Annapolis
8 The Tyler Perry Collection: Madea Goes To Jail
9 Syriana
10 High School Musical: Encore Edition

Only one debut made the top 10. And the C comedy feature "Failure To Launch" claims the top spot for the second week. And POTC: TCOTBP is bumped from the extraordinary success of it's sequel. I'm going to wait for the stellar 3 trilogy pack next year which is bound to come.

Digital Tracks

1 Gnarls Barkley, Crazy [Album Version]
2 Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland, Promiscuous (Album Version)
3 Christina Aguilera, Ain't No Other Man
4 Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean, Hips Don't Lie
5 The Pussycat Dolls, Buttons
6 Rascal Flatts, Life Is A Highway
7 The Fray, Over My Head (Cable Car)
8 Cassie, Me & U
9 Rihanna, Unfaithful
10 NEW John Mayer, Waiting On The World To Change

[ManSlippers]

Beyonce's single is tired now. Radio is cutting play, and sales are dipping. Just in time for the video Ho well. She's done way better songs. Good to see Rihanna and Nelly F. doin' well. <3 their songs. Awesomeness. I don't get the Gnarls Barkley hype. That song makes me wanna drive into a tree. Go Rascals! Didn't even know they were on the BB charts with that song, since Me & My Gang is their actual released single. HipHop in general just needs to die for right now. It's like chill out. Even rock music sounds like rap now. WTF.

And Amar, there are some GREAT remixes to Unfaithful floating around. It's one of those songs to where if you can't relate to it, it's not good. You're too young

[Birgerhar]

Hot 100

1 Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland, Promiscuous
2 Gnarls Barkley, Crazy
3 Cassie, Me & U
4 The Pussycat Dolls Featuring Snoop Dogg, Buttons
5 Yung Joc, It's Goin' Down
6 Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean, Hips Don't Lie
7 Rihanna, Unfaithful
8 Christina Aguilera, Ain't No Other Man
9 The Fray, Over My Head (Cable Car)
10 Lil Jon Featuring E-40 & Sean Paul Of The YoungBloodZ, Snap Yo Fingers
11 Panic! At The Disco, I Write Sins Not Tragedies
12 Field Mob Featuring Ciara, So What
13 Cherish Featuring Sean Paul Of The YoungBloodZ, Do It To It
14 Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone, Ridin'
15 Young Dro Featuring T.I., Shoulder Lean
16 Kelis Featuring Too $hort, Bossy
17 Sean Paul Featuring Keyshia Cole, (When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me
18 E-40 Featuring T-Pain & Kandi Girl, U And Dat
19 Ne-Yo, Sexy Love
20 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dani California
21 John Mayer, Waiting On The World To Change
22 Daniel Powter, Bad Day
23 The All-American Rejects, Move Along
24 Rascal Flatts, Life Is A Highway
25 Janet & Nelly, Call On Me
26 KT Tunstall, Black Horse & The Cherry Tree
27 Nickelback, Savin' Me
28 Ashlee Simpson, Invisible
29 Paris Hilton, Stars Are Blind
30 Jessica Simpson, A Public Affair

Nelly F. reigns queen again. And I have to agree Daneil, that "crazy" song gets on my nerves. It was nice the first time I heard it but then the chorus just gets really really annoying really quick. Gah. I like Cassie's song "Me and You". But it's got my mind boggling, that beep beep beep thing that's sampled in her song I'm trying to figure out which song it was in originally and I can't remember! If someone knows, please tell. Annoyingly, Jessica Simpson and even more annoyingly Paris Hilton have both scored billboard hits. I really hope Paris's song drowns... really soon. KT Tunstall is slowly crawling back up a little. Janet Jackson and Nelly's song looks to be a minor hit but I hate it. And the Rascal Flatts are dropping down fast. Yay. And it looks like Beyonce's song really did flop. But it may go higher, it was just added to Itunes and it's the #1 download.

200

1 Various Artists, NOW 22
2 NEW Los Lonely Boys, Sacred
3 NEW Rodney Atkins, If You're Going Through Hell
4 Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere
5 Soundtrack, High School Musical
6 Rascal Flatts, Me And My Gang
7 Nelly Furtado, Loose
8 Rihanna, A Girl Like Me
9 Dixie Chicks, Taking The Long Way
10 The Pussycat Dolls, PCD
11 Yung Joc, New Joc City
12 Johnny Cash, American V: A Hundred Highways
13 Panic! At The Disco, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
14 India.Arie, Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
15 Nickelback, All The Right Reasons
16 Thom Yorke, Eraser
17 Pimp C, Pimpalation
18 Soundtrack, Cars
19 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium
20 Corinne Bailey Rae, Corinne Bailey Rae
21 AFI, Decemberunderground
22 Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts
23 The Fray, How To Save A Life
24 Ne-Yo, In My Own Words
25 NEW The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Don't You Fake It
26 Hinder, Extreme Behavior
27 Alan Jackson, Precious Memories
28 Shakira, Oral Fixation Vol. 2
29 NEW Eric Church, Sinners Like Me
30 Tim McGraw, Greatest Hits Vol 2: Reflected

Now now again. Meh. The crappy shitty crappy band Los Lonely Boys debut at #2. That damn Gnarls Barkley flys to #4. India Arie is hoping for 100 grammy nods next year only to win... none, again. And CBR, that awesome British girl still rides at #20.

Digital Tracks

1 Gnarls Barkley, Crazy [Album Version]
2 Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland, Promiscuous (Album Version)
3 Christina Aguilera, Ain't No Other Man
4 The Pussycat Dolls, Buttons
5 Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean, Hips Don't Lie
6 The Fray, Over My Head (Cable Car)
7 John Mayer, Waiting On The World To Change
8 Cassie, Me & U
9 Rascal Flatts, Life Is A Highway
10 NEW Ashlee Simpson, Invisible

Annoyance at the top. A new cute nose and a belch worthy song at the bottom.

DVD Sales

They didn't update it yet, the asses.

[ManSlippers]

Something about Paris and Jessica's songs really have me hooked. They're not the best songs in the world by any means, but something about them. YAY for Nelly Furtado. She really deserves this hit. She's got awesome music, but it took this huge hit for people to actually listen to the better material. The rest can all go to hell lol