SALES IN / RADIO'S ON

Wiz Khalifa - Say Yeah

Not a whole lot to report this week as far as the Billboard Albums Charts goes. I think me and Weez will have to have some kind of wager on the first week Mariah numbers. Her album E=MC2 is out April 15th. I'm predicting in the neighbourhood of 500-550.. but I guess it could go alil higher depending on her TV appearances and TV personality endorsements over the next week. I'm not crazy about the album or the first single at all but that's just me.

Looks like Weezy is going to have a nice lil #1 at Rhythmic Radio next week. "Lollipop" moved up 5 places from #9 to #4 last week with a gainer of 1311. Usher remains at #1 with around 6900 spins a week.. Ray J/Yung Berg's shit sandwhich may have one week at #1 before "Lollipop" steals their thunder. "Lollipop" has also just entered the Mainstream 40 charts with a pretty strong gainer of 500, so it looks like Wayne is going to have a strong lead up to his album release if the song doesn't get over exposed before then, or if the album doesn't get pushed back again. hmm. He better have a dope 2nd single choice. Finally, Pittsburg artist Wiz Khalifa seems to have a blog/internets powered hit on his hands with "Say Yeah" which looks to be moving slowly but surely with 177 plus spins sitting at #36. I can see this joint sticking around for a minute.

Onto the Billboard Hot 100; I'm still completely enamoured by Leona Lewis' success stateside. "Bleeding Love" is #2 .. Speaking of that, can someone tell me if Jesse McCartney really did co-write it with Ryan Tedder? or is that a media thing his team created to put him in a Justin Timberlake/Dream/Ne-Yo realm? Eitherway Tedders upcoming royalty statement should have alot of zero's. "Lollipop" is #4 with a sales gainer, will probably see it at #1 once it starts moving up Mainstream 40 Radio and Leona & Mariah drop off.

Thats all for today .. Oh, back home I've got two top 40 chart positions this week with Cristian Alexanda's single "Too Fine" currently sitting at #38 and Mr G's "Naughty Girl" at #17. Sweet.

Usual sources: fmqb.com | billboard.com

SALES IN / RADIO'S ON

Sales In / Radio's On is a new weekly feature we're going to be doing here.We'll basically just be looking at US/UK/AUST Sales & Radio charts each week, and providing commentary and predictions on the newest records. I'm yet to find a one stop blog that provides all the information I check for every Monday morning, so I figure I'll do it myself ya dig.. ENJOY!

BillBoard Album Charts - March 24th, 08 - FINAL

Bad Boy’s Danity Kane, will debut at #1 with a total that could go as high as 290k, and will be at least 270k. debuted with 253k. The second highest debut of the year behind Jack Johnson's 380k. This is definitely a testament to the strength of TV. It makes me happy to see a solid album selling well like this.

Atlantic’s Flo Rida is the week’s other Top 10 newcomer, landing at #3 with 85k.

Rick Ross, Trilla, finished up at #4 with 83k and abit.

Geffen’s Ego Trippin' Snoop Dogg #9, just shy of 54k.

Source: http://hitsdailydouble.com/

US Rhythmic Radio - March 24th, 08.

I think the main note here is Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" which impacted radio properly this week landing at #34 with a gainer of 661, up from #69 last week. This joint is clearly tailored towards radio and with MTV throwing the video into the big 10, I'm predicting we'll see it within the Rhythmic top 10 come May 1st.

Ushers "Love In This Club" will be #1 next week knocking off the super safe "With You" while Ray J, 2 Pistols, Mariah look to fill the top 5.

On the creep into power territory is Colby O'Donis/Akon, Shawty Lo & Flo Rida's new Timbo joint.

Credit: http://www.fmqb.com/

Just quickly on the Australian Singles Chart, Mr G - Naughty Girl is currently sitting at #9, down from #7 last week. Bang!

Back next week with more chart goodness.