Even Better Than Expected
Amazing! AMAZING!
There is no other word to describe this!
Alicia Keys' new album, As I Am, has done EVEN BETTER than expected.
The Soundscan numbers are in and Alicia sold an astonishing 742,426 copies in the U.S. since its release last week. That's massive!
It's also THREE times as many copies as the #2 disc sold. And coming in second - somewhat of a surprise - is Josh Groban. His Christmas album Noel sold a very healthy 223,306 copies. And it's already been out a few weeks!
Groban's appearance on Oprah yesterday will likely ensure him equally big numbers next week and throughout the holiday season.
Celine Dion's first album of new material, Taking Chances, came in 3rd, selling 214,381 copies.
And, poor Britney Spears, isn't even in the top 10 anymore. She's not even in the top 20!
Britney came in at an incredibly disappointing #23, selling 51,520 copies.
CLICK HERE to check out this week's entire Top 10.
P.S. The Alicia album really is amazing.
[Image via WENN.]
1 KEYS*ALICIA AS I AM 742,426
2 GROBAN*JOSH NOEL 223,306
3 DION*CELINE TAKING CHANCES 214,381
4 VARIOUS NOW 26 208,043
5 BROOKS*GARTH ULTIMATE HITS 203,591
6 EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN 197,491
7 LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP 136,368
8 JAY-Z AMERICAN GANGSTER 130,577 424,959
9 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE CARNIVAL RIDE 113,234
10 BROWN*CHRIS EXCLUSIVE 109,601
A Few Good Things!
Bitter, Party of One
i lovoovoovve josh groban
Good for her. That songs good.
Wow Alicia is so pretty! Congrats to Alicia!
Britney had a better week than Celine Dion without even trying. WOW
Alicia can't even sing that well and her single is not that good. She is also a very hairy woman.
So i guess Celine's album is a flop since she sold less her 1st week than Britney.
Perez stated Blackout was a flop selling 289,000 without promotion ….almost 75,000 more than Celine with promotion.
celine is so over. FIRST! lol
WOW.
FIRST ???
FIRST!!! Britney's still in the top 10!
Congratulations to Alicia. Alicia has a beautiful voice and a lot of talent. This is definitely her best album. I even pre-ordered my copy 3 weeks in advance. I'm glad she's getting the recognition that she deserves.
FRUITSALADSHOW.COM WILL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THIS ON TONIGHTS SHOW. PAULY THINKS CELINE IS A ROBOT!!!!
-JEN
FRUITSALADSHOW.COM WILL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THIS ON TONIGHTS SHOW. PAULY THINKS CELINE IS A ROBOT!!!!
-JEN
FRUITSALADSHOW.COM WILL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THIS ON TONIGHTS SHOW. PAULY THINKS CELINE IS A ROBOT!!!!
-JEN
FRUITSALADSHOW.COM WILL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THIS ON TONIGHTS SHOW. PAULY THINKS CELINE IS A ROBOT!!!!
-JEN
lol
wow thats some gaaaaay vagina
Of course!
Now that Britney's hardcore 12 year old fans already bought their 5 copies with mommy and daddies money, and people realized the cd SUCKS (yes i liked her old cds, so….) and her record company buying 1/2 of them back themselves,
along with the thousands of copies brit bought herself stuffed in her basement.
Her CD has dropped down, WAAAAAAAAAAAY DOWN….
I'd rather be hit on the head with a frying pan and have a real "blackout"
than listen to "Blackout"…
GO LESBIANS!! … Even though I hate Lesbian Alicia Keyes …
Re: FRUITSALADSHOW.COM – FUCK OFF,
DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT WE'RE NOT BLIND WE CAN READ IT THE FIRST TIME
FUCKTARD!
who buys CD's?
Thank you Alicia, for smoking out Shit-Brit out of the top twenty. I hope a twenty dollar bill was enclosed with the Blackout CD.
OMG!!!! I LOVE MISS KEYS! I LIKE CELINE AND JOSH TOO. AND PEREZ LEAVE BRITTANY ALONE BECAUSE LIKE THE COMMENTS ABOVE, SHE SOLD MORE UNITS WITHOUT DOING ANY PROMOTION, THAN CELINE DID!!!
That is massive record sells for Alicia keys. I didn't expect it to do that well but she deserves it. As for Celine. I never even heard her song on the radio or even saw a video. But you can expect her cd will have better legs than Britney Spears.
is it just me but does Alicia Keys eyes always look dead, like she is never really happy?.
Alicia's dres is made for a White woman, the mesh doesn't match her skin. So many hip hop people want to be White so bad, with all the contacts and extensions and "blonde" hair. (Not Alicia, but I'm just sayin')
Hey. if britney wanted to she could have had #1 album for weeks….but she has more shit to deal with and she doesnt care anymore…why shoould she,…let her label do the work…
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Good to see some real talent win in the end. Go alicia you deserve it
YOU GUYS ARE RETARDED HAHAH BRITNEY IS STILL IN THE TOP TEN AND SHE HAD NO PROMOTION SO SHE KICKS EVERYONES ASSS
ESPECIALLY PEREZ' BIG FAT ASS!
YOU GUYS ARE RETARDED HAHAH BRITNEY IS STILL IN THE TOP TEN AND SHE HAD NO PROMOTION SO SHE KICKS EVERYONES ASSS
ESPECIALLY PEREZ' BIG FAT ASS!
Britney did not even make a promotion, did not give even interviews to the mags. Also her first video was made during her rehab era. Under this circumstance i think she had a great success with a Hot 100 Top 3 single "Gimme More" and Number 2 album "Blackout".. U say that Alicia has success, they never made bad lie news about her of course she has no disadvantages. Britney had this success so before with her previous 4 albums. Britney is BACK and if u check the United World Chart u will see it's a huge success that she has sold over 600.000 units worldwide less than a month. Also her 2. single Piece Of Me is coming strongly that without any promotion,single or radio release or a video, in entered Billboard Hot 100 at Number 65. Britney's album will be sold much more worldwide out of these albums. you will see next year, kisses
Those have to be fake numbers. There is no way Britney does not have the number one album in the country. She is the most talented and the most beautiful. If she did not have to waste so much time going to court for those stupid kids she would have more time to promote the album and it would be even bigger than #1.
Britney's CD is actually really good.
BRITNEY, JIVE WILL DROP YOU. AND THEN WHERE WILL YOU BE? WITH NO CAREER, THAT'S WHERE. YOU HAD IT ALL AND JUST THREW IT AWAY.
BRITNEY, JIVE WILL DROP YOU. AND THEN WHERE WILL YOU BE? WITH NO CAREER, THAT'S WHERE. YOU HAD IT ALL AND JUST THREW IT AWAY.
Josh Groban ROCKS!!
I think I hate Alicia Keys now. I liked her before. Ever since MTV vomited her all over their commercial breaks. She is a screamer. Shut up.
BLACKOUT is a great album.. If there are people who dont buy this album, it's their problem.. It's certainly better than Madonna's albums, with a great dance background, great vocal abilites and sizzlin funky tune.The tracks like "Break The Ice" truly kicks the asses and i'm sure her 2. single "Piece Of Me" will be a huge success if Britney focuses on her career and give up these court craps. I hope she will start to make some promotions.
CONGRATULATIONS ALICIA !!! U STILL DIDN'T BEAT MARY J. BLIGE'S
FIRST WEEK NUMBERS FOR THE "BREAKTHROUGH"……775,000 COPIES.
what?? Britney had no promotion? She's in the news every day! Celine will sell more in the long run for sure.
IF U WANNA KNOW WHAT "FLOP" MEANS THAT'S J.LO.. SHE IS FACED TO BE KICKED FROM HER LABEL WITH NO WORLDWIDE SALES WITH HER LAST ALBUM.. WHY DONT U DISS HER? U ARE ALL OBSESSED WITH BRITNEY COZ U KNOW THAT SHE'S THE BIGGEST STAR.. HER ALBUM "BLACKOUT" IS GREAT AND IT'S ONE OF THE TOP ALBUMS ON UNITED WORLD CHART WITH MORE THAN 600.000 SALES IN LESS THAN A MONTH.. BRITNEY ROCKS..
Lol Britney's OOPS has sold over 1.300.000 and she broke all the records. It's her unbreakable record all u loser haters. She has nothing to do anymore coz she already did it:) Britney already passed the "finish" line while u are still running u losers haha.. Britney rocksssss!!! Blackout is the best album i listened ever!
Britney didnt even promote her album and she still sold a shit load. Every article on this site that you post, you find some way to go back to dissing britney, I swear you some mental issues wen it comes to her, like you think she personally dissed you. Why not just say Alicia did great, and be done? I'll tell you why, cuz your obsessed with Britney spears (still)
Re: Natalie –
And so by your stupid ass logic then all of the people who try to add curves, enhance their lips and get a dark tan want to be black? you are so fuckkingggg stupid racist bitch. By the way pop music continually turns, you think the entire world wants to be black.
Perez is right. Alicia's album is really AMAZING, she keeps that same feeling in all of her albums…she really has talent, i mean…Britney doesnt even know to play piano, and Alicia co wrote almost all her album, and 2 of the songs are written and composed by her…Josh Groban is the ONLY male singer i love, cause he truly has a voice, and he is funny, dont tell me britney sings better than him. Celine dion…OMG i love her, again she sing better than britney and she's a lot more entertaining…and all of u who say "britney had best week sales without promotion than celine with promotion"…Cant you read?? Britney sold that amount of copies the first week, but not anymore!! She is selling less than half of what she sold on 1st week…and do you honestly think that Celine's album is gonna flop?? She has been doing a show for 5 years in Las Vegas, Sold Out…you dont have arguments…britney IS flopping, i saw it coming for a very long time ago… GO ALICIA!! JOSH!! CELINE!! Britney, FLOP!
Re: Natalie – 1. She's biracial so she's part white too
2. I saw another pic of that dress and that sheer crap wasn't there.
3. Hip Hop artist have to wear things and dress a certain way when they are told by record companies that this is acceptable and what the public deems as beautiful.
Josh is great. I've seen him live three times now, he gets better every show. If you get a chance, go see him. Hes worth it.
can fuck with alicia keys!!!
I love Alicia's music, but after the AMA's I have lost all respect for her as an artist. She HAS to be aware that Beenie Man is one of the pieces of Jamaican crap that can't stand gay people. If she is aware of this, as I'm sure she is, it means that she willingly supported him and his music by making him a part of her show. As much as it pains me to do it, I'll never buy anything she does again.
LMFAO at all of these Britney comments. She never had any talent. She was just a packaged product … packaged as a little cock tease. I laugh so hard when I see her videos and how 'great' she looks. When you look at her normal appearance you can see how much make-up, lighting and airbrushing they did to make her look good on film. And in the end, when everyone else has a solid career, she is a fucked up mess. She is lucky for what she has gotten. But her fans should get for real and try to help her (instead of trying to change Perez Hilton's opinion of her). She is not going to get another record deal - maybe you are impressed with her numbers. But I guaranteed her label will move on to find someone else to package and sell. She should start saving 10% of her $750,000/month earings - and give away 10% as well. She is in no league with Alicia Keys or Celine Dion who invest their time, money and energy into helping others.
Re: JIVE WILL DROP YOU SOON, BRITNEY – iF JIVE DROPS BRITNEY SOMEONE ELSE WILL PICK HER UP AND FIX HER. REMEMBER MARIAH CAREY? TWO FLOPPED ALBUMS AND SHE WAS SUICIDAL , THEN SONY PUSHED HER OUT THE FRONT DOOR AND SOMEONE ELSE PICKED HER UP. AFTER A FEW YEARS SHE RELEASED THE EMANICAPATION OF MIMI AND IT WAS A MONSTER SUCCESS
You say Britney did no promotion for Blackout?
FYI she's on this site and in gossip columns EVERY DAY
Britney's sad attempt at a comeback is just sad! It's official- her "career" is OVER! Nothing more than tabloid fodder now!
ALICIA KEYS SUCKS!!!!!!!! I HATE HER, HOPE SHE GETS THROAT CANCER AND STFU ALREADY
and backstreet boys? i am brazilian and i love them!
so ignorat!! fist brieny know play piano because "everytime" song that she made she play piano her self, in her concert play piano for the song "shadow" too"!! so don't speak if you don't know!! and britney is amazig she dance great so shut up!! loserrr
CD sales are down 14% this year, and your figures do not include copies sold online or downloaded illegally. They lack credibility and cannot be trusted.
Re: BORED –
Both may be freaks… but honestly, Mariah can sing and brit cannot. I really don't think people are going to interested in Britney after another year. What I dread is having to deal with her finally getting into rehab, coming out and all of us having to hear her sad sob story. That will be such a drag.
i love love LOVE Alicia and im so proud of her. Gosh, can you imagine if Britney would have kept that Nov 13 date? lmao. Alicia would have BURIED her, just like i predicted lol!
Re: Natalie – you fucking dumbass, her mother is white so she can dress both ways you racist bastard
Re: R.b. –
LMFAO - you wrote: "so ignorat!! fist brieny know play piano because “everytime” song that she made…britney is amazig she dance great so shut up" LOLLLLL - If we didn't know Tina hated Britney I would have sworn you were her. What are you her teenie brother?!?! Britney is a bad mother who cares more about cappuccino than her kids.
Re: CrazyAzz – That was funny as hell!!!!!! LOL
Re: Natalie – well then maybe we should stop making things only for WHITE women…don't you think you fucking idiot. or maybe alicia thought her half whiteness would blend into the dress…as stupid as that sounds, is as stupid as your comment is….
Im glad for alicia!!!!!!! she rocks so much!!!!!!!!!
I love Josh sooo much! Alicia Keys may have sold alot of albums, but her studio shit is filtered and altered beyond belief. She will never have the natural beautiful voice of josh or celine but because liberal media wants everyone to think being ghetto-fabulous is "in", They don't get the attention they deserve. MORE JOSH HE'S AWESOME AND BEAUTIFUL
Re: R.b. –
Britney playing Beethoven, Symphony No 9!!! I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HER, DOING THAT!!!
SHE CANNOT PLAY PIANO!!
if she knows how to play happy brithday on the piano it doesnt mean she's a pianist! !! IGNORANT!
you were saying britney would've been scared of celine dion lmao fat chance…. britney sold 290,000…. compared to celines 214,381…. big difference on first week sales
People get a fucking clue. Who are you kidding Britney spears didn't do any promotion?!! Just b/c you don't see her personally sitting down giving an interview doesn't mean the shit she pulls is not promoting. The only reason why her album sold more than Celine Dion's is because she is white trash and is in the media every fucking day for something negative. Whether you want to believe it or not THAT is publicity/promotion. Get a clue. For Celine Dion who has been in vegas for the last 5 years and only promoted her album for A MONTH came in 3rd is pretty freakin amazing. The problem with this country is that they'd rather pour their money into the gossip and shit that's out there these days and after they do they wonder why shit is still be produced. Atleast Celine Dion has class and talent and she will forever remain the Best selling female artist of all time. Britney Spears may have outsold celine on this album.. but let me tell you.. she sure as hell as a LONGGGGGGGGGGG way to go before she EVER gets up to celine dion's standards… which i guarentee she will never even come close.
wtf mate….One republic didnt even crack the top 10…that is messed up…
disappoited!!
MTV plays Alicia between commericals and it is soooooooooooooo damn annoying already! sing STUFF THAT SOUNGS happy NOT STUFF THAT MAKES ME WANNA SLASH MY WRISTS!
Cant believe One republic is not in the top 10 :O……wtf mate
SO disappointing!
Re: brit never had talent, never will – HOW STUPID. BRITNEY IS A LOT MORE POPULAR THAN PEREZ HILTON. ALSO, MADONNA IS CONSIDER AN ICON AND SHE CAN'T SING ANY BETTER THAN BRITNEY. RMADONNA BUILT HER CAREER ON SEX AND SHOCKING PEOPLE!
britney is always 1
Alicia is very pretty
There, if I can't say something nice……..
why do all these people have to drag britney in every post??
she has an album… she didnt PROPERLY promote it. BAD PUBLICITY. shitty video..no video yet for 2nd single… WHAT DO YOU EXPECT??
kylie's album reviews, im hearing, are not at all good, why arent you posting them??
Britney DOESN'T promote? Are you people on crack?!
I HEARD "TAKING CHANCES" ON SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE DURING THE SUMMER! THAT IS LONGER THAN A DAMN MONTH!
I'm not getting ANY of them. I'm getting Jully Black's Revival. She really rocks. If you haven't heard of her, she's Canada's new R&B queen. She's almost six feet tall and has the most amazing set of pipes.
Josh Groban rocks every sock I've ever owned.
wow thats incredible..her album is really good..its all about LOVE
Dion is insufferably vile.
Re: LOL –
I agree Britney and Madonna sing equally bad. But look at the difference. They both played the shock and awe game… and look where Britney is. She thought she was sooo smart and sooo cute. All of you harp on her "success." Loads of money, lots of records sold. But in the end she is a messed up vagina-flashing, car crashing, papparazzi chasing miserable wretch.
All you assholes saying Blackout beat [the #3] Celine in her first week sales without any promotion are crazy.
Gimme More was released [and pushed] WEEKS ahead of the album. The crappy video was pushed. Britney opened the VMA's for fuck's sake with the first single off her new album!!!
And what happened? Blackout enters the charts at #2 and now [after 3 weeks] isn't even in the Top 20. AND Gimme More steadily dove on the singles charts instead of an expected resurgence when the album dropped.
No promotion??? She's been [and still is] on the cover of every bloody weekly gossip mag AND every day on every celebrity blog site. Britney got more 'promo' than any other..ahem..artist eva.
She's so over.
I'm starting the WHO THE FUCK CARES PEREZ? campaign.Hate on everyone, it's becoming disgusting, congrats to Alicia, Im sure she has more class then to sit here and whine about album sales.
I think youre incorrect on whose mental.
so Perez….
Who the fuck cares?
Looks like Flopout is falling off the charts fast. I'll be surprised if she can even get half a million sold by the time all is said and done.
WHAT ABOUT ENRIQUE IGLESIAS ALBUM INSOMNIAC.IS IT SELLINGWELL OR NOT?
BRITNEY, THE #1 TABLOID STAR! TO BAD THAT DOESN'T SELL CDS. YOU CAN'T HAVE A COMEBACK RECORD WHEN TOU NEVER WENT AWAY!!!!!
when are u gonna start blogging that shes a big lesbo?! Now that is HOT
and shes hot AND awesome…..out her!
when are u gonna start blogging that shes a big lesbo?! Now that is HOT
and shes hot AND awesome…..out her!
im glad chris brown is in the top 10!!=]
definitely goin to the stores to buy it..
and the SPICE GIRLS????????????????????????????????????
wow, a lot of people on this site actually believe America is all that counts don't they? Britney sold more than Celine in that territory alone first week, yes, as did Alicia, but what was the number 1 world-wide album this week? Celine Dion. She literally sold well in every territory that has a sales chart! So no, she wasn't number 1 in American, but she did sell consistently across the globe (including America) proving she is still a mega seller as she always was. Watch this album sell right through her tour next year. I heard SONYBMG having seen the first week world-wide sales are prediciting 8 million sales by the end of the album's life. That is phenomonal in today's poor cd sales market! Go Celine!
And on top of all that, for the first time in her career she's a sex symbol! How hot is she looking! Kid Rock amongst others couldn't keep his hands of her at the AMA's!
First of all…I thought Perez was expecting Celine to sell a million records? She didn't even sell as many as Britney did her first week…..landing at #3 is not so great Celine.
As far as Britney dropping to #23 for her third week on the charts and only one single….it isn't that shocking or bad. Jay-Z went from #1 to #8….that is a huge drop. Where will he be next week? That was a 73% decrease in sales compared to Britney's 38% drop. You can't stay on top forever.
you know.. alicia is cool but ANYONE
alicia is cool but ANYONE could have sold that much with all that damn promo she did. they literally shover her down our throats!! shes on mtv for every show and every commercial and every late night show !! ridiculous!
she sold 289,000, u fatass!
she sold 289,000, u fatass!
The teenyboppers are pathetic. Britney is a talentless whore, she didn't even create the album, she just hired other people to do it for her. she is ugly and has zero talent. she is always in the tabloids, the puplicity whore. that was her promotion, her tabloid whoring.
Re: stevie – good comment, worth repeating…
wow, a lot of people on this site actually believe America is all that counts don’t they? Britney sold more than Celine in that territory alone first week, yes, as did Alicia, but what was the number 1 world-wide album this week? Celine Dion. She literally sold well in every territory that has a sales chart! So no, she wasn’t number 1 in American, but she did sell consistently across the globe (including America) proving she is still a mega seller as she always was. Watch this album sell right through her tour next year. I heard SONYBMG having seen the first week world-wide sales are prediciting 8 million sales by the end of the album’s life. That is phenomonal in today’s poor cd sales market! Go Celine!
And on top of all that, for the first time in her career she’s a sex symbol! How hot is she looking! Kid Rock amongst others couldn’t keep his hands off of her at the AMA’s!
Re: LOL –
Only Madonna is an intelligent savvy business woman who worked hard to get what she has. where as britney is a bimbo who has her handlers and mommy to thank for her fame. britney is just an annoying, spoiled stage school brat. and she can't play the piano. she faked it. it was a backing tape playing because when she stood up and walked away from the piano it was still playing. she's a fraud.
Um Perez,
Brit sold more than Celine and didn't promote AT ALL!
maybe you should report the ACTUAL facts.
Thanks