Members pick two new jukebox songs – what about next week?

Thanks to all those that nominated a song for us to add to the HitPredictor jukebox this week!

I am pleased to announce that both “Money” by Matt Morris and “Whoa” by Jaheim are now up and available for you to rate! Do you think these two songs will be hits? We will soon find out based on your feedback!

And, I want to open the call for nominations for next week’s additions to the jukebox. What is new out there that you think is going to be a hit? Let us know what song you want to hear in the HitPredictor jukebox by nominating it on our Facebook fan page HERE! The winning song will earn that HitPredictor member a bonus 25 points!

When making your nomination please make sure you include yourHitPredictor username along with the artist’s name and title of the song, so that we can get you your points right away if your song is selected! And, please make sure you only submit your nomination on our Facebook fan page HERE!

Remember, each week we start the nomination round again, so if your song wasn’t picked last week and you really think it’s a hit and want to hear it – let us know AGAIN ;) For a full recap on all the details, check out our original contest post and rules here.

New music first – HP

Sade stays on top of Billboard 200

This week’s Billboard 200 saw very little movement thanks to low sales, with Sade’s Soldier of Love staying on top for the second consecutive week, after selling 190,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. The week after Valentine’s Day was especially slow for debut albums, with the chart’s highest new entrant, The Constant from Story of the Year, clocking at at No. 42.

The rest of the Billboard 200 Top 10 includes:

• At No. 2, Lady Antebellum, Need You Now, 144,000
• At No. 3, The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D., 65,000
• At No. 4, Lady Gaga, The Fame, 63,000
• At No. 5, Lil Wayne, Rebirth, 58,000
• At No. 6, Susan Boyle, I Dreamed A Dream, 51,000
• At No. 7, Alicia Keys, The Element of Freedom, 39,000
• At No. 8, Jaheim, Another Round, 36,000
• At No. 9, Josh Turner, Haywire, 33,000
• At No. 10, Taylor Swift, Fearless, 32,000

Lady Antebellum’s sales last week pushed it over the 1 million mark, making it the first album to reach that benchmark in 2010. In only four weeks, Need You Now racked up more than 1,041,000 sales. According to Billboard.com, the last album to reach the 1 million mark as quickly as Lady Antebellum, and as early in the calendar year was the Game’s Documentary, which  hit the milestone in the fifth week of 2005.

New music first – HP

HitPredictor members pick new additions to jukebox!

Thanks to everyone who nominated a song for us to add to the HitPredictor jukebox this week!

There were so many great nominations that we selected two!

Coming this week we will add “Money” by Matt Morris, along with “Whoa” by Jaheim to the HitPredictor jukebox. Both of these songs are new releases, so we need to know whether or not you think they will be a hit!

Congratulations to HitPredictor members irockdrumz and prettyhay026680 who nominated the songs and earned 25 bonus points for doing so!

Remember, each week the nomination process starts fresh, so if your song wasn’t picked, nominate it again this week by posting the song, artist, and your HitPredictor username on our Facebook FAN PAGE! The cutoff for nominations for the next week is 9 a.m. EST Monday, March 1.

We will let you know once the songs go live at HitPredictor later this week because right now there are a lot of new, up-and-coming artists that we need your feedback on! So please have a listen, and give us your honest opinion on what you think! There are a variety of genres to be tested, from alternative to hip-hop to the traditional top-40, so surely there will be something for everyone.

New music first – HP

As predicted, Sade’s “Soldier of Love” on top of Billboard 200

Sade is back on top of the Billboard 200 albums chart this week, nearly 10 years after the group’s last studio effort, with Soldier of Love selling 502,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Billboard.com reported that Soldier of Love gives Sade its first No. 1 debut along with its best sales week since 1991, when SoundScan began tracking sales. It is also the best sales week for a group album since AC/DC’s Black Ice was released in November 2008, selling 784,000 copies in its first week on the charts.

Soldier of Love is Sade’s second No. 1 album, with its first being Promise, which spent two weeks at the top of the chart in 1986, according to Billboard.com.   The new album is also the first studio effort from the band since Lovers Rock was released in November 2000. That set debuted and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 370,000 sold in its first week.

The rest of the top 10 on the Billboard 200 this week include:

• At No. 2, Need You Now, Lady Antebellum, 208,000
• At No. 3, Another Round, Jaheim, 112,000
• At No. 4, Rebirth, Lil Wayne, 89,000
• At No. 5, Haywire, Josh Turner, 85,000
• At No. 6, Tonight, tobyMac, 79,000
• At No. 7, The Fame, Lady Gaga, 76,000
• At No. 8, The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas, 67,000
• At No. 9, I Dreamed A Dream, Susan Boyle, 51,000
• At No. 10, Fearless, Taylor Swift, 50,000

Check out all the details (and more fun stats!) in the Billboard.com article.

New music first – HP

What new music have you been waiting to snap up today?

Is there any new music you have been anxiously waiting to get on its release date?

Some of the new releases this Tuesday include:

• Sade, Soldier of Love
• Josh Turner, Haywire
• Toby Mac, Tonight
• Massive Attack, Heligoland
• HIM, Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice
• Jaheim, Another Round
• Fear Factory, Mechanize
• Dave Matthews Band, Live in Las Vegas
• Jimi Hendrix, Valleys of Neptune (single)
• Beyonce, Fever (single)
• Various Artists, Valentine’s Day: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

I’ve heard a lot of buzz for Sade’s new release as well as the Jimi Hendrix single. So, which of these are you anxious to hear? Or, is there something else not included on this list?!

Let us know here!

New music first – HP