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Glee edges Stone Temple Pilots to maintain lead on Billboard 200

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Glee holds onto the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second straight week with its Glee: The Music, Volume 3 – Showstoppers after moving 63,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.

It was just enough to edge Stone Temple Pilots from taking the No. 1 slot as their first studio album release (self-titled) moved 62,000 units last week coming in at No. 2. However, the album’s No. 2 slot makes it the group’s sixth top 10 album according to Billboard.com, which comprises the band’s entire collection of studio releases!

As to whether Glee can hold on for a third week – industry experts don’t expect it to thanks to Jack Johnson’s To The Sea, just released this week, which is expected to debut at No. 1 with an expected 250,000 copies sold by the charting week’s end (June 6).

The rest of the Billboard 200 includes:

  • At No. 3, My World 2.0, Justin Bieber, 50,000
  • At No. 4, Need You Now, Lady Antebellum, 46,000
  • At No. 5, Raymond v. Raymond, Usher, 35,000
  • At No. 6, The Fame, Lady Gaga, 31,000
  • At No. 7, Exile on Main St., Rolling Stones, 28,000
  • At No. 8, Brothers, The Black Keys, just over 26,000
  • At No. 9, Live at the Troubadour, James Taylor and Carole King, just under 26,000
  • At No. 10, Distant Relatives, Nas and Damian Marley, 25,000

Were any of these albums on your “to buy” list this week? Or, is the new Jack Johnson on it instead?

Hear new music first – HP

Glee holds off Rolling Stones to claim top spot on Billboard 200

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Glee has taken over the Billboard 200 as its soundtrack Glee – The Music Volume 3, takes the top spot on the albums chart after selling 136,000 copies last week according to Nielsen SoundScan.

However, this isn’t the first No. 1 for the wildly popular cast and show, its recent The Power of Madonna seven-song EP also topped out at the top of the chart according to Billboard.com.

The Glee cast successfully held off the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main St. re-release, which upon its original release in 1972 spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard 200, but this week fell into the No. 2 slot after selling 76,000 in the 2010 relaunch effort. The reissue is available in a variety of configurations including the standard album (remastered) as well as a deluxe version with 10 additional tracks, and a super deluxe box set.

The rest of the Billboard 200 top 10 includes:

  • At No. 3, Brothers, Black Keys, 73,000
  • At No. 4, My World 2.0, Justin Bieber, 62,000
  • At No. 5, Distant Relatives, Damian Marley and Nas, 57,000
  • At No. 6, Need You Now, Lady Antebellum, 46,000
  • At No. 7, Infinite Arms, Band of Horses, 45,000
  • At No. 8, Raymond v. Raymond, Usher, 41,000
  • At No. 9, Iron Man 2, AC/DC 32,000
  • At No. 10, This is Happening, LCD, 31,000

Did you make any album purchases this week? If so, which ones did you put your money down for?

New music first – HP

VIBE’s 10 most anticipated hip-hop and R&B albums of 2010

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Photo from VIBE Magazine

This week, VIBE Magazine published a list of its 10 most anticipated hip-hop and R&B albums of 2010.

They are:

  1. Drake, Thank Me Later (Universal)
  2. Kanye West, TBD (G.O.O.D./Def Jam)
  3. Usher, Raymond vs. Raymond (LaFace)
  4. Sade, Soldier of Love (Epic)
  5. Young Jeezy, Thug Motivation 103 (Def Jam)
  6. Lupe Fiasco, Lasers (Atlantic)
  7. T.I. TBD (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
  8. Erykah Badu, New Amerykah, Part II (Return of the Ankh) (Universal Motown)
  9. Nas and Damien Marley, Distant Relatives (Tuff Gong/Def Jam)
  10. Andre 3000, TBD

Check out the article for the complete breakdown on what to expect and who’s collaborating with who along with some sample tracks here at VIBE Magazine.

What do you think of this list? Which of your favorite R&B or hip-hop artists is missing?

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New Music First – HP