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  Who Charted? TobyMac Scores for the Big Guy, Alanis Exemplifies Irony

  September 5, 2012 – First! Where would TobyMac be without you? Well, he probably wouldn't be able to afford as many fancy fitted hats and, God forbid, that flavor-saver might go ungroomed for a day. Perhaps more importantly, he wouldn't be setting records for the surprisingly underserved Christian music community. The rapper-singer guy's sixth album Eye On It debuted last week at No. …
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  Who Charted? Farewell, Adele, We Hardly Knew Ye

  August 29, 2012 – First! Thanks to fans blastin' Trey and his Songz all damn day long like they never heard of Frank Ocean, the Virginia-born R&B beast has scored his first Billboard Top 200 No. 1 with album number five, the Chapter V (135,000 copies sold, per Nielsen SoundScan). …
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  Who Charted? 2 Chainz is Number One, No Lie

  August 22, 2012 – First! Thanks in part to a video with Nicki Minaj set in a strip club, a duet with Kanye West and the ability to say his own name repeatedly, rapper 2 Chainz's Based on a T.R.U. Story debuted at No. 1 this week. The record sold 147,000 copies per Nielsen SoundScan, which places the Artist Formerly Known as Tity Boi in the same league as One Direction, whose debut release bowed at No. 1 earlier this year. …
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  Who Charted? Rick Ross Proves He's Still the Teflon Don

  August 8, 2012 – First! Did anyone really doubt Rick Ross? Making up for the disappointment that was last week's overall sales, the rapper sold 218,000 copies this week of latest album God Forgives, I Don't (which we liked), according to Nielsen SoundScan. About 90,000 of those were sold for $5 each through Amazon, helping Ross notch his best sales week yet, topping 2008's Trilla, which sold 198,000 copies. …
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  Who Charted? Gaslight Anthem and Passion Pit Score Top 10 Debuts

  August 1, 2012 – First! The Zac Brown Band have earned one of those dubious Billboard honors no artist really wants — selling the least number of records required to earn a No. 1 since February 19 last year, when Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday claimed the top spot by moving just 45,000 records. The jammy country rockers sold 48K of Uncaged, per Nielsen Soundscan. Congrats? 2 Through 10: Nas' Life Is Good was close behind, holding on to the No. …
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  SoundScan's 2012 Mid-Year Report: 5 Signs of Retromania

  July 9, 2012 – Past continues to be prologue for pop music in 2012. In SPIN's March/April Now Issue, Retromania author Simon Reynolds delved into the various ways artists are copping from the now-constantly-present past as they map out our musical future. Industry data tracker Nielsen SoundScan has unveiled its 2012 mid-year report, and while the headline stats are pretty bland — Music sales are up modestly! Album sales are almost flat! …
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  Who Charted? Adele Slays WZRD, fun. Take Over Hot 100

  March 7, 2012 – First! Adele's 21 is, once again, the No. 1 album on Billboard's Top 200, selling another 247,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Adele's album has now spent 23 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1, outlasting all albums from the SoundScan era. If 21 holds on for another week, it will tie Prince & the Revolution's 24 weeks at the top for 1984's Purple Rain soundtrack. …
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  Who Charted? Van Halen and Whitney Houston Return to the Top 10

  February 15, 2012 – First! Quick, feign Taylor Swift's look of utter shock. Adele's 21 is the No. 1 album on Billboard's Top 200 with a holy-crap 237,000 more copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. There is almost nothing more to say about this other than the following: • Wow. • Adele's album has now spent 20 non-consecutive weeks at No. …
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  Who Charted? Rihanna Loses Black Friday Buyathon to Nickelback, Michael Buble

  November 30, 2011 – First! The holiday shopping season officially began last Friday, so it's little surprise the Santa-themed Christmas by Michael Bublé has found its way to No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200. The disc sold 227,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan, which is literally just a smidgen more than Nickelback's Here and Now did. …
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  Lady Gaga Fire Sale Leads to Change in Billboard Chart Rules

  November 17, 2011 – Unconventional marketing plans such as Lady Gaga's revolutionary deal to sell Born This Way for $0.99 on Amazon could be a thing of the past, thanks to a change Billboard has made in the way it determines its charts. Sales of albums priced below $3.49 in their initial four weeks of release will be ineligible for inclusion on Billboard's album charts, the music industry publication has announced. …
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