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The New Soundscan Numbers

1 T.I. PAPER TRAIL 568,383 999 978 569,361
2 HUDSON*JENNIFER JENNIFER HUDSON 217,185 999 535 217,720
3 THICKE*ROBIN SOMETHING ELSE 136,944 999 253 137,204
4 TAYLOR*JAMES COVERS 94,555 999 114 94,669
5 METALLICA DEATH MAGNETIC 86,490 -34 131,783 1,045,221
6 NE-YO YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN 70,059 -15 82,792 403,452
7 KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS 56,395 -7 60,408 2,142,146
8 JACK’S MANNEQUIN GLASS PASSENGER 49,399 999 87 49,486
9 PICKLER*KELLIE KELLIE PICKLER 43,165 999 27 43,192
10 SULLIVAN*JAZMINE FEARLESS 42,032 -36 65,539 107,909
11 FOLDS*BEN WAY TO NORMAL 39,975 999 224 40,200
12 YOUNG JEEZY RECESSION 38,754 -4 40,537 489,675
13 ANBERLIN NEW SURRENDER 36,130 999 115 35,092
14 LIL WAYNE THA CARTER III 34,553 -3 35,616 2,523,278
15 JONAS BROTHERS LITTLE BIT LONGER 30,310 -17 36,325 966,532
16 LOVATO*DEMI DON’T FORGET 30,187 -66 89,070 119,434
17 *****CAT DOLLS DOLL DOMINATION 29,818 -62 78,623 108,535
18 GAME LAX 28,105 -4 29,279 476,020
19 RIHANNA GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 27,955 2 27,474 1,867,460
20 KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 26,346 -65 74,353 100,859
21 JOE JOE THOMAS NEW MAN 24,630 -55 54,208 78,946
22 SUGARLAND LOVE ON THE INSIDE 24,173 -7 26,106 901,049
23 TRIVIUM SHOGUN 23,577 999 156 23,733
24 MAMMA MIA SOUNDTRACK 23,092 -13 26,526 1,031,583
25 SLIPKNOT ALL HOPE IS GONE 22,093 -16 26,341 454,552
26 LEWIS*LEONA SPIRIT 21,582 27 17,021 1,146,719
27 RUCKER*DARIUS LEARN TO LIVE 20,785 -34 31,720 112,955
28 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK BLOCK 20,213 48 13,653 172,641
29 MRAZ*JASON WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THIN 19,437 -3 20,091 469,059
30 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 19,059 -12 21,587 1,792,991
31 NIGHTMARE REVISITED SOUNDTRACK 18,628 999 72 18,700
32 PERRY*KATY ONE OF THE BOYS 17,743 6 16,803 426,170
33 NELLY BRASS KNUCKLES 17,461 -32 25,581 127,047
34 CYRUS*MILEY BREAKOUT 16,571 -12 18,776 937,594
35 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 15,641 -3 16,046 3,453,082
36 BUCKCHERRY BLACK BUTTERFLY 14,998 -30 21,509 83,417
37 DUFFY ROCKFERRY 14,868 18 12,636 518,737
38 TV ON THE RADIO DEAR SCIENCE 13,991 -58 33,636 47,850
39 VARIOUS GOLDEN AGE OF SONG 13,811 999 26 13,837
40 BENET*ERIC LOVE & LIFE 13,685 13 12,105 84,733
41 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC VOL. 28-NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL 13,331 -6 14,193 868,064

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I remember catching a VLOG from Jermaine Dupri about “When did consumers and pseudo industry types (Hey that’s me!) become so concerned with soundscan numbers?” It took me all of two seconds to respond “When dumb rappers started educating us on it” See I didn’t know anything scans, BDS, Media base, Arbitron or none of that till you idiots started rapping about it. I can’t even read half that stuff most of the time because it’s like reading calligrahy to me. Understand this though “Mr Rapper” when the labels started leaning on you to do numbers and you in turn let that reflect in your music. You no longer make it about the music being fresh or creative. You make it about your sales and as a result cats would rather download your music to make sure there are some certified bangers on there as opposed to purchasing your album with your one hit single on there and album fillers that disappoint and put cats to sleep!