Soundscan updates from May 26 – June 2nd

Eminem Relapse remains at the No. 1  on Soundscan selling 210, 984 bringing a total of 819,228. He is on his way to hitting platinum which the next two weeks. Electrik Red How To Be A Lady: Volume 1 debuts at No. 100 selling a disappointing 4,963 units. Those sales look good in Canada but not in the U.S. Other artists -  Method Man & Redman Blackout 2 sold 20.481 bringing them to the No. 18 spot while Busta Rhymes Back On My B.S sold 16,714 units pushing him to No. 22. DJ Drama Gangsta Grillz – The Album Vol. 2 went down 40 spots from No. 26 to No. 66 selling 7,442.

In Canada, Eminem Relapse still holds the No.1 spot selling 23, 115 copies (86,946 total). Congratulations to Eminem he is on his way to becoming Platinum in Canada.  Method Man & Redman Blackout 2 dropped to the No. 31 spot selling 1,472 copies while Busta Rhymes Back On My B.S sold 1,129 units bringing him to No. 46.

Again another successful week for Eminem making Relapse the biggest hip hop album for 2009 so far. The buzz is still going and I wonder how much he will sell next week after the publicity stunt that happened at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday. The Dream’s super female group Electrik Red did not have a successful week but where did Electrik Red go wrong? Lack of promotions? Weak First Single? – What can Electrik Red do to generate more sales? We will have to see..

Eminem did it again. After being on hiatus for over 4 years – he definitely has this industry on lock. Relapse entered the Soundscan charts at No.1 selling 608,244. From my understanding the last hip hop artists to sell as many records was Kanye West. In Canada, Eminem sold 63,826 positioning at No.1. Again, I haven’t seen numbers like this in a long time – especially in Canada for any hip hop artists. Congratulations!!!!!!

Other artists in the U.S. Market – entering at No. 4 Method Man & Redman Blackout 2 selling 63,165, No.6 – Busta Rhymes Back On My B.S. sold 59,079 and DJ Drama Gangsta Grillz – The Album Vol. 2 entered the No.26 position selling 17,703.

In the Canadian market – Method Man & Redman Blackout 2 debut at No.10 selling 3,181 and Busta Rhymes Back On My B.S. debuts at No.19 selling 2,154.

The music industry is capable of selling over 250,000 units but do you think since Eminem was hiatus for 4 years, that contributed as the reason for people to buy his record? All I can say Eminem’s presence has been missed.

1 METALLICA - DEATH MAGNETIC - 81,396
2 MAMMA MIA - SOUNDTRACK - 6,838
3 COLDPLAY - VIVA LA VIDA - 6,617
4 SLIPKNOT - ALL HOPE IS GONE – 5,183
5 KID ROCK - ROCK N ROLL JESUS - 4,675
6 VARIOUS ARTISTS - NOW! 13 - 4,449
7 JONAS BROTHERS - LITTLE BIT LONGER - 4,416
8 KARDINAL OFFISHALL - NOT 4 SALE – 4,247
9 THE GAME -  LAX (DELUXE EDITION) - 3,837
10 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK - BLOCK - 3,585

The official Nielsen Soundscan stats are in and Kardinal Offishall sold……………. 4,247 copies in his first week entering him in the #8 spot. I will be real and at first I was not happy with the reports but after evaluating the numbers, it all makes sense. Kardinal actually did pretty good.

First, let’s look at how much Kardinal Offishall sold in the United States. Not 4 Sale debuted at #40 with 11,869. In Canada, we did better than the United States because statistics does say that Canada should sell atleast 10 percent of what was sold in the United States. Let’s do the math – 11,869 x .10 = 1,187. Kardinal sold 4,247 which is almost 3 times of what he was suppose to sell. Good job!

Second, the margin difference between #5 and #8 spot is only a bit over 400 copies. Jonas Brothers only sold 169 , NOW 13 sold 202 and Kid Rock sold 428 more than Kardinal Offishall. The numbers aren’t so bad at all huh?

Third, if you only look albums that only debuted on the chart this week, Kardinal Offishall is #2 as he follows Metallica and ahead of New Kids on the Block. Also, Kardinal does have the #1 Rap album in the Country. Take that!!!

After reading these points the numbers do make sense. 58 percent (2.463) of the sales did come from Ontario and I wonder which province followed after Ontario. Also, where was the remaning 42 percent (1,784) made up? Does it matter? It sure does! You always want to know where your sales came from? Also, how many digital albums did he sell on iTunes?

We are capable of buying albums but do they are many factors that lead to album not selling well in Canada. Did albums that were released on the same week affect Kardinal’s sales? Do previous albums that have been on shelf for more than two weeks affect the sales of Kardinal? What do you think should have been done differently in order to increase album sales? More release parties? More promotions and marketing campaigns? More city visits? There are some many factors that I am not going to list them all.

So what’s next. The official third single is “Numba 1 (Tide Is High) feat. Rihanna and I know this song is going to blow up the radios everywhere. This song will definitely achieve gold or even platinum with the digital single sales. Will this single help to increase his album sales? We will have to see.

As the weeks go by I will definitely monitoring the sales and achievement for Kardinal Offishall – Not 4 Sale. We have over 35,500 more to sell in order for Kardinal to get a gold album. He will achieve this and we will definitely try to help him in every way possible.

Remember Kardinal Offishal – Not 4 Sale is out in stores. Please support this project!!!! You will not be disappointed.

http://www.iamnot4sale.com
http://www.myspace.com/kardinaloffishall

I am a hugeeeeeee Michael Jackson fan and I had to write a post about the King of Pop. Since his birthday was on the 29th of August, I am going to share with you all my five favourite Michael
Jackson LIVE performances of all time!!

#5 – The Jackson – Show You The Way To Go
This is one of my favorite Jackson 5 songs. Case Close! The song and the performance got me glued to the screen.

#4 – Smooth Criminal @ Mexico (1993)
This performance is pretty mesmerizing and he always performs this song well.

#3 – Ben
For those who don’t know who Ben is. You need to do one of two things. 1) Read a biography about Michael Jackson or 2) Watch the American Dream: The Jacksons.

Okay, I’ll be nice. Ben was Michael’s pet rat. – No comment! Watch the video.

#2 – Billie Jean @ Motown 25 (1983)
This was the start for Michael Jackson where his career would really take off. Everyone knew from the start that Michael was a superstar but this performance made him into the person and icon he is today!

#1 – Thriller (1983)

I know I said live performances, but this is absolutely the best video of all time. It is my favorite dance sequence too. Due to MJJ Productions, they have disabled the embed code, to watch the video, click here

Watch the “Thriller” live performance @ Bucharest (1992)

For those who haven’t had a chance to go buy the album, be sure to preview the samplers below.
POINT BLANK – IN STORES ACROSS CANADA NOW…DIGITALLY WORLDWIDE!

Sampler # 1 – with DJ Law

Sampler #2 – with DJ LAw

FIRST SINGLE:
BORN AND RAISED IN THE GHETTO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PyF3E3aDZ8
SECOND SINGLE:
GOD ONLY KNOWS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1nv9ob2h7o

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Thanks to my RC for linking this video for me.

Also – A special birthday Shout Out to Keshia Chante who also celebrates her birthday with her favorite musician icon – Tupac.

So I decided to create a greatest hits of the “A Millie” track. From my understanding there is a good 20+ freestyles and remixes floating all over the internet. These are the tracks that I feel are the best and the hottest shit out there!!!

(*Not In Any Order or Rank)

1. Lil Wayne – “A Millie” link

2. Jay-Z “A Billie” link

3. Papoose – “A Millie” (unfortunately I cannot find the link)

4. Drake – “A Millie” link

5. Lil Mama – “A Millie” link

6. Fabolous – “A Millie” link

7. Jadakiss – “A Millie” link

8. Cassidy – “A Millie” link

9. Chris Brown – “A Millie” link

10. The Game – “A Millie” link

Ludacris, Eninem TheKidFamous, 50 Cent are a few of the rappers I would like to hear from on this beat. It’s the track of the summer ya’ll!!! ’08 Baby!!!