http://www.ballerstatus.com Daily Urban Lifestyle Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:09:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/01/19/album-charts-yo-gotti-earns-top-20-chart-debut-with-live-from-the-kitchen/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/01/19/album-charts-yo-gotti-earns-top-20-chart-debut-with-live-from-the-kitchen/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:21:50 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=51488 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/01/19/album-charts-yo-gotti-earns-top-20-chart-debut-with-live-from-the-kitchen/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/01/12/album-charts-drake-climbs-to-2-but-adele-continues-to-hold-1/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/01/12/album-charts-drake-climbs-to-2-but-adele-continues-to-hold-1/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:46:07 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=51159 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/01/12/album-charts-drake-climbs-to-2-but-adele-continues-to-hold-1/feed/ 0 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http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/17/album-charts-mac-miller-debuts-at-1-with-blue-slide-park-first-indie-artist-since-1995/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/17/album-charts-mac-miller-debuts-at-1-with-blue-slide-park-first-indie-artist-since-1995/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:43:19 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=48888 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/17/album-charts-mac-miller-debuts-at-1-with-blue-slide-park-first-indie-artist-since-1995/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/10/album-charts-wale-earns-biggest-debut-with-ambition-but-comes-second-to-justin-bieber/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/10/album-charts-wale-earns-biggest-debut-with-ambition-but-comes-second-to-justin-bieber/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:09:41 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=48455 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/10/album-charts-wale-earns-biggest-debut-with-ambition-but-comes-second-to-justin-bieber/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/03/album-charts-weezy-falls-outta-top-10-jedi-mind-tricks-earns-top-100-debut/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/03/album-charts-weezy-falls-outta-top-10-jedi-mind-tricks-earns-top-100-debut/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:55:54 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=48141 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/03/album-charts-weezy-falls-outta-top-10-jedi-mind-tricks-earns-top-100-debut/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/27/album-charts-singer-joe-earns-fifth-top-10-with-the-good-the-bad-the-sexy/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/27/album-charts-singer-joe-earns-fifth-top-10-with-the-good-the-bad-the-sexy/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:03:00 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=47819 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/27/album-charts-singer-joe-earns-fifth-top-10-with-the-good-the-bad-the-sexy/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/20/album-charts-j-cole-falls-outta-top-10-murs-barely-cracks-200-with-love-rockets/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/20/album-charts-j-cole-falls-outta-top-10-murs-barely-cracks-200-with-love-rockets/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:27:32 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=47503 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/20/album-charts-j-cole-falls-outta-top-10-murs-barely-cracks-200-with-love-rockets/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/13/album-charts-j-cole-dethroned-by-country-singer-styles-p-debuts-at-32/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/13/album-charts-j-cole-dethroned-by-country-singer-styles-p-debuts-at-32/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:26:48 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=47116 Cole World: the Sideline Story, fell to #5 this week with 54,000 (down 75%); Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV climbs one to #6 with 53,000, bring his domestic total to over 1.5 million sold...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/13/album-charts-j-cole-dethroned-by-country-singer-styles-p-debuts-at-32/feed/ 2 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/06/album-charts-j-cole-earns-tops-chart-with-cole-world-debut/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/06/album-charts-j-cole-earns-tops-chart-with-cole-world-debut/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:42:50 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=46835 Cole World: the Sideline Story. The 26-year-old rapper opens at #1 with 218,000 copies in its first week, which features Drake, Missy Elliott, and Jay-Z. The feat marks the first time a solo act's debut effort has entered at #1 since May 2010, when B.o.B landed at the top spot with The Adventures of Bobby Ray. His first week is also the highest sales week for any act's debut chart effort since...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/06/album-charts-j-cole-earns-tops-chart-with-cole-world-debut/feed/ 2 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/29/album-charts-z-ro-lands-at-85-mindless-behavior-earns-top-10-debut/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/29/album-charts-z-ro-lands-at-85-mindless-behavior-earns-top-10-debut/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:50:52 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=46518 Duets II LP. A few slots down, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV descends from #3 to #5 with 84,000 sold in its fourth week, taking his album to just shy of 1.4 million to date. Teen R&B quartet, Mindless Behavior, lands in the top 10. Their debut set, #1 Girl, opens at #7, selling 36,000 copies in its first week...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/29/album-charts-z-ro-lands-at-85-mindless-behavior-earns-top-10-debut/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/08/album-charts-lil-wayne-tops-billboard-200-vmas-give-beyonce-tyler-sales-boosts/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/08/album-charts-lil-wayne-tops-billboard-200-vmas-give-beyonce-tyler-sales-boosts/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:40:05 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=45580 Tha Carter IV lights up the Billboard 200, coming in at #1 and beating out a new album from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Weezy's latest installment of his Tha Carter series sold 964,000 in its first week, 300,000 of which were sold digitally through iTunes. However, the Billboard 200 saw a lot of movement from other artists who got boosts from their appearances at the 2011 MTV VMAs. Beyonce, who announced she was pregnant...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/08/album-charts-lil-wayne-tops-billboard-200-vmas-give-beyonce-tyler-sales-boosts/feed/ 1 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/08/lil-wayne-breaks-itunes-single-week-sales-record-with-tha-carter-iv/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/08/lil-wayne-breaks-itunes-single-week-sales-record-with-tha-carter-iv/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:55:30 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=45552 Watch The Throne, broke the U.S. iTunes single-week sales record, Lil Wayne surpasses the duo before they can even celebrate. Weezy's new album, Tha Carter IV, has sold over 300,000 downloads, via iTunes in the first four days of its release, reports Billboard.com, surpassing the 290,000 Throne did last month in its entire first week. While Jay and Kanye's strategy saw Throne hit digital retailers four days before it landed in stores as a physical CD, Wayne dropped his CD and digital version the same day...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/08/lil-wayne-breaks-itunes-single-week-sales-record-with-tha-carter-iv/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/01/album-charts-the-game-earns-third-1-with-the-r-e-d-album/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/01/album-charts-the-game-earns-third-1-with-the-r-e-d-album/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:06:28 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=45251 The R.E.D. Album. The Compton rapper's fourth LP hit #1 on the Billboard 200 this week, selling 98,000 copies. It features the likes of Dr. Dre, Tyler The Creator, Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar, and many more. Game's debut, 2005's "The Documentary" and 2007's "Doctor's Advocate," both opened at #1. His last album, LAX, was his only album to not top the Billboard, starting at #2 in 2008 with 239,000. While Game is sitting pretty this week, he will likely step aside next week...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/01/album-charts-the-game-earns-third-1-with-the-r-e-d-album/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/26/album-charts-jay-z-kanyes-watch-the-throne-tops-charts-for-second-week/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/26/album-charts-jay-z-kanyes-watch-the-throne-tops-charts-for-second-week/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:43:18 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=44927 Watch The Throne mania to continue, helping their top the chart in its second week. Jay-Z and Kanye's collaborative LP comes in at #1 with another 177,000 sold (down 59%), bring its domestic total to over gold certified sales of 613,000. Later down the rankings is Hov's wife Beyonce, and her 4 album, falling from 7-9 with 25,000 sold, and 679,000 total; while Eminem and Royce Da 5'9's Hell: The Sequel lands at #13 with 19,000, as it nears gold sales...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/26/album-charts-jay-z-kanyes-watch-the-throne-tops-charts-for-second-week/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/18/album-charts-watch-the-throne-tops-billboard-200-ace-hood-earns-top-10-debut/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/18/album-charts-watch-the-throne-tops-billboard-200-ace-hood-earns-top-10-debut/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:45:56 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=44546 Watch The Throne, that debuts atop the Billboard 200. It beats out a new album from country singer Luke Bryan, the NOW 39, Ace Hood, and Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka's collabo. Throne opens at #1, selling 436,000 copies in its first week, giving it the second-largest sales week for an album this year behind Lady Gaga's Born This Way, which started with 1.1 million. The album was available exclusively through iTunes from August 8-11...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/18/album-charts-watch-the-throne-tops-billboard-200-ace-hood-earns-top-10-debut/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/15/jay-z-kanye-wests-collabo-lp-watch-the-throne-breaks-itunes-sales-record/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/15/jay-z-kanye-wests-collabo-lp-watch-the-throne-breaks-itunes-sales-record/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:51:26 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=44431 Watch The Throne fever when it dropped last Monday (August 8) ... and sales numbers reflected that. According to Billboard.com, the collaborative LP between the two rap stars broke U.S. iTunes Store's one-week sales record, selling nearly 290,000 downloads through Sunday night (Aug. 14). Throne hit iTunes first, being exclusively available at the digital retailer from August 8-11, before physical CDs hit store shelves on Friday (August 12)...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/15/jay-z-kanye-wests-collabo-lp-watch-the-throne-breaks-itunes-sales-record/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/04/album-charts-kelly-rowland-earns-her-highest-charting-album-with-here-i-am/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/04/album-charts-kelly-rowland-earns-her-highest-charting-album-with-here-i-am/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:56:53 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=43954 Back To Black continues to climb in wake of her death. However, there's quite a few new hip-hop releases making an impact. One of the week's highest debuts comes from Kelly Rowland, and her third album, Here I Am. It opens at #3 with 77,000, her highest charting album yet, surpassing the #6 peak of her last release, 2007's Ms. Kelly. Her new album is led by the single "Motivation" ...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/04/album-charts-kelly-rowland-earns-her-highest-charting-album-with-here-i-am/feed/ 2 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/07/28/album-charts-amy-winehouse-returns-dj-khaled-earns-best-sales-week-ever/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/07/28/album-charts-amy-winehouse-returns-dj-khaled-earns-best-sales-week-ever/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:23:55 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=43679 21 continues the singer's run at the top of the Billboard 200 at #1, but new albums from DJ Khaled, Theophilus London, and Amy Winehouse make their impact. Apparently with the news of Winehouse's death, fans flocked to music retailers to re-visit her music. Her Back To Black album returned to the top 10 at #9 with 27,000 sold her 2004 debut, Frank, re-entered at #57; and her digital-only Back to Black: B-Sides EP, released in 2008, debuts at #152 with 3,000 after having sold next to nothing the previous week...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/07/28/album-charts-amy-winehouse-returns-dj-khaled-earns-best-sales-week-ever/feed/ 0