Carrie Underwood on 2011 Billboard Year-end Charts

[clh_hilary]

UKMIX - Forums - Chart Analysis - 2011 YTD Albums Thread - United States (page 39)

Unofficial Billboard Year-end 2011
Key: Rank - Wks On Chart - Sales 000's - TITLE - Artist

001 - 38 - 4,419 - 21 - Adele
002 - 52 - 2,160 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift
003 - 25 - 1,891 - BORN THIS WAY - Lady GaGa
004 - 52 - 1,730 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean
005 - 14 - 1,667 - THE GIFT - Susan Boyle
006 - 11 - 1,667 - THA CARTER IV - Lil Wayne
007 - 51 - 1,633 - PINK FRIDAY - Nicki Minaj
008 - 52 - 1,533 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons
009 - 52 - 1,517 - LOUD - Rihanna
010 - 52 - 1,279 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry

011 - 43 - 1,205 - MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY - Kanye West
012 - 52 - 1,175 - DOO-WOPS AND HOOLIGANS - Bruno Mars
013 - 52 - 1,108 - RECOVERY - Eminem
014 - 14 - 1,051 - WATCH THE THRONE - Jay Z & Kanye West
015 - 10 - 1,048 - O HOLY NIGHT - Jackie Evancho
016 - 45 - 1,003 - BORN FREE - Kid Rock
017 - 52 - 1,001 - NOTHING LIKE THIS - Rascal Flatts
018 - 52 - 987 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber
019 - 52 - 940 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum
020 - 09 - 928 - GLEE: THE MUSIC: THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM - Soundtrack

021 - 20 - 907 - 4 - Beyonce
022 - 51 - 896 - GREATEST HITS…SO FAR - Pink
023 - 52 - 858 - YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - Zac Brown Band
024 - 36 - 824 - ILLUMINATIONS - Josh Groban
025 - 09 - 782 - OWN THE NIGHT - Lady Antebellum
026 - 34 - 771 - F.A.M.E. - Chris Brown
027 - 40 - 754 - THE BEGINNING - Black Eyed Peas
028 - 32 - 732 - NEVER SAY NEVER - THE REMIXES - Justin Bieber
029 - 44 - 727 - MY WORLDS ACOUSTIC - Justin Bieber
030 - 52 - 699 - THE BAND PERRY - The Band Perry

031 - 30 - 695 - FEMME FATALE - Britney Spears
032 - 31 - 678 - NOW 37 - Various
033 - 44 - 644 - THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE - Sugarland
034 - 28 - 628 - NOW 38 - Various
035 - 03 - 621 - MYLO XYLOTO - Coldplay
036 - 36 - 620 - GET CLOSER - Keith Urban
037 - 45 - 609 - 19 - Adele
038 - 33 - 608 - ROLLING PAPERS - Wiz Khalifa
039 - 31 - 608 - WASTING LIGHT - Foo Fighters
040 - 28 - 606 - GLEE: THE MUSIC: SEASON TWO: VOL.4 - Soundtrack

041 - 22 - 604 - HELL: THE SEQUEL (EP) - Bad Meets Evil
042 - 52 - 597 - HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY - Kenny Chesney
043 - 31 - 581 - LOVE LETTER - R.Kelly
044 - 52 - 578 - LUNGS - Florence & the Machine
045 - 22 - 553 - DREAM WITH ME - Jackie Evancho
046 - 25 - 535 - THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC - Brad Paisley
047 - 43 - 510 - I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING - Lil Wayne
048 - 39 - 508 - GREATEST HITS - Bon Jovi
049 - 08 - 508 - DUETS II - Tony Bennett
050 - 52 - 500 - BROTHERS - Black Keys

051 - 20 - 498 - NO MERCY - T.I.
052 - 22 - 492 - NOW 36 - Various
053 - 47 - 490 - BURLESQUE - Soundtrack
054 - 13 - 482 - MICHAEL - Michael Jackson
055 - 25 - 476 - TORCHES - Foster The People
056 - 51 - 471 - THE FAME - Lady GaGa
057 - 06 - 466 - CLEAR AS DAY - Scotty McCreery
058 - 49 - 464 - REVOLUTION - Miranda Lambert
059 - 25 - 460 - LASERS - Lupe Fiasco
060 - 47 - 447 - NUMBER ONE HITS - Tim McGraw

061 - 14 - 447 - TAILGATES AND TANLINES - Luke Bryan
062 - 45 - 447 - BTR (SOUNDTRACK) - Big Time Rush
063 - 48 - 446 - HANDS ALL OVER - Maroon 5
064 - 14 - 440 - NOW 39 - Various
065 - 30 - 438 - TRON: LEGACY (SOUNDTRACK) - Daft Punk
066 - 16 - 432 - CHIEF - Eric Church
067 - 42 - 432 - A YEAR WITHOUT RAIN - Selena Gomez & the Scene
068 - 33 - 425 - CANNIBAL - Ke$ha
069 - 52 - 421 - THE FOUNDATION - Zac Brown Band
070 - 34 - 419 - HELLO FEAR - Kirk Franklin

071 - 11 - 417 - I'M WITH YOU - Red Hot Chili Peppers
072 - 48 - 395 - LOADED: THE BEST OF - Blake Shelton
073 - 18 - 394 - RED RIVER BLUE - Blake Shelton
074 - 22 - 390 - I REMEMBER ME - Jennifer Hudson
075 - 07 - 386 - COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY - J. Cole
076 - 20 - 379 - WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN - Selena Gomez & the Scene
077 - 30 - 377 - LATE NIGHTS AND EARLY MORNINGS - Marsha Ambrosius
078 - 40 - 374 - THE LADY KILLER - Cee-Lo Green
079 - 47 - 372 - SAVE ME SAN FRANCISCO - Train
080 - 21 - 364 - THE LIGHT OF THE SUN - Jill Scott

081 - 17 - 363 - BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE - Jamie Foxx
082 - 03 - 352 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Buble
083 - 09 - 344 - MY CHRISTMAS - Andrea Bocelli
084 - 07 - 343 - MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU - Mariah Carey
085 - 14 - 335 - SONGS FOR JAPAN - Various
086 - 30 - 335 - KIDZ BOP 19 - Kidz Bop Kids
087 - 22 - 330 - LEMONADE MOUTH - Soundtrack
088 - 52 - 325 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift
089 - 34 - 322 - AND IF OUR GOD IS FOR US… - Chris Tomlin
090 - 40 - 318 - COUNTRY STRONG - Soundtrack

091 - 50 - 317 - THANK ME LATER - Drake
092 - 18 - 314 - HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE PART TWO - Beastie Boys
093 - 33 - 308 - COME AROUND SUNDOWN - Kings Of Leon
094 - 02 - 307 - UNDER THE MISTLETOE - Justin Bieber
095 - 40 - 306 - ANIMAL - Ke$ha
096 - 18 - 300 - CALLING ALL HEARTS - Keyshia Cole
097 - 37 - 299 - THE SUBURBS - Arcade Fire
098 - 32 - 297 - STRONGER - Sara Evans
099 - 44 - 297 - ALL I WANT IS YOU - Miguel
100 - 19 - 294 - BON IVER - Bon Iver

101 - 36 - 290 - CHARLESTON SC 1966 - Darius Rucker
102 - 49 - 290 - GREATEST HITS - Journey
103 - 21 - 288 - OUTLAWS LIKE ME - Justin Moore
104 - 26 - 288 - PASSION PAIN AND PLEASURE - Trey Songz
105 - 18 - 288 - LIBRA SCALE - Ne-Yo
106 - 17 - 286 - KIDZ BOP 20 - Kidz Bop Kids
107 - 29 - 284 - A THOUSAND SUNS - Linkin Park
108 - 35 - 282 - MY WORLD (EP) - Justin Bieber
109 - 31 - 282 - WOW HITS 2011 - Various
110 - 16 - 279 - GLEE: THE MUSIC: SEASON TWO: VOL.5 - Soundtrack

111 - 21 - 276 - PAPER AIRPLANE - Alison Krauss & Union Station
112 - 19 - 272 - NO BOYS ALLOWED - Keri Hilson
113 - 21 - 269 - EUROPE '72: VOLUME 2 - Grateful Dead
114 - 47 - 265 - ENJOY YOURSELF - Billy Currington
115 - 37 - 264 - THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DIES) - Black Eyed Peas
116 - 24 - 263 - GOODBYE LULLABY - Avril Lavigne
117 - 19 - 261 - LAST TRAIN TO PARIS - Diddy - Dirty Money
118 - 24 - 261 - THE KING IS DEAD - Decemberists
119 - 19 - 257 - LOVE - Jennifer Lopez
120 - 52 - 256 - NUMBER ONES - Michael Jackson

121 - 52 - 256 - AWAKE - Skillet
122 - 21 - 255 - HELPLESSNESS BLUES - Fleet Foxes
123 - 21 - 255 - PLANET PIT - Pitbull
124 - 20 - 252 - FINALLY FAMOUS: THE ALBUM - Big Sean
125 - 08 - 251 - NOEL - Josh Groban
126 - 03 - 245 - STRONGER - Kelly Clarkson
127 - 10 - 242 - GLORY IN THE HIGHEST: CHRISTMAS SONGS OF WORSHIP - Chris Tomlin
128 - 20 - 239 - 34 NUMBER ONES - Alan Jackson
129 - 10 - 238 - HERE FOR A GOOD TIME - George Strait
130 - 15 - 237 - DANGER DAYS: THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS - My Chemical Romance

131 - 15 - 235 - SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT - Paul Simon
132 - 21 - 234 - SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
133 - 49 - 232 - NIGHTMARE - Avenged Sevenfold
134 - 20 - 230 - MAN ON THE MOON II: THE LEGEND OF MR RAGER - Kid Cudi
135 - 15 - 229 - THE KING OF LIMBS - Radiohead
136 - 27 - 229 - LOVESTRONG - Christina Perri
137 - 07 - 226 - NEIGHBORHOODS - Blink 182
138 - 26 - 226 - UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS - Casting Crowns
139 - 37 - 225 - SCIENCE & FAITH - The Script
140 - 08 - 222 - NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CHRISTMAS 4 - Various

141 - 05 - 219 - EVANESCENCE - Evanescence
142 - 23 - 219 - AMERICAN TRAGEDY - Hollywood Undead
143 - 14 - 215 - CODES AND KEYS - Death Cab For Cutie
144 - 18 - 215 - NEON - Chris Young
145 - 45 - 213 - CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS - Eminem
146 - 27 - 212 - THOMPSON SQUARE - Thompson Square
147 - 14 - 211 - GLEE: THE MUSIC PRESENTS: THE WARBLERS (EP) - Soundtrack
148 - 09 - 210 - A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - Lady Antebellum
149 - 28 - 209 - HITS ALIVE - Brad Paisley
150 - 41 - 209 - LEGEND - Bob Marley & the Wailers

151 - 42 - 208 - CHRONICLE:THE 20 GREATEST HITS - Creedence Clearwater Revival
152 - 21 - 208 - HOLDING ON TO STRINGS BETTER LEFT TO FRAY - Seether
153 - 41 - 208 - BARTON HOLLOWS - Civil Wars
154 - 02 - 205 - AMBITION - Wale
155 - 02 - 204 - SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME - Susan Boyle
156 - 17 - 203 - JUST CHARLIE - Charlie Wilson
157 - 11 - 203 - THE R.E.D. ALBUM - Game
158 - 18 - 200 - ENDGAME - Rise Against
159 - 41 - 199 - CAROLINA - Eric Church
160 - 36 - 199 - INTIMACY: ALBUM III - Kem

161 - 16 - 198 - ALL OF YOU - Colbie Caillat
162 - 09 - 198 - 2011 GRAMMY NOMINEES - Various
163 - 22 - 195 - NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL COUNTRY 4 - Various
164 - 23 - 195 - TOWN LINE - Aaron Lewis
165 - 35 - 194 - TAYLOR SWIFT - Taylor Swift
166 - 19 - 193 - ALL THE WOMEN I AM - Reba McEntire
167 - 15 - 190 - FEATURING NORAH JONES - Norah Jones
168 - 17 - 189 - BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse
169 - 17 - 188 - LOVE ME BACK - Jazmine Sullivan
170 - 14 - 187 - HERE I AM - Kelly Rowland

171 - 02 - 186 - FOUR THE RECORD - Miranda Lambert
172 - 39 - 185 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS MILLENNIUM COLLECTION - Lynyrd Skynyrd
173 - 13 - 185 - AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 10 HIGHLIGHTS EP - Scotty McCreery
174 - 12 - 184 - 1 - Beatles
175 - 20 - 184 - PLAY ON - Carrie Underwood
176 - 13 - 182 - UKULELE SONGS - Eddie Vedder
177 - 40 - 181 - WAR IS THE ANSWER - Five Finger Death Punch
178 - 19 - 181 - TURTLENECK AND CHAIN - Lonely Island
179 - 14 - 180 - GLEE: THE MUSIC: SEASON TWO: VOL.6 - Soundtrack
180 - 16 - 180 - FARMER'S DAUGHTER - Crystal Bowersox

181 - 12 - 178 - HALFWAY TO HEAVEN - Brantley Gilbert
182 - 20 - 177 - CRAZY LOVE - Michael Buble
183 - 17 - 175 - WHAT SEPARATES ME FROM YOU - A Day To Remember
184 - 06 - 175 - A CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA - Annie Lennox
185 - 10 - 173 - WHAT MATTERS MOST - Barbra Streisand
186 - 08 - 170 - UNBROKEN - Demi Lovato
187 - 26 - 167 - FLOCKAVELI - Waka Flocka Flame
188 - 04 - 166 - COME TO THE WELL - Casting Crowns
189 - 05 - 166 - AMERICAN CAPITALIST - Five Finger Death Punch
190 - 11 - 166 - ANGLES - Strokes

191 - 08 - 164 - A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS - Vince Guaraldi
192 - 37 - 164 - THE BEST OF-20TH CENTURY MASTERS MILLENNIUM COLLECTION - Eric Clapton
193 - 29 - 164 - 4X4=12 - Deadmau5
194 - 18 - 163 - NOW 35 - Various
195 - 09 - 163 - TAYLOR SWIFT HOLIDAY COLLECTION EP - Taylor Swift
196 - 17 - 163 - MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP PRESENTS SELF MADE VOL. 1 - Various
197 - 40 - 161 - GREATEST HITS VOLUME 1 - Rascal Flatts
198 - 11 - 160 - IF NOT NOW WHEN - Incubus
199 - 35 - 158 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP - Eminem
200 - 09 - 157 - THE PROMISE - Bruce Springsteen

Only albums for now.

 

[teesharky]

wow that is kind of sad to see. 184, 000 in an entire year? wow.

She needs to get back out there.

 

[robinannhunt]

Not bad for no album this year.

 

[thunder92]

^Exactly..No album, no single, minimal promo. Id say that is great. Besides, that number is just for PO. And for an album that is two years old with no single, Id say that is great

 

[Ann055]

I'm not worried about Our Girl. When her single comes out and then her album and tour...Carrie is going to EXPLODE!! Get ready CF...we won't be able to keep up here, there will be so much to read and comment on. It won't be that much longer!!

 

[Carrie&Taylor]

A very looong time with no single and no love from these award shows/label. Still better than the average country act.

 

[conorlovescarrie:)]

I cant believe Taylor is number 2 I didn't think she had a great year with album sales? Whateverr, its good that Carrie's still included even though she didn't do much this year, next year Im sure the 4th album will be way up top! It'll have a good part of the year to sell a ton of albums

 

[Carrieflattsfan]

Carrie has absolutely nothing to worry about. She has had little promo this year, no new single, and none of her side projects/duets were very heavily promoted. "Play On" is two years old & it has sold 2 million copies. Considering the label didn't pick great singles (personally, I think MS & UI were the weakest of her career), and the promo was very low-key, she has a lot to be proud of.

It's rare for any artist to reach platinum these days, let alone double platinum. The fact that Carrie's team botched half the era, yet Carrie was still able to garner the kind of sales and attention she did with "How Great Thou Art," "Walk This Way," the "Mama's Song" and "Temporary Home" videos and so on, she has done extremely well. Carrie basically kept her name out there because of her amazing performances this year; her team had absolutely nothing to do with the attention she received, and she should be proud of herself for that. If anything, she has proven her talent alone can keep people interested in her. Promo helps, but in Carrie's case I really do believe it's her talent and passion for her music that draws people to her. As long as she can keep the kind of positive attitude and work ethic, everything else will fall into place.

Of course Carrie knows she needs to get back out there, but let's have a little faith in her guys. She knows what she's doing, and she knows how to draw people to her through her talent and personality. She's not one of those artists who has to worry about coming back after a dry spell. She has all the tools to come back whenever she's ready because she has the natural ability. If she wants to take time to make the album the best it can be, I don't see why there would be a lot to complain about. A lot of artist put music out in the same cycle just so they can please the labels and the fans can have the music. Considering the music industry is so cut-throat, I assume it takes a heck of a lot of guts and passion to go off track and say you're going to do things the way you want.

I know we're all dying for new music, but can we give Carrie a little more credit? She's doing the album the way she wants to, and ultimately she's doing so because she wants to give us, her fans, the best album possible. She's not doing it to "torture" us or to make us wait because she doesn't want to be out there. She loves to perform, write, and sing onstage; I have no doubt she will make this album the best it can be, and we are the ones who will be rewarded the end. How can you not respect any artist who wants to give the fans the best product she can, instead of just rushing it to make more money? Carrie has proven she comes back stronger than ever after an extended quiet period. Remember during the PO era when some of you were worried about the same thing? She ended being just fine, and she gave us a successful album and tour (which was the best so far), and she gave us so many moments to remember.

Carrie has never let us down, and we know she's working hard to bring us the best album she can, and she is saving up her energy to bring us the best version of herself she can, both physically and emotionally. I'm sure she has done lots of maturing during this downtime with Mike, and even though it's not fun now, it'll pay off in the end. Carrie is going to come back stronger than ever in every way possible, because just as we have missed her, I'm sure she has missed doing what she loves. I think this absence will allow her to bring a whole new level of passion and energy to her career that we have never seen from her before, and I can't wait.

 

[jbrown]

Carrie has absolutely nothing to worry about. She has had little promo this year, no new single, and none of her side projects/duets were very heavily promoted. "Play On" is two years old & it has sold 2 million copies. Considering the label didn't pick great singles (personally, I think MS & UI were the weakest of her career), and the promo was very low-key, she has a lot to be proud of.

It's rare for any artist to reach platinum these days, let alone double platinum. The fact that Carrie's team botched half the era, yet Carrie was still able to garner the kind of sales and attention she did with "How Great Thou Art," "Walk This Way," the "Mama's Song" and "Temporary Home" videos and so on, she has done extremely well. Carrie basically kept her name out there because of her amazing performances this year; her team had absolutely nothing to do with the attention she received, and she should be proud of herself for that. If anything, she has proven her talent alone can keep people interested in her. Promo helps, but in Carrie's case I really do believe it's her talent and passion for her music that draws people to her. As long as she can keep the kind of positive attitude and work ethic, everything else will fall into place.

Of course Carrie knows she needs to get back out there, but let's have a little faith in her guys. She knows what she's doing, and she knows how to draw people to her through her talent and personality. She's not one of those artists who has to worry about coming back after a dry spell. She has all the tools to come back whenever she's ready because she has the natural ability. If she wants to take time to make the album the best it can be, I don't see why there would be a lot to complain about. A lot of artist put music out in the same cycle just so they can please the labels and the fans can have the music. Considering the music industry is so cut-throat, I assume it takes a heck of a lot of guts and passion to go off track and say you're going to do things the way you want.

I know we're all dying for new music, but can we give Carrie a little more credit? She's doing the album the way she wants to, and ultimately she's doing so because she wants to give us, her fans, the best album possible. She's not doing it to "torture" us or to make us wait because she doesn't want to be out there. She loves to perform, write, and sing onstage; I have no doubt she will make this album the best it can be, and we are the ones who will be rewarded the end. How can you not respect any artist who wants to give the fans the best product she can, instead of just rushing it to make more money? Carrie has proven she comes back stronger than ever after an extended quiet period. Remember during the PO era when some of you were worried about the same thing? She ended being just fine, and she gave us a successful album and tour (which was the best so far), and she gave us so many moments to remember.

Carrie has never let us down, and we know she's working hard to bring us the best album she can, and she is saving up her energy to bring us the best version of herself she can, both physically and emotionally. I'm sure she has done lots of maturing during this downtime with Mike, and even though it's not fun now, it'll pay off in the end. Carrie is going to come back stronger than ever in every way possible, because just as we have missed her, I'm sure she has missed doing what she loves. I think this absence will allow her to bring a whole new level of passion and energy to her career that we have never seen from her before, and I can't wait.

What a wonderful and mature post. I am impressed with the way you expressed yourself considering you are way younger than us. Well said and I am totally with you.

 

[rainbow1]

I agree!! Very well said!!

 

[Pi314CA]

Not bad for no album this year.

Definitely not bad for being the tail end of the album era. The last single ended at the beginning of the year, and Play On still sold 184k. That's 1/3 of Gold and more than many artists. Frankly, Carrie is one of the best Country selling artists, albums and tracks. Even in this down year (2011), Carrie has managed to sell a few million tracks also. I find it amazing that some of Carrie's tracks continues to get 100k-250k per year in sales (e.g. BHC, UI, CC). Even the latest TH sales number surprised me as someday that may get Platinum... something I would not have guessed.

 

[teesharky]

Awesome post. I hope you are right. I have confidence in Carrie but just lost some faith in the industry and her label due to the snubbing for eoty and other awards etc. But hopefully they finally go back to supporting Carrie again this era.


QUOTE=Carrieflattsfan;4229544]Carrie has absolutely nothing to worry about. She has had little promo this year, no new single, and none of her side projects/duets were very heavily promoted. "Play On" is two years old & it has sold 2 million copies. Considering the label didn't pick great singles (personally, I think MS & UI were the weakest of her career), and the promo was very low-key, she has a lot to be proud of.

It's rare for any artist to reach platinum these days, let alone double platinum. The fact that Carrie's team botched half the era, yet Carrie was still able to garner the kind of sales and attention she did with "How Great Thou Art," "Walk This Way," the "Mama's Song" and "Temporary Home" videos and so on, she has done extremely well. Carrie basically kept her name out there because of her amazing performances this year; her team had absolutely nothing to do with the attention she received, and she should be proud of herself for that. If anything, she has proven her talent alone can keep people interested in her. Promo helps, but in Carrie's case I really do believe it's her talent and passion for her music that draws people to her. As long as she can keep the kind of positive attitude and work ethic, everything else will fall into place.

Of course Carrie knows she needs to get back out there, but let's have a little faith in her guys. She knows what she's doing, and she knows how to draw people to her through her talent and personality. She's not one of those artists who has to worry about coming back after a dry spell. She has all the tools to come back whenever she's ready because she has the natural ability. If she wants to take time to make the album the best it can be, I don't see why there would be a lot to complain about. A lot of artist put music out in the same cycle just so they can please the labels and the fans can have the music. Considering the music industry is so cut-throat, I assume it takes a heck of a lot of guts and passion to go off track and say you're going to do things the way you want.

I know we're all dying for new music, but can we give Carrie a little more credit? She's doing the album the way she wants to, and ultimately she's doing so because she wants to give us, her fans, the best album possible. She's not doing it to "torture" us or to make us wait because she doesn't want to be out there. She loves to perform, write, and sing onstage; I have no doubt she will make this album the best it can be, and we are the ones who will be rewarded the end. How can you not respect any artist who wants to give the fans the best product she can, instead of just rushing it to make more money? Carrie has proven she comes back stronger than ever after an extended quiet period. Remember during the PO era when some of you were worried about the same thing? She ended being just fine, and she gave us a successful album and tour (which was the best so far), and she gave us so many moments to remember.

Carrie has never let us down, and we know she's working hard to bring us the best album she can, and she is saving up her energy to bring us the best version of herself she can, both physically and emotionally. I'm sure she has done lots of maturing during this downtime with Mike, and even though it's not fun now, it'll pay off in the end. Carrie is going to come back stronger than ever in every way possible, because just as we have missed her, I'm sure she has missed doing what she loves. I think this absence will allow her to bring a whole new level of passion and energy to her career that we have never seen from her before, and I can't wait. [/QUOTE]

 

[clh_hilary]

I cant believe Taylor is number 2 I didn't think she had a great year with album sales? Whateverr, its good that Carrie's still included even though she didn't do much this year, next year Im sure the 4th album will be way up top! It'll have a good part of the year to sell a ton of albums

The Billboard year starts in November, so there's a good portion of holiday sales for "Speak Now" (Thanksgiving inclusive) included there.

Taylor Swift stands at #12 if you're looking at 2011 Canlender Year's Albums sales in the US, as of to date. It has sold 764,766 copies for the year so far.

1 21 ADELE 4,315,821
2 BORN THIS WAY LADY GAGA 1,884,855
3 THA CARTER IV LIL' WAYNE 1,643,473
4 MY KINDA PARTY JASON ALDEAN 1,288,787
5 SIGH NO MORE MUMFORD & SONS 1,271,202
6 WATCH THE THRONE JAY-Z & KANYE WEST 1,032,707
7 4 BEYONCE 893,023
8 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS BRUNO MARS 856,403
9 TEENAGE DREAM KATY PERRY 853,806
10 PINK FRIDAY NICKI MINAJ 775,915
11 F.A.M.E. CHRIS BROWN 768,195
12 SPEAK NOW TAYLOR SWIFT 764,766
13 LOUD RIHANNA 759,607
14 NEVER SAY NEVER: THE REMIXES (EP) JUSTIN BIEBER 750,924
15 OWN THE NIGHT LADY ANTEBELLUM 748,371
16 FEMME FATALE BRITNEY SPEARS 701,407
17 NOW 37 VARIOUS ARTISTS 677,973
18 RECOVERY EMINEM 657,987
19 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE ZAC BROWN BAND 643,929
20 MY WORLD 2.0 JUSTIN BIEBER 628,995
21 NOW 38 VARIOUS ARTISTS 625,057
22 NEED YOU NOW LADY ANTEBELLUM 613,847
23 GREATEST HITS…SO FAR! P!NK 611,357
24 ROLLING PAPERS WIZ KHALIFA 605,592
25 WASTING LIGHT FOO FIGHTERS 604,527
26 HELL: THE SEQUEL (EP) BAD MEETS EVIL 597,632
27 19 ADELE 595,593
28 MYLO XYLOTO COLDPLAY 551,992
29 DREAM WITH ME JACKIE EVANCHO 523,725
30 THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC BRAD PAISLEY 523,710
31 THE BAND PERRY THE BAND PERRY 491,429
32 DUETS II TONY BENNETT 489,348
33 LASERS LUPE FIASCO 475,705
34 TORCHES FOSTER THE PEOPLE 458,382
35 NOTHING LIKE THIS RASCAL FLATTS 452,135
36 NOW 39 VARIOUS ARTISTS 426,705
37 LUNGS FLORENCE + THE MACHINE 425,741
38 TAILGATES & TANLINES LUKE BRYAN 424,932
39 CLEAR AS DAY SCOTTY MCCREARY 424,419
40 CHIEF ERIC CHURCH 417,849
41 I REMEMBER ME JENNIFER HUDSON 391,107
41 I'M WITH YOU RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 410,934
42 BROTHERS BLACK KEYS 383,475
43 RED RIVER BLUE BLAKE SHELTON 381,341
44 LATE NIGHTS & EARLY MORNINGS MARSHA AMBROSIUS 377,170
45 HELLO FEAR KIRK FRANKLIN 373,409
46 WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE 370,172
47 COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY J. COLE 370,003
48 THE BEGINNING BLACK EYED PEAS 366,942
49 BORN FREE KID ROCK 363,094
50 HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY KENNY CHESNEY 362,625

Pulse Music Board - 2011 YTD sales

 

[teesharky]

Didn't they change the Billboard year dates last year? They held the Billboard awards in May I think, instead of November like normal. They started a new Billboard year calendar that ends in like March or something.

Was that a one year glitch? Or is it permanently changed now?

 

[clh_hilary]

Didn't they change the Billboard year dates last year? They held the Billboard awards in May I think, instead of November like normal. They started a new Billboard year calendar that ends in like March or something.

Was that a one year glitch? Or is it permanently changed now?

They never changed the Billboard years. The Billboard Music Awards were calculated in the 'year' you're speaking of but year-end charts and Billboard years are not changed. Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" won Song of the Year for Billboard Music Awards but Ke$ha's "TiK ToK" will always remain as the #1 Billboard single for 2010.

 

[teesharky]

Why would they do that? If they calculated the billboard year for a different period just to make the award show in May, it is not an accurate reading of the real Billboard calender year-- and the awards were therefore not accurate.


The Year end charts obviously remain the same for the calendar year-- but the Billboard awards were based on the new Billboard year they calculated.

So the Billboard award winners were therefore not really accurate at all. I am just wondering if they will do the same thing in 2012 and use the March- March calendar year for determining Billboard award winners?

 

[clh_hilary]

Why would they do that? If they calculated the billboard year for a different period just to make the award show in May, it is not an accurate reading of the real Billboard calender year-- and the awards were therefore not accurate.


The Year end charts obviously remain the same for the calendar year-- but the Billboard awards were based on the new Billboard year they calculated.

So the Billboard award winners were therefore not really accurate at all. I am just wondering if they will do the same thing in 2012 and use the March- March calendar year for determining Billboard award winners?

No, the Billboard year-end charts are always according to Billboard years. That particular Billboard Music Awards created an award period itself, which I don't know whether they'll repeat next year.

There are multiple possible reasons for them to do it:

1. There are a lot of award shows around the end and the beginning of each years, so they'd like to avoid competitions;

2. If the BMAs last year awards the awards according to their year-end charts, everyone will already know the winners, and hardly anyone will watch the show (which was basically why it got cancelled a few years ago);

3. If they change the Billboard year to the award period from now on, nobody will care about their year-end charts anymore...

Just like every other award show, there's always an award period...

 

[sur_crazy4carrie]

Wow Marshall Mathers LP is still moving 150k copies a year? It's like a decade old. Impressive!

 

[teesharky]

It makes no sense to change the billboard year just for one year though.

Now it will be odd to calculate the upcoming billboard awards since last years billboard year ended in late march 2011. So will the back date ut to november to get back to the old charts? If so then some months will be counted twice once for last year and once for this year. That is not fair.

Ie all sales from november 2010 through march 2011 were already included in mays billboard award calculations. Awards were given out.

So if they now go back to november to november then all ssles frim november 2010 to march 2011 will count twice on 2 different charts which makes no sense.

People already won awards in may 2011 based on the chart ending march 2011. So they cannot include those months twice.

 

[maddkat]

^^Well tee, it seems since they made up a chart year last year for their awards Billboard can do whatever it wants. If they want to count some months again my bet is they do it.Seems all they really want to do is get a special on air at some point during the year.Doesn't really matter who, what ,when ,where or why.The awards are kind of absurd and meaningless.