I Listen Hear : September 2009

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

THIS WEEK IN ALBUM SALES

LW	TW	artist / album	label	power index	% change
--	1	PEARL JAM	MONKEYWRENCH	190,294	--
		BACKSPACER
1	2	JAY-Z	ROC NATION	130,085	-57%
		BLUEPRINT 3
--	3	THREE DAYS GRACE	JIVE/JLG	83,913	--
		LIFE STARTS NOW
2	4	WHITNEY HOUSTON	ARISTA/RMG	62,857	-62%
		I LOOK TO YOU
5	5	MILEY CYRUS	HOLLYWOOD	60,583	-18%
		TIME OF OUR LIVES
--	6	BRAND NEW	DGC/INTERSCOPE	44,828	--
		DAISY
--	7	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	PROSPECT PARK	42,021	--
		WAR IS THE ANSWER
8	8	MICHAEL JACKSON	EPIC	38,956	-21%
		NUMBER ONES
--	9	HARRY CONNICK, JR.	COLUMBIA	35,719	--
		YOUR SONGS
--	10	DAVID GRAY	DOWNTOWN RECORDS	35,433	--
		DRAW THE LINE
3	11	MUSE	REPRISE	34,971	-72%
		RESISTANCE
6	12	DRAKE	CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN	34,546	-52%
		SO FAR GONE
--	13	MONSTERS OF FOLK	SHANGRI-LA MUSIC	34,316	--
		MONSTERS OF FOLK
10	14	TAYLOR SWIFT	BIG MACHINE	33,849	-26%
		FEARLESS
14	15	KINGS OF LEON	RCA/RMG	31,739	-9%
		ONLY BY THE NIGHT
7	16	BEATLES	APPLE/CAPITOL	30,938	-39%
		ABBEY ROAD
4	17	KID CUDI	UNIVERSAL MOTOWN	29,531	-72%
		MAN ON THE MOON: THE END OF DAY
13	18	BLACK EYED PEAS	INTERSCOPE	28,617	-28%
		E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
--	19	MIKA	CASABLANCA/UNV. MOTOWN	28,236	--
		THE BOY WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
18	20	ZAC BROWN BAND	ATLANTIC	27,517	-4%
		FOUNDATION
15	21	LADY GAGA	INTERSCOPE	24,372	-28%
		FAME
--	22	DAVID CROWDER	SIX STEPS RECORDS	23,756	--
		CHURCH MUSIC
11	23	BEATLES	APPLE/CAPITOL	23,366	-44%
		SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB
17	24	BEATLES	APPLE/CAPITOL	21,522	-27%
		BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM)
19	25	TREY SONGZ	ATLANTIC	19,787	-27%
		READY
26	26	HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE	WALT DISNEY	18,807	-12%
		SOUNDTRACK
20	27	BROOKS & DUNN	ARISTA NASHVILLE	18,241	-26%
		#1S & THEN SOME
25	28	COLBIE CAILLAT	UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC	17,558	-19%
		BREAKTHROUGH
23	29	NOW 31	SONY MUSIC	16,823	-25%
		VARIOUS ARTISTS
24	30	MAXWELL	COLUMBIA	16,814	-24%
		BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT
32	31	JASON ALDEAN	BROKEN BOW	16,793	-8%
		WIDE OPEN
16	32	BEATLES	APPLE/CAPITOL	16,435	-45%
		RUBBER SOUL
30	33	DAUGHTRY	19/RCA/RMG	16,156	-13%
		LEAVE THIS TOWN
--	34	SKILLET	ATLANTIC	15,467	--
		AWAKE
36	35	P!NK	LAFACE/JLG	15,356	-5%
		FUNHOUSE
21	36	BEATLES	APPLE/CAPITOL	15,066	-37%
		REVOLVER
31	37	MICHAEL JACKSON	EPIC	14,923	-19%
		ESSENTIAL
--	38	NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CLUB HITS	SONY MUSIC	13,986	--
		VARIOUS ARTISTS
--	39	OWL CITY	UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC	13,899	--
		OCEAN EYES
33	40	GEORGE STRAIT	MCA NASHVILLE	13,835	-21%
		TWANG
--	41	LADY ANTEBELLUM	CAPITOL NASHVILLE	13,680	--
		LADY ANTEBELLUM
--	42	SEAN KINGSTON	EPIC	13,424	--
		TOMORROW
39	43	MICHAEL JACKSON	EPIC	13,330	-16%
		THRILLER
9	44	LIL BOOSIE	ASYLUM	13,298	-71%
		SUPERBAD: THE RETURN OF BOOSIE
38	45	REBA MCENTIRE	VALORY	12,568	-21%
		KEEP ON LOVING YOU
47	46	NICKELBACK	ROADRUNNER	12,447	-7%
		DARK HORSE
29	47	BEATLES	APPLE/CAPITOL	12,285	-34%
		PAST MASTERS 1 & 2
12	48	MEGADETH	ROADRUNNER	12,025	-71%
		ENDGAME
--	49	DARIUS RUCKER	CAPITOL NASHVILLE	11,726	--
		LEARN TO LIVE
42	50	NOW COUNTRY 2	SONY MUSIC	11,716	-17%

THIS WEEK IN RADIO 9/29

URBAN

1	1	DRAKE	Successful f/Lil Wayne	YM/CM/Universal Motown	3800	3992	-192
2	2	MARIO	Break Up f/Gucci Mane	3rd Street/J/RMG	3622	3769	-147
4	3	PLEASURE P	Under	Atlantic	3389	3380	9
5	4	JAY-Z/RIHANNA/KANYE WEST	Run This Town	Roc Nation	3225	3068	157
3	5	MAXWELL	Pretty Wings	Columbia	3163	3445	-282
6	6	GUCCI MANE	Wasted f/Plies	Asylum/Warner Bros.	3067	2937	130
9	7	TREY SONGZ	LOL Smiley Face f/Gucci Mane	Songbook/Atlantic	2528	2292	236
11	8	R. KELLY	Number One f/K. Hilson	Jive/JLG	2261	2028	233
7	9	FABOLOUS	Throw It In The Bag f/Dream	Def Jam/IDJMG	2126	2482	-356
12	10	YO GOTTI	5 Star	Polo Grounds/J/RMG	2055	1973	82
8	11	MARIAH CAREY	Obsessed	Island/IDJMG	2017	2310	-293
15	12	LETOYA	Regret f/Ludacris	Capitol	1935	1719	216
14	13	KEYSHIA COLE	Trust f/Monica	Imani/Geffen/Interscope	1762	1810	-48
21	14	DRAKE KANYE LIL WAYNE EMINEM	Forever	Interscope	1741	1268	473
10	15	DORROUGH	Ice Cream Paint Job	Ngenius/E1	1648	2082	-434
13	16	BEYONCE	Ego	Music World/Columbia	1591	1893	-302
19	17	MARY MARY	God In Me f/Kierra Sheard	Columbia	1542	1433	109
16	18	DRAKE	Best I Ever Had	YM/CM/Universal Motown	1443	1629	-186
24	19	CLIPSE	I'm Good f/Pharrell WIlliams	Columbia	1369	1200	169
22	20	THE-DREAM	Sweat It Out	Radio Killa/DefJam/IDJMG	1361	1250	111
18	21	MISHON	Just A Kiss	Streamline/Interscope	1338	1516	-178
17	22	JEREMIH	Imma Star (Everywhere We Are)	Def Jam/IDJMG	1301	1573	-272
20	23	PLIES	Becky	Big Gates/SNS/Atlantic	1249	1358	-109
45	24	ALICIA KEYS	Doesn't Mean Anything	J/RMG	1247	494	753
26	25	LIL BOOSIE	Better Believe It	Trill/Asylum/Warner Bros.	1061	985	76
32	26	TREY SONGZ	I Invented Sex f/Drake	Atlantic	1001	746	255
25	27	MARY J. BLIGE	The One f/Drake	Geffen/Interscope	949	1118	-169
27	28	NEW BOYZ	You're A Jerk	Asylum	831	932	-101
30	29	TWISTA	Wetter (Calling You Daddy)	GMG/Capitol	827	831	-4
36	30	ESTER DEAN	Drop It Low	HMM/Zone4/Interscope	784	650	134
29	31	MULLAGE	Trick'n	From The Ground Up/JLG	763	915	-152
42	32	MAXWELL	Bad Habits	Columbia	761	552	209
33	33	KERI HILSON	Slow Dance	Zone 4/Interscope	724	725	-1
31	34	PRETTY RICKY	Tipsy In Dis Club	Bluestar/BigCat/Tommy Boy	720	794	-74
52	35	JAY-Z	Empire State Of Mind f/A. Keys	Roc Nation	714	363	351
34	36	VERSE	Buy You A Round (Up & Down)	Interscope	704	658	46
41	37	FABOLOUS F/KERI HILSON	Everything, Everyday...	Def Jam/IDJMG	700	574	126
35	38	GINUWINE	Trouble f/Bun B	Notifi/Asylum	699	656	43
37	39	MARQUES HOUSTON	Body	Musicworks/Fontana	654	616	38
43	40	BIRDMAN	Money To Blow f/Lil Wayne	Universal Motown	649	546	103

URBAN AC

	1	MAXWELL	Pretty Wings	Columbia	1946	1956	-10
3	2	MAXWELL	Bad Habits	Columbia	1897	1701	196
5	3	CHARLIE WILSON	Can't Live Without You	Jive/JLG	1674	1655	19
4	4	WHITNEY HOUSTON	I Look To You	Arista/RMG	1658	1656	2
2	5	K'JON	On The Ocean	Universal Republic	1465	1721	-256
6	6	ANTHONY HAMILTON	The Point Of It All	Jive/JLG	1179	1267	-88
7	7	GINUWINE	Last Chance	Notifi/Asylum	1146	1198	-52
10	8	MARY MARY	God In Me f/Kierra Sheard	Columbia	1064	921	143
9	9	JAZMINE SULLIVAN	In Love With Another Man	J/RMG	933	996	-63
11	10	CHRISETTE MICHELE	Blame It On Me	Def Jam/IDJMG	903	778	125
8	11	MUSIQ SOULCHILD	Sobeautiful	Atlantic	826	1002	-176
12	12	CHARLIE WILSON	There Goes My Baby	Jive/JLG	768	735	33
17	13	BRIAN MCKNIGHT	What I've Been Waiting For	E1	718	599	119
13	14	BEBE & CECE WINANS	Close To You	B&C/Malaco	690	734	-44
14	15	CHRISETTE MICHELE	Epiphany (I'm Leaving)	Def Jam/IDJMG	632	725	-93
19	16	KEVON EDMONDS	Oh	Make	580	571	9
34	17	ALICIA KEYS	Doesn't Mean Anything	J/RMG	486	184	302
15	18	MELANIE FIONA	Give It To Me Right	SRC/Universal Motown	474	665	-191
20	19	KEYSHIA COLE	Trust f/Monica	Imani/Geffen/Interscope	449	521	-72
18	20	LEDISI	Goin' Thru Changes	Verve Forecast/VMG	443	574	-131
23	21	K'JON	This Time	Universal Republic	441	351	90
25	22	ALL-4-ONE	My Child	Peak/CMG	433	341	92
24	23	MARIAH CAREY	I Want To Know What Love Is	Island/IDJMG	416	347	69
21	24	WHITNEY HOUSTON	Million Dollar Bill	Arista/RMG	407	398	9
22	25	LAURA IZIBOR	Don't Stay	Atlantic	405	370	35
27	26	PRINCE	Better With Time	NPG	380	293	87
28	27	LAKISHA JONES	Same Song	Elite Music	267	291	-24
26	28	JOE	Can't Get Over You	Brantera	264	340	-76
29	29	CHICO DEBARGE	Oh No	Kedar/Fontana	234	254	-20
45	30	TEENA MARIE	You Baby	Stax/CMG	182	96	86
31	31	GEORGE BENSON	Family Reunion	Concord/CMG	182	226	-44
42	32	ERIC ROBERSON	Borrow You	---	179	101	78
38	33	N'DAMBI	Can't Hardly Wait	Stax/Concord	176	122	54
32	34	SMOKEY ROBINSON	Don't Know Why	Robso	171	207	-36
53	35	TONI BRAXTON	Yesterday	Atlantic	164	64	100
33	36	LETOYA	Regret f/Ludacris	Capitol	163	195	-32
30	37	JENNIFER HUDSON	Giving Myself	Arista/RMG	147	252	-105
36	38	JOSH X-AN-TUS	First Time	M USA Ent.	140	154	-14
37	39	LACEE	Lacee's Groove	Advantage	134	151	-17
43	40	KENTRELL	Encore	Jive	125	99	26

Monday, September 14, 2009

kanye west on Jay Leno to apologize for VMA outburst

KANYE BREAKS DOWN ON JAY LENO!! ENTIRE INTERVIEW

Calling out Mike Jordan?!? Serious?

Bryon Russell has a message for Michael Jordan: Whenever you’re ready, I’ll be waiting in California – in my basketball shorts.

“I’ll play his a— right now,” Russell told Yahoo! Sports. “This is a call-out for him to come play me. He can come out here in his private jet and come play. He’s got millions of dollars. He can pay for the jet. He can meet me at the Recreation Center in Calabasas.

“We can have Mark Jackson do the commentating. We can have Mitch Richmond do the officiating. We can put it on TV and see if Michael’s still got it.”

Jordan spent much of his enshrinement speech at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame singling out players and coaches who had slighted, criticized or motivated him. Russell merited a special mention.

After Jordan’s first retirement from the NBA, he was playing minor-league baseball and stopped by the Chicago Bulls’ practice facility, where the Utah Jazz were working out. Jordan said Russell, then a rookie with the Jazz, introduced himself and challenged him.

“…At this time I had no thoughts of coming back and playing the game of basketball,” Jordan said during his speech. “Bryon Russell came over to me and said, ‘Why’d you quit? You know I could guard you. If I ever see you in a pair of shorts…’

“When I did come back in 1995 and we played Utah in ’96, I’m at the center circle and Bryon Russell is standing next to me. I said, ‘You remember the [comments] you made in 1994 about, ‘I think I can guard you, I can shut you down, I would love to play against you? Well, you’re about to get your chance.’ ”

When the teams met in the ’98 Finals, Jordan hit his famous championship-clinching shot after knocking Russell backward. Jazz coach Jerry Sloan and point guard John Stockton, who also were being inducted, both shook their heads as Jordan told the story.

“From this day forward,” Jordan said, “if I ever see him in shorts, I’m coming at him.”

Russell said Jordan’s story was accurate and that he was honored, not offended, by his words.

“It was during my rookie year,” Russell said. “He turned to Karl [Malone] and said, ‘Hey Karl, is that your rookie?’ I really did say that to him. Karl was laughing and [Jordan] was laughing, too. …I guess I motivated him to come back. There had to be other reasons. You know he likes all challenges.

“Out of all the people he came across, he thought about me. I’m happy to be in his Hall of Fame speech.”

Russell said “not a single day passes” in which someone doesn’t ask him about Jordan’s shot over him. While playing for the Denver Nuggets, Russell and then-Nuggets interim coach Michael Cooper got in a heated debate about whether Jordan’s shot over Russell or Julius Erving’s famous acrobatic dunk over Cooper was more embarrassing. Looking back, Russell said he wasn’t humiliated to be part of such a historic play.

“To me, that’s the greatest play in basketball history,” Russell said. “It will stay that way because he will always be the greatest player to play the game. I didn’t mind. But the referees didn’t make the call on the push off.

“It’s long done and gone. It was a call that wasn’t made on a play that was great.”

Russell didn’t watch the Hall of Fame induction ceremony live because he was running errands with his 11-year-old son, Brandon, in Calabasas, Calif., but he did record it. After Jordan mentioned him, Russell received a voice message from his old Long Beach State coach, Seth Greenberg. Several other friends and family members also called and sent him text messages. As soon as Russell got home, he rushed to the television to watch Jordan.

Jordan and Russell were teammates with the Washington Wizards during the 2002-03 season, Jordan’s last in the NBA. Russell said Jordan never brought up the story while they were together and they never played one-on-one, either. Russell, now 38, last played in the NBA during the 2005-06 season, but he works out daily and is eager to “guard [Jordan] again and beat him.”

Russell encouraged Jordan to get his phone number from a mutual friend if he’s up for the challenge. Until then, he wants Jordan to know this:

“I keep my basketball shorts on.”

Friday, September 11, 2009

THIS WEEK IN RADIO 9/11