BILLBOARD INFORMATION for LUDACRIS and GORILLAZ

INFORMATION on CHART PLACINGS for ALBUM DEBUT(S) and RESPECTIVE SINGLE(S) for
March 9th, 2010

LUDACRIS-- "Battle of the Sexes" (ALBUMS SOLD--137,000)
#1--Billboard 200
#1--R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
#1--Rap Albums
#2--Digital Albums
#17--Canadian Albums

Current SINGLE(S)/Other Charted Songs from "Battle of the Sexes"
"How Low"
#14--Hot 100
#10--R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
#25--Pop Songs
#10--Radio Songs
#14--Digital Songs

"My Chick Bad" featuring Nicki Minaj
#27--Hot 100
#15--R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
#10--Rap Songs
#56--Radio Songs
#18--Digital Songs

GORILLAZ-- "Plastic Beach" (ALBUMS SOLD--112,000)
#2--Billboard 200
#1--Rock Albums
#1--Alternative Albums
#1--Digital Albums
#3--Canadian Albums
#1--European Albums

Current SINGLE(S)/Other Charted Songs from "Plastic Beach"
"Stylo" featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def
N/A

INFORMATION on PREVIOUS WEEK'S ALBUM PLACINGS on the BILLBOARD 200

LIFEHOUSE-- "Smoke & Mirrors"
DROPPED from #6 to #34

RAHEEM DEVAUGHN-- "The Love & War MasterPeace"
DROPPED from #9 to #24

JASON DERULO's self-titled debut album
DROPPED from #11 to #29

HUEY DUNBAR-- "Huey Dunbar IV"
DROPPED from #14 to #30 on the Latin Albums chart; #2 to #4 on the Tropical Albums chart

Give it to up to LUDACRIS who gained his FOURTH overall #1 debut in his career! GORILLAZ also did VERY well on the charts as they hit #1 on several genre charts, as well as the European charts. Other interesting news this week: RIHANNA hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with her latest single Rude Boy, while LADY GAGA and BEYONCE sit at the top of the Pop Songs chart with Telephone. DRAKE debuts at #35 on the Hot 100 with the first single from his highly anticipated debut studio album (Thank Me Later) entitled Over.

CHECK HERE NEXT WEEK on THURSDAY, MARCH 25th, 2010 to find out how LUDACRIS and GORILLAZ do on the RISE and FALL portion of this blog!

(ALL INFORMATION on this page has been retrieved on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 from ALL FACTS made AVAILABLE on BILLBOARD.COM...the lack of information on an ARTIST's release doesn't necessarily mean they are not on the charts. Full BILLBOARD INFORMATION can be accessed at billboard.biz)

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Written by Felix-Lee "Campbells" Andrades, III