American Top Charts oN November 27, 2010

Chart Watch America: Chart of November 27, 2010

Our weekly recap of veteran artists on the current American music charts. Chart highlights

• Bon Jovi debuts strong with their new Greatest Hits set, starting at 5 on the Albums and 1 on both the Rock and Hard Rock Album charts.  Their last album, 2009's The Circle, topped all three charts.
• Also debuting in the top ten is Reba McEntire whose new album, All the Women I Am, is at 7 on the Albums and 3 on the Country Albums chart.  Like Bon Jovi, her last album (2009's Keep on Loving You) premiered at the top of both charts.  The first single from the album, Turn on the Radio, breaks into the Radio Airplay chart this week at 38. 
• The tribute album Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn, premiers at 46 on the Albums and 14 on the Country Albums chart.  Lynn sings the title cut on the album with Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow.
• At number 48 is the album of rearranged Elvis Presley songs, Viva Elvis.  The album also debuts at 9 on the Rock Albums, plus Elvis returns two of his Christmas albums to the charts, Elvis Christmas (#92) and It's Christmas Time (#183).  
• Marie Osmond has her best showing as a solo artist since her 1973 debut, Paper Roses.  I Can Do This, a set she recorded to benefit the Children's Miracle Network, debuts at 71.  When including albums she recorded with her brother Donny, the new album is her best showing since 1976's Donny & Marie: Featuring Songs From Their Television Show.
• At 86 is the new album from Quincy Jones, Q: Soul Bossa Nostra.  His last charting album, 1999's From Q With Love, peaked at 72.  The album also starts at 15 on the R&B chart, the highest charting album by a veteran artist this week.
• Dio, the band of the late Ronnie James Dio, premiers at 98 with at Donnington: Live 1983 & 1987.  It's the highest that group has charted since 1990's Lock Up the Wolves.  Donnington is also 18 on the Rock and 6 on the Hard Rock charts.
• On the R&B Album chart, Aaron Neville just sneaks on at number 50 with his new gospel album I Know I've Been Changed.  

Previous week position noted in parenthesis. (N) is a new entry. (R) is a re-entry. Grayed charts were not available for update at time of publication.

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Comprehensive

1st Week as Top Veteran

Top 200 Albums

• #1 (N) - The Gift - Susan Boyle
• #2 (1) - Speak Now - Taylor Swift
• #3 (N) - Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager - Kid Cudi
• #4 (N) - Now That's What I Call Music 36 - Various Artists
• #5 (N) - Greatest Hits - Bon Jovi
• #7 (N) - All the Women I Am - Reba McEntire
• #22 (11) - Fly Me to the Moon: The Great American Songbook Volume V - Rod Stewart
• #26 (8) - Dreams - Neil Diamond
• #32 (10) - The Union - Elton John & Leon Russell
• #38 (70) - Now That's What I Call Christmas 4 - Various Artists
• #46 (N) - Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn - Loretta Lynn & Freiends
• #48 (N) - Viva Elvis: The Album - Elvis Presley
• #56 (64) - It's a Wonderful Christmas - Michael W. Smith
• #64 (191) - Christmas: 25th Anniversary Collection - Mannheim Steamroller
• #71 (N) - I Can Do This - Marie Osmond
• #74 (57) - Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All-Time - Santana
• #81 (29) - Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
• #84 (135) - Live at the Troubadour - Carole King and James Taylor
• #86 (N) - Q: Soul Bossa Nostra - Quincy Jones
• #92 (R) - Elvis Christmas - Elvis Presley
• #98 (N) - Dio at Donnington: Live 1983 & 1987 - Dio

• #105 (72) - Clapton - Eric Clapton
• #112 (83) - Number Ones - Michael Jackson
• #120 (R) - Christmas With the Chipmunks - The Chipmunks With David Seville
• #121 (69) - Opus Collection - Bee Gees (Starbucks Exclusive)
• #128 (93) - Greatest Hits - Journey
• #130 (R) - The Essential Now That's What I Call Christmas - Various Artists
• #132 (39) - National Ransom - Elvis Costello
• #136 (137) - Legend: The Best of - Bob Marley and the Wailers
• #141 (R) - The Christmas Collection - Amy Grant
• #142 (80) - The Bootleg Series Volume 9: The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 - Bob Dylan
• #152 (R) - Twang - George Strait
• #163 (110) - The Imus Ranch Record II - Various Artists
• #164 (113) - Band of Joy - Robert Plant
• #168 (134) - Nothing But the Best - Frank Sinatra
• #174 (148) - Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• #177 (R) - A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack) - Vince Guaraldi Trio
• #183 (R) - It's Christmas Time - Elvis Presley
• #189 (148) - Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• #190 (149) - Iron Man 2 Soundtrack - AC/DC
• #191 (138) - Le Noise - Neil Young

9th Week as Top Veteran

Top 100 Singles

• #1 (2) - Like a G6 - Far*East Movement Featuring Cataracs & Dev
• #2 (4) - Only Girl (In the World) - Rihanna
• #3 (3) - Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
• #4 (7) - Raise Your Glass - Pink
• #5 (6) - Just a Drea - Nelly
• #63 (73) - The Breath You Take - George Strait
• #65 (69) - Turn On the Radio - Reba McEntire

Top 40 Digital Songs

• #1 (N) - Teenage Dream - Glee Cast
• #2 (2) - We R Who We R - Ke$ha
• #3 (N) - The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas
• #4 (6) - Firework - Katy Perry
• #5 (4) - Raise Your Glass - Pink
• No Veteran Artists Charting

1st Week as Top Vetera

Top 40 Radio Airplay Songs

• #1 (1) - Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
• #2 (3) - Only Girl (In the World) - Rihanna
• #3 (4) - Just a Dream - Nelly
• #4 (2) - DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love - Usher Featuring Pitbull
• #5 (5) - Like a G6 - Far*East Movement Featuring Cataracs & Dev
• #38 (42) - Turn on the Radio - Reba McEntire

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R&B and Blues

1st Week as Top Veteran

Top 50 R&B Albums

• #1 (N) - Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager - Kid Cudi
• #2 (N) - The Lady Killer - Cee Lo Green
• #3 (2) - I Am Not a Human Being - Lil Wayne
• #4 (3) - Recovery - Eminem
• #5 (1) - Merry Christmas II You - Mariah Carey
• #15 (N) - Q: Soul Bossa Nostra - Quincy Jones
• #29 (19) - Now & Then - Smokey Robinson
• #36 (34) - Soldier of Love - Sade
• #39 (18) - Soulsville - Huey Lewis & the News
• #41 (37) - Best of - Gerald Lavert 
• #42 (53) - Icon - Temptations
• #50 (N) - I Know I've Been Changed - Aaron Neville

5th Week as Top Veteran

Top 50 R&B Songs

• #1 (1) - Can't Be Friends - Trey Songz
• #2 (2) - Deuces - Chris Brown Featuring Tyga & Kevin McCall
• #3 (5) - Aston Martin Music - Rick Ross Featuring Drake & Chrisette Michele
• #4 (3) - No Hands - Wacka Flocka Flame Featuring Roscoe Dash and Wale
• #5 (4) - Right Above It - Lil Wayne Featuring Drake
• #24 (23) - You Are - Charlie Wilson 
• #41 (41) - Can It Stay - Gerald Levert

3rd Week as Top Veteran

Top 10 Blues Albums

• #1 (1) - Living Proof - Buddy Guy
• #2 (2) - Live! In Chicago - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
• #3 (3) - Icon - Etta James
• #4 (4) - Live From Royal Albert Hall - Joe Bonamassa
• #5 (6) - Memphis Blues - Cyndi Lauper
• #7 (12) - Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook - Bettye LaVette
• #9 (7) - The Well - Charlie Musselwhite

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Country, Bluegrass and Folk

1st Week as Top Veteran

Top 40 Country Albums

• #1 (1) - Speak Now - Taylor Swift
• #2 (2) - My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
• #3 (N) - All the Women I Am - Reba McEntire
• #4 (3) - The Incredible Machine - Sugarland
• #5 (10) - Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
• #14 (N) - Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn - Loretta Lynn & Freiends
• #30 (34) - Twang - George Strait

 

2nd Week as Top Veteran

Top 30 Country Songs

• #1 (1) - As She's Walking Away - Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson

• #2 (3) - Anything Like Me - Brad Paisley

• #3 (2) - Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland

• #4 (6) - If I Die Young - The Band Perry

• #5 (5) - Farmer's Daughter - Rodney Atkins

• #8 (9) - Turn On the Radio - Reba McEntire

• #10 (11) - The Breath You Take - George Strait

49th Week as Top Veteran

Top 10 Bluegrass Albums

• #1 (1) - Up on the Ridge - Dierks Bentley
• #2 (2) - Christmas - Isaacs
• #3 (4) - Song Up In Her Head - Sarah Jarosz
• #4 (7) - The Crow: New Songs for the Five String Banjo - Steve Martin
• #5 (13) - Naturally: An Almost A Cappella - Isaacs

4th Week as Top Veteran

Top 10 Folk Albums

• #1 (1) - Sigh No More - Mumford & Son
• #2 (2) - Age of Adz - Sufjan Stevens
• #3 (3) - The Bootleg Series Volume 9: The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 - Bob Dylan
• #4 (4) - God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise - Ray Lamontagne and The Pariah Dogs
• #5 (13) - As I Call You Down - Fistful of Mercy

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Rock  

Top 25 Rock Albums

• #1 (N) - Greatest Hits - Bon Jovi
• #2 (1) - Come Around Sundown - Kings of Leon
• #3 (N) - AB III - Alter Bridge
• #4 (N) - 0 (Disambiguation) - Underoath
• #5 (3) - Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
• #6 (2) - The Union - Elton John & Leon Russell
• #9 (N) - Viva Elvis: The Album - Elvis Presley
• #12 (13) - Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All-Time - Santana
• #18 (N) - Dio at Donnington: Live 1983 & 1987 - Dio
• #23 (17) - Clapton - Eric Clapton

1st Week as Top Veteran

Top 15 Hard Rock Albums

• #1 (N) - Greatest Hits - Bon Jovi  
• #2 (N) - AB III - Alter Bridge
• #3 (N) - 0 (Disambiguation) - Underoath
• #4 (2) - A Thousand Suns - Linkin Park
• #5 (3) - Asylum - Disturbed
• #6 (N) - Dio at Donnington: Live 1983 & 1987 - Dio
• #15 (11) - Iron Man 2 Soundtrack - AC/DC

Top 25 Rock Songs

• #1 (2) - Tighten Up - The Black Keys
• #2 (1) - Say You'll Haunt Me - Stone Sour
• #3 (3) - Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons
• #4 (5) - Animal - Neon Trees
• #5 (4) - Radioactive - Kings of Leon
• No veteran artists charting

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Adult Contemporary

Top 15 Adult Contemporary Tracks

• #1 (2) - Hey, Soul Sister - Train
• #2 (1) - Breakeven - The Script
• #3 (5) - Mine - Taylor Swift
• #4 (3) - Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
• #5 (4) - Smile - Uncle Kracker
• No Veteran Artists Charting

6th Week as Top Veteran

Top 20 Adult Pop Songs

• #1 (3) - Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
• #2 (2) - Animal - Neon Trees
• #3 (1) - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
• #4 (5) - Secrets - OneRepublic
• #5 (4) - September - Daughtry
• #16 (16) - What Do You Got? - Bon Jovi 

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Dance  

 

7th Week as Top Veteran

Top 25 Dance/Club Play Songs

• #1 (3) - In for the Kill - La Roux
• #2 (5) - Peacock - Katy Perry
• #3 (4) - Above All - Sylvia Tosun
• #4 (6) - I Like That - Richard Vission & Static Revenger Starring Ludacris
• #5 (2) - Only Girl (In the World) - Rihanna
• #16 (15) - To Paris With Love - Donna Summer

2nd Week as Top Veteran

Top 15 Dance/Electronic Albums

• #1 (1) - The Fame - Lady Gaga
• #2 (3) - The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga
• #3 (5) - The Remix - Lady Gaga
• #4 (4) - NOW That's What I Call Club Music, Volume 2 - Various Artists
• #5 (N) - London Sessions - LCD Soundsystem
• #6 (2) - Small Craft on a Milk Sea - Brian Eno with Jon Hopkins & Leo Abrahams
• #13 (11) - Metallic Spheres - The Orb Featuring David Gilmour

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Jazz   

2nd Week as Top Veteran

Top 25 Jazz Albums

• #1 (1) - Hollwood: The Deluxe (EP) - Michael Buble
• #2 (2) - Crazy Love - Michael Buble
• #3 (5) - Christmas With the Rat Pack - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis, Jr.
• #4 (3) - Let's Touch the Sky - Fourplay
• #5 (4) - Hello Tomorrow - Dave Koz
• #9 (8) - Your Songs - Harry Connick, Jr.
• #11 (12) - Heart and Soul - Kenny G
• #15 (10) - Reimagines Gershwin - Brian Wilson
• #20 (N) - The Forgotten 1949 Carnegie Hall Concert - Nat King Cole
• #22 (26) - Jasmine - Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden
• #23 (16) - The Imagine Project - Herbie Hancock

Source for all above charts: Billboard

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Americana    

8th Week as Top Veteran

Americana Music Association Top 40 Airplay 
Week of November 15, 2010

• #1 (1) - Band of Joy - Robert Plant
• #2 (2) - Junky Star - Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses
• #3 (3) - God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise - Ray Lamontagne & the Pariah Dogs
• #4 (8) - National Ransom - Elvis Costello
• #5 (4) - Studio B Sessions - Marty Stuart
• #7 (7) - You Are Not Alone - Mavis Staples
• #11 (9) - Tin Can Trust - Los Lobos
• #14 (12) - No Better Than This - John Mellencamp
• #15 (15) - The New Bye & Bye - Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
• #16 (16) - Clapton - Eric Clapton
• #19 (28) - You Can Always Turn Around - Lucky Peterson
• #20 (18) - Legacy - Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
• #21 (29) - Living Proof - Buddy Guy
• #23 (26) - Le Noise - Neil Young
• #24 (19) - The Shine - Tony Joe White
• #27 (40) - The Union - Elton John & Leon Russell
• #29 (36) - The Bootleg Series Volume 9: The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 - Bob Dylan
• #30 (23) - Street Songs of Love - Alejandro Escovedo
• #37 (N) - At Edwards Barn - Chris Hillman & Herb Pendersen
• #40 (N) - The Imus Ranch Record II - Various Artists

Source: Americana Music Association

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Books  

Top Books at Amazon On or By Veteran Artists

• #1 - Life by Keith Richards and James Fox
• #2 - Frank: The Voice by James Kaplan
• #3 - What Would Keith Richards Do?  Daily Affirmations With a Rock and Roll Survivor by Jessica Pallington West
• #4 - Bob Dylan in America by Sean Wilentz
• #5 - The Heroine Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Sheltered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx
• #6 - The Red Hot Chili Peppers: An Oral/Visual History by the Red Hot Chili Peppers 
• #7 - Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis and Larry Sloman
• #8 - Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter by Randy Schmidt, Forward by Dionne Warwick
• #9 - Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir by Dave Mustaine & Joe Layden
• #10 - Motley Crue: The Dirt - Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars & Nikki Sixx

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