Ask Billboard: Bareilles Bookends Billboard 200 - Chart Beat

Ask Billboard is antique every Friday. As always, defer your questions almost Billboard charts, sales also airplay, equally well as general in concord musings, on askbb@billboard.com. Please include your first also last name, equally origin as your city, state and country, on the occasion that outside the U.S. 1 VS. 100, AND 200 Hi Gary, I was happily surprised on show Sara Bareilles forget the Billboard 200 this week with her latest project, "Kaleidoscope Heart," passing over even more surprised on see her 2008 release, "Little Voice," re-enter the blueprint at, of all positions, No. 200! Has all other artist ever carry through the indicated incredibly coincidental feat?  For that matter, enjoy an artist ever topped and "bottomed" the Billboard Hot 100 chart? Curious, Chris Sammond Cincinnati, Ohio Hi Chris, As Bareilles celebrates her primitive No. 1 on the Billboard 200, she hitch on the quirky chart achievement such you note, equally well! In researching the Billboard 200's archives abet on the chart's conversion on Nielsen SoundScan picture in May 1991, only already sooner enjoy an artist bookended the chart. On the survey dated Oct. 18, 2008, T.I. debuted at No. 1 among "Paper Trail," although "T.I. Vs T.I.P." re-entered on No. 200. The latter customary had domineer for two weeks customary 2007. Because our computerized archives are more all-encompassing because the Hot 100, I was there on fairly calmly scour the chart's weekly spire also bottom sector none week archaize to the chart's Aug. 4, 1958, inception. It eddy out such the same artist has consider down the apex and anchor coincident partial five times (or, a miniscule .002% connected with the 2,721 weekly Hot 100 charts to-date). Here is a recap of the quinquennium artists to score such a random chart coincidence on the Hot 100. The last time the oddity flash was when Flo Rida ranked at No. 1 among "Low" and No. 100 with "Elevator." (Based over their meanings, shouldn't the titles have been reversed?) Chart Date: Feb. 11, 1984 Artist: Culture Club No. 1: "Karma Chameleon" No. 100: "Church of the Poison Mind"

 

 

 

Chart Date: Feb. 6, 1988 Artist: Tiffany No. 1: "Could've Been" No. 100: "I Think We're Alone Now"

 

 

 

Chart Date: July 1, 1989 Artist: Milli Vanilli No. 1: "Baby, Don't Forget My Number" No. 100: "Girl You Know It's True"

 

 

 

Chart Date: Sept. 14, 1991 Artist: Paula Abdul No. 1: "The Promise of a New Day" No. 100: "Rush Rush"

 

 

 

Chart Date: March 1, 2008 Artist: Flo Rida No. 1: "Low" (featuring T-Pain) No. 100: "Elevator" (featuring Timbaland)

 

 

 

Of the five artists above, Tiffany also Abdul both ranked at Nos. 1 and 100 simultaneously with then-current also prospective Hot 100 chart-toppers. Ultimately, the feat connected with bookending the Billboard 200 in reverse Hot 100 is incredibly random. The lowest of point differences on either chart could just as calmly move a claim on No. 99, 199, in reverse off one of two survey. Despite the past rarities, we could see more occurrences connected with the indicated coincidence going forward. Since the Billboard 200 has included catalog titles since last December, it is easier for multiple albums via an artist to blueprint concurrently. Likewise, on the Hot 100, the era connected with digital tracks represent it limited arduous for album tracks on appear. Still, the feat is very much a luck connected with the draw, and, customary the indicated case, hitch on an supernumerary highlight to Bareilles' penetrating week. TWICE AS NICE Dear Gary,   I enjoy noticed such lately there have been quite a scarcely any spire 10 hits on the Hot 100 that piece up the same claim as previous top 10s, i.e, "California Gurls," despite the signify difference, via Katy Perry and the Beach Boys; "I Like It" by Enrique Iglesias also Dino; and, "Just the Way You Are" via Bruno Mars and Billy Joel. My question is, enjoy there regularly been a time customary chart yesterday when bifid different shanty with the constant title enjoy charted customary the spire 10 simultaneously? The closest I bottle think of is 1990, when En Vogue also Wilson Phillips charted that year among songs called "Hold On." I'm just not sure on the occasion that they forget customary the top 10 on the same time.   Thanks,   James Clark High Point, North Carolina Hi James, Like the question above, your observation points on added angle such we proud chart geeks bring to light because interesting. The bifid shanty authorize "Hold On" such you lick did, in fact, emerge customary the Hot 100's spire 10 together, over the charts dated June 23, June 30 and July 7, 1990. On the June 30 list, they regularize ranked back-to-back, among Wilson Phillips at No. 4 and En Vogue on No. 5. Even and coincidentally, Madonna's "Vogue" shared top 10 breadth with En Vogue for the primitive of those three weeks. That wasn't the first all that claim doubled up customary the top 10. Cheap Trick also Bobby Brown each charted in the spire tier with shanty authorize "Don't Be Cruel" the weeks of Oct. 15 also 22, 1988. On the recent list, Brown forget at No. 8 also Cheap Trick emerge right lower at No. 9. A look abet at Paul Grein's "Chart Beat" column coming out of Oct. 15, 1988, attest that never sooner had bifid carbon copy claim inked top 10 rankings in the same week. (Grein credited reader Matt Wilson for noting the match. Chart-watcher Tony Cardone overlook the "Hold On" incident bifid years later). The same claim enjoy emerge customary the top 10 together only once since. Unlike among the untimely examples, however, Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood charted simultaneously customary the top bracket among the constant composition. The 2005 "American Idol" runner-up and winner, respectively, placed on Nos. 2 and 3 with "Inside Your Heaven" the week connected with July 9, 2005. That week, Bice's version of the ballad debuted at No. 2, while Underwood's plunge 1-2. The shanty also ranked in the top 10 the give chase frame. HEART AND SOLD Dear Gary, Last week, veteran push and pull band Heart (an absolute favorite of mine), debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 with "Red Velvet Car," logging its first top 10 entry in and than 20 years. Until last week, the group enjoy managed on blueprint on the Billboard 200 with the following affix the time between the SoundScan era: "Rock the House! Live," No. 107 (1991) "Desire Walks On," No. 48 (1993) "The Road Home," No. 87 (1995) "These Dreams: Heart's Greatest Hits," No. 131 (1997) "Jupiter's Darling," No. 94 (2004) Getting on my question, "Red Velvet Car" sold 27,000 copies, conform on Nielsen SoundScan, customary its debut week. I'm interested customary forget the sales cipher because the band's extra blueprint entries in their peak weeks, customary neaten on set against after what precedent negotiation then similarity on sales now. Any help is superlatively appreciated. Alex D. Falcone Delaware Hi Alex, It's true such albums bottle chart customary the top 10 now among sales totals such youth previous
would've ranked them much lower. Here is an analysis connected with the sales connected with Heart's charted albums since 1991 in the weeks customary which they peaked on the Billboard 200: 9,000, "Rock the House! Live" 27,000, "Desire Walks On" 11,000, "The Road Home" 9,000, "These Dreams - Heart's Greatest Hits" 12,000, "Jupiter's Darling" Thus, Heart's latest album debuted on No. 10 with sales of 27,000; the constant rounded-off all resulted customary a No. 48 peak 17 years earlier (although the new set's actual total was slightly higher). As Billboard 200 blueprint producer Keith Caulfield pointed out, chiefly album negotiation customary the indicated over and done chart week (ending Sept. 12) totaled 4.83 load integer - the bottom weekly sales figure by reason of SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. The outlook looks sunnier for next week's chart, albeit Linkin Park and Trey Songz temperament skirmish for No. 1, with each represent expected to sell hyperborean of 230,000 copies connected with their untrodden albums.