Nelly Furtado & Josh Groban- "Silencio"

Here's a new song off Nelly Furtado's upcoming debut album in Spanish, Mi Plan. This song is called "Silencio" and it features singer Josh Groban, who is also singing in spanish! This is a great song, I really like it! By the way, Nelly now has a bigger reason to celebrate, her single "Manos Al Aire" is now the #1 song on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart taking "Loba" by Shakira down to #2. Congrats to Nelly for the success! (MP3 Link in Comments)

Josh Groban and Mary J. Blige Top Billboard Chart

Josh Groban's "Noel" (143/Reprise) becomes the first Christmas album to top The Billboard 200 for five straight weeks, after moving 757,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Groban's total, which was up 13% from last week, helped hold off hefty competition from Mary J. Blige's "Growing Pains" (Geffen), the only debut to crack the top 10 this week. The R&B star's ninth album landed at No. 2 and shifted 629,000 copies.

Despite a whopping 62% sales spike, Alicia Keys' "As I Am" (J) slips 2-3 in its sixth week on the chart, selling 474,000. The Eagles' "Long Road Out of Eden" (Eagles Recording Co.) also slides down one spot to No. 4 with 313,000 (+30%). Moving 260,000 copies, Miley Cyrus' Disney double-disc set "Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus" jumps 7-5 thanks to a 46% sales increase from the previous week.

The "Now 26" multi-label hits compilation slides 4-6, pulling in 235,000 copies (+22%) in its sixth week of release. Arista Nashville artist Carrie Underwood jumps two slots to No. 7 with "Carnival Ride," on a 57% increase to 216,000. Big Machine artist Taylor Swift remained at No. 8 with her self-titled debut, selling 187,000 (+35%).

Disney's "High School Musical 2" fell 6-9 on 185,000 copies sold (+4%) and Jive artist Chris Brown rounded out the top 10 after a 65% leap to 176,000 for "Exclusive."

Billboard 200 Update

Groban Remains No. 1, Becomes '07's Best-Seller

Josh Groban sets a new record on The Billboard 200 with "Noel," becoming the first Christmas album to top the chart for four straight weeks. The 143/Reprise set moved 669,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, a 15% increase from last week's sum. Elvis Presley's "Elvis' Christmas Album" also sat on top for four weeks, but non-consecutively.

With total sales at 2.77 million, "Noel" has now surpassed the "High School Musical 2" soundtrack as this year's top selling album.

Alicia Keys' "As I Am" (J) sits tight at No. 2 for a second week with 292,000, a 24% sales hike. The Eagles' "Long Road Out of Eden" (Eagles Recording Co.) stays at No. 3 with 241,000 (+18%) and the multi-label "Now 26" hits compilation keeps No. 4 warm for a third week with 191,000 (+21%).

Mannheim Steamroller's American Gramophone set "Christmas Song" rockets up 11-5 with 180,000, a whopping 98% increase as the Christmas holiday draws near. "High School Musical 2" holds tight at No. 6 for a fourth week straight with a 39% sales boost to 178,000. Moving 177,000 copies, Miley Cyrus' Disney double-disc set "Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus" slips 5-7 despite a 34% advance.

Big Machine artist Taylor Swift's self-titled debut ascends 9-8 with 139,000 (+40%), while another country effort, Carrie Underwood's "Carnival Ride" (Arista Nashville), falls 7-9 with a 29% increase to 137,000. Garth Brooks' Pearl set "The Ultimate Hits" drifts down 8-10 despite a 14% uplift to 119,000.


Bow Wow & Omarion's T.U.G./Columbia collaboration "Face Off" is the week's top debut, entering at No. 11 with 107,000. Last December, Bow Wow's "The Price of Fame" started at No. 6 with 262,000 while one week later, Omarion's "21" bowed at No. 1 on the chart with 119,000.

Josh Groban- "O Holy Night" Video of the Week

Live from the Rockefeller Center Christmas of 2002, here's Josh Groban singing one of the holiday's greatest songs, "O Holy Night". The guy is a great vocalist, and he did a great job performing this song. Check it out, happy holidays!

This Week's Billboard Top 10 Albums

Josh Groban continues to outsell every album on America with his Christmas album, "Noel". For a while now, he has managed to sell over 500K a week! His total now stands at 2.1 million albums sold, one of the most successful Christmas albums of all time. At number two, we find Miss Alicia Keys, who sold another 234,000 copies of her album, "As I Am", bringing up the total to 1.5 million copies sold.

Number three goes to The Eagles' first album in many many years, "Long Road Out of Eden", selling 204,000 copies for a total of 1.9 million records sold. At number four, we find Now, That's What I Call Music! 26 - the compilation album sold 158,000 copies bringing up the total to 727K.

The next two spots belong to Disney Soundtracks, numero 5 goes to Hannah Montana's soundtrack, which sold 132,000 copies, the album's total now is of 1.9 millions. Then there's the High School Musical 2 soundtrack at number six, that with 128,000 copies sold this week, it now stand at 2.5 million copies on its side.

Number seven belongs to Idol winner, Carrie Underwood, whose album, "Carnival Ride", sold another 102,000 copies, bringing her total up to 1.2 millions. Number eight goes to Garth Brooks album, "Ultimate Hits", which is now at a total of 964K albums sold.

Country artist, and Grammy nominee, Taylor Swift, holds on to the number nine slot, selling 98,000 copies, for an album total of 1.8 million copies - Double Platinum album for the birthday girl, who turns 18 today! And finally, Idol runner-up, Blake Lewis debuts at #10 selling 97,000 copies of "AudioDayDream". Funnily enough, this is the same spot where Jordin Sparks debuted weeks ago.

In coming weeks, these number will shoot out the roof, as holiday sales being to reflect.

Official Billboard 200 Chart Report

After seven weeks on the chart, Josh Groban's holiday set "Noel" finally overtakes The Billboard 200 at No. 1. The 143/Reprise album ascends 2-1, selling 405,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. The 81% increase was fuled in part by his surprise appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" last week. "Noel" is the first Christmas-themed set to top the chart since Kenny G's 1994 album "Miracles," and the 405,000 units marks Groban's best sales week ever. Alicia Keys' "As I Am" (J) flip-flops with "Noel," slipping 1-2 with a 53% sales decrease to 349,000.

The hits compilation "Now 26" climbs a notch 4-3 with 234,000. Garth Brooks' "The Ultimate Hits" (Pearl) moves up 5-4 with 192,000 (-6%).

The Eagles' "Long Road Out of Eden" (Eagles Recording Co.) follows suit, ascending 6-5 with 184,000 (-7%). The soundtrack to Disney's "High School Musical 2" rockets up 14-6 with a 130% sales increase to 183,000; with that, the set surpasses Daughtry's self-titled set as the top selling album in 2007.

Carrie Underwood's "Carnival Ride" (Arista Nashville) climbs 9-7 with 141,000 and a 25% sales bump, while Celine Dion's Columbia album "Taking Chances" falls 3-8 following a 40% sales decrease to 128,000.

Inching up 10-9, Chris Brown's "Exclusive" (Jive) sells 121,000 (+10%). Jordin Sparks, who was crowned the winner on "American Idol" earlier this year, starts at No. 10 with her self-titled 19 Recordings/Jive set, moving 119,000. It is the lowest start and smallest sales debut for any of the show's winners on the tally.

Groban Shines, Jordin Tanks

According to the Hits Daily Double's album sales chart for this week, Josh Groban's christmas album, "Noel", will take the #1 spot for the first time since its debut seven weeks ago, selling well over 400,000 copies! Most of its sales bump comes from not only Black Friday, but also his appearance on Oprah last week. Now, Alicia Keys falls to #2 after a 53% sales drop to about 330,000 copies of "As I Am" - enough to shoot her total album sales over the one million mark in just two weeks. The High School Musical 2 soundtrack had an amazing sales increase of 141%, enough to bring the album back up into the top 5, selling another 190,000 copies this week. Carrie Underwood's "Carnival Ride" climbs 9-7 after a 19% sales increase to another 140,000 copies sold - this should also bring Underwood's numbers to over one million albums sold. Another Platinum hit for her. Chris Brown's "Exclusive" climbs 10-8 with a 18% sales bump to 120,000 copies and American Idol winner Jordin Sparks' self-titled debut album debuts in a very dissapointing #9 spot selling 120,000 copies as well - this makes Jordin the worst debut number for any American Idol winner. Ouch! A full list of numbers will be released tomorrow (Wednesday) night.