Big TV Appearances Keep Jay-Z And Whitney Houston On Top The Charts

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Who said television was bad for you? That’s quite the contrary for Jay-Z and Whitney Houston as their high-profile TV appearances last week helped their recent releases stay on the the Billboard 200 album chart.

Jay-Z remains at No. 1 for a second week after selling 298,000 units of his album, The Blueprint 3. The second week drop off is only around 37% according to Nielsen Soundscan. The total shows the album fairs much better than the more commonplace 50%+ drop off.

Jay might want to send a thank you card to Jay Leno for helping with that. He, Kanye West, and Rihanna performed their hit “Run This Town” on the debut episode of Leno’s new late night variety-style show last Monday. The show was viewed by an estimated 18.4 million people wanting to see Leno’s new gig, the performance, and West’s live apology to Taylor Swift for his MTV Video Music Awards snafu.

Jay had two other big TV nights with his sold out concert at Madison Square Garden airing on Fuse on September 11, and a performance with Alicia Keys on the VMAs on September 13.

Whitney Houston got a huge boost for her album, I Look To You, with her highly-publicized two-day sit down interview and performance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Sales of the set are up a whopping 77% over the previous week, selling 156,000 copies, placing the album at No. 2 this week.

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