Best Sellers-Video
By APFriday, June 12, 2009
Best Sellers-Video
Weekly charts for the nation’s most popular videos as they appear in next week’s issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted with permission:
Top VHS Sales
(Sales data compiled by Nielsen/VideoScan.)
1. “Austin Powers in Goldmember,” Warner Home Video.
2. “Forrest Gump,” Paramount Home Entertainment.
3. “About Schmidt,” Warner Home Video.
4. “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” Paramount Home Entertainment.
5. “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life,” Paramount Home Entertainment.
6. “National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1,” Warner Home Video.
7. “Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen — The Challenge,” Warner Home Video.
8. “Inspector Gadget 2,” Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
9. “Bob the Builder: Bob’s Adventures,” Hit Entertainment.
10. “Leapfrog: Talking Words Factory,” Warner Home Video.
Copyright 2009, Nielsen SoundScan, Inc.
Top Video Rentals
(Based on data provided by the Video Software Dealers Association.)
1. “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
2. “Gran Torino,” Warner Home Video.
3. “Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail,” Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
4. “The Pink Panther 2,” MGM Home Entertainment.
5. “Inkheart,” New Line Home Video.
6. “The Code,” First Look Home Entertainment.
7. “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
8. “He’s Just Not That Into You,” Warner Home Video.
9. “Defiance,” Paramount Home Entertainment.
10. “Taken,” 20th Century Fox.
Copyright 2009, Nielsen SoundScan, Inc.
Top DVD Sales
(Sales data compiled by Nielsen/VideoScan.)
1. “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
2. “Gran Torino,” Warner Home Video.
3. “Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail,” Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
4. “Transformers,” Paramount Home Entertainment.
5. “Inkheart,” New Line Home Video.
6. “The Pink Panther 2,” MGM Home Entertainment.
7. “Friday the 13th,” New Line Home Video.
8. “Taken,” 20th Century Fox.
9. “The Code,” First Look Home Entertainment.
10. “Family Guy: Volume Seven,” 20th Century Fox.
Copyright 2009, Nielsen SoundScan, Inc.
Top Music Video Sales
(Compiled from a national sample of sales reports)
1. “Number Ones,” Michael Jackson.
2. “Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour,” Michael Jackson.
3. “Video Greatest Hits: HIStory,” Michael Jackson.
4. “HIStory On Film: Volume II,” Michael Jackson.
5. “CMT Crossroads,” Taylor Swift/Def Leppard.
6. “Something to Be Tour: Live at Red Rocks,” Rob Thomas.
7. “The Best of the Crabb Family: From the Homecoming Series,” The Crabb Family.
8. “Flight 666: The Film,” Iron Maiden.
9. “Live From Madison Square Garden,” Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood.
10. “Live at Last,” Stevie Wonder.
Copyright 2008, Nielsen SoundScan, Inc.
Billboard Magazine Chart Leaders
(Compiled from national retail sales/airplay/rental charts)
BILLBOARD HOT 100: “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas.
BILLBOARD 200: “NOW 31.” Various artists.
HOT R&B/HIP-HOP SONG: “Best I Ever Had,” Drake.
TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUM: “Jeremih,” Jeremih.
HOT COUNTRY SONG: “Sideways,” Dierks Bentley.
TOP COUNTRY ALBUM: “American Saturday Night,” Brad Paisley.
TOP MUSIC VIDEO: “Number Ones,” Michael Jackson.
TOP VIDEO RENTAL: “Confessions of a Shopaholic.”
TOP VHS SALE: “Austin Powers in Goldmember.”
TOP DVD SALE: “Confessions of a Shopaholic.”
Copyright 2009, Nielsen SoundScan, Inc.
Further information is available at Billboard Online on the World Wide Web at www.billboard.com.
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