It’s the set’s second-largest sales week yet, and comes in the wake of the act’s performance on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” on Feb. Rock band Alabama Shakes returns to the top 10 for the first time in almost a year, as “Boys & Girls” jumps 20-6 with 33,000 (up 10%). Though the top 10 is pretty sleepy, there are a few bright spots: 20, where Buckcherry’s “Confessions” starts with 18,000.) The rest of this week’s top 10 is pretty ho-hum, without a single debut in the region (the highest debut is down at No. The album tallied eight consecutive frames at No. 1 was Creed, with “Weathered” in late 2001 and early 2002. The last group to reign for more than five weeks at No. That year, OutKast’s “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below” wrapped a seven-week non-consecutive rule at No. 1 for an album by a duo or group since 2004. On the bright side, “Babel” marks the longest run at No. Mumford & Sons ‘Ready To Make a Departure’ on ‘Babel’ Follow-Up 1 album since Zac Brown Band’s “Uncaged” moved a light 48,000 on the list dated Aug. “Babel’s” sum this week is the lowest sales week for a No. That’s down 66% compared to last week, when it jumped back to the top of the list with 185,000. 1 for a fifth non-consecutive week, but sells just 63,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. 3.While there was a lot of excitement on last week’s Billboard 200 chart thanks to impact from the Grammy Awards, things get back to a (dreary) normal on this week’s tally.
2 on the chart, has sold 2.5 million in the U.S.Ī full recap of the week’s top 10 selling albums and digital songs will follow on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. So far, “Sigh No More,” which peaked at No. The set has been on the Billboard 200 since it debuted on the Machart, and it hasn’t left the top 75 since July of 2010. In 2010, three indie sets topped the list, while there was one each in 2009, 20.Īmidst all of the excitement over “Babel’s” debut, Mumford & Sons’ first album, “Sigh No More,” continues to rack up big sales.
“Babel” is the first such indie set this year, and follows Cake’s “Showroom of Compassion” and Mac Miller’s “Blue Slide Park” in 2011. 1: Since 2007, there has been at least one independently-distributed album that has ruled at No. Sixth-Straight Year an Indie Album Has Hit No.
(A chunk of Gaga’s figure was driven by Amazon MP3’s sale pricing of the set at 99-cents for two days during release week.) In third place on the all-time biggest download weeks is Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter IV,” which sold 362,000 digital copies its first week last year. Only Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” which moved 662,000 downloads in its first week in 2011, sold more digital copies in a week. Second Largest Digital Sales Week for an Album: With 420,000 downloads sold, “Babel” scores the second-biggest frame for a digital album in history. Second Largest Sales Week for an Independently Distributed Album in SoundScan History: Only one other indie-distributed set in SoundScan history (1991-present) has sold more in a week: Eagles’ Walmart-exclusive “Long Road Out of Eden.” It bowed with 711,000 at No. Second Largest Sales Week of 2012 (Overall): “Babel’s” big debut is the overall second-largest this year, in terms of copies sold in a single week, second only to Adele’s “21.” His last album, “My Kinda Party,” has spent 100 weeks on the Billboard 200 and has shifted 2.8 million in the U.S. RED will continue to shine bright in the coming weeks, as the company prepares to release Jason Aldean’s “Night Train” album on Oct. 1 since Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” (TBD/ATO) jumped to the top of the list (flying from No. (“Babel” was released on Gentlemen of the Road/Glassnote Records and distributed by RED Distribution - Sony’s indie distribution arm.) It surpasses the 394,000 that was racked by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s “The Art of War” (Ruthless/Relativity) in its No. The group’s debut album, “Sigh No More,” spent six weeks atop the Rock Albums chart and has been a near-constant presence on the tally since it was released in February of 2010.īiggest Sales Week for RED Distribution: “Babel’s” bow garners RED Distribution its largest sales week ever. 1 on the Rock Songs airplay tally this week. Mumford & Sons has scored four top 10 singles on the Alternative airplay chart and its current single, “I Will Wait,” reaches No. Kanye West's 'Life of the Party' Video Is Here: Watchīiggest Sales Week for a Rock Album Since 2008: The album notches the best week for a rock set since AC/DC‘s “Black Ice” bowed at No.