Hits Matchbox Twenty #1 96K

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TWENTY’S ONE

Matchbox Twenty’s First New Studio Album in a Decade to Debut at #1

September 5, 2012

September winds are starting to blow.

Look for Atlantic’s Matchbox Twenty to get the back-to-school season off to a flying start, when their new album, North, debuts at #1 with 110-120k in sales next Tuesday.

It’s Rob Thomas and company’s first all-new studio album since 2002’s More Than You Think You Are, which debuted in November of that year with 178k on the way to 2.43 million in sales. The band’s last release, 2007’s Exile on Mainstream, was a double-album set which included a single disc of greatest hits.

New Interscope band, Las Vegas alternative rockers Imagine Dragons’ major label bow, Night Visions, after four EPs, should debut nicely with 55-60k in sales. The group’s music clip for “It’s Time” is up for an MTV Video Music Award in the Best Rock Video category.

Reach Atlanta-based Christian rapper Lecrae’s Gravity is in the 55-60k range, but that’s based on very limited info, with plenty of religious bookstore sales yet to be counted as the week continues.

Kitsune/Glassnote Irish rockers Two Door Cinema Club’s sophomore album Beacon looks to be in the 15-20k range.

Next week’s (9/11) release slate includes RCA’s Dave Matthews Band and Columbia’s Bob Dylan along with American/Republic’s Avett Brothers and veteran Seven Arts rapper DMX.

Albums sales were down 3% vs. last week, down 26% vs. same week last year (Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV debuted with 964k) and down 4% year to date.

Track sales were down 4% vs. last week, up 1% vs. same week last year and up 6% year to date.

TEA sales were down 3% vs. last week, down 19% vs. same week last year and down 1% year to date.

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It'll be their first #1 album. Mad Season and Exile on Mainstream were their previous highest charters, peaking at #3.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Pretty awesome for them!

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down 26% vs. same week last year

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It was the week where Lil Wayne sold nearly a million.

[Rumors]

110,000 for Matchbox Twenty isn't bad at all. Good for them. I love the new album. I think their label should be able to build a little buzz on that with their home HotAC stations for single #2.

I'm going out on a limb here and predicting 150,000 for Bob Dylan next week. He's been at the top at amazon for a few weeks now. DMB I'll say 190,000. They have a really dedicated fanbase and this is a Steve Lillywhite produced album.

[forg]

That's great for Matchbox 20 given the long hiatus and She's So Mean is not a big hit so far. I hope it will have hits in the future to give the album good legs

[slicknickshady]

Wow, another christian rapper selling more first week then Slaughterhouse did. lol.

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... Melissa Etheridge?

[david112]

Sept 5, 2012 20:01:27 GMT -5 slicknickshady said:

Wow, another christian rapper selling more first week then Slaughterhouse did. lol.

I never understtod how tobymac counted as a rapper hip hop maybe but he's much of a pop artist. That said Lecrae is amazing, he's dripping with Talent. I bought his Gravity and was blown away by it, I'd rate his talent above that of most mainstream rappers, especially on the song "confessions".

[thehellion]

Surprised there's no mention of Animal Collective and Cat Power. Both acts made the top 20 with their last releases and I'd expect them to do the same next week. Why the oversight?

[imbondz]

TobyMac is pure pop music w guest rappers

[jgizzle89]

YOUR “WE’VE GOT OURS, YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN” WEAKEND CHART PREVIEW: Matchbox Twenty should debut at #1 next week with a total just into six digits—and that’ll easily be enough to give it the top spot next Tuesday. Fighting it out for #2 will be the full-length debut from rockers Imagine Dragons (an EP has been out since May) and the latest from Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae (we didn't either). Here's how the not so pretty picture headed into the weekend:

* Matchbox Twenty (Atlantic) 100-110k
* Lecrae (Reach) 65-70k
* Imagine Dragons (Interscope) 65-70k
Now 43 (Capitol/EMI) 35-40k
Maroon 5 (A&M/Octone) 25-28k
Fun. (Fueled by Ramen) 24-27k
Carrie Underwood (19/Arista Nashville) 24-27k
Trey Songz (Atlantic) 24-27k
2 Chainz (Def Jam/IDJ) 24-27k
TobyMac (Forefront) 24-27k
Adele (XL/Columbia) 22-25k
Lumineers (Dualtone) 19-22k
Justin Bieber (Island/IDJ) 18-21k
One Direction (Syco/Columbia) 17-20k
* Two Door Cinema Club (Glassnote) 17-20k

[Kurt]

Sept 6, 2012 18:15:13 GMT -5 jgizzle89 said:

the latest from Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae (we didn't either)

"We didn't either" as in "we've never heard of them before now either?" Shady. haha

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A lot of Christian rap/hip-hop artists are really exploding, and no, I'm not talking about guys like TobyMac who get regular airplay on CCM stations. Lecrae's last 3 albums opened at #60, #17, and #15 respectively on the BB 200. Another Reach Records artist, Trip Lee, has opened at #193, #53, and #17 with his last 3 albums. There are some other new names starting to get big online, too.

[slicknickshady]

Yeah, i didnt mean that as a diss. I have no problem with christian artists. I listen to Home.fm everynight and they play a boat load of christian artists. No rap though.

And yeah, I don't consider Tobymac rap either even though Hits does. I have no opinion on Lecrae since i have never heard anything from him.

Also, I see how Slaughterhouse will already be below 2Chainz and Trey Songz.

[areyoureadytojump]

Adele #11 and where the hell is Melissa Etheridge??

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Below #15

[Enigma.]

Sept 6, 2012 8:20:30 GMT -5 thehellion said:

Surprised there's no mention of Animal Collective and Cat Power. Both acts made the top 20 with their last releases and I'd expect them to do the same next week. Why the oversight?

The hype around them is pretty much over sadly

[when the pawn...]

Really impressive numbers for Imagine Dragons.

[Rumors]

Sept 7, 2012 9:28:49 GMT -5 when the pawn... said:

Really impressive numbers for Imagine Dragons.

On sell everywhere for $6 does help....I like their single though so good luck to them.

Matchbox Twenty's North will also open at #1 in Australia this week.

[The Music Man]

Pretty good numbers for MB20. I'm glad for them.

[carrieidol1]

Carrie is looking to blow past that prediction. I think she might sell as much as 50k. Right now, by Billboard, she's projected to have the #4 album.

[bornfearless2000]

Sept 9, 2012 8:08:52 GMT -5 carrieidol1 said:

Carrie is looking to blow past that prediction. I think she might sell as much as 50k. Right now, by Billboard, she's projected to have the #4 album.

That means BA will pass 800k next week!

[Wavey✨️]

CHART DATE: 09/10/2012
LAST UPDATE: 09/10/2012 14:07:10
NOW IN: 55.94%

LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 MATCHBOX TWENTY ATLANTIC 34,844
NORTH
3 2 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 43 CAPITOL/EMI 19,335
VARIOUS ARTISTS
-- 3 IMAGINE DRAGONS INTERSCOPE 14,253
NIGHT VISIONS
10 4 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 10,823
21
4 5 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 10,761
CHAPTER V
13 6 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJ 10,074
BELIEVE
7 7 2 CHAINZ DEF JAM/IDJ 9,338
BASED ON A T.R.U. STORY
12 8 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 9,095
UP ALL NIGHT
8 9 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 8,584
BLOWN AWAY
16 10 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 7,951
TAILGATES & TANLINES
-- 11 MELISSA ETHERIDGE ISLAND/IDJ 7,856
4TH STREET FEELING
11 12 LUMINEERS DUALTONE 7,631
LUMINEERS
20 13 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 7,155
KIDZ BOP 22
6 14 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 6,618
OVEREXPOSED
15 15 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 6,380
UNCAGED
31 16 TAMELA MANN TILLYMANN 6,282
BEST DAYS
24 17 ERIC CHURCH CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 6,187
CHIEF
14 18 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJ 6,089
GOD FORGIVES, I DON'T
-- 19 CAT POWER MATADOR 5,780
SUN
-- 20 LECRAE REACH 5,749
GRAVITY
1 21 TOBYMAC FOREFRONT 5,555
EYE ON IT
41 22 FRANK OCEAN DEF JAM/IDJ 5,492
CHANNEL ORANGE
2 23 SLAUGHTERHOUSE SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 5,236
WELCOME TO: OUR HOUSE
18 24 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 5,050
LIVING THINGS
39 25 KENNY CHESNEY BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASH 4,820
WELCOME TO THE FISHBOWL
27 26 COLT FORD AVERAGE JOE'S 4,751
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
5 27 ALANIS MORISSETTE COLLECTIVE SOUNDS 4,460
HAVOC AND BRIGHT LIGHTS
21 28 CHRIS BROWN RCA 4,426
FORTUNE
9 29 FUN. FUELED BY RAMEN 4,386
SOME NIGHTS
34 30 DUSTIN LYNCH BROKEN BOW 4,187
DUSTIN LYNCH
33 31 HUNTER HAYES ATLANTIC 3,724
HUNTER HAYES
40 32 LYNYRD SKYNYRD LOUD & PROUD/ROADRUNNER 3,597
LAST OF A DYIN' BREED
22 33 USHER RCA 3,514
LOOKING 4 MYSELF
50 34 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 42 CAPITOL/EMI 3,405
VARIOUS ARTISTS
47 35 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 3,383
MY KINDA PARTY
-- 36 BRANTLEY GILBERT BIG MACHINE 3,184
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN
36 37 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 3,066
TEENAGE DREAM
19 38 DJ KHALED CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC 3,030
KISS THE RING
25 39 TRAIN COLUMBIA 2,978
CALIFORNIA 37
-- 40 TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB GLASSNOTE 2,954
BEACON
38 41 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 2,820
LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
44 42 SPARKLE RCA 2,737
SOUNDTRACK
23 43 TAMIA PLUS 1 2,527
BEAUTIFUL SURPRISE
32 44 NAS DEF JAM/IDJ 2,519
LIFE IS GOOD
29 45 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 2,295
EL CAMINO
45 46 ELLE VARNER RCA 2,096
PERFECTLY IMPERFECT
-- 47 NICKI MINAJ YM/CM/REPUBLIC 2,006
PINK FRIDAY... ROMAN RELOADED
26 48 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 1,450
SIGH NO MORE
-- 49 JOURNEY COLUMBIA 1,414
GREATEST HITS
-- 50 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE DOMINO 1,385

[areyoureadytojump]

New albums out today:

Dave Matthews Band
Bob Dylan
Avett Brothers
Little Big Town
The XX
DMX
ZZ Top
Hoobastank
Kix Brooks

More at Amazon.com:

www.amazon.com/s/ref=s9_dnav_bw_ir11_s?node=5174&field-binding_browse-bin=387645011&field-date=20120911&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=101ZDK9MMX2ZSNK60HFV&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1393010142&pf_rd_i=465672

[areyoureadytojump]

ONE year ago:

www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht464

CHART DATE: 09/12/2011

1 1 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV REPUBLIC 206,630 -79%
THA CARTER IV
3 2 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 119,221 -23%
21
-- 3 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 89,138 --
HERE FOR A GOOD TIME
-- 4 BEATLES CAPITOL/EMI 60,645 --
1
2 5 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS WARNER BROS. 55,366 -76%
I'M WITH YOU
4 6 JAY Z & KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/ROC NATION 48,796 -40%
WATCH THE THRONE
21 7 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 29,543 +103%
HANDS ALL OVER
10 8 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 39 CAPITOL/EMI 26,023 -26%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
7 9 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 24,202 -40%
4
13 10 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 24,197 -15%
MY KINDA PARTY

[Enigma.]

The new Pet Shop Boys not out this week yet?

[areyoureadytojump]

^It is. I don't list all the albums.

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CHART DATE: 09/10/2012
LAST UPDATE: 09/11/2012 13:15:14
NOW IN: FINAL


LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 MATCHBOX TWENTY ATLANTIC 95,848 --
NORTH
-- 2 IMAGINE DRAGONS INTERSCOPE 86,085 --
NIGHT VISIONS
-- 3 LECRAE REACH 70,490 --
GRAVITY
3 4 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 43 CAPITOL/EMI 35,062 -19%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
6 5 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 30,235 -6%
OVEREXPOSED
8 6 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 29,166 +5%
BLOWN AWAY
-- 7 CAT POWER MATADOR 25,800 --
SUN
7 8 2 CHAINZ DEF JAM/IDJ 25,482 -10%
BASED ON A T.R.U. STORY
9 9 FUN. FUELED BY RAMEN 23,936 -5%
SOME NIGHTS
1 10 TOBYMAC FOREFRONT 23,504 -66%
EYE ON IT
12 11 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 23,305 +11%
UP ALL NIGHT
4 12 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 21,969 -43%
CHAPTER V
10 13 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 21,135 -10%
21
11 14 LUMINEERS DUALTONE 18,699 -13%
LUMINEERS
-- 15 TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB GLASSNOTE 18,244 --
BEACON
13 16 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJ 18,118 -12%
BELIEVE
-- 17 MELISSA ETHERIDGE ISLAND/IDJ 17,156 --
4TH STREET FEELING
14 18 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJ 15,806 -20%
GOD FORGIVES, I DON'T
41 19 FRANK OCEAN DEF JAM/IDJ 15,770 +78%
CHANNEL ORANGE
16 20 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 14,900 +3%
TAILGATES & TANLINES
15 21 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 13,626 -14%
UNCAGED
18 22 LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 13,032 -3%
LIVING THINGS
2 23 SLAUGHTERHOUSE SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 12,588 -75%
WELCOME TO: OUR HOUSE
5 24 ALANIS MORISSETTE COLLECTIVE SOUNDS 11,555 -65%
HAVOC AND BRIGHT LIGHTS
20 25 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 11,507 -11%
KIDZ BOP 22
-- 26 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE DOMINO 11,385 --
CENTIPEDE HZ
-- 27 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 11,064 --
BORN & RAISED
24 28 ERIC CHURCH CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 10,714 0%
CHIEF
21 29 CHRIS BROWN RCA 10,512 -9%
FORTUNE
31 30 TAMELA MANN TILLYMANN 10,286 +7%
BEST DAYS
26 31 MUMFORD & SONS GLASSNOTE 10,284 -1%
SIGH NO MORE
17 32 OF MONSTERS & MEN REPUBLIC 10,163 -29%
MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL
29 33 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 9,767 -1%
EL CAMINO
22 34 USHER RCA 9,110 -20%
LOOKING 4 MYSELF
25 35 TRAIN COLUMBIA 8,803 -17%
CALIFORNIA 37
33 36 HUNTER HAYES ATLANTIC 8,210 -14%
HUNTER HAYES
39 37 KENNY CHESNEY BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASH 7,589 -16%
WELCOME TO THE FISHBOWL
27 38 COLT FORD AVERAGE JOE'S 7,578 -25%
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
36 39 KATY PERRY CAPITOL/EMI 7,567 -17%
TEENAGE DREAM
-- 40 ED SHEERAN NEW ELEKTRA 7,532 --
+
47 41 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 7,400 -1%
MY KINDA PARTY
19 42 DJ KHALED CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC 7,377 -44%
KISS THE RING
38 43 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 7,254 -20%
LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
32 44 NAS DEF JAM/IDJ 7,020 -27%
LIFE IS GOOD
23 45 TAMIA PLUS 1 6,770 -38%
BEAUTIFUL SURPRISE
34 46 DUSTIN LYNCH BROKEN BOW 6,623 -30%
DUSTIN LYNCH
-- 47 BRANTLEY GILBERT BIG MACHINE 6,574 --
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN
45 48 ELLE VARNER RCA 6,492 -15%
PERFECTLY IMPERFECT
-- 49 NICKI MINAJ YM/CM/REPUBLIC 6,474 --
PINK FRIDAY... ROMAN RELOADED
-- 50 LANA DEL REY INTERSCOPE 6,409 --