HITS: Mumford #1 3rd week: M&RL 70-80k
Oct 10, 2012 14:48:27 GMT -5
Post by areyoureadytojump on Oct 10, 2012 14:48:27 GMT -5
BABEL ON AND ON AND ON
Mumford & Sons Eye a Third Week at #1; Indie rapper Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Top Debut, with KISS, MGK, Streisand, Too
October 10, 2012
Itβs a week for the white rappers, while at the top, Glassnoteβs Mumford & Sons looks destined for a third consecutive #1, with a total that could be 100k or higher, which wouild send the band's total number past 850k.
The weekβs top debut is indie sleeper Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, a hip-hop duo from Seattle who had the #1 album on iTunes earlier this week with The Heist, which could do anywhere from 70-80k, according to our crack(ed?) retail pundits based on one-day sales.
Ben Haggerty, who goes by the nom de rap Macklemore, has been popular in his hometown Seattle for the better part of a decade, releasing a series of acclaimed mixtapes after working at a juvenile detention facility as part of a βGatewaysβ program centered around rap. He teamed up with DJ/producer Lewis a couple of years ago on an EP, which attracted attention for the song, βOtherside,β which described his addition to OxyContin and sampled from the Chili Peppers song of the same name..
UMeβs new KISS album, Monster, is the legendary theatrical rockersβ 20th studio recording and first since 2009βs Sonic Boom. Look for it to debut in the 60-65k range, a tribute to the tireless Gene Simmonsβ ability to sell ice to the Eskimos. A free KISS coffin does not come with purchase.
Bad Boy/Interscope Texas-born, Cleveland-based rapper Machine Gun Kellyβs major label debut, Lace Up, is on target for between 50-55k in first-week sales. Known as MGK and born Colson Baker, the rap prodigy gets his name from the rapid-fire delivery he developed as a teenager. Heβs been signed to P. Diddyβs label since 2011 and also has a marketing partnership for HTCβs Rezound Beats by Dre phone, with his βInvincibleβ track playing during the TV spot for the product.
Columbia legend Barbra Streisandβs Release Me is a collection of never-before-released gems from her extensive vaults, timed for a current tour and slated for between 40-45k in sales.
Xenonβs latest Coheed & Cambria opus from the veteran prog-rockers, The Aftermath: Ascension, the first of a two-album concept, of course, is headed for a very respectable 35-40k
Hopelessβ All Time Low album, Donβt Panic, the Baltimore pop-punkersβ fifth studio effort, which finds them back on an indie after releasing 2011βs Dirty Work on Intrerscope, is looking at the same 35-40k total.
Interscope U.K. singer/songwriter Ellie Gouldingβs sophomore album, Halcyon, featuring the singles, βAnything Could Happenβ and the just-released βI Know You Care,β looks to be in the 30-35k range.
Epic Irish pop-rockers The Scriptβs third album, imaginatively named #3, is in the 25-30k after the band received a Brit Award nomination for Best International Group last year. The bandβs last album, 2010βs Science & Faith, debuted at #3 on the U.S. charts with 49k in sales, reaching a total of 314k in the U.S. and more than 1.5 million worldwide.
Mumford & Sons Eye a Third Week at #1; Indie rapper Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Top Debut, with KISS, MGK, Streisand, Too
October 10, 2012
Itβs a week for the white rappers, while at the top, Glassnoteβs Mumford & Sons looks destined for a third consecutive #1, with a total that could be 100k or higher, which wouild send the band's total number past 850k.
The weekβs top debut is indie sleeper Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, a hip-hop duo from Seattle who had the #1 album on iTunes earlier this week with The Heist, which could do anywhere from 70-80k, according to our crack(ed?) retail pundits based on one-day sales.
Ben Haggerty, who goes by the nom de rap Macklemore, has been popular in his hometown Seattle for the better part of a decade, releasing a series of acclaimed mixtapes after working at a juvenile detention facility as part of a βGatewaysβ program centered around rap. He teamed up with DJ/producer Lewis a couple of years ago on an EP, which attracted attention for the song, βOtherside,β which described his addition to OxyContin and sampled from the Chili Peppers song of the same name..
UMeβs new KISS album, Monster, is the legendary theatrical rockersβ 20th studio recording and first since 2009βs Sonic Boom. Look for it to debut in the 60-65k range, a tribute to the tireless Gene Simmonsβ ability to sell ice to the Eskimos. A free KISS coffin does not come with purchase.
Bad Boy/Interscope Texas-born, Cleveland-based rapper Machine Gun Kellyβs major label debut, Lace Up, is on target for between 50-55k in first-week sales. Known as MGK and born Colson Baker, the rap prodigy gets his name from the rapid-fire delivery he developed as a teenager. Heβs been signed to P. Diddyβs label since 2011 and also has a marketing partnership for HTCβs Rezound Beats by Dre phone, with his βInvincibleβ track playing during the TV spot for the product.
Columbia legend Barbra Streisandβs Release Me is a collection of never-before-released gems from her extensive vaults, timed for a current tour and slated for between 40-45k in sales.
Xenonβs latest Coheed & Cambria opus from the veteran prog-rockers, The Aftermath: Ascension, the first of a two-album concept, of course, is headed for a very respectable 35-40k
Hopelessβ All Time Low album, Donβt Panic, the Baltimore pop-punkersβ fifth studio effort, which finds them back on an indie after releasing 2011βs Dirty Work on Intrerscope, is looking at the same 35-40k total.
Interscope U.K. singer/songwriter Ellie Gouldingβs sophomore album, Halcyon, featuring the singles, βAnything Could Happenβ and the just-released βI Know You Care,β looks to be in the 30-35k range.
Epic Irish pop-rockers The Scriptβs third album, imaginatively named #3, is in the 25-30k after the band received a Brit Award nomination for Best International Group last year. The bandβs last album, 2010βs Science & Faith, debuted at #3 on the U.S. charts with 49k in sales, reaching a total of 314k in the U.S. and more than 1.5 million worldwide.