Billboard 200: 3/9/13: Mumford & Sons #1: 63k

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www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.23044/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-2-24-2013

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 2/24/2013

Current Albums Chart

#16. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 22,000 (379,000)

#30. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city - 15,000 (746,000)

#32. A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP - 14,000 (245,000)

#43. T.I. - Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head - 12,000 (401,000)

#59. 2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story - 7,600 (550,000)

#64. Wiz Khalifa - O.N.I.F.C. - 6,800 (330,000)

#69. Joe Budden - No Love Lost - 6,300 (47,000)

#81. Chief Keef - Finally Rich - 4,900 (134,000)

#92. Game - Jesus Piece - 4,100 (201,000)

#96. Trinidad James - Don't Be S.A.F.E. - 4,000 (11,000)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000. Each week, HipHopDX presents top albums in Hip Hop/related, and five notables.

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www.billboard.com/articles/news/1550072/mumford-sons-babel-no-1-for-fifth-week-on-billboard-200-chart

Mumford & Sons' 'Babel' No. 1 for Fifth Week on Billboard 200 Chart
By Keith Caulfield, New York | February 27, 2013

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.

Mumford & Sons' "Babel" remains at No. 1 for a fifth non-consecutive week, but sells just 63,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's down 66% compared to last week, when it jumped back to the top of the list with 185,000.

"Babel's" sum this week is the lowest sales week for a No. 1 album since Zac Brown Band's "Uncaged" moved a light 48,000 on the list dated Aug. 11, 2012.

On the bright side, "Babel" marks the longest run at No. 1 for an album by a duo or group since 2004. That year, OutKast's "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" wrapped a seven-week non-consecutive rule at No. 1 on the chart dated Feb. 7.

The last group to reign for more than five weeks at No. 1 was Creed, with "Weathered" in late 2001 and early 2002. The album tallied eight consecutive frames at No. 1 between Dec. 8, 2001 and Jan. 26, 2002.

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. 20, where Buckcherry's "Confessions" starts with 18,000.)

Though the top 10 is pretty sleepy, there are a few bright spots:

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%). 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. 16 (the show was given an encore airing, although in an edited form, a week later on Feb. 23.)

The band last sold more in a week way back on the April 28, 2012 chart, when the album vaulted 16-8 with 43,000 in its second week. It debuted at No. 16 an a digital-exclusive title, before then jumping to No. 8 with both digital and physical sales.

One more album returns to the top 10 this week, as Rihanna's "Unapologetic" zips 15-9 with 29,000 (though it's down 29% in sales). The effort was last in the top 10 on the Jan. 12-dated chart.

As for the rest of the top 10: Bruno Mars' "Unorthodox Jukebox" returns to its No. 2 peak by climbing one spot with 48,000 (down 44%). Josh Groban's "All That Echoes" rises 5-3 (41,000; down 43%) and the "Now 45" album jumps 8-4 (38,000; down 41%). The Lumineers' self-titled album is up one rung to No. 5 (35,000; down 47%), the "2013 Grammy Nominees" album falls 2-7 (30,000; down 66%) and fun.'s "Some Nights" slips 7-8 (just under 30,000; down 55%). Taylor Swift's "Red" closes out the top 10, down six slots to No. 10 (28,000; down 61%).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" (featuring Wanz) is No. 1 for a seventh straight week (363,000; down 12%). It is the longest run at No. 1 since July 21, 2012, when Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" wrapped its seventh (and final) week at No. 1. Also, "Thrift Shop" is now one of only two songs to sell in excess of 300,000 downloads for seven weeks. (fun.'s "We Are Young" is the other.)

Baauer's "Harlem Shake" rises 3-2 on the Digital Songs chart this week, selling 297,000 downloads (up 13%).

Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man" moves up 4-3 (229,000; up 6%), while Rihanna's "Stay" (featuring Mikky Ekko), slips 2-4 (213,000; down 31%) after its big jump last week thanks to its Grammy Awards performance.

Drake's "Started From the Bottom" is up 8-5 with 152,000 (though down 10%), while will.i.am & Britney Spears' "Scream & Shout" moves back up 10-6 with 140,000 (but down 12%).

Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie" (featuring Jay Z), is down two slots to No. 7 with 135,000 (down 33%). One Direction's charity single "One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)" flies 16-8 after its first full charting week (135,000; up 26%). It debuted a week ago from only one full day's worth of sales, on Sunday, Feb. 17.

The song is mostly a cover of Blondie's No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 "One Way Or Another," mixed in with a bit of the Undertones' "Teenage Kicks." Proceeds from the One Direction single benefit the British charity Comic Relief.

Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" climbs 11-9 (133,000; down 11%) and Alicia Keys' "Girl On Fire" rises 14-10 (109,000; down 19%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Feb. 24) totaled 5.46 million units, down 20% compared with the sum last week (6.81 million) and down 13% compared with the comparable sales week of 2012 (6.31 million). Year to date album sales stand at 44.58 million, down 7% compared to the same total at this point last year (48.01 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 26.86 million downloads, down 9% compared with last week (29.43 million) and down 5% stacked next to the comparable week of 2012 (28.13 million). Year to date track sales are at 227.26 million, down 2% compared to the same total at this point last year (230.92 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2012 when: Adele's "21" was No. 1 for a 23rd non-consecutive week (247,000; down 17%). The highest debut was WZRD's self-titled album, starting at No. 3 with 66,000.

[HolidayGuy]

Note: 5.46m albums- not close to being the SoundScan-era low (which, I believe, is a tad less than 4.8m).

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music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-feb-24-2013-albums-mumford-leads-160518072.html

Week Ending Feb. 24, 2013. Albums: Mumford Leads “Americana” Wave
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch

“Americana” music—an industry term for rootsy, guitar-based music—accounts for three of the top six albums on this week’s Billboard 200. Mumford & Sons’ Babel holds at #1 for the fifth week, The Lumineers’ The Lumineers jumps from #6 to #5 its 47th week and Alabama Shakes’ Boys & Girls leaps from #20 to #6 in its 43rd week. (Sales of Boys & Girls jumped by 10% compared to last week. It’s the only album in the top 15 to show a sales increase.)

Babel and The Lumineers were both nominated for Best Americana Album at the Grammys on Feb. 10. (They lost, in a big surprise, to Bonnie Raitt’s Slipstream.) Boys & Girls had also been entered in that category, but it wasn’t nominated. (It doubtless would have made the finals if the voting had occurred just a few weeks later).

Babel is the first rock album (broadly defined) to log five or more weeks at #1 since Creed’s Weathered spent eight weeks on top in late 2001 and early 2002.

Babel is the first album by a British group to log five or more weeks at #1 since the Beatles’ hit-studded compilation 1, which spent eight weeks on top in late 2000 and early 2001. It’s the first studio album by a British group to remain #1 this long since Spice Girls’ Spice spent five weeks on top in 1997. That frothy female quintet has virtually nothing in common with the rootsy Mumford & Sons beyond nationality and success, but that’s the fun of the charts.

Alas, Babel is #1 with sales of just 63K, which is the lowest weekly tally for a #1 album since Zac Brown Band’s Uncaged returned to #1 in July with sales of just 48K.

Babel sold 28K digital copies this week, which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums. This is its fifth week on top of that chart.

Bruno Mars’ Unorthodox Jukebox inches up from #3 to #2, where it debuted in November. The album has yet to reach #1, though that may well change next week. Amazon MP3 put the album (and 19 others) on sale for just $1.99 on Tuesday (Feb. 26). The Amazon sale will probably also send Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ The Heist back into the top 10. The album rebounds from #33 to #16 this week.

Mars’ 2010 debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, jumps from #64 to #59 in its 123rd week. It’s #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the fourth week.

As noted above, Alabama Shakes’ Boys & Girls vaults from #20 to #6 in its 43rd week. This is its highest ranking to date. The album reached #8 in its second week on the chart in April, but dropped out of the top 100 for the last 12 weeks of 2012. (It fell off The Billboard 200 entirely for four of those weeks). The Grammys and a performance slot on Saturday Night Live spurred the album’s revival. The band received two Grammy nominations—Best New Artist and Best Rock Performance for “Hold On.” That song finally broke onto the Hot 100 last week at #100 and is expected to move up this week. The band wasn’t given a performance slot on the Grammy telecast (which was a missed opportunity for the Grammys), but Brittany Howard, the band’s lead vocalist and guitarist, participated in the tribute to Levon Helm.
The title of Boys & Girls is similar to that of another Southern rock smash, the Allman Brothers Band’s Brothers And Sisters. That album logged five weeks at #1 in 1973. Alabama Shakes hails from Athens, Ala. The Allman Brothers were from Macon, Ga.

Incidentally, Alabama Shakes has climbed higher on The Billboard 200 than Alabama ever did. The Closer You Get…, the highest-charting album by that country group, peaked at #10 in April 1983. However, country (like rap) was under-represented on the chart in the years before Nielsen SoundScan started tracking sales for Billboard in 1991.

Rihanna’s Unapologetic rebounds from #15 to #9. The album has already spawned two top five hits: “Diamonds,” which spent three weeks at #1, and “Stay” (featuring Mikky Ekko), which vaulted from #57 to #3 last week. Unapologetic is Rihanna’s fourth album to generate two or more top five hits. Good Girl Gone Bad spawned “Umbrella” (featuring Jay-Z) and “Don’t Stop The Music” (plus two more songs that were added to an expanded edition). Loud spawned “What’s My Name” (featuring Drake), “Only Girl (In The World)” and “S&M.” Talk That Talk spawned “We Found Love” (featuring Calvin Harris) and “Where Have You Been.”

Taylor Swift’s Red drops from #4 to #10. The album is #1 on Top Country Albums for the 15th week. That’s the longest run at #1 on the country chart since Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now logged 31 weeks on top in 2010-2011.
“Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz is #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the seventh straight week, with sales of 364K. This is the seventh time its sales have topped 300K. Only one other song in digital history—“We Are Young” by fun. featuring Janelle Monae—has achieved that feat. Can “Thrift Shop” regain the #1 spot on the Hot 100 from Baauer’s “Harlem Shake,” which debuted at #1 last week? (“Harlem Shake” jumps from #3 to #2 on Hot Digital Songs, with sales of 297K.) You’ll find out later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs.

Here’s the low-down on this week’s top 10 albums.

The Top Five: Mumford & Sons’ Babel holds at #1 for the fifth week in its 22nd week (63K). This is its 16th week in the top 10…Bruno Mars’ Unorthodox Jukebox jumps from #3 to #2 in its 11th week (48K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time…Josh Groban’s All That Echoes rebounds from #5 to #3 in its third week (41K). It has been in the top five the entire time… Now 45 rebounds from #8 to #4 in its third week (38K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time…The Lumineers’ The Lumineers jumps from #6 to #5 in its 47th week (35K). This is its ninth week in the top 10.

The Second Five: Alabama Shakes’ Boys & Girls rebounds from #20 to #6 in its 43rd week (33K). This is its second week in the top 10…Grammy Nominees 2013 drops from #2 to #7 in its fifth week (30K). This is its third week in the top 10… fun.’s Some Nights dips from #7 to #8 in its 53rd week (30K). This is its eighth week in the top 10…Rihanna’s Unapologetic rebounds from #15 to #9 in its 14th week (29K). This is its fourth week in the top 10… Taylor Swift’s Red drops from #4 to #10 in its 18th week (28K). This is its 17th week in the top 10.

Two albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Andrea Bocelli’s Passione drops from #9 to #15… Maroon 5’s Overexposed drops from #10 to #21.

The Pitch Perfect soundtrack jumps from #16 to #11 in its 18th chart week. This is the 12th time it has been the week’s highest-charting soundtrack from a theatrically-released movie. The soundtrack has sold 531K copies, which is a solid showing for a movie that was only a modest hit. (It has grossed $65,001,000.) This is the best example of a hit soundtrack from a movie that “under-performed” at the box-office since Country Strong two years ago. That soundtrack sold 479K. The movie grossed just $20,219,000. (Country Strong was the highest-ranking soundtrack to a theatrically-released movie for 18 weeks in 2010-2011.)

Buckcherry’s Confessions is the week’s top new entry at #20. This is the band’s third top 20 album, though it dropped off from the top 10 pace of its predecessors Black Butterfly (#8 in 2008) and All Night Long (#10 in 2010).
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ Push The Sky Away debuts at #29. This is the first top 30 album for the group, which has been turning out albums since 1984. (This means that a band releasing its first album this year might have to wait until 2042 to crack the top 30 for the first time!) Cave and his band didn’t even crack The Billboard 200 until its 10th album, 1997’s The Boatman’s Call…Atlas Genius’ When It Was Now debuts at #34. This is the first studio album by the Aussie band, which includes three brothers.

Celtic Thunder’s Mythology debuts at #51. In addition, the Celtic group debuts at #1 on Top Music Videos with its music video of the same name. It’s the group’s third #1 on Top Music Videos. Heritage and Storm both topped that chart in 2011.

Emeli Sande’s Our Version Of Events rebounds from #142 to #64 in its 15th week on the chart. This is its highest ranking since it debuted and peaked at #28 in June. The album has sold 102K copies in the U.S. A song from the album, “Next To Me,” breaks into the top 100 on Hot Digital Songs and is vying to enter the Hot 100 this week. The album returns to #1 on The Official U.K. Chart in the wake of being named Album of the Year at the BRIT Awards (their equivalent of the Grammys). This is its ninth week on top of the U.K. chart.

Identity Thief returned #1 at the box-office after being dislodged last week by A Good Day To Die Hard. It’s the first movie to spend two weekends on top in 2013. It’s also the first movie to return to #1 after being booted out of the top spot since Skyfall returned to #1 in December following a three-week interruption by The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2.

Coming Attractions: Atoms for Peace’ Amok and Hillside United’s Zion are expected to be next week’s top new entries. Also due: The Mavericks’ In Time and Michael Bolton’s Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: A Tribute To Hitsville.

[Ballroom Blitzed]

Feb 27, 2013 11:22:23 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Week Ending Feb. 24, 2013. Albums: Mumford Leads “Americana” Wave
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch

Babel is the first rock album (broadly defined) to log five or more weeks at #1 since Creed’s Weathered spent eight weeks on top in late 2001 and early 2002.

You can say that again.

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keelyskorner.com/2013/02/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/24/13)

1) Mumford & Sons – Babel – 62,756 (After 22 weeks – 1,984,608)
2) Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox – 48,238 (After 11 weeks – 865,217)
3) Josh Groban – All That Echoes – 41,341 (After 3 weeks – 258,579)

Other Debuts

20) Buckcherry – Confessions – 17,868
29) Nick Cave – & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away – 15,338

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Newer albums on the Billboard 200 that have not been certified with the RIAA yet:

Numbers are not exact. They are estimated and rounded.

Numbers from the 3/2 chart:

Bruno Mars 816k
Pitch Perfect Sdtk. 504k
Alabama Shakes 426k
Ed Sheeran 453k
Now 44 651k
Kid Rock 423k
Jack White 483k
Led Zeppelin (2cds) 366k
Skrillex Bangarang 480k
Train 426k
Chris Brown 427k
Skrillex Scary 528k

Albums only on the BB200 for 4+ weeks are listed and have sold over 400k.

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Thanks to UKMix:

1 1 22 Babel, Mumford & Sons
2 3 11 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars
3 5 3 All That Echoes, Josh Groban
4 8 3 NOW 45, Various Artists
5 6 47 The Lumineers, The Lumineers
6 20 43 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes
7 2 5 2013 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists
8 7 53 Some Nights, fun.
9 15 14 Unapologetic, Rihanna
10 4 18 Red, Taylor Swift
11 16 18 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack
12 22 25 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons
13 12 3 Two Lanes Of Freedom, Tim McGraw
14 19 105 21, Adele
15 9 4 Passione, Andrea Bocelli
16 33 20 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
17 11 23 The Truth About Love, P!nk
18 28 13 Girl On Fire, Alicia Keys
19 29 12 Here’s To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line
20 New 1 Confessions, Buckcherry

21 10 35 Overexposed, Maroon 5
22 14 64 El Camino, The Black Keys
23 30 15 Take Me Home, One Direction
24 17 54 Hunter Hayes, Hunter Hayes
25 18 4 Believe: Acoustic, Justin Bieber
26 23 6 Kidz Bop 23, Kidz Bop Kids
27 25 24 Tornado, Little Big Town
28 24 5 Set You Free, Gary Allan
29 New 1 Push The Sky Away, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
30 36 18 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar
31 32 153 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons
32 26 6 Long.Live.A$AP, A$AP Rocky
33 27 43 Blown Away, Carrie Underwood
34 New 1 When It Was Now, Atlas Genius
35 38 10 Les Miserables: Highlights From The Motion Picture Soundtrack, Soundtrack
36 13 2 Temper Temper, Bullet For My Valentine
37 21 37 +, Ed Sheeran
38 45 14 Greatest Hits: Chapter One, Kelly Clarkson
39 37 19 Night Train, Jason Aldean
40 35 14 The World From The Side Of The Moon, Phillip Phillips

41 New 1 Nothing Is Wasted, Elevation Worship
42 40 81 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan
43 48 10 Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head, T.I.
44 44 4 Love, Charlie, Charlie Wilson
45 39 21 Kaleidoscope Dream, Miguel
46 49 16 NOW 44, Various Artists
47 57 47 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men
48 47 83 Chief, Eric Church
49 51 3 Release The Panic, Red
50 53 14 Rebel Soul, Kid Rock
51 New 1 Mythology, Celtic Thunder
52 62 15 Trilogy, The Weeknd
53 41 33 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band
54 60 50 Up All Night, One Direction
55 56 21 The 2nd Law, Muse
56 55 36 Believe, Justin Bieber
57 New 1 Donkey Punch The Night. (E.P.), Puscifer
58 63 4 WOW Gospel 2013: 30 Of The Year’s Top Gospel Artists And Songs, Various Artists
59 64 123 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars
60 65 28 Based On A T.R.U. Story, 2 Chainz

61 31 2 Reckless, Jeremy Camp
62 79 54 4, Beyonce
63 61 14 Woman To Woman, Keyshia Cole
64 142 15 Our Version Of Events, Emeli Sande
65 68 12 O.N.I.F.C., Wiz Khalifa
66 66 7 Burning Lights, Chris Tomlin
67 42 33 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean
68 76 14 Global Warming, Pitbull
69 New 1 Loud (EP), R5
70 59 3 No Love Lost, Joe Budden
71 84 179 Thriller, Michael Jackson
72 93 11 La Misma Gran Senora, Jenni Rivera
73 74 22 WOW Hits 2013, Various Artists
74 43 2 SMASH: Bombshell, Soundtrack
75 72 4 Heartthrob, Tegan And Sara
76 67 67 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert
77 91 56 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey
78 89 11 Joyas Prestadas: Pop, Jenni Reivera
79 88 26 Eye On It, tobyMac
80 34 256 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers

81 95 106 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash
82 73 5 How Country Feels, Randy Houser
83 69 11 Nashville: Season 1: Volume 1, Soundtrack
84 New 1 Good Lights, Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors
85 87 10 Finally Rich, Chief Keef
86 54 38 Blunderbuss, Jack White
87 New 1 Garcialive: Volume One: March 1st 1980 Capitol Theatre, Jerry Garcia Band
88 110 24 Best Days, Tamela Mann
89 101 42 Pluto, Future
90 71 3 Face The Music, Avant
91 82 42 Hard 2 Love, Lee Brice
92 97 12 Warrior, Ke$ha
93 103 80 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert
94 115 9 Cold Fact, Rodriguez
95 75 14 Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin
96 116 108 Cocky, Kid Rock
97 90 175 19, Adele
98 New 1 100 Hits: 60’s, Various Artists
99 102 11 Jesus Piece, The Game
100 135 22 Chapter V, Trey Songz

101 133 2 Safe Haven, Soundtrack
102 121 62 Take Care, Drake
103 New 1 Don’t Be S.A.F.E., Trinidad James
104 RE-ENTRY 79 The Very Best Of The Eagles, Eagles
105 78 154 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
106 129 11 An Awesome Wave, alt-J
107 70 66 Stronger, Kelly Clarkson
108 83 4 A Messenger, Colton Dixon
109 170 15 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling
110 147 68 Megalithic Symphony, AWOLNATION
111 77 3 The Afterman: Descension, Coheed And Cambria
112 52 68 Ceremonials, Florence + The Machine
113 162 12 Joyas Prestadas: Bandas, Jenni Rivera
114 199 103 Confessions, Usher
115 50 220 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band
116 113 34 Wild Ones, Flo Rida
117 99 15 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston
118 131 13 The Story Of your Life, Matthew West
119 98 8 12-12-12 The Concert For Sandy Relief, Various Artists
120 128 131 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry

121 RE-ENTRY 5 Into The Light, Matthew West
122 112 20 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding
123 126 120 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean
124 119 7 Signed And Sealed In Blood, Dropkick Murphys
125 136 13 Until Now, Swedish House Mafia
126 189 10 Searching For Sugar Man (Soundtrack), Rodriguez
127 96 3 Regions Of Light And Sound Of God Audio, Jim James
128 120 7 Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones, Black Veil Brides
129 160 15 Paradise (EP), Lana Del Rey
130 58 2 Ultra Dance 14, Various Artists
131 RE-ENTRY 4 Believer, Kutless
132 111 7 Notes From The Underground, Hollywood Undead
133 107 55 Bangarang (EP), Skrillex
134 46 249 Journey’s Greatest Hits, Journey
135 85 84 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton
136 184 11 La Gran Senora, Jenni Rivera
137 155 72 Greatest Hits… So Far!!!, P!nk
138 123 47 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj
139 194 2 The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, Soundtrack
140 104 135 Brothers, The Black Keys

141 144 33 The Strange Case Of…, Halestorm
142 117 4 Get Up!, Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
143 RE-ENTRY 135 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, Eagles
144 130 47 Changed, Rascal Flatts
145 118 169 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty
146 122 134 Recovery, Eminem
147 181 66 Michael Buble, Michael Buble
148 RE-ENTRY 10 The Struggle, Tenth Avenue North
149 New 1 Sofia The First, Soundtrack
150 158 73 The Best Of Eric Clapton: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Eric Clapton
151 138 16 R.E.D, Ne-Yo
152 New 1 Pinnacle Of Bedlam, Suffocation
153 156 17 Dreams And Nightmare, Meek Mill
154 139 4 Hummingbird, Local Natives
155 149 121 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band
156 New 1 Super Hits, Mindy McCready
157 146 3 Parrandera Rebelde y Atrevida, Jenni Rivera
158 RE-ENTRY 74 Loud, Rihanna
159 171 18 Blak And Blu, Gary Clark Jr.
160 167 32 Amaryllis, Shinedown

161 141 117 The Band Perry, The Band Perry
162 92 47 Ultimate Hits: Rock And Roll Never Forgets, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
163 RE-ENTRY 14 Lonerism, Tame Impala
164 RE-ENTRY 36 God’s Not Dead, newsboys
165 145 45 California 37, Train
166 151 4 Love Songs, Destiny’s Child
167 RE-ENTRY 14 GRRR!, The Rolling Stones
168 183 14 NOW That’s What I Call Disney, Various Aritsts
169 81 4 Pasion, Andrea Bocelli
170 191 15 Koi No Yokan, Deftones
171 94 3 The Road To Red Rocks: Live, Mumford & Sons
172 159 216 Fearless, Taylor Swift
173 180 31 Fortunes, Chris Brown
174 RE-ENTRY 15 One Song At A Time, Jamie Grace
175 RE-ENTRY 10 Beyond Hell/Above Heaven, Volbeat
176 RE-ENTRY 100 CrazySexyCool, TLC
177 182 84 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites (EP), Skrillex
178 New 1 Miracle Mile, STRFKR
179 164 105 The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection, Lynyrd Skynyrd
180 RE-ENTRY 136 Awake, Skillet

181 80 46 Making Mirrors, Gotye
182 177 83 FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake
183 RE-ENTRY 18 Coexist, The xx
184 179 87 I Am… Sasha Fierce, Beyonce
185 RE-ENTRY 115 Funhouse, P!nk
186 RE-ENTRY 20 Transit Of Venus, Three Days Grace
187 100 5 NOW That’s What I Call Love Songs, Various Artists
188 174 13 House Of Gold & Bones: Part 1, Stone Sour
189 RE-ENTRY 14 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2, Soundtrack
190 105 262 Greatest Hits, Guns N’ Roses
191 RE-ENTRY 11 18 Months, Calvin Harris
192 150 121 Hands All Over, Maroon 5
193 134 2 The Archive (EP), Imagine Dragons
194 108 14 Aim And Ignite, fun.
195 143 824 Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd
196 RE-ENTRY 21 Blood, In This Moment
197 RE-ENTRY 98 Licensed To III, Beastie Boys
198 RE-ENTRY 109 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Miranda Lambert
199 153 21 Kiss, Carly Rae Jepsen
200 RE-ENTRY 146 Mothership, Led Zeppelin

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New RIAA cert:

The Lumineers 1xp

[chartfreak]

Some interesting re-entries.

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5,461,000 albums were sold in the USA last week.

2,247,000 were digital albums.

3,214,000 were physical cds.

More figures here:

www1.billboard.biz/bbbiz/photos/pdf/2013/TFMm0228.pdf

Album sales are down 7.2%

[Push The Button]

Jesus. Will we really see a double digit decrease this year?

[areyoureadytojump]

^Nope. Not when we are comparing to last year's Adele's 21, Whitney's death and Taylor Swift's Red.

[cartman2002]

Here's this weeks awards

8.Some Nights-Fun. (2x Platnium)
14.21-Adele (3x Platnium)
35.Les Miserables-Soundtrack (gold)
43.Trouble Man: Heavy is In The Head-T.I. (gold)
148.The Struggle-Tenth Avenue North (gold)
179.The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection-Lynyrd Skynyrd (2x Platnium)

[Honeymoon]

Feb 28, 2013 14:47:46 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

^Nope. Not when we are comparing to last year's Adele's 21, Whitney's death and Taylor Swift's Red.

I don't really buy into this mentality. Every year has its own specific anomalies. In 2010 people on here were saying sales were down mostly due to MJ's death from 2009, then in 2011 people said sales were down because of Eminem and Taylor having such big years in the previous chart year. Then people said sales were down in 2012 because it was matching Adele's initial run of success with '21' the previous year. And so on.

Adele's 21 did cause a slight upkick in year-to-year sales for 2011, but on the whole, the album is in decline and attributing it to specific releases from the previous year is a waste of time. But indeed, we will have to wait and see how the rest of the year plays out before we say 2013 is a total disappointment.

[areyoureadytojump]

^I don't remember anyone saying sales were down last year to Adele's first year of 21.

2012 ended with just a slight decrease in sales.

I remember discussing last year how 2012 releases were not doing well.

Catalog album sales were strong in 2012 which helped sales.

So far in 2013, current album sales are stronger than catalog album sales.

Edit: I just checked. This week last year album sales were up 3%.
I doubt this year will have an album that sells 4+ million which we had the past 2 years.

[Honeymoon]

I just take first quarter year-to-year sales with a grain of salt since they are still so sensitive to fluctuating in any given week. But how busy this Summer is with new 'big' releases as well as the holiday season of course, will dictate how this year stacks up to the last.

[ILLUSION]

Mumford and Sons will pass 2 million next week, nice.

[areyoureadytojump]

*happy*

[SPRΞΞ]

Well I have yet to purchase a physical cd this year.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1550444/chart-moves-nick-cave-scores-highest-charting-album-eagles-fly-back-onto

Chart Moves: Nick Cave Scores Highest Charting Album, Eagles Fly Back Onto Billboard 200

It was a slow week on the Billboard 200, where not a single album debuted in the top 10. That said, Mumford & Sons' "Babel" held on to the No. 1 slot for a fifth non-consecutive week, making it the longest-running No. 1 album by a group since 2002.

Outside the top 10 there were of some interesting movers and debuts. Let's take a look at some of them.

-- Imagine Dragons: The group's latest album, "Night Visions," keeps on profiting from its deluxe reissue on Feb. 12, as it rises 10 slots to No. 12 with 24,000 sold -- despite a 14% decline in sales. With the overall album market down by 20% this week, it still earns a bullet, as does any title with a decline of 15% or less.

-- Florida Georgia Line: As the country duo's single "Get Your Shine On" rises 20-15 on Hot Country Songs, its album "Here's to the Good Times" continues to sell well. It surpassed 300,000 in total sales a week ago and moves another 19,000 this week (down 18%). Because its sales decline is relatively small, compared to the rest of the chart, it actually moves up 29-19.

-- Buckcherry: This week, the Hot Shot Debut on the chart (the highest debut) belongs to rock band Buckcherry's "Confessions." The last time the chart welcomed a Hot Shot Debut this low (outside of the always slow post-Christmas frame) was just more than a year ago (March 3, 2012). That week, the highest debut started at No. 67.

-- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: The group celebrates its highest-charting album ever as "Push the Sky Away" arrives at No. 29. The band also score its best sales week (15,000). The act’s previous high water mark came with 2008's "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!," which debuted and peaked at No. 64 with 10,000.

-- "100 Hits 60's”: The incredibly low-priced, 100-song collection is selling for $5.99 at iTunes and $3.99 at Amazon MP3. The October 2012 release arrives with 4,000 sold at No. 98. The indie compilation (and a fairly unfamiliar label: Jb Production) seems too good to be true, as it licensed everyone from Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Ray Charles.

-- Eagles: Following the Showtime premiere of its documentary "History of the Eagles - Part One" (Feb. 15 and 16), two of the band’s greatest hits albums re-enter to the list. "The Very Best Of" (No. 104, up 54%) and its “Greatest Hits 1971-1975" (No. 143, up 34%) fly back this week.

-- "Sofia the First": The soundtrack to the Disney Junior animated series, featuring its star, Ariel Winter (of ABC's "Modern Family"), debuts at No. 149 with 3,000 sold. It also bows at No. 2 on Kid Albums.

-- TLC: Absent from the chart since the Jan. 11, 1997, issue, the trio's longest-charting album "CrazySexyCool" re-enters the chart at No. 176 (up 10%). The title has been discounted and promoted at mass merchants since last year. This week, it sees its best sales week (3,000; up 10%) since Christmas.

[Honeymoon]

Mar 1, 2013 10:39:45 GMT -5 SPRΞΞ said:

Well I have yet to purchase a physical cd this year.

I've been 100% digital since Summer of 2011.

[Kurt]

I just pre-ordered a physical album on Wednesday and I've already bought three (all Target deluxe editions) this year, haha.