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Post by fran182 on Apr 13, 2011 13:17:54 GMT -5
FOO’S NEXT
Foo Fighters’ Seventh Studio Album Marks Its First #1
April 13, 2011
Dave Grohl has been seemingly everywhere these last few weeks and it has paid off big-time.
Based on first-day sales reports from those music retailers whose stores haven’t been paved for parking lots, RCA/RMG’s Foo Fighters are set to score their first #1 U.S. album next week as their seventh studio effort, Wasting Light, will debut with a total of between 215-225k. That would be the fourth highest debut of the year after Adele, Britney Spears and Chris Brown, all four Sony Music titles, with three of them from RCA/Jive, including two back-to-back.
The Foos' total on their seventh studio album is almost 33% higher than the debut of Echoes Silence Patience & Grace, which totaled 169k its first week in Sept. 2007. The band’s 2005 double album, In Your Honor, entered the charts at #2 in June 2005 with 310k sold behind Coldplay’s X&Y, that year’s top-selling album.
Next highest debut will go to Rounder bluegrass standout Alison Krauss & Union Station, after her Grammy-winning stint with Robert Plant. Paper Airplane, her first album of new material since 2007’s Raising Sand, should do between 60-65k.
Paul Simon’s Hear Music/Concord debut, the world beat-flavored So Beautiful or So What, which critics are calling his best since 1990’s Rhythm of the Saints and comparing to Graceland, is looking in the 55-60k range.
Veteran Warner Music Latina Grammy winners Mana return with Drama Y Luz, which could do in the 50-55k range, muy bien para ellos.
Lava/Universal Republic U.K. sensation Jessie J’s debut, Who You Are, looks for a 30-35k debut after her rousing U.S. performance on SNL last month.
Minneapolis prog-hop collective Atmosphere’s latest Rhymesayers album, The Family Sign, appears headed for 25-30k, the same total eyed by Interscope downtown alternative darlings TV on the Radio’s Nine Types of Light, the Brooklyn bohos’ first album since 2008’s acclaimed Dear Science and fifth studio effort overall.
The market was down 11% vs. last week, up 11% vs. same week last year and now down 4% year to date.
To celebrate, imagine that you’re 1% of the U.S. population that controls 40% of this country’s wealth.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 13, 2011 13:26:22 GMT -5
Wow at Foo Fighters!
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Post by Verisimilitude on Apr 13, 2011 13:35:55 GMT -5
Great debut for Jessie J!
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Post by musik... on Apr 13, 2011 13:38:18 GMT -5
Glad the Foo Fighters are pulling in such great numbers! Hopefully Jessie J can go even higher, she's so talented.
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Post by rockmaniac on Apr 13, 2011 15:17:26 GMT -5
congrats to the Foo Fighters. they earn their first #1
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Post by @DiegoMarcondes_ on Apr 13, 2011 16:00:22 GMT -5
 YAAAAAAAAAAAY! #1 in US and UK! My fave band deserved it, the new album is such an amazin job! |
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Post by d.t.m on Apr 13, 2011 18:25:31 GMT -5
WOW this is the Foo Fighters first #1?
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Post by singingsparrow on Apr 13, 2011 20:09:25 GMT -5
It just comes to show that brilliant, novel promotion pays off.
I just had a feeling that, during the "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" era, that as well as the album sold regardless, there was still a sizable portion of their audience that couldn't help but feel deflated by their increasing gravitation toward bigger sounds, tediously long length of tracks without a payoff, more ambient production and acoustic experimentation. Sure, they got their biggest, record-breaking hit (on their core formats) to date through that era ("The Pretender")..............but most the rest of the album has proven to lack resonance/staying power to their core base ("Let It Die" being perhaps the sole exception). To many fans, the era just lacked a personal connection (or, for that matter, every album they've released since "There Is Nothing Left To Lose".)
This time around, the band got everything right. Even before the release of the lead single, they already excited many of their disaffected longtime listeners by announcing they had recorded this album in Grohl's garage, without the use of Pro-Tools or any computer for that matter, and was on analog all the way through the post-mastering phase. They intrigued even skeptics by announcing Pat Smear had returned to the line-up (who many longtime fans credit as pivotal to the harder aspects of their sound earlier on), that fellow ex-Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic had contributed to a track, and that Bob Gould had featured vocals on another track.
Ante that up with a hilariously campy, low-budget promotional music video featuring the cult icon of Motorhead ("White Limo"), a series of small yet epic-feeling audio teasers, playing a round of surprise secret shows that featured the entire album played from beginning to end, a much-talked about, acclaimed performance at the NME Awards with Roger Daltrey where Grohl also accepted the award for "Godlike Genius", and some earnest promotional performances in a diversity of settings including "The Daily Show"..............and you've got yourself a heightened degree of sustained anticipation and hype.
Finally, with not just critical acclaim, but the discovery of fragments of original masters tape being lodged in every compact disc sleeve..........that sort of post-release publicity will only ensure persisting interest and reassurance this era.
The Foo Fighters couldn't have gotten the word out better.
Namaste,
Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2011 20:11:18 GMT -5
oic. I expected Jessie J would follow in Adele's footsteps with US success but ah well.  |
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Post by HolidayGuy on Apr 13, 2011 20:45:54 GMT -5
^Perhaps with the next album? :) Adele was not an overnight sensation, after all.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2011 22:26:00 GMT -5
With what #'s did TV On The Radio's last album debut?
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 14, 2011 10:36:58 GMT -5
^Google is your friend.
TV On The Radio's Billboard 200 debut "Return to Cookie Mountain" (Interscope, No. 41, 21,000).
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Post by WotUNeed on Apr 14, 2011 18:05:35 GMT -5
^Google is your friend. TV On The Radio's Billboard 200 debut "Return to Cookie Mountain" (Interscope, No. 41, 21,000). That wasn't their last album. Dear Science debuted with 32,076. |
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Post by Honeymoon on Apr 14, 2011 18:11:59 GMT -5
Sony Music will score its fifth #1 in a row and seventh in the last eight weeks as Foo Fighters is set to top next week's chart with their second-best opening week total ever. Here's how it looks at midweek:
*Foo Fighters (Roswell/RCA/RMG) 225-235k
Adele (XL/Columbia) 75-80k
*Alison Krauss & Union Station (Rounder) 60-65k
*Mana (Warner Music Latina) 55-60k
*Paul Simon (Hear Music/Concord) 55-60k
Britney Spears (Jive/JLG) 40-45k
Wiz Khalifa (Atlantic) 30-35k
Songs For Japan (Universal/Sony) 30-35k
Mumford & Sons (Glassnote) 30-35k
* Jessie J (Lava/Universal Republic) 30-35k
Chris Brown (Jive/JLG) 30-35k
*Atmosphere (Rhymesayers) 25-30k
* TV on the Radio (Interscope) 25-30k
Jennifer Hudson (Arista/RMG) 18-22k
Kirk Franklin (Gospocentric) 18-22k
Hollywood Undead (A&M/Octone) 18-22k
Katy Perry (Capitol/EMI) 17-20k
Rihanna (Def Jam/IDJ) 17-20k
Now 37 (Capitol/EMI) 17-20k
* Debuts (4/15p)
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Post by chopped89 on Apr 14, 2011 18:17:57 GMT -5
Great for Atmosphere :)
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Post by David on Apr 15, 2011 1:34:33 GMT -5
Awe. No estimates for Pink? :( Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.
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Post by Enigma. on Apr 15, 2011 5:00:23 GMT -5
*Paul Simon (Hear Music/Concord) 55-60k Somehow I expected better numbers, maybe close to 100k. But this will probably have some legs |
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Post by HolidayGuy on Apr 15, 2011 8:44:22 GMT -5
Pink's album has performed past expectations, so no need for any "awes." :)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2011 7:47:30 GMT -5
^Google is your friend. TV On The Radio's Billboard 200 debut "Return to Cookie Mountain" (Interscope, No. 41, 21,000). That wasn't their last album. Dear Science debuted with 32,076. burn! |
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Post by folkfan on Apr 16, 2011 9:09:48 GMT -5
I've only just now gotten the chance to start listening to the Foo Fighters' latest CD. Yeah, there's good reason it's selling this well.
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Post by seanblain on Apr 16, 2011 14:22:12 GMT -5
Katy Perry (Capitol/EMI) 17-20k
Rihanna (Def Jam/IDJ) 17-20k
These 2 can't escape themselves.
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Apr 16, 2011 19:26:44 GMT -5
Katy just keeps going. After her AI performance next week ..watch out.
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Post by David on Apr 16, 2011 19:37:08 GMT -5
Pink's album has performed past expectations, so no need for any "awes." :) Oh of course! I'm just sad to see it end. |
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Post by neverduplicated on Apr 17, 2011 4:12:16 GMT -5
Pink's album has performed past expectations, so no need for any "awes." :) Oh of course! I'm just sad to see it end. Don't be sad! Greatest Hits albums are really good catalogue sellers. As long as Pink's name stays around for years to come (it obviously will) and she puts out some more quality music (she obviously will) this will keep selling for years to come. |
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Post by microcuts on Apr 18, 2011 13:22:28 GMT -5
NOW IN: FINAL
LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 FOO FIGHTERS: WASTING LIGHT - ROSWELL/RCA/RMG 230,158 --
1 2 ADELE: 21 - XL/COLUMBIA 91,946 +4%
-- 3 ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION: PAPER AIRPLANE - ROUNDER 79,918 --
-- 4 PAUL SIMON: SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT - HEAR MUSIC 63,577 --
-- 5 MANA: DRAMA Y LUZ - WARNER MUSIC LATINA 58,042 --
2 6 BRITNEY SPEARS: FEMME FATALE - JIVE/JLG 42,137 -45%
4 7 WIZ KHALIFA: ROLLING PAPERS - ATLANTIC 35,394 -37%
5 8 CHRIS BROWN: F.A.M.E. - JIVE/JLG 34,428 -33%
7 9 MUMFORD & SONS: SIGH NO MORE - GLASSNOTE 33,777 -3%
-- 10 JESSIE J: WHO YOU ARE - LAVA/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 33,517 --
6 11 SONGS FOR JAPAN - UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL 31,958 -32%
-- 12 ATMOSPHERE: FAMILY SIGN - RHYMESAYER/ILG 26,810 --
-- 13 TV ON THE RADIO: NINE TYPES OF LIGHT - INTERSCOPE 26,734 --
12 14 JASON ALDEAN: MY KINDA PARTY - BROKEN BOW 22,766 -5%
-- 15 LEMONADE MOUTH (SOUNDTRACK) - WALT DISNEY 22,448 --
9 16 KIRK FRANKLIN: HELLO FEAR - GOSPOCENTRIC 22,078 -27%
19 17 RIHANNA: LOUD - DEF JAM/IDJ 21,942 +7%
3 18 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD: AMERICAN TRAGEDY - A&M/OCTONE 21,141 -68%
11 19 RADIOHEAD: KING OF LIMBS - TBD 21,102 -12%
8 20 JENNIFER HUDSON: I REMEMBER ME - ARISTA/RMG 20,565 -33%
17 21 KATY PERRY: TEENAGE DREAM - CAPITOL/EMI 20,014 -9%
18 22 P!NK: GREATEST HITS SO FAR - LAFACE/JLG 19,164 -11%
14 23 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 37 - CAPITOL/EMI 19,126 -18%
21 24 BRUNO MARS: DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - NEW ELEKTRA 18,403 -5%
16 25 ZAC BROWN BAND: YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - ATLANTIC 18,394 -18%
-- 26 COUNTRY STRONG (SOUNDTRACK) - RCA NASHVILLE 18,217 --
15 27 JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER - THE REMIXES - ISLAND/IDJMG 18,011 -20%
29 28 JUSTIN BIEBER: MY WORLD 2.0 - ISLAND/IDJMG 17,284 +12%
23 29 TAYLOR SWIFT: SPEAK NOW - BIG MACHINE 15,297 -17%
26 30 NICKI MINAJ: PINK FRIDAY - YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 14,806 -16%
35 31 RASCAL FLATTS: NOTHING LIKE THIS - BIG MACHINE 14,179 0%
28 32 EMINEM: RECOVERY - SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 14,033 -9%
27 33 LUPE FIASCO: LASERS - ATLANTIC 13,747 -21%
25 34 LADY ANTEBELLUM: NEED YOU NOW - CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 13,561 -24%
-- 35 K.D. LANG & THE SISS BOOM BANG: SING IT LOUD - NONESUCH 13,455 --
31 36 MARSHA AMBROSIUS: LATE NIGHTS & EARLY MORNINGS - J RECORDS/RMG 13,391 -12%
24 37 MARY MARY: SOMETHING BIG - COLUMBIA 12,933 -29%
-- 38 BRETT DENNEN: LOVERBOY - DUALTONE 12,453 --
33 39 SARA EVANS: STRONGER - RCA NASHVILLE 12,376 -15%
47 40 ADELE: 19 - XL/COLUMBIA 11,591 +13%
44 41 BIG TIME RUSH: BTR - COLUMBIA 11,349 0%
40 42 BLACK EYED PEAS: BEGINNING - INTERSCOPE 11,181 -11%
39 43 THE BAND PERRY: THE BAND PERRY - UNIV REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 10,908 -14%
45 44 KID ROCK: BORN FREE - ATLANTIC 10,859 -3%
-- 45 FOO FIGHTERS: GREATEST HITS - ROSWELL/RCA/RMG 10,679 --
32 46 GLEE CAST: GLEE, THE MUSIC: VOL. 5 - COLUMBIA 10,570 -29%
38 47 AVRIL LAVIGNE: GOODBYE LULLABY - RCA/RMG 10,565 -20%
42 48 TANGLED (SOUNDTRACK) - WALT DISNEY 9,878 -15%
48 49 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE: LUNGS - UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 9,872 +3%
30 50 TRON: LEGACY (SOUNDTRACK) - WALT DISNEY 9,750 -37%
NOW IN: 54.02%
LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 FOO FIGHTERS: WASTING LIGHT - ROSWELL/RCA/RMG 84,554
-- 2 ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION: PAPER AIRPLANE - ROUNDER 34,664
1 3 ADELE: 21 - XL/COLUMBIA 34,315
-- 4 MANA: DRAMA Y LUZ - WARNER MUSIC LATINA 28,458
2 5 BRITNEY SPEARS: FEMME FATALE - JIVE/JLG 23,631
5 6 CHRIS BROWN: F.A.M.E. - JIVE/JLG 19,776
12 7 JASON ALDEAN: MY KINDA PARTY - BROKEN BOW 15,909
14 8 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 37 - CAPITOL/EMI 15,839
18 9 P!NK: GREATEST HITS SO FAR - LAFACE/JLG 13,778
8 10 JENNIFER HUDSON: I REMEMBER ME - ARISTA/RMG 13,314
4 11 WIZ KHALIFA: ROLLING PAPERS - ATLANTIC 12,749
15 12 JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER - THE REMIXES - ISLAND/IDJMG 12,134
17 13 KATY PERRY: TEENAGE DREAM - CAPITOL/EMI 11,945
9 14 KIRK FRANKLIN: HELLO FEAR - GOSPOCENTRIC 11,820
19 15 RIHANNA: LOUD - DEF JAM/IDJ 10,993
-- 16 PAUL SIMON: SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT - HEAR MUSIC 10,243
16 17 ZAC BROWN BAND: YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - ATLANTIC 10,023
23 18 TAYLOR SWIFT: SPEAK NOW - BIG MACHINE 9,811
25 19 LADY ANTEBELLUM: NEED YOU NOW - CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 9,370
21 20 BRUNO MARS: DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - NEW ELEKTRA 9,289
35 21 RASCAL FLATTS: NOTHING LIKE THIS - BIG MACHINE 8,934
-- 22 JESSIE J: WHO ARE YOU - LAVA/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 8,705
33 23 SARA EVANS: STRONGER - RCA NASHVILLE 8,566
7 24 MUMFORD & SONS: SIGH NO MORE - GLASSNOTE 8,277
26 25 NICKI MINAJ: PINK FRIDAY - YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 8,250
24 26 MARY MARY: SOMETHING BIG - COLUMBIA 7,975
29 27 JUSTIN BIEBER: MY WORLD 2.0 - ISLAND/IDJMG 7,797
45 28 KID ROCK: BORN FREE - ATLANTIC 7,753
3 29 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD: AMERICAN TRAGEDY - A&M/OCTONE 7,654
31 30 MARSHA AMBROSIUS: LATE NIGHTS & EARLY MORNINGS - J RECORDS/RMG 7,494
-- 31 COUNTRY STRONG (SOUNDTRACK) - RCA NASHVILLE 7,191
39 32 THE BAND PERRY: THE BAND PERRY - UNIV REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 7,118
38 33 AVRIL LAVIGNE: GOODBYE LULLABY - RCA/RMG 6,967
28 34 EMINEM: RECOVERY - SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 6,760
-- 35 EMINEM: MARSHALL MATHERS LP - SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 6,566
32 36 GLEE CAST: GLEE, THE MUSIC: VOL. 5 - COLUMBIA 6,285
40 37 BLACK EYED PEAS: BEGINNING - INTERSCOPE 6,101
34 38 SUGARLAND: INCREDIBLE MACHINE - MERCURY NASHVILLE 6,062
-- 39 THOMPSON SQUARE: THOMPSON SQUARE - STONEY CREEK/BROKEN BOW 5,403
44 40 BIG TIME RUSH: BTR - COLUMBIA 5,211
-- 41 ATMOSPHERE: FAMILY SIGN - RHYMESAYER/ILG 4,941
41 42 MIRANDA LAMBERT: REVOLUTION - CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 4,685
-- 43 MIGUEL: ALL I WANT IS YOU - JIVE/JLG 4,630
27 44 LUPE FIASCO: LASERS - ATLANTIC 4,396
46 45 AARON LEWIS: TOWN LINE - STROUDAVARIOUS 4,339
-- 46 KENNY CHESNEY: HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY - BNA 3,852
-- 47 TV ON THE RADIO: NINE TYPES OF LIGHT - INTERSCOPE 3,762
47 48 ADELE: 19 - XL/COLUMBIA 3,758
20 49 JIM JONES: CAPO - EONE 3,296
-- 50 RISE AGAINST: ENDGAME - GEFFEN 3,129
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 18, 2011 13:31:02 GMT -5
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 18, 2011 13:32:09 GMT -5
ONE year ago:
CHART DATE: 04/19/2010
1 1 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 88,809 -16%
MY WORLD 2.0
-- 2 MGMT COLUMBIA 70,316 --
CONGRATULATIONS
2 3 USHER LAFACE/JLG 66,909 -23%
RAYMOND VS. RAYMOND
4 4 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 64,506 +15%
NEED YOU NOW
-- 5 COHEED & CAMBRIA COLUMBIA 53,048 --
YEAR OF THE BLACK RAINBOW
5 6 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 33 CAPITOL/EMI 44,603 -16%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
14 7 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 32,432 +39%
ANIMAL
7 8 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 31,760 +2%
FAME
6 9 MONICA J RECORDS/RMG 31,101 -16%
STILL STANDING
21 10 SADE EPIC 27,059 +53%
SOLDIER OF LOVE
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Post by Honeymoon on Apr 18, 2011 13:41:58 GMT -5
Should be an easy year-to-year increase this week
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Post by musicissalvation on Apr 18, 2011 13:45:24 GMT -5
yay if Foo Fighters can do it on their 7th studio album, I have faith that Rihanna will get her #1 album in time! And wow at Adele! She's unstoppable!
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Post by spooky21 on Apr 18, 2011 14:37:31 GMT -5
yay if Foo Fighters can do it on their 7th studio album, I have faith that Rihanna will get her #1 album in time! And wow at Adele! She's unstoppable! Would this be before or after she beats Mariah for most female #1s? |
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