Billboard 200 10/13/12 - Mumford & Sons #1 600K

[Verisimilitude]

Mumford & Sons' 'Babel' Scores Biggest Debut of 2012, Tops Billboard 200 Chart

October 02, 2012 | By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles

It's official: Mumford & Sons' sophomore release, "Babel," has earned the biggest debut of any album this year in the United States.

"Babel" sold 600,000 in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and becomes the rock quartet's first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It's also the first No. 1 for Mumford & Sons' record label, Glassnote Records.

Here are some of the amazing statistics on the first week of "Babel":

-- Largest Debut Sales Week of 2012: With 600,000 sold, "Babel" easily trumps the first-week racked by Justin Bieber's "Believe" (374,000), which had owned the largest debut of the year until now. "Believe" falls to second place in terms of the 2012's biggest starts, followed by Madonna's "MDNA" (359,000) and P!nk's "The Truth About Love" (280,000).

-- Biggest 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. 1 with 784,000 on the Nov. 8, 2008 chart.

Mumford & Sons has scored four top 10 singles on the Alternative airplay chart and its current single, "I Will Wait," reaches No. 1 on the Rock Songs airplay tally this week. 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 2010.

-- Biggest Sales Week for RED Distribution: "Babel's" bow garners RED Distribution its largest sales week ever. It surpasses the 394,000 that was racked by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "The Art of War" (Ruthless/Relativity) in its No. 1 debut on the chart dated Aug. 16, 1997. ("Babel" was released on Gentlemen of the Road/Glassnote Records and distributed by RED Distribution -- Sony's indie distribution arm.)

"Babel" is RED's first No. 1 since Radiohead's "In Rainbows" (TBD/ATO) jumped to the top of the list (flying from No. 156 to No. 1) on the Jan. 12, 2008 chart.

RED will continue to shine bright in the coming weeks, as the company prepares to release Jason Aldean's new album, "Night Train," on Oct. 16. His last release, "My Kinda Party," has spent 100 weeks on the Billboard 200 and shifted 2.8 million in the United States.

-- 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, behind Adele's "21." The latter moved 730,000 in the week after Adele's multiple Grammy Award wins this year.

-- 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 copies at No. 1 on the Nov. 17, 2007 chart.

-- 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. 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. (A chunk of Lady 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.

-- Sixth-Straight Year an Indie Album Has Hit No. 1: Since 2007, there has been at least one independently distributed album that has ruled at No. 1. "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. In 2010, three indie sets topped the list, while there was one each in 2009, 2008 and 2007.

Amidst all of the excitement over the debut of "Babel," Mumford & Sons' debut album, "Sigh No More," continues to rack up big sales. The set has been on the Billboard 200 since it debuted on the March 6, 2010 chart, and it hasn't left the top 75 since July of 2010. So far, "Sigh No More," which peaked at No. 2 on the chart, has sold 2.5 million in the United States.

A full recap of the week's top 10 selling albums and digital songs will follow on the morning of Oct. 3.

Read more at www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/retail/mumford-sons-babel-scores-biggest-debut-1007965962.story#0bcV30C6HmVWeDUI.99

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The decade's 8th week above 600K

2010 - Speak Now, Recovery, I Dreamed A Dream
2011 - Born This Way, Tha Carter IV, Take Care
2012 - 21, Babel

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And in three weeks, we will have the same article title for when Taylor breaks this record.

[when the pawn...]

Unless album sales pick way the f*** back up, Mumford & Sons and Lady Antebellum are shaping up to be the best selling groups of the decade, no?

[Enigma.]

Zac Brown Band as well = 3XP, 2xP (coming) and probably platinum with the new one.

[Peaches. [Ch, r. is]]

Oct 2, 2012 22:58:18 GMT -5 when the pawn... said:

Unless album sales pick way the f*** back up, Mumford & Sons and Lady Antebellum are shaping up to be the best selling groups of the decade, no?

One Directions new album will go triple platinum first week, so no.

[HolidayGuy]

Yes, OD coming to break N'Sync's SoundScan-era record.

[when the pawn...]

Oct 3, 2012 3:17:00 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Zac Brown Band as well = 3XP, 2xP (coming) and probably platinum with the new one.

True, didn't they sell a bunch in 09? ZBB, BEP, Black Keys, Maroon 5 also in there.

As for one 1D...we'll see what happens. But Mumford's first album sold twice One Direction's.

[when the pawn...]

Mumford & Sons official Soundscan number is 599,915

[HolidayGuy]

I'm sure it had at least 85 street-date violations. ;)

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Oct 2, 2012 21:52:29 GMT -5 @2m said:

The decade's 8th week above 600K

2010 - Speak Now, Recovery, I Dreamed A Dream
2011 - Born This Way, Tha Carter IV, Take Care
2012 - 21, Babel

This list needs to be modified. There remains 7 to top 600K

[areyoureadytojump]

Oct 3, 2012 8:57:54 GMT -5 when the pawn... said:

Oct 3, 2012 3:17:00 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Zac Brown Band as well = 3XP, 2xP (coming) and probably platinum with the new one.

True, didn't they sell a bunch in 09? ZBB, BEP, Black Keys, Maroon 5 also in there.

As for one 1D...we'll see what happens. But Mumford's first album sold twice One Direction's.

The decade starts in 2010.

BEP sold 800k with their last album.

Black Keys both albums are 1 million.

Maroon 5 last sold 1 million and this one will sell 1 million.

Zac Brown Band's last album is not close to 2 million.

PS: I'm a little tired of the 1D comments. Let's discuss in November.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.21389/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-9-30-2012

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 9/30/2012

Current Albums:

#5. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 - 89,000 (89,000)

#7. G.O.O.D. Music - Cruel Summer - 55,000 (261,000)

#25. 2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story - 15,000 (303,000)

#44. Rick Ross - God Forgives, I Don't - 9,300 (417,000)

#80. Nas - Life Is Good - 4,700 (305,000)

#90. DMX - Undisputed - 7,500 (25,000)

#101. Slaughterhouse - welcome to: Our House - 3,700 (80,000)

#123. Brother Ali - Mourning In America And Dreaming In Color - 3,100 (14,000)

#146. Murs & Fashawn - This Generation - 2,700 (2,700)

#188. Tech N9ne - E.B.A.H. - 2,100 (16,000)

* 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.

Will Skyzoo make it to the Top 40 on his road to the dream? Stay tuned to HipHopDX.

[HolidayGuy]

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Mumford & Sons, Green Day, No Doubt Debut at Nos. 1-3 on Billboard 200 Chart
by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | October 03, 2012

The top three slots on the Billboard 200 chart get rocked this week as the rock bands Mumford & Sons, Green Day and No Doubt see their latest efforts start at Nos. 1-3, respectively.

Mumford & Sons' sophomore album, "Babel," opens atop the list with 600,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. As reported yesterday , it marks the biggest debut this year, the largest sales week for RED Distribution ever and the second-biggest frame for an independently-distributed album. And, with 420,000 downloads sold, the set tallies the second-largest week for a digital album. It is surpassed only by the bow of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" in 2011, when it launched with 662,000 downloads.

Green Day's "¡Uno!" starts in the No. 2 slot (139,000) while No Doubt's "Push and Shove" enters at No. 3 (115,000). For the former, it's the trio's eighth top 10 album, and fifth to reach the top two. Its last studio effort, 2009's "21st Century Breakdown," started at No. 1 with 215,000 -- although that number was earned in a truncated week for the group, as "Breakdown" was released on a Friday in order to more closely align the album's worldwide release.

As for No Doubt, "Push and Shove" is the quartet's first studio album since 2001's "Rock Steady." The latter set debuted and peaked at No. 9 with 255,000 (though it earned its best sales week the very next frame: 270,000 over the Christmas shopping week).

Last week's No. 1, P!nk's "The Truth About Love," falls to No. 4 with 94,000 (down 66%) while Lupe Fiasco's new "Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1" starts at No. 5 (89,000). Fiasco's last release, 2011's "Lasers," debuted at No. 1, selling 204,000 in its premiere frame.

EDM DJ-producer deadmau5 grabs his highest charting album ever as "album title goes here" debuts at No. 6 with 58,000. deadmau5's previous best week was the debut of 2010's "4X4=12." Its highest week came during its debut, when it entered the chart at No. 47 (its peak) with 27,000.

Rounding out the top 10 this week: the "Cruel Summer" hip-hop compilation slips 2-7 with 55,000 (down 73%), Dave Matthews Band's "Away From the World" drops 4-8 with 36,000 (down 42%), Little Big Town's "Tornado" falls 5-9 with 34,000 (down 33%) and the Killers' "Battle Born" descends 3-10 with 31,000 (down 73%).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Taylor Swift scores her fifth No. 1 as "Begin Again" bows in the top slot with 299,000 downloads sold. It's the latest preview single from her upcoming "Red" album. Watch for the set's title track to impact the Digital Songs chart next week, as it was released to retailers on Oct. 2.

PSY's "Gangnam Style," meanwhile, falls a slot to No. 2 with 294,000 sold (down 2%). Right behind PSY is Ke$ha's new "Die Young," which starts at No. 3 with 188,000. It's the first single from the singer's upcoming album "Warrior," due out Dec. 4. The last time Ke$ha released a new single was in 2010, when she dropped "We R Who We R" from the "Cannibal" album. "We R" debuted at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart with 280,000 downloads.

Behind Ke$ha on the Digital Songs chart this week is Maroon 5's "One More Night," slipping two rungs to No. 4 with 181,000 (down 12%). Swift is found again in the top five, as "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" slides 3-5 with 169,000 (down 14%).

fun.'s "Some Nights" drifts 4-6 with 140,000 (down 12%) while Rihanna's "Diamonds" debuts at No. 7 with 133,000. "Diamonds" is the lead cut from the diva's upcoming new studio effort, due later this year. Comparatively, "We Found Love," Rihanna's first single from her last album "Talk That Talk," launched with 117,000 sold. (However, "We Found Love" was released on a Thursday to retailers, meaning it had four days worth of sales in its debut week. On the other hand, "Diamonds" dropped last Wednesday, so it had one more day of sales in its opening frame.)

As for the rest of the top 10: Alex Clare's "Too Close" falls 5-8 (116,000; down 11%), Enrique Iglesias' "Finally Found You" (featuring Sammy Adams) debuts at No. 9 (112,000) and Flo Rida's "Whistle" slips 6-10 (104,000; down 16%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Sept. 30) totaled 5.71 million units, up 5% compared with the sum last week (5.42 million) and up 2% compared with the comparable sales week of 2011 (5.57 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 218.43 million, down 4% compared with the same total at this point last year (228.50 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 23.05 million downloads, down 2% compared with last week (23.53 million) and up 13% stacked next to the comparable week of 2011 (20.37 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 1.009 billion up 6% compared with the same total at this point last year (952.74 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2011 when: Scotty McCreery's "Clear As Day" debuted at No. 1 with 197,000 while the previous week's leader, J. Cole's "Cole World: the Sideline Story," fell to No. 5 with 54,000 (down 75%).

[areyoureadytojump]

YTD albums sales are now only down 4%.

[Enigma.]

Oct 3, 2012 9:31:28 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Zac Brown Band's last album is not close to 2 million.

Oh I thought it's somewhere close to 1.7m.. Do you have any idea where it stands as we speak? (come year 2019 it could be 2m )

[areyoureadytojump]

music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-sept-30-2012-albums-mumfordmania-013219277.html#more-2913

Week Ending Sept. 30, 2012. Albums: Mumfordmania!
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch

Mumford & Sons' sophomore album Babel sold 600K copies in its first week, which is the biggest first-week total by any album since Drake's Take Care sold 631K in its first week in November. Babel sold more copies than the next seven albums on The Billboard 200 combined. That's especially impressive because those seven albums include new releases by such heavyweight acts as Green Day and No Doubt.

"If you (had) told me in the '90s that I'd be in a chart battle with Green Day, I probably would have just laughed at you," Mumford & Sons' member Ted Dwane told the British rock publication NME. Mumford & Sons is not only in such a battle, it is winning it with ease. Babel outsold Uno! in its first week by a margin of more than four-to-one in the U.S. and more than three-to-one in the U.K.

Babel posted the biggest first-week tally for a rock album since AC/DC's Black Ice debuted with sales of 784K in October 2008. (Mumford & Sons, which blends strains of contemporary folk and alternative music, and hard rock veterans AC/DC are at opposite ends of the rock spectrum, to be sure.)

Babel also debuts at #1 in the U.K. It's Mumford & Sons' first #1 album in both the U.S. and the U.K. The group's 2010 debut album, Sigh No More, peaked at #2 in both countries. Babel is the first album by a U.K. act to reach #1 in both countries since Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto a year ago.

Babel sold 420K digital copies in the U.S., which is the second-largest one-week tally ever for a digital album. The old record belonged to Lady Gaga's Born This Way, which sold 662K digital copies in its first week in May 2011. (Gaga's record comes with an asterisk. Her digital tally includes an estimated 400K copies that were sold for 99-cents by Amazon MP3 during release week.) Babel set a new record for the highest one-week digital sales tally for a rock album. The old record was held by Mylo Xyloto, which sold 302K digital copies in its first week in October 2011.

Many music fans first became aware of Mumford & Sons when they performed on the Grammy Awards in February 2011 in a segment on contemporary folk music with Bob Dylan and the Avett Brothers. Sigh No More had sold 766K copies prior to Grammy night, but it exploded immediately afterward. The album shot to #2, where it spent two weeks.

Sigh No More is one of the best-selling albums of the past few years, with sales of 2,477,000 copies. The album has ranked in the top half of The Billboard 200 every week since June 2010. This week, it rebounds from #29 to #12 its 132nd week on the chart.

While Babel holds the first-week sales record for 2012 (at least until Taylor Swift's Red is released later this month), Adele's 21 still holds the one-week sales record for this year. 21 sold 730K copies in the week following the Grammys (a.k.a. The Adele Show) in February. But her album was in its 52nd week, not its first.

Despite their name, none of the members of Mumford & Sons are related. Marcus Mumford is the band's only member with that surname. It's sort of like the Doobie Brothers and the Righteous Brothers, who weren't really brothers.

Green Day's Uno! debuts at #2. The trio's last two studio albums, American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown, both debuted at #1. (When I saw the video of Billie Joe Armstrong's outburst at the iHeart Music Festival, I thought he was having a "21st Century Breakdown." Then I realized he has an album to promote. For his sake, I hope it was just an attention-getting stunt and not a sign of emotional burnout.)

Uno! also enters the Official U.K. chart at #2, giving the same two acts command of the top two spots in both countries.

No Doubt's Push And Shove enters The Billboard 200 at #3. It's the group's first studio album since Rock Steady in December 2001. That album, released at the most competitive time of the year, debuted and peaked at a disappointing #9. I guess you could say it got pushed and shoved.

Both Green Day and No Doubt are chart veterans. Green Day first cracked the top 10 in August 1994 with Dookie. No Doubt first cracked the top 10 in June 1996 with Tragic Kingdom.

P!nk's The Truth About Love drops from #1 to #4, which means the top four albums are all pop or rock.

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Part 1 bows at #5. The album is a sequel to Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, which hit #8 in September 2006. The artist's last studio album, Lasers, debuted at #1.

Two albums in this week's top five are the first installments of planned series. Green Day's Uno! will be followed in in short order by Dos! (Nov. 13) and Tres! (Jan. 15). Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Part 2 is due early next year. (Why didn't the artists just put out a two-disk or three-set set? Artists are reluctant to release a sprawling, multi-disk projects at a time when it's hard to get fans to buy even an individual album.)

deadmau5's >album title goes here< debuts at #6. It's the first top 10 album for the electro-house DJ/producer, whose previous highest-charting album, 4x4=12, peaked at #47. deadmau5 (real name: Joel Thomas Zimmerman) is the second DJ to land a top 10 album in a little more than a year. David Guetta's Nothing But The Beat debuted and peaked at #5 in September 2011. (4x4=12 and Nothing But The Beat were both nominated for a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album, but lost to Skrillex's EP, Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites.) >album title goes here> is deadmau5's third album that suggests a, let's say, casual approach to album titles. It follows 2008's Random Album Title and 2009's For Lack Of A Better Name.

Taylor Swift's "Begin Again" enters Hot Digital Songs at #1, with first-week sales of 299K. It's Swift's fifth #1 digital hit. It displaces PSY's "Gangnam Style," which bumped Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together " out of the top spot just last week. "Gangnam Style" and Maroon 5's "One More Night" are expected to vie for #1 on the Hot 100. Which will prevail? You'll find out when we post Chart Watch: Songs later today.

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

The Top Five: Mumford & Sons' Babel debuts at #1 (600K). It's the group's second top five album; its first #1…Green Day's Uno! debuts at #2 (139K). It's the band's eighth top 10 album…No Doubt's Push And Shove debuts at #3 (115K). It's the group's fifth top 10 album…P!nk's The Truth About Love drops from #1 to #4 in its second week (94K)…Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Part 1 debuts at #5 (89K). It's the hip-hopper's third top 10 album.

The Second Five: deadmau5's >album title goes here< debuts at #6 (58K). It's the DJ's first top 10 album…Kanye West Presents GOOD Music Cruel Summer drops from #2 to #7 in its second week (55K)… Dave Matthews Band's Away From The World drops from #4 to #8 in its third week (36K)…Little Big Town's Tornado drops from #5 to #9 in its third week (34K). It's #1 on Top Country Albums for the third week…The Killers' Battle Born drops from #3 to #10 in its second week (31K).

Five albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Carly Rae Jepsen's Kiss drops from #6 to #20, Grizzly Bear's Shields drops from #7 to #32, Bob Dylan's Tempest drops from #8 to #17, Avett Brothers' The Carpenter drops from #9 to #13 and Ben Folds Five's The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind dives from #10 to #60.

As I Lay Dying's Awakened debuts at #11. The group's last two studio albums, An Ocean Between Us and The Powerless Rise, both made the top 10. The band was named after a classic William Faulkner novel, which was published in 1930. (But this next reference, I'm afraid, is more my speed: As I Lay Dying charts the same week as Ke$ha's new single, "Die Young.")

Jake Owen's Endless Summer EP debuts at #19. The Beach Boys had a #1 album with the same title in October 1974. Owen's last full-length album, Barefoot Blue Jean Night, reached #6.

Alejandro Sanz's ninth studio album, La Musica No Se Toca, debuts at #26. It's the highest-charting album to date for the Spanish singer/guitarist, who first charted in 2000…"Norteno" artist Gerardo Ortiz's El Primer Ministro debuts at #31…John Hiatt finally lands his first top 40 album with Mystic Pinball, which debuts at #39. The critically-hailed singer/songwriter first "bubbled under" the chart in 1979. He first charted in 1987…WOW Hits 2013 opens at #35.

The Pitch Perfect soundtrack debuts at #43. The movie has been dubbed "Glee goes to college," and look what this album displaces from the #1 spot on the Top Soundtracks chart: Glee: Season Four: Britney 2.0.

Michael Jackson's 1987 album Bad drops from #23 to #52 in its 97th week on the chart. This is its second straight week at #1 on Top Catalog Albums. The 25th anniversary edition, Bad 25, which is listed separately, plummets from #46 to #176 in its second week.

One Direction's Up All Night—The Live Tour returns to #1 on Top Music Videos (its 17th week on top), following a one-week interruption by Michael Jackson: Live At Wembley July 16, 1988.


Coming Attractions: Muse's The 2nd Law and Jackie Evancho's Songs From The Silver Screen pace a heavy release week. Also due: Miguel's Kaleidoscope Dream, Diana Krall's Glad Rag Doll, Jerrod Niemann's Free The Music, Three Days Grace's Transit Of Venus, Cody Simpson's Paradise, Cher Lloyd's Sticks & Stones, Tori Amos' Gold Dust, Van Morrison's Born To Sing: No Plan B, Chris Rene's I'm Right Here, Heart's Fanatic, Faith Evans' R&B Divas and Papa Roach's The Connection.

Heavy Hitters: The next albums that are expected to put up giant first-week numbers are Jason Aldean's Night Train (due Oct. 16), Taylor Swift's Red (due Oct. 22) and One Direction's Take Me Home (due Nov. 13).

[when the pawn...]

Oct 3, 2012 9:18:42 GMT -5 @2m said:

Oct 2, 2012 21:52:29 GMT -5 @2m said:

The decade's 8th week above 600K

2010 - Speak Now, Recovery, I Dreamed A Dream
2011 - Born This Way, Tha Carter IV, Take Care
2012 - 21, Babel

This list needs to be modified. There remains 7 to top 600K

So that makes Babel's first week the best sales week for an album by a group of any genre of the new decade. Is AC/DC the last group to best Babel's week? Or is there a non-rock group I'm forgetting?

[areyoureadytojump]

Oct 3, 2012 11:55:42 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Oct 3, 2012 9:31:28 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Zac Brown Band's last album is not close to 2 million.

Oh I thought it's somewhere close to 1.7m.. Do you have any idea where it stands as we speak? (come year 2019 it could be 2m )

It's a little over 1.6 million. It's selling less than 3k a week so it's a long ways from a 2xp certification.

[Enigma.]

Thanks!

Surprised to read that #26 is highest position ever for Alejandro Sanz.

[swim]

I brought this up last week, but still no word on the Green Day concert ticket bundle?

[areyoureadytojump]

^Not yet. Billboard might have a BB200 article tomorrow or Friday.

With only 139k sold, I don't think they were counted.

[areyoureadytojump]

I wonder when the first Christmas album will debut on the 200 this season?

A few cheap Christmas albums were out yesterday: Barry Manilow and Elvis Presley.

Next week has Celtic Woman and some woman whom I cannot think of right now. She was a contestant on Dancing With The Stars?

[deuce8pro]

Oct 3, 2012 15:37:42 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

I wonder when the first Christmas album will debut on the 200 this season?

A few cheap Christmas albums were out yesterday: Barry Manilow and Elvis Presley.

Next week has Celtic Woman and some woman whom I cannot think of right now. She was a contestant on Dancing With The Stars?

Katherine Jenkins.

[areyoureadytojump]

^Thank you! lol

I just heard from Billboard.

Green Day did have an album/ticket bundle and the albums were counted by SoundScan.

[swim]

^Ouch for Green Day. That's worry some for the next two albums. When put in to perspective this trilogy is eight years behind American Idiot. With the lack of a major hit this shows the new generation of fans they brought in eight years ago don't keep up with the band.

Also, glancing at the release schedule, Mumford and Sons may be #1 for three weeks in a row.

[areyoureadytojump]

^Then Aldean for 1 week. Then Swift...

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Oct 3, 2012 15:37:42 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

I wonder when the first Christmas album will debut on the 200 this season?

A few cheap Christmas albums were out yesterday: Barry Manilow and Elvis Presley.

Next week has Celtic Woman and some woman whom I cannot think of right now. She was a contestant on Dancing With The Stars?

Blake Shelton's "Cheers, It's Christmas" was released yesterday. So he will be the first and highest debut for a Christmas album, until someone else knocks him off.

[areyoureadytojump]

^I'm surprised Blake's Xmas album wasn't in the Target/Best Buy circulars.

[areyoureadytojump]

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

Numbers from the 10/6 chart:

Maroon 5 605k
Zac Brown Band 525k
Linkin Park 475k
Madonna 505k
Skrillex, Scary Monsters 450k
Now 42 440k
Bruce Springsteen 460k
Five Finger Death Punch 460k
Justin Moore 450k

Numbers are estimated.

Albums only on the BB200 for 5+ weeks are listed and have sold over 400k