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Verve’s Rod Stewart holiday album, Merry Christmas Baby, lands at #3, with an impressive 95k, about a third of that total from his appearance on Home Shopping Network.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

SWIFT GETS SWIFTER

Taylor Swift Climbs Over 1.5m, Meek Mill, Rod Stewart, Toby Keith, Neil Young, Trans-Siberian Orchestra Debut
Not even Hurricane Sandy could derail Taylor Swift’s Big Machine album Red from the #1 slot on the HITS Album sales chart, racking up another 331k to bring its two-week total to 1.53m.

Maybach Music Group/WB East Coast rapper Meek Mill’s Dreams & Nightmares is the week’s biggest debut, bowing at #2 with 167k.

Verve’s Rod Stewart holiday album, Merry Christmas Baby, lands at #3, with an impressive 95k, about a third of that total from his appearance on Home Shopping Network.

Broken Bow’s Jason Aldean (#4) and Aftermath/Interscope’s Kendrick Lamar (#5) remain holdovers in the Top 5.

Show Dog country star Toby Keith’s Hope on the Rocks (#6), Reprise rock legend Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s Psychedelic Pill (#7) and Lava/Republic Christmas perennials Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Dreams of Fireflies (#9) are the other Top 10 newcomers.

Glassnote’s Mumford & Sons (#8) and Capitol Nashville’s Little Big Town (#10) complete the leader board.

Other new entries in the Top 50 include A&M/Octone’s Flyleaf (#17), Columbia’s British album chart-topper Calvin Harris (#18) and Epitaph’s Parkway Drive (#26).

Capitol Nashville’s Eric Church (#34-13, +118%), Luke Bryan (#23-11, +89%) and Group/Song of the Year winners Little Big Town (#11-10, +36%) all experience post-CMA sales spikes, along with 19/Arista Nashville’s Carrie Underwood (#21-12, +69%), Warner Bros. Nashville’s Entertainer of the Year Blake Shelton (#43-28), Atlantic’s Zac Brown Band (#42-33, +32%) and New Artist recipient Hunter Hayes (#26-25, +20%). In addition, Aldean’s My Kinda Party re-enters at #37.Other double-digit gainers include SNL performers fun. (#22, +18%) and Syco/Columbia’s One Direction (#21, +10%).

Hitting retail this week are Columbia’s Aerosmith, Capitol/UMD’s Now 44, Motown/ IDJ’s Ne-Yo, Columbia’s Glee Grease soundtrack, Razor & Tie’s All That Remains and Essential’s Third Day.

 
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