JOHNSON’S MAGIC
The surfer folk-rock singer-songwriter debuts at #1 with To the Sea, his new Brushfire/ Universal Republic album, selling 250k in the fifth best bow of the year, trailing only Sade, Lady Antebellum, Usher and Justin Bieber.
That's more than enough to top Bieber’s Island/IDJ album, My World 2.0, which moves from #3 last week to #2, with 54k.
With the finale airing this week, Columbia’s Glee: The Music, Vol. 3 Showstoppers, last week’s chart-topper, remains at #3, adding another 45k to its total, with yet another volume coming out this Tuesday, and set to debut on the Top 50.
Capitol Nashville/EMI’s Lady Antebellum continues at #4 as the year’s best-selling album to date, with LaFace/JLG’s Usher rounding out the Top 5.
Interscope’s Lady Gaga survives her Larry King cross-examination to maintain the #6 slot, up 6% from last week, while Hear Music/Concord’s Carole King & James Taylor Live at the Troubadour CD/DVD is also up 6%, at #7.
The Top 10’s only other newcomer is Mercury/IDJ Brit R&B/pop-soul star Taio Cruz’s Rokstarr at #8, with Universal Republic’s heavy metal Wiccan vets Godsmack (#9) and Kemosabe/RCA/RMG’s Ke$ha regenerating at #10, up 5%.
In all, Doug Morris’ UMG has the top two titles and five of the Top 10.
Other Top 50 debuts are registered by Decca’s Clay Aiken (#12) and Wind-up emo vets Hawthorne Heights (#48), with re-entries from Columbia’s Broken Bells (#33, thanks to a $7.99 iTunes special), Universal Motown’s Erykah Badu (#37) and Atlantic’s Janelle Monae (#45).
Hitting stores this week are RCA/RMG’s Christina Aguilera, Atlantic’s Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Columbia’s latest Glee soundtrack, Virgin’s Saving Abel, Valory’s Jewel, Universal Republic’s Lil Jon and Atlantic’s Plies.
