The band, which caused a mini-riot for their recent performance on The Today Show, debuts at #1, giving Team Stringer/Barnett their 12th consecutive week at #1, selling a total of 177k. Give a nod to VEVO's "Lift" program for at least part of that success. Noters note that Kid Kelly's Sirius XM Hits 1 was the first station to play it, starting last September.
Labelmate Adele’s 21 remains at #2, selling another 156k, bringing her total up to a very impressive 8.2 million in the
Geffen’s Guns N’ Roses, fresh from their three-day whirlwind L.A. club tour, moves #28-3, +572%, with their Greatest Hits collection, thanks to a 25-cent sale at Google Music and Amazon.
Last week’s chart-topper,
Capitol/EMI’s Now 41 (#6), YM/CM/Universal Republic’s Drake (#7), Fairfax/Universal Republic’s Gotye (#8), Capitol Nashville/EMI’s Lady Antebellum (#9) and Fueled by Ramen’s fun. (#10) round out the Top 10.
Other new chart entries include Six Steps’ Passion (#13), Equal Vision’s Say Anything (#26), Universal Republic’s Miike Snow (#28), Strange Music’s Tech N9ne (#30), Metal Blade’s Cannibal Corpse (#36) and Big Machine’s Brantley Gilbert (#45).
Returning to the Top 50 are
Biggest gainers of the week are Gotye (#12-8. +12%), Def Jam/IDJ’s Young Jeezy (#26-22, +8%) and RCA’s Whitney Houston I Look to You (#22-15, +6%).
Hitting this week are Universal Republic’s The Hunger Games soundtrack, featuring tracks by Taylor Swift/The Civil Wars, Arcade Fire, the Decemberists, Miranda Lambert, Kid Cudi and Maroon 5, which could contend for #1, Columbia’s The Shins, Concord’s Esperanza Spaulding and SRC/Universal Republic’s Melanie Fiona. Next week, look for Madonna’s new Interscope album MDNA to drop on Monday, March 26.
THE COUNT: COLDPLAY IS HOT, COUNTRY'S COOKIN' IN THE U.K.
The latest tidbits from the bustling live sector (3/28a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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