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On Monday, Aug. 29, look for major releases from Cash Money/Universal Republic rap icon Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV, poised for the second-biggest release week of the year, and WB’s Red Hot Chili Peppers, their first album since 2006’s double-CD Stadium Arcadium.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

THRONE AGAIN, NATURALLY

Eli Young Band, Blue October Debut Top 10, Lady Gaga Week's Big Gainer
Jay Z and Kanye West will sit on the HITS Album Sales chart Throne for one more week with their Roc-a-Fella/Roc Nation collaboration, which stays at #1 boasting a total of 170k, giving it almost 600k since its release.

XL/Columbia Grammy front-runner Adele’s 21 keeps on rolling in the deep at #2, up 10%, with another 80k, crossing the 3 million threshold as the year’s best-selling album by far.

Capitol/EMI’s Now 39 (#3), Capitol Nashville/EMI’s Luke Bryan (#4) and Broken Bow’s Jason Aldean (#5) round out the Top 10.

The week’s top newcomer is Universal Republic Nashville’s Eli Young Band, who debut at #6, while Up/Down/Megaforce pop-rockers Blue October make their indie bow at #8 with Any Man in America.

The rest of the Top 10 includes Capitol Nashville/EMI’s Eric Church (#7), Columbia’s Beyonce (#9) and Razor & Tie’s Kidz Bop Kids (#10).

Other chart newcomers include Blue Note/EMI’s Jeff Bridges (#25) and Hollywood’s Breaking Benjamin Best of (#26), while Capitol Nashville’s Lady Antebellum (#43) and Universal Music’s Now Country 4 (#49) both re-enter.

The week’s double-digit gainers include Interscope’s Lady Gaga (#19-12, +18%), Startime/Columbia’s Foster the People (#15-11, +13%) and Universal Republic Nashville’s The Band Perry (#33-22, +11%). Other movers include Capitol/EMI’s Katy Perry (#21-14, +9%), Glassnote’s Mumford & Sons (#23-18, +5%) and Def Jam/IDJ’s Rihanna (#46-35, +5%).

Hitting retail this week and chart-bound next are Columbia’s Barbra Streisand, Geffen’s Game, Sony Nashville’s Pistol Annies (featuring Miranda Lambert), Capitol/EMI’s Thirty Seconds to Mars four-song MTV Unplugged EP, Universal Republic Nashville’s Sunny Sweeney and Disney release Muppets’ The Green Album.

On Monday, Aug. 29, look for major releases from Cash Money/Universal Republic rap icon Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV, poised for the second-biggest release week of the year, and WB’s Red Hot Chili Peppers, their first album since 2006’s double-CD Stadium Arcadium.

 
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