Timberlake is followed by five debuts, topped by Young Money/Cash Money/Republic rapper Lil Wayne’s I Am Not a Human Being II at #2 with 217k, and Warner Bros. Nashville’s The Voice star Blake Shelton’s Based on a True Story at #3 with a career-best total of nearly 200k
Other Top 10 newcomers include Interscope’s OneRepublic (#4),
RCA’s P!nk (#7, +38%) and KidInaKorner/Interscope’s Imagine Dragons (#9, +66%) benefited from hit singles and $6.99 sales at iTunes, with Atlantic’s Bruno Mars (#8) and Capitol’s Now 45 (#10, +65%) rounding out the sales leaders.
Other new chart entries include RCA’s The Strokes (#13),
Capitol artist Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon re-enters at #27, thanks to a $2.99 Amazon MP3 sale. Syco/Columbia’s One Direction Up All Night also re-enters at #45.
Albums which gained more than 50% over the previous week in Easter sales include Capitol Nashville’s Luke Bryan Tailgates and Tanlines (#42-31, +93%), Walt Disney’s Shake It Up 3 (#32-25, +88%), Razor & Tie’s Kidz Bop 23 (#34-28, +86%), Capitol Nashville’s Eric Church (#41-36, +66%), ATO’s Alabama Shakes (#46-40, +62%), Atlantic’s Hunter Hayes (#39-37, +61%), RCA’s Kelly Clarkson (#40-38, +61%), Syco/Coilumbia’s One Direction Take Me Home (#26, +53%), Reprise’s Josh Groban (#39, +53%) and A&M/Octone’s Maroon 5 (#25-22, +50%).
Hitting retail this week are Republic Nashville’s The Band Perry,
LIVE NATION POSTS (ANOTHER) RECORD QUARTER
More butts in seats than ever before. (5/3a)
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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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