The Glassnote Records pastoral folk-rockers log a second week at #1 with Babel picking up another 157k sales for a total of 757k, as they bust into the 2012 Top 10.
Warner Bros. U.K. band Muse’s 2nd Law is the week’s top debut, landing at #2 with a total of 100k, one of six newcomers to the Top 10.
RCA R&B/rock/funk/hip-hop hybrid Miguel’s sophomore album, Kaleidoscope Dream, bows at #3, scoring 69k, following two EPs, and including the chart-topping R&B/hip-hop single, “Adom,” which has grabbed more than 10 million views on YouTube.
Labelmate P!nk’s The Truth About Love is the only other holdover in the Top 5 at #4, followed by debuts from Verve’s Diana Krall (#5),. RCA’s Three Days Grace (#6) and a pair of Simon Cowell discoveries in Syco./Columbia’s Jackie Evancho (#7) and Syco/Epic’s Cher Lloyd (#8).
Capitol Nashville/EMI’s Little Big Town (#9) and Reprise’s Green Day (#10) round out the leader board.
Credit RCA’s Peter Edge and Tom Corson with scoring three in this week’s Top 10 in Miguel, P!nk and Three Days Grace.
Other Top 50 newcomers include Blue Note/EMI’s Van Morrison (#11), Eleven Seven’s Papa Roach (#20), eOne’s DJ Drama (#21), Legacy’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees Heart (#25), Atlantic’s Cody Simpson (#26), Interscope’s Zedd (#38), eOne’s Faith Evans (#42) and Capitol/EMI’s Tristan Prettyman.
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Other double-digit boosts include XL/Columbia’s long-running Adele album 21 (#14-13, +11%), New Elektra’s Ed Sheeran (#50-45, +37%) and
This week’s releases include UMe’s KISS, Bad Boy/Interscope’s MGK (Machine Gun Kelly),
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