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Four debuting acts—Republic’s Alex Clare and Of Monsters and Men, along with Dualtone’s Lumineers and Def Jam/IDJ’s Frank Ocean—have separated themselves from the pack.

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Four debuting acts—Republic’s Alex Clare and Of Monsters and Men, along with Dualtone’s Lumineers and Def Jam/IDJ’s Frank Ocean—have separated themselves from the pack, and although all are primarily album artists, each has also yielded a strong-performing single.

The Lumineers are one of four noteworthy new and developing acts whose debut albums and singles are tracked below. Mumford & SonsBabel and its setup single “I Will Wait” are among the autumn album releases also listed, along with their singles and label-derived first-week sales projections. As the comparative performance chart indicates, these singles range from disappointing in the cases of Green Day (#3 Alt, #29 Hot AC) and No Doubt (#17 Alt, #18 Pop)—with second singles just serviced on both—to spectacular for Swift and Carly Rae Jepsen.

Other acts tracked include Syco/Epic’s Cher Lloyd, Warner Bros.Muse and YG/Schoolboy/Republic South Korean viral sensation PSY.

SELECTED NEW & DEVELOPING ALBUMS W/SINGLES

ARTIST

ALBUM/SINGLE

LABEL

LP FORECAST

CUME

SINGLE SALES

AUDIENCE

ALEX CLARE

LATENESS OF THE HOUR

REPUBLIC

95k

TOO CLOSE

1.5m

447.9m

OF MONSTERS AND MEN

MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL

REPUBLIC

365k

LITTLE TALKS

870k

288.9m

LUMINEERS

THE LUMINEERS

DUALTONE

295k

HO HEY

750k

152.1m

FRANK OCEAN

CHANNEL ORANGE

DEF JAM/IDJ

310k

THINKIN BOUT YOU

380k

129.7m

SELECTED FALL ALBUMS W/SINGLES

ARTIST

ALBUM/SINGLE

LABEL

LP FORECAST

CUME

SINGLE SALES

AUDIENCE

G.O.O.D. MUSIC

CRUEL SUMMER

GM/DEF JAM/IDJ

200k

MERCY

1.8m

1.07b

CARLY RAE JEPSEN

KISS

SCHOOLBOY/INTERSCOPE

75k

CALL ME MAYBE

5.7m

2.4b

GOOD TIME (W/OWL CITY)

1.4m

587.3m

KILLERS

BATTLE BORN

ISLAND/IDJ

125k

RUNAWAYS

160k

65.8m

PINK

THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE RCA

175k

BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS)

1.2m

892.5m

GREEN DAY

¡UNO!

REPRISE

175k

OH LOVE

95k

147.8m

MUMFORD & SONS

BABEL

GLASSNOTE

400k

I WILL WAIT

430k

62.2m

NO DOUBT

PUSH & SHOVE

INTERSCOPE

125k

SETTLE DOWN

280k

273.4m

CHER LLOYD

STICKS & STONES

SYCO/EPIC

65k

WANT U BACK

1.4m

539.2m

MUSE

2ND LAW

WARNER BROS.

150k

MADNESS

95k

43.1m

TAYLOR SWIFT

RED

BIG MACHINE

900k

WE ARE NEVER...

1.7m

529.8m

PSY

TBD

YG/SCHOOLBOY/REPUBLIC

TBD

GANGNAM STYLE

400k

33.1m

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