Meanwhile, back in the realm where mere mortals tread—and surf—Jack Johnson (Enjoy/Universal) is poised to break 150k, with a shot at 170k. More surprisingly, The Mars Volta (Strummer/Universal) looks to do over 120k—a great start for such a challenging album. That’ll give Universal two Top 5 debuts, duplicating the label’s feat of a few weeks ago with 3 Doors Down and Brian McKnight. Can you say, “Universal is on a roll?” We knew you could.
Metal warhorses Judas Priest oughta be good for 70k, which means Epic should have a decent week as well, despite Fitty raining on J.Lo’s parade.
Trend-wise, it’s worth noting that J.Lo and Judas Priest are seeing significant sales from their releases in the dual-disc configuration. Dual disc sales accounted for almost a third of Omarion’s 180k last week and may do the same with J.Lo this week. In the case of Priest, some retailers are reporting that dual disc is outselling the standard CD release.
Last week, sales were down 12%, or 1.5 million units, compared to the previous week, and off 10.9%, or1.4m units, versus week 8 of ’04. Scans for the week totaled 11.208m. Now for the big picture. Year-to-date, album scans are down 10.6% (-10.5m units), currents are down 13.8% (-8.7m), catalog titles are down 5% (-1.8m), chains are down 19.4% (-9.8m) and independents are down a troubling 24.8% (-2.6m). Mass, however, is up 0.9% (+292k). Total scans for the first eight weeks of the year: 88.676 million.
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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