This year’s sales champ returns to #1 for the fifth time since its release in February, adding another 154k (+68%) to 21’s million-plus total. On top of that, her other XL/Columbia album, the three-year-old 19, keeps moving upward, from #40-28, +59%. The Grammy race for Album, Record and Song may be over by the end of April.
That other phenomenon,
Last week’s chart-topper, Roswell/RCA/RMG’s Foo Fighters dip to #3. Walt Disney’s Lemonade Mouth soundtrack explodes with the premiere of the TV movie, moving #15-4, +196%, to #4. Jive/JLG chanteuse Britney Spears’ Femme Fatale rounds out the leaders at #5, up 11% to 46k. Between them, Sony Music and RCA/Jive have four of the Top 5.
Rounder’s Alison Krauss & Union Station (#6), Glassnote’s Mumford & Sons (#7), Island/IDJMG’s Justin Bieber Never Say Never (#27-8, +109%), Jive/JLG’s Chris Brown (#9) and Hear Music’s Paul Simon (#10) complete the Top 10.
Other chart newcomers include Virgin/EMI’s Gorillaz (#30), while Razor & Tie’s Kidz Bop Kidz 19 (#41), Mercury Nashville’s Sugarland (#48) and Sony Music Nashville’s Miranda Lambert (#49) all re-enter.
The week’s other top gainers are Columbia’s Big Time Rush (#41-22, +108%), Big Machine’s Taylor Swift (#29-16, +84%), Capitol/EMI’s Katy Perry (#21-11, +78%), Universal Republic Nashville’s The Band Perry (#43-31, +61%), Island/IDJ’s Justin Bieber My World 2.0 (#28-17, +59%), Columbia’s Glee: The Music, Vol. 5 (#46-34, +59%) and Capitol./EMI’s Now 37 (#23-14, +54%).
Hitting retail this week are Island/IDJ’s The Airborne Toxic Event and Nonesuch’s Emmylou Harris, with Capitol/EMI’s Beastie Boys, Island/IDJ’s Jennifer Lopez and
THE COUNT: COLDPLAY IS HOT, COUNTRY'S COOKIN' IN THE U.K.
The latest tidbits from the bustling live sector (3/28a)
SONG REVENUE:
A STYLISTIC STEW MC, divas and singer-songwriters rub elbows. (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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