Lil Wayne may be behind bars, but the physical release of his new Cash Money/Universal Motown album, I Am Not a Human Being, is climbing the walls, going to #1 on this week’s HITS album chart with 119k in sales, bringing his three-week total to 250k.
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Nickelodeon/Columbia teenpop TV stars Big Time Rush debut with BTR at #3, racking up 66k in sales, while Universal Republic Nashville sibling group The Band Perry bow with their self-titled album at #4 with 52k.
Shady/Aftermath/Interscope hip-hop star Eminem’s Recovery continues in the Top 5 at #5, with another 50k in sales, bringing its year-best total to over 2.8 million.
BNA/RCA
Asthmatic Kitty hipster singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens’ Age of Adz debuts t #8, while Prosthetic metalcore vets All That Remains enter at #10.
Other chart newcomers include Matador’s Belle & Sebastian (#19), Capitol Nashville’s Lady Antebellum Merry Little Christmas album (#22), Interscope’s Far*East Movement (#24), Eleven Seven Music’s Trapt (#25), Mom & Pop’s Joshua Radin (#30) and Rock Ridge Music’s Sister Hazel (#50).
Interscope’s Lady Gaga Fame (#36), Rounder’s Robert Plant (#37), Universal Republic’s Florence + the Machine (#38) and Kemosabe/RCA/RMG’s Ke$ha (#48) all return to the Top 50.
Hitting retail this week and headed for the top of the charts next are Mercury Nashville’s Sugarland and RCA/RMG’s Kings of Leon. Also on tap: Columbia’s Rocky Horror Glee Show album, Disney’s Hannah Montana, J/RMG’s Rod Stewart, Decca’s Elton John/Leon Russell, Sony Legacy’s Bob Dylan bootleg series and Sony Music Latin’s Shakira.
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT IS A STAGE
The dust settles on the Indio Polo Grounds. (4/22a)
BLACKSTONE ASSEMBLING $1.5B BID FOR HIPGNOSIS SONGS FUND
A white-knuckle moment (4/20a)
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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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