TAKING THE CAKE
For veteran Sacramento, CA, alt rockers Cake, it’s a career milestone as the band debuts at #1 with their Upbeat/ILG release, Showroom of Compassion, the band’s first new studio album in six years, which sells 42k.
Unfortunately, that’s the lowest-ever sales total for a chart-topper in history, falling below last week’s Taylor Swift total of 52k for Speak Now.
Jive/RED Bowling Green, Kentucky band Cage the Elephant debuts at #2 with their sophomore album, Thank You Happy Birthday, by far the group’s best chart showing, fueled by the Top 3 Alternative/Rock hit, “Shake Me Down.”
Last week’s best-seller, Swift’s Big Machine album, Speak Now, dips to #3, with Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown’s Nicki Minaj (#4) and New Elektra’s Bruno Mars (#5) rounding out the leaders.
Big Machine country duo Steel Magnolia is the week’s other top bow, coming in at #6, followed by Def Jam/IDJ’s Rihanna (#7), Sony Music Nashville’s Country Strong soundtrack (#8), Roc-a-Fella./IDJ’s Kanye West (#9) and Glassnote’s Mumford & Sons (#10).
With Broken Bow’s Jason Aldean (#11) just outside the Top 10, Cage the Elephant and Mumford & Sons give Bob Morelli’s surging Team RED three of the first 11 entries.
Reach Christian act LeCrae (#15) is the only other new chart entry, while
Columbia’s Glee: The Music Vol. 4 (#22-17) is the only double-digit gainer, while New Elektra’s Cee-Lo, thanks to his appearance with host Gwyneth Paltrow on Saturday Night Live, pushes his Lady Killer album into positive territory, with a 1% gain. Forget you, indeed.
Hitting retail this week are Capitol/EMI’s The Decemberists, Razor & Tie’s latest Kidz Bop Kids collection, Epic’s Dublin pop idols The Script, Custard/Atlantic’s James Blunt and Epitaph’s Social Distortion with its first studio album since 2004’s.Sex, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll.
