XL/Columbia Grammy winner Adele’s 21 continues its remarkable run, racking up another 152k (+22%) to finish at #2, bringing her
Big Machine country stars Rascal Flatts’ Changed debuts at #3, with 131k, while Mercury Nashville’s Lionel Richie (#4) and Syco/Columbia boy band One Direction’s Up All Night (#5) round out the Top 5, the latter giving Team Stringer/Barnett two of them.
Verity gospel mainstay Marvin Sapp’s I Win is the other newcomer at #9, sandwiched in between Interscope’s Madonna (#8, down a record 87%) and Atlantic’s Shinedown (#10).
Other new Top 50 entries include ATO’s Alabama Shakes (#16), Sony Masterworks’ Wilson Phillips (#28) and Nonesuch’s critically acclaimed Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dr. John (#44).
Glassnote’s Mumford & Sons (#33), Big Machine’s Taylor Swift (#36), A&M/ Octone’s Maroon 5 (#39), Interscope’s Van Halen (#421), Capitol/EMI’s Coldplay (#47) and Startime/Columbia’s Foster the People (#49) all re-enter the chart.
In brisk Easter weekend sales, there are a number of triple-digit gainers in 19/RCA’s Kelly Clarkson (#25-13, +117%), Razor & Tie’s Kidz Bop 21 (#36-21, +110%) and RCA Nashville’s Miranda Lambert (#41-25, +102%). Other top movers include Republic Nashville’s The Band Perry (#45-29, +94%), One Direction (#6-5, +89%), Walt Disney’s Shake It Up, Live 2 Dance (#28-18, +73%) and Capitol Nashville’s Lady Antebellum (#28-18, +65%).
Hitting retail this week are RCA’s Monica, Redwing/RED’s Bonnie Raitt, Top Stop Music/WMG’s Prince Royce, Merge’s M. Ward,
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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