The disc is expected to top the HITS album sales charts as well, with estimates in the 200k range, temporarily ending Adele’s reign at 23 weeks by approximately 10k copies.
Gotye’s smash “Somebody That I Used to Know,” featuring Kimbra, nailed its fourth, non-consecutive week at #1 on the British singles chart.
Wrecking Ball is Springsteen’s ninth
Decca/Universal act the Military Wives’ debut album, In My Dreams, debuted at #2 with 56k after scoring their #1 holiday single, “Wherever You Are.”.
Virgin/EMI act Emeli Sandé's Our Version of Events, which topped the
Lionel Richie's country-flavored
The Civil Wars' Barton Hollow, re-launched in Britain by Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment last week after the duo’s two Grammy wins, re-entered at #13.
Among other album chart entries, 1970s new wave survivors the Stranglers arrived at #48 with Giants (Coursegood), their highest studio ranking since About Time reached #31 in 1995. EMI TV/UMTV's Now That's What I Call Running collection entered the compilation chart at #1.
Gotye's single sold another 81,000 units last week to become the first track this year to move past the half-million mark in the U.K., with total sales of 558k. Nicki Minaj's "Starships" (Cash Money/Universal Island) improved #5-3, while Flo Rida f/Sia’s "Wild Ones" held at #4 and London girl group Stooshe f/Gym Class Heroes’ Travie McCoy opened at #5 with "Love Me" (Warner Bros./Warner Music).
Other Top 10 newcomers included Tinchy Stryder f/Pixie Lott’s "Bright Lights" (Universal Island) at #7, and 2011 X Factor U.K. contestant Marcus Collins' cover of the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" (RCA/Sony Music Entertainment) at #9.
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
The dust settles on the Indio Polo Grounds. (4/24a)
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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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