The T Bone Burnett-produced album features tracks by Taylor Swift, The Civil Wars, Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, Miranda Lambert, Maroon 5, the Low Anthem and Kid Cudi, among others.
It was the only album to stop Columbia Records, which had 12 chart-topping weeks in a row, as Team Stringer/Barnett scored the next five entries, including debuts by The Shins (#3) and
SRC/Universal Republic’s Melanie Fiona (#7) and
Atlantic’s Diggy, son of Run-DMC rapper Reverend Run, debuts at #11 with his major label bow, as does Walt Disney’s Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance (#17), 19/BNA’s Casey James (#24) and Bad Boy/Interscope’s MGK (#37).
Big Beat’s Skrillex album, Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites, re-enters the Top 50 at #49.
Interscope’s Lana Del Rey tops the list of double-digit gainers, moving #31-25, +24%, followed by Startime/Columbia’s Foster the People (#50-34, +14%) and Capitol Nashville/EMI’s Eric Church (#32-29, +10%).
Hitting stores this week are Interscope’s Madonna, Atlantic’s Shinedown, Mercury Nashville’s Lionel Richie, Interscope’s All American Rejects, Island Def Jam’s My Darkest Days, Capitol’s Katy Perry deluxe Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection and
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
Jon Wayne is rolling over in his grave. (4/26a)
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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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