Mumford & Sons released their sophomore album Babel last week, and the sales are the craziest we’ve seen in quite some time! In just 7 days, the group have already achieved gold status, moving 600k units of the project! Whoa! The album is also the largest sales week for RED Distribution ever, the second-biggest frame for an independently-distributed album and with 420k downloads sold, the second-largest week for a digital album. Congrats! Get the rest of the top 10 below. Marisa Mendez
Billboard’s Top 10 Album Sales, Week Ending 9.24.12 … G.O.O.D Music Makes A Strong Debut!
G.O.O.D Music’s debut compilation Cruel Summer would have topped the charts…if it wasn’t for Pink scoring her very first number one album ever. Both albums did very well, however, with Pink moving 280k units and Yeezy’s crew doing 205k. Congrats to both! The full top 10 below. Marisa Mendez
Which Chart-Topping, Record Breaking Singer Is Billboard’s “Woman Of The Year”?
Let’s give it up for my best friend (in my mind), Katy Perry! The pop star has been named Billboard’s Woman of the Year, and it’s not just because they like cupcakes and candy as much as she does. Ms. Perry has had a stellar, chart-topping, record-breaking career in just the 5 years she’s been on the scene and she’s not showing a single sign of slowing down. (Unless you count John Mayer since he’s kind of like, a step back. That’s neither here nor there, though…) KP has broken records as the only woman to have FIVE singles from ONE album hit number 1 on the charts, she’s sold 48 million tracks in the U.S. alone, holds the record for the most consecutive weeks (69) with at least one title in the Hot 100’s top 10…the list goes on. She will be honored at the 2012 Billboard Women in Music on Nov. 30th in NYC. More info here. Congrats, boo thang! Marisa Mendez
Billboard’s Top 10 Album Sales, Week Ending 9.10.12
Though they’ve been around for over a decade, Matchbox 20 have scored their first number one album ever with the Billboard debut of their new release, North. It’s not exactly with stellar sales, though, as it moved 95k this week. Next week we’ll see what DMX and Daddy Yankee did! In the meantime, get this week’s top 10 below. Marisa Mendez
Billboard’s Top 10 Album Sales, Week Ending 9/3/12 … Congrats To Slaughterhouse On A #2 Debut!
Slaughterhouse have a huge debut on this week’s chart, coming in at number two with their first album on Shady Records, welcome to: OUR HOUSE. The album moved 52k units in its first week out. Congrats Joey, Crook, Royce and Joell! Get the rest of the top 10 below. Marisa Mendez
