Pearl Jam Scores First No. 1 On Billboard 200 In 13 Years:
1. Pearl Jam – “Backspacer” – 189,000 (debut)
2. Jay-Z – “The Blueprint 3” – 134,000 (down 55%, 908,000 cume)
3. Three Days Grace – “Life Starts Now” – 79,000 (debut)
4. Whitney Houston – “I Look To You” – 66,000 (down 58%)
5. Miley Cyrus – “The Time Of Our Lives” EP – 61,000 (down 18%)
6. Brand New – “Daisy” – 46,000 (debut)
7. Five Finger Death Punch – “War Is The Answer” – 44,000 (debut)
8. Harry Connick, Jr. – “Your Songs” – 37,000 (debut)
9. Drake – “So Far Gone” EP – 36,000 (down 51%)
10. Muse – “The Resistance” – 36,000 (down 72%)
Find out whether Monsters of Folk outsold Abbey Road after the jump…
Further down:
15. Monsters of Folk – “Monsters of Folk” – 31,000
19. Mika – “The Boy Who Knew Too Much” – 27,000
98. The Noisettes – “Wild Young Hearts” – 5,000
138. Big Pink – “A Brief History of Love” – 3,300
Comprehensive:
8. Michael Jackson – “Number Ones” – 39,000
17. The Beatles – “Abbey Road” – 29,000
Lefsetz says it’s over: “Everybody in it for the money is experiencing his last hurrah. Finally, the stage is set for new players, doing it only for the music, to rebuild the industry. Because there’s just not enough money in it for the old powers to continue to reign. And only interested in the biggest sellers, who don’t sell crap anymore, they’re leaving a ton of crumbs on the table. […] History has wiped the landscape clean. We’re at the dawn of a new age. Thank fucking god.”
“15. Monsters Of Folk
Sales this week: 31,274
Weeks on: 2
Percentage change: +901
Cume: 34,457
What happens when you get a bunch of marginal acts together in an indie supergroup?
Still, no one cares.”
OUCH!
And U2 sold 6000. This is Ufreakin2–they still play stadiums.
As for the GloNo label experience, which is my experience as well, it makes you wonder if manufacturing CDs is even worth it. After an initial burst of sales due to good reviews, we had trickles of download sales come in for a few years. And several boxes in the basement full of CDs.
Ah nevermind, U2 went platinum and have been on for 30 weeks. Shows how attentive I am I guess.
That reminds me…GLONO Records fire sale on now! get ’em while they’re hot! As seen in Buster Keaton’s “The General,” indie film “RiffRaff” and A&E’s The Cleaner! Wow!
That reminds me…GLONO Records fire sale on now! get ’em while they’re hot! As seen in Buster Keaton’s “The General,” indie film “RiffRaff” and A&E’s The Cleaner! Wow!