Lady Antebellum’s ‘Need You Now’ Hits No. 1 On Billboard 200:
1. Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now” – 481,000 (debut)
2. “Hope for Haiti Now” – 143,000 (down 16%)
3. Lady Gaga – “The Fame” – 68,000 (up 10%)
4. Susan Boyle – “I Dreamed a Dream” – 59,000 (down 31%)
5. Barry Manilow – “The Greatest Love Songs of All Time” – 57,000 (debut)
6. Michael Jackson – “This Is It” – 55,000 (up 136%)
7. Corinne Bailey Rae – “The Sea” – 53,000 (debut)
8. “Grammy Nominees 2010” – 45,000 (down 7%)
9. Celtic Woman – “Songs From the Heart” – 42,000 (debut)
10. Black Eyed Peas – “The E.N.D.” – 40,000 (up 14%)
Further down:
13. Taylor Swift – “Fearless” – 34,000
14. Vampire Weekend – “Contra”
15. Lady Antebellum – “Lady Antebellum” – 31,000 (up 32%)
16. Ke$ha – “Animal” – 30,000
27. Spoon – “Transference” – 20,000 (down 60%)
31. Michael Jackson – “Number Ones”
42. Beach House – “Teen Dream” – 13,000 (debut)
66. Charlotte Gainsbourg – “IRM” – 9,000 (debut)
81. Motion City Soundtrack – “My Dinosaur Life” – 7,000
Prior to “Need You No”w, Lady Antebellum “crossed over” with an even wimpier song called ” Two Is Better Than One.” Ya gotta hear this one. One of the creepy facial hair guys sings in a fake affected English accent “You came into my life and I thought haaaaayyyy.” We’re to the point now where you can’t even rationalize this stuff by comparing it to Kenny and Dolly “Islands In The Stream.” There’s not one crotch hair of country about it. It’s Sheriff/Alias for the new millenium.