Sales: Some Weeks It’s Hard to Even Come Up with a Headline

Bill boredWhat a bunch of shit. Who are these 150,000 people who keep buying mediocre albums week after week? Billboard 200:

1. Zac Brown Band – “You Get What You Give” – 153,000 (debut)

2. Maroon 5 – “Hands All Over” – 142,000 (debut)

3. Linkin Park – “A Thousand Suns”- 70,000 (down 71%)

4. Selena Gomez & the Scene – “A Year Without Rain” – 66,000 (debut)

5. Santana – “Guitar Heaven” – 66,000 (debut)

6. Eminem – “Recovery” – 66,000 (down 26%; cume: 2,656,000)

7. Trey Songz – “Passion, Pain & Pleasure” – 66,000 (down 73%).

8. John Legend and the Roots – “Wake Up!” – 63,000 (debut)

9. Billy Currington – “Enjoy Yourself” – 45,000 (debut)

10. Justin Bieber – “My World 2.0” – 33,000 (down 9%)

Further down:

??. Robert Plant – “Band of Joy” – 25,000 (down 48%)

24. Weezer – “Hurley” – 14,000 (down 69%)

Additional sales data via MTV and Yahoo.

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