Isn’t it kind of funny to see that the most popular rock band of the day can only get 40 times as many people to buy its album than Superchunk? Linkin Park sold 241,000; the Chunk sold 6,000. Maybe that’s a big difference after all, but I’d be willing to bet that Superchunk will recoup and see record royalties first…especially since their label, Merge, was founded by the band members.
1. Linkin Park – “A Thousand Suns” – 241,000 (debut)
2. Trey Songz – “Passion, Pain & Pleasure” – 240,000 (debut)
3. Eminem – “Recovery” – 89,000 (up 10%)
4. Jamey Johnson – “The Guitar Song” – 63,000 (debut)
5. Robert Plant – “Band of Joy” – 49,000 (debut)
6. Weezer – “Hurley” – 45,000 (debut)
7. “Now 35” – 41,000 (down 35%)
8. Brandon Flowers – “Flamingo” – 41,000 (debut)
9. Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream”- 40,000 (down 31%)
10. Justin Bieber – “My World 2.0” – 36,000 (up 3%)
Further down:
12. Sara Bareilles – “Kaleidoscope Heart” – 28,000 (down 69%)
14. Florence and the Machine – “Lungs” – 21,000 (up 165%)
27. The Walkmen – “Lisbon” – 13,000 (debut)
34. Of Montreal – “False Priest” – 11,000 (debut)
85. Superchunk – “Majesty Shredding” – 6,000 (debut)
• Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Sept. 19) totaled 5.35 million units
• Digital track sales this past week totaled 19.89 million downloads
Additional sales data via MTV.