Music GroupsChart Recap: Ne-Yo and Buble Lead The Pack
One album over 200,000 is pretty rare these days, but two in one week is practically unheard of. This week's chart finds Ne-Yo's Because of You (Def Jam) atop the album chart after debuting with sales of 251,000 (4% digital). Michael Buble's Call Me Irresponsible (Reprise) sold 212,000 (8% digital) in its debut week. Warner Music Group got two more debuts in the top ten: Rush's Snakes & Arrows (Atlantic) sold 93,000 (8% digital) and Blake Shelton's Pure BS (Warner Bros) moved 49,000 (5% digital).
Those two 200,000-plus debuts helped album sales increase 10% over the previous week. The week's tally was still 16% behind the same week last year. For the year, album sales are down 17%. Digital track sales held even last week and are up 52% over last year.
Other debuts near the top of the chart: Tori Amos's American Doll Posse (Epic) sold 54,000 (25% digital) and landed at #5, Miranda Lambert's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Sony) sold 53,000 (8% digital) and hit #6 and Feist's The Reminder (Cherrytree/Interscope) sold 31,000 (27% digital) and debuted at #16.
Two mainstays of the Top 10 were steady last week. Daughtry's self-titled debut moved another 50,000 and has sold 2.4 million in 24 weeks. Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts sold another 43,000 and is up to nearly 5.4 million in 77 weeks.
Second-week fades: Joe sank 66%, Arctic Monkeys fell 59%, Porcupine Tree faded 58%, Patti Smith fell 57% and Dimmu Borgir slipped 51%.
