Thursday, May 27, 2010

US Charts

Usher remains at No.1 in the singles chart for a second week (third week at No.1 in total).
The Cast of TV show ‘Glee’ goes straight in at No. 1 on the albums chart after selling over 136,000 copies.
The cast of ‘Glee’ claimed its first No. 1 recently with “The Power of Madonna,” when that seven-song EP went to No.1 after selling 98,000. In its first week! A forthcoming six-track EP titled ‘Journey to Regional’s’ is due for release on 8th June. The current album blocks the Rolling Stones from re-entering the chart at No. 1 with the reissue of its classic album ‘Exile on Main St.’ This album (currently No.1 in the UK) returns to the charts at No. 2 with 76,000 sold.

Top 5 U.S Albums:
5: NAS & Damian Marley – ‘Distant Relatives’
4: Justin Bieber – ‘My World 2.0’
3: The Black Keys – ‘Brothers’
2: The Rolling Stones – ‘Exile on Main St’
1: Cast of ‘Glee’ – ‘The Music Volume 3: Showstoppers’

Top 5 U.S Singles:
5: B.o.B. – ‘Nothin’ on you’
4: Tiao Cruz feat... Ludacris – ‘Break your heart’
3: Katy Perry – ‘California Gurls’
2: B.o.B feat... Eminem ‘Airoplanes’
1: Usher feat... Will.i.am – ‘OMG’

Overall album sales in this past chart week totalled 5.31 million down less than 1% compared to the sum last week (5.32 million) and down 19% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (6.57 million). Year to date album sales stand at 115.1 million, down 10% compared to the same total at this point last year (134.4 million).

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