Thursday, August 12, 2010

US Charts

Arcade Fire have done the double this week storming to No.1 in the American album chart (and UK album chart) with their new album ‘The Suburbs’ after selling 156,000 copies.
Taylor Swift sells a massive 297,000 downloads after being rush released due to the song being leaked on line last week.

Top 5 U.S Albums:
5: Rick Ross – ‘Teflon Don’
4: Bun B – ‘Trill O.G.’
3: Avenged Sevenfold – ‘Nightmare’
2: Eminem – ‘Recovery’
1: Arcade Fire – ‘The Suburbs’

Top 5 U.S Singles:
5: Enrique Iglesias Feat... Pitbull – ‘I like it’
4: Katy Perry – ‘California Gurls’
3: Taylor Swift – ‘Mine’
2: Taio Cruz – ‘Dynamite’
1: Eminem & Rihanna – ‘Love the way you lie’

Overall album sales in this past chart week totalled 5.26 million up 1% compared to the sum last week (5.21 million) and down 13% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (6.04 million). Year to date album sales stand at 180.2 million, down 12% compared to the same total at this point last year (205.3 million).

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