Thanks to giving the gift of music on Mother’s Day, the HITS Album sales chart has a brisk week, with Adele spending a seventh time at #1, while seven newcomers enter the Top 10.
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Capitol/EMI cops the next two slots, starting with the Beastie Boys’ long-delayed Hot Sauce Committee, Part 2, which racked up 125k at #2, just ahead of the 38th edition of Now, at #3, with 124k.
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Reprise’s Stevie Nicks (#6), Epic’s Sade Ultimate Collection (#7) and Atlantic’s Musiq Soulchild (#8) all debut, while Glassnote’s Mumford & Sons (#9) and Broken Bow’s Jason Aldean (#10) round out the Top 10.
Other new Top 50 entries include Eleven Seven’s Nikki Sixx project Sixx: A.M. (#11) and Warner Bros.’ classic Fleetwood Mac Rumours album (#13), which benefits from last week’s themed Glee episode and a $7.99 iTunes sale.
Also debuting are Average Joe’s country singer Colt Ford (#28), MPCA’s Donny & Marie (#30, thanks to a QVC special) and My Block/Malaco’s Kelly Price (#39).
Capitol Nashville/EMI’s Lady Antebellum is the week’s biggest gainer, moving #43-23, thanks to their American Idol performance.
Other major movers include Big Machine’s Taylor Swift (#38-27, +61%), LaFace/JLG’s P!nk (#22-19, +53%),
Hitting retail this week are Universal Republic’s The Lonely Island, the musical comedy troupe fronted by SNL’s Andy Samberg; XL/Beggars Banquet’s Tyler, the Creator, part of L.A.’s notorious Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All hip-hop collective; Atlantic’s Christina Perri, Mercury’s Matthew Morrison, Hear Music/Concord’s The Cars and Columbia’s neo-soul guitar slinger Raphael Saadiq along with Atlanta-based rockers Manchester Orchestra.
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