That was enough to keep XL/Columbia diva Adele’s 21 from returning to #1 again, but the album was up 34% over Mother’s Day weekend to 103k and a total of 9.1 million.
Mercury
A pair of EMI entries, Capitol’s Now 42 (#4) and Blue Note’s Norah Jones (#5), round out the Top 5.
Syco/Columbia U.K. boy band One Direction’s Up All Night is at #6, with two newcomers in Dangerbird’s Silversun Pickups (#7) and Atlantic’s Tank (#9) sandwiching former chart-topper, Third Man/Columbia’s Jack White (#8), with Fairfax/Universal Republic’s Gotye (#10) completing the leader board.
Other Top 50 new entries include Interscope’s Keane (#15), Epic’s viral sensations Karmin (#17) and
Republic Nashville’s The Band Perry (#45), Verity’s Marvin Sapp (#49) and RCA Nashville’s Miranda Lambert (#50) all return to the Top 50.
XL/Columbia’s debut Adele album, 19, leads all double-digit gainers, moving #28-22, +45%, followed by Big Machine’s Rascal Flatts (#24-14, +36%), Capitol Nashville/EMI’s Lady Antebellum (#37-26, +34%), Atlantic’s Jason Mraz (#22-16, +23%), 19/RCA’s Kelly Clarkson (#47-37, +23%), Warner Bros. Nashville’s Blake Shelton (#43-36, +16%), YM/CM/Universal Republic’s Nicki Minaj (#17-13, +14%) and RCA’s Whitney Houston The Greatest Hits (#40-33, +10%).
This week’s releases include 19/RCA’s Adam Lambert, Columbia’s Glee Cast Graduation Album and Tenacious D, Sub Pop’s Beach House, Mexican Summer’s Best Coast, Universal Republic’s Lisa Marie Presley and Godsmack, Interscope’s Rye Rye and the digital release of Stun Volume’s Garbage.
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
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