The Billboard 200 could not look more different this week. Everything has changed! Ready for an update?
First, literally – is Cake with their album, which was only released on 1-11-11, Showroom of Compassion. “The band bows atop the Billboard 200 with just 44,000. That’s not only the smallest frame for a No. 1 album since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991 (beating a record set only last week), but it’s also obviously the tiniest figure racked up by a No. 1-debuting album,” reports Billboard.
Who would have thought that Cake — a band that many may only remember for its 1998 No. 1 Alternative Songs hit, “Never There” — would notch not just its first top 10 album in 2011, but also its first No. 1?
For the No. 2 spot we have another album that dropped on 1-11-11. It’s Cage The Elephant‘s Thank You, Happy Birthday. Cage was our feature artist last week, and y’all predicted their song “Shake Me Down” would be in the top 10, so it doesn’t surprise us that they have the No. 2 album this week.
As for the rest of the Billboard 200, it goes a little something like this:
3. Taylor Swift’s Speak Now
4. Bruno Mars’ Doo-Wops and Hooligans
5. Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday
6. Country Strong Soundtrack
7. Rihanna’s Loud
8. Steel Magnolia’s Steel Magnolia
9. Mumford & Sons’ Sigh No More
10. Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Wow, there were so many changes this week. I’m really surprised that Cake managed to take the top spot even with the lowest selling numbers in SoundScan history! What surprises you about this week’s chart?
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