Disturbed lands at No. 1 with Asylum

There’s a new No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week as rock band Disturbed claims the title spot after its newest release Asylum sold 179,000 copies in its debut week according to Billboard.com.

It’s the fourth consecutive studio album No. 1 for the group, which Billboard notes has only been achieved by two other rock bands in the history of the chart – Metallica and Dave Matthews Band. Disturbed’s previous No. 1’s include 2008’s Indestructible, 2005’s Ten Thousand Fists, and 2002’s Believe.

The second highest sales album was a new release of Now That’s What I Call Music, whose vol. 35 compilation arrived at No. 2 after moving 105,000 units last week.

The rest of the Billboard 200 top 10 include:

• At No. 3, Recovery, Eminem, 93,000
• At No. 4, Teenage Dream, Katy Perry, 88,000
• At No. 5, Back To Me, Fantasia, 40,000
• At No. 6, I Still Believe, Life Jennings, 36,000
• At No. 7, Something For the Rest of Us, The Goo Goo Dolls, 34,000
• At No. 8, My World 2.0, Justin Bieber, 31,000
• At No. 9, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, soundtrack, 28,000
• At No. 10, Red Velvet Car, Heart, 27,000

Did you buy any albums last week? If so – what was good enough to deserve your hard-earned cash?

Hear new music first – HP

Resurrected Lilith Fair festival signs even more stars to lineup

The Lilith Fair list of performers continues to grow, as the festival today announced Norah Jones, Cat Power, Loretta Lynn, Heart, and Gossip are the newest additions to the already star-packed lineup.

The recently resurrected Lilith Fair is going on tour for the first time in 10 years, and has already signed on artists such as Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige, Ke$ha, Tegan & Sara, Erykah Badu and many more.

Despite the already impressive list of performers, Rolling Stone reports that Lilith Fair organizers promise even more stars will be enlisted for the fest in the coming weeks.

Lilith Fair also added 15 more cities to its summer schedule, even though exact dates have not been revealed yet.

Here is the complete list of cities to be included on the tour: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Calgary, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Edmonton, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, London, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Montreal, Nashville, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Toronto, Vancouver, DC and West Palm Beach.

Here is the complete list of artists slated to perform on the Lilith Fair tour: A Fine Frenzy, Ann Atomic, Ash Koley, Beth Orton, Brandi Carlile, Butterfly Boucher, Cat Power, Ceci Bastida, Chairlift, Chantal Kreviazuk, Colbie Caillat, Corinne Bailey Rae, Donna Delory, Elizaveta, Emmylou Harris, Erin McCarley, Erykah Badu, Frazey Ford, Gossip, Grace Potter and The Nocturnals, Heart, Ima, Indigo Girls, Ingrid Michaelson, Janelle Monae, Jennifer Knapp, Jill Hennessy, Jill Scott, Julia Othmer, Kate Nash Katzenjammer, Ke$ha, La Roux, Lights, Lissie, Loretta Lynn, Marina & The Diamonds, Mary J. Blige, Meaghan Smith, Melissa McClelland, Metric, Miranda Lambert, Missy Higgins, Nneka, Norah Jones, Priscilla Renea, Rosie Thomas, Sara Bareilles, Sarah McLachlan, Serena Ryder, Sheryl Crow, Sia, Sugarland, Susan Justice, Tara MacLean, Tegan and Sara, Toby Lightman, Vedera, Vita Chambers, The Submarines, The Weepies, Ximena Sarinana, and Zee Avi.

Are you impressed with this lineup?

Do you hope to head to Lilith Fair this year?

New music first — HP