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Amos Lee Takes No. 1 Spot on Billboard 200

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It’s a so-so week on the Billboard 200 this week.

Amos Lee received his first No. 1 spot on the charts while selling 40,000 with his newest album Mission Bell so that’s good news. The last time Lee was even on the chart was in 2008 when his album Last Days at the Lodge debuted at No. 16. The bad news is that Lee broke the record for the lowest number of albums sold since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking these numbers in 1991. The last time the record was broken was just 2 weeks ago when Cake’s Showroom of Compassion sold 44,000 copies.

Iron and Wine (Samuel Beam) takes the runner up spot with Kiss Each Other Clean selling 39,000. This is also his career high on the charts. Previously, the act hasn’t risen higher than No. 24 on the chart.

The rest of the Billboard 200 is as follows:

  • No. 3 – Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 38,000
  • No. 4 – 2011 Grammy Nominees, 38,000
  • No. 5 – Bruno Mars’ Doo-Wops and Hooligans, 33,000
  • No. 6 – Mumford and Sons’ Sigh No More, 31,000
  • No. 7 – Taylor Swift’s Speak Now, 31,000
  • No. 8 – Wisin & Yandel’s Los Vaqueros: El Regreso, nearly 31,000
  • No. 9 – Kidz Bop 19, 30,000
  • No. 10 – The Decemberists’ The King Is Dead, 29,000

What do y’all think of this week’s Billboard 200?

Hear New Music First – HP

Big Surprises Call for All New Billboard 200 This Week

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Everything is all new again this week in the Billboard 200 with the top 5 being debut albums. This is only the fifth time the feat has ever happened according to Billboard.

At the No. 1 spot this week is The Decemberist’s “The King Is Dead” with 94,000 in sales. This number is only a “so-so figure” for the top selling album but much better than Cake’s 44,000 from last week.

On to the No. 2 spot is “Kidz Bop 19” with 70,000. Yes you did read that right. Enough said. The Script’s “Science & Faith” comes in at No. 3 with 49,000. This is much better than the band’s first album which debuts on the charts at No. 64 with 9,000. No. 4 is veteran rock group Social Distortion with their latest “Hard Time & Nursery Rhymes” which sold 46,000. The last time the group was even on the chart was in 1996’s “White Light White Heat White Trash.”

Rounding out the top 5 on the 200 with his first top 10 on the charts this week is Gregg Allman. “Low Country Blues” is his first solo set in 14 years.

Here is the rest of the top 10 on the Billboard 200 this week:

No. 6 – Bruno Mar’s “Doo-Wops and Hooligans”
No. 7 – Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream”
No. 8 – Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now”
No. 9 – Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday”
No. 10 – Mumford & Sons’ “Sigh No More”

There are lots of changes to discuss this week. What are your thoughts on the new Billboard 200?

Hear New Music First – HP