The Grammy Awards were good to Mumford & Sons, whose Album of the Year-winning “Babel” rises to No. 1 on this week’s Billboard 200 albums chart. The set sold 185,000 copies in the first full post-Grammy sales frame, Nielsen SoundScan reports, sending it from No. 4 on last week’s chart to No. 1. It makes … Continue Reading →
“Les Miserables” has a little less to be gloomy about. The soundtrack to the film hits No. 1 on this week’s Billboard albums chart, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures. The album sold 92,000 copies this week, making it the first soundtrack to hit No. 1 since “The Hunger Games” landed at the top of the … Continue Reading →
This year’s Grammy theme song is “We Are Young.” Not only is the song by Fun. — man, that period in their name is not getting any less annoying — up for Record and Song of the Year trophies, it’s the prevailing wisdom among the year’s top nominees. Among the Album of the Year contenders … Continue Reading →
Three is the magic number for Mumford & Sons, as the folksy Brits remain at No. 1 for a third week on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart. The group’s “Babel” sold 96,000 copies its third week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan, bringing its three-week total to 865,000. It will likely hit platinum status by … Continue Reading →
An avalanche of new releases — there are seven debuts in the Top 10 — couldn’t knock Mumford & Sons from the top spot on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart, as the folky British lads remain at No. 1 with their sophomore set “Babel.” After landing the year’s biggest debut, the set sold 169,000 copies … Continue Reading →
Step aside, Justin Bieber: Old-timey jug-band Mumford & the Blowfish, er, Mumford & Sons folk rock the stuffing out of this week’s Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 600,000 copies of its sophomore set “Babel,” according to Nielsen SoundScan. That gives the English foursome the year’s best debut, toppling the comparatively pithy 374,000 records the Biebs … Continue Reading →