With 68.46% of reports in, it’s obvious that the Grammy high is gone and we’re are rapidly crashing back into the grim Q1 album numbers. Mumford and Sons are saving us from total number shock and their Grammy Album of the Year “Babel” is expected to sell 60-65K to top the chart. Bruno Mars needn’t worry about his impersonator/”All About Eve” Elijah Lui because he has the number two album of the week. Now 45 (featuring Idol Kelly, Phil and One Direction) rounds out the top 3.
Josh Groban who laughs at radio airplay is number 4. This guy is just going to keep selling week-after-week. Just watch. The Grammy Nominees (featuring Kelly and Carly Rae Jepsen) slides to 5th while BNA nominees Alabama Shakes rises sharply to 6th (they were on Saturday Night Live). Taylor Swift is 7th followed by Tim McGraw. The “Pitch Perfect” Soundtrack at 9th is showing much longer legs than the movie ever did. What’s up with that? The DVD is selling pretty well. Sometimes Soundtracks just connect. Rihanna is unapologetic as she finishes up the top 10.
The reality contestants are all clumped together around 30th. Carrie Underwood leads the charge with blown away at 27th. One Direction’s “Take Me Home”, Phil Phillips “World from the Side of the Moon” and Kelly Clarkson’s Greatest hits are 30th, 31st and 32nd respectively. One Direction’s previous album clings to the bottom of the chart at 50th. Now 44 is 43rd and features Kelly and Carly Rae.
CHART DATE: 02/25/2013
LAST UPDATE: 02/25/2013 16:00:57
NOW IN: 68.46%
LW TW artist / album label power index
1 1 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL 52,016
3 2 BRUNO MARS UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX 42,085
8 3 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 45 VARIOUS ARTISTS 29,634
4 4 JOSH GROBAN ALL THAT ECHOES 24,985
2 5 GRAMMY NOMINEES 2013 VARIOUS ARTISTS 22,347
23 6 ALABAMA SHAKES BOYS & GIRLS 19,971
5 7 TAYLOR SWIFT RED 18,796
12 8 TIM MCGRAW TWO LANES OF FREEDOM 18,617
16 9 PITCH PERFECT SOUNDTRACK 18,347
13 10 RIHANNA UNAPOLOGETIC 18,052
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9 19 MAROON 5 OVEREXPOSED 12,185
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28 27 CARRIE UNDERWOOD BLOWN AWAY 7,335
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30 30 ONE DIRECTION TAKE ME HOME 6,155
36 31 PHILLIP PHILLIPS WORLD FROM THE SIDE OF THE MOON 5,575
44 32 KELLY CLARKSON GREATEST HITS – CHAPTER 1 4,156
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50 43 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 44 CAPITOL 2,804
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— 50 ONE DIRECTION UP ALL NIGHT 2,030
