Lil Wayne Tops Chart for Second Week in a Row, Coldplay Right Behind
Lil Wayne is still killing it, sales-wise. Wayne, who played the Travis County Expo Center last week, sold another 127,000 copies of “The Carter III” last week for a month-long total of 1.8 million, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” came in second with 119,000 sold and 1.2 million total. Those two really should tour together. Seriously. That would be a fascinating show.
The rest of the top 10;
“Camp Rock” soundtrack (88,000, over 562,000 total)
Beck “Modern Guilt” (84,000, debut)
Kid Rock “Rock n Roll Jesus” (61,082, over 1.1 million total, which seems utterly surreal)
“Now What’s What I Call Music Vol. 28” (48,400, over 571,300 total)
“Mamma Mia” soundtrack (48,400, debut)
Rihanna “Good Girl Gone Bad” (47,000, over 1.4 million total, but this version is a reissue)
G-Unit “T.O.S.” (36,000 over 138,00o total)
John Mayer “Where The Light is” (33,600, nearly 110,000 total)
As for Austin artists, Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis’ “Two Men With the Blues” debuted with over 21,000 sold.
Los Lonely Boys’ “Forgiven” drops 49 percent in its second week out, moving over 9,800 for a total of over 29,000. Alejandro Escovedo’s “Real Animal” dropped 28 percent to sell over 2,600 for a total of about 12,500.
The Sword’s “Gods of Earth” has been grinding it out for over three months. The 600+ copies it sold this week is a five percent bump from last week for a total of over 31,000.
According to Nielsen Soundscan, Beck’s “Modern Guilt” was the most popular album in Austin last week with over 870 copies sold. Coldplay, Wayne and the Camp Rock soundtrack were close behind. LLB came in at no. 5 with over 260 sold, Willie and Wynton at no. 6. with about 250 sold.
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