Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Coldplay tops Billboard album chart

The Coldplay sales juggernaut continues.

After setting a digital sales record on the way to a UK #1, and topping the iTunes chart, Coldplay’s new “Mylo Xyloto” has debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 album chart.

The Brit rockers sold 447,000 copies of the new record, making it Coldplay’s third straight US chart-topper, and the third biggest sales week for an album this year, behind Lady GaGa’s "Born This Way" debut (1.1 million) and Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter IV" start (964,000).

"Mylo" also earns the biggest week for a rock effort since U2's "No Line On the Horizon" debuted at No. 1 with 484,000 on the chart dated March 21, 2009.

According to Billboard, since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, only five rock acts have claimed three albums that debuted with at least 400,000. Coldplay is the latest member of that group, which also includes U2 (three 400,000-plus debuts), the Beatles (three), Dave Matthews Band (five) and Metallica (six).

See the full Billboard 200 chart here.


Billboard 200


01. "Mylo Xyloto," Coldplay Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay

02. "Stronger," Kelly Clarkson Stronger - Kelly Clarkson

03. "Christmas," Michael Buble Christmas - Michael Bublé

04. "21," Adele 21 - ADELE

05. "Clancy's Tavern," Toby Keith Clancy's Tavern (Deluxe Edition) - Toby Keith

06. "Bad As Me," Tom Waits Bad As Me (Deluxe Version) - Tom Waits

07. "Clear As Day," Scotty McCreery Clear As Day - Scotty McCreery

08. "Own The Night," Lady Antebellum Own the Night - Lady Antebellum

09. "Duets II," Tony Bennett Duets II - Tony Bennett

10. "Come To The Well," Casting Crowns Come to the Well - Casting Crowns



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