It’s the second-highest first-week total ever for the series, with Glee Vol. 2 debuting at #3 with 173k last year, and Glee Vol. 1 bowing at #4 with 113k before that.
This week, all four Glee soundtracks land in the Top 50, with Power of Madonna the big gainer, moving #45-20, +83%, Vol. 1 (#50-34, +28%) and Vol. 2 re-entering at #40.
The UMe/Universal Republic deluxe re-release of the Rolling Stones’ classic 1972 album Exile on Main St is the week’s other big debut, bowing at #2 with 75k, a day after entering the U.K. charts at #1.
Glee and the Stones are just two of six newcomers in the Top 10, followed by Nonesuch garage-blues duo Black Keys (#3), Universal Republic’s Nas & Damian Marley (#5), Fat Possum/Columbia’s Band of Horses (#7) and Virgin/EMI’s LCD Soundsystem (#10).
Last week’s chart-topper, Island/IDJMG’s Justin Bieber, drops to #4, with the other holdovers Capitol Nashville/EMI’s Lady Antebellum (#6), LaFace/JLG’s Usher (#8) and
Other Top 50 entries go to WB’s Reflection Eternal: Talib Kweli (#19) and Bad Boy/ Atlantic R&B newcomer Janelle Monae (#21).
Aside from the Glee soundtracks, the week’s other movers include J/RMG’s Alicia Keys (#41-33) and Roadrunner’s Nickelback (#43-37, +5%).
Hitting retail this week and the chart next are Atlantic’s Stone Temple Pilots, Water Tower/New Line/Fontana’s Sex and the City 2 soundtrack, Asylum’s Cam’ron and
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