The Decemberists lead the way with The King Is Dead, which debuts on top with 91k in sales, thanks to a nifty set-up by the folks over at Capitol Records. The
Razor & Tie returns with the 19th iteration of their best-selling Kidz Bop Kids series, which continues the label’s cottage industry with a #2 debut of nearly 70k.
Epic’s
Rounding out the Top 5 debuts is Epitaph’s Social Distortion, with Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes, their label bow and first new album in six year, entering the chart at #4 and 40k in sales.
New Elektra’s Bruno Mars is the highest holdover, remaining steady at #5 with his hit album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans.
Rounder legend Gregg Allman makes his label debut with Low Country Blues, which debuts at #6, while Custard/Atlantic crooner James Blunt’s Some Kind of Trouble is a newcomer at #9. Capitol/EMI’s surging Katy Perry (#13-7, +37%), along with holdovers Big Machine’s Taylor Swift (#8) and YM/Cash Money/Universal Motown’s Nicki Minaj (#10), complete the Top 10.
Other chart newcomers include
Kemosabe/RCA/RMG’s Ke$ha is the week’s biggest double-digit gainer, moving #39-24, +41% with Cannibal, followed by Island/IDJ’s Bon Jovi (#38-28, +34%), Atlantic’s Zac Brown Band (#33-29, +21%), LaFace/JLG’s P!nk (#18-14, +18%), Island/IDJ’s Justin Bieber My World 2.0 (#42-37, +14%) and Big Machine’s Rascal Flatts (#36, +11%).
Hitting stores this week are WB’s Iron + Wine, Jive/JLG’s Grammy Nominees, Downtown’s Cold War Kids, Blue Note/Capitol's Amos Lee and Astralwerks' David Guetta.
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