Thursday, April 11, 2013

Top 5 Selling Albums & Singles – April 10, 2013

This week’s Top 5 albums and digital singles:

Top 5 Albums
1. Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience
2. The Band Perry – Pioneer
3. Tyler The Creator – Wolf
4. Blake Shelton – Based On A True Story
5. Lil’ Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being II

This year’s biggest selling album remains #1 for the third week in a row after moving 139,000 units in the US and selling over 2 million albums worldwide. This is Justin Timberlake’s longest running #1 album which has outperformed his last album Futuresex/LoveSounds and the first male artist to spend 3 consecutive weeks at #1 since Eminem’s Recovery in 2010. It is also been #1 in the UK and Canada for the third straight week.

The Band Perry lands the highest debut this week at #2 as Pioneer sells 129,000 units. Tyler the Creator debuts his latest effort Wolf at #3 with a respectable 89,000 units. This is his personal best as his 2011 album Goblin peaked at #5 with first week sales at 45K. Blake Shelton remains in the top 5 with his album Based on a True Story and Lil Wayne rounds out the top 5 sliding 2-5 with I Am Not a Human Being II.

Notable debuts this week include New Kids On The Block’s 10 and Cold War Kids’s Dear Miss Lonely Hearts.

Top 5 Singles
1. Bruno Mars – When I Was Your Man
2. P!nk feat. Nate Ruess – Just Give Me A Reason
3. Florida Georgia Line – Cruise Remix
4. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz – Thrift Shop
5. Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko – Stay

Bruno Mars is unstoppable with his new single “When I Was Your Man” jumping 4-1 on the digital songs chart and moving 340,000 downloads and up 45% over last week. P!nk slides 2-1 with “Just Give Me A Reason” feat. Nate Reuss of Fun after spending 2 weeks at the #1 spot. Florida Georgia Line makes a huge leap from 42-3 with their single “Cruise Remix.” Macklemore is finally slowing down as his single “Thrift Shop” moves from 2-4. Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko rounds out the Top 5 with “Stay” which is its 2nd week in this position.

Started from the Bottom, Now We Here… – @djraize

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