FILTER : Chart Rundown

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Chart Rundown

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Congratulations are in order to current Filter cover stars, Flight Of The Conchords, for debuting this week at #3 on the Billboard Chart with their new self-titled album! Tokyo Police Club also saw a big week, coming in at #1 on the New Artist Albums Chart and #106 on the Billboard 200 with their first week as a physical release, following several weeks of digital-only sales. Elbow and Lyrics Born both saw solid debuts, while Coachella artists Vampire Weekend and M.I.A. felt the festival bump in sales this week.

Billboard 200:

#3 Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords [52,370]
#7 Various Artists - Juno OST [30,738 this week, down 1.8%, 673,535 to date]
#17 R.E.M. - Accelerate [21,272 this week, down 29.1%, 213,721 to date]
#32 Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely [13,441 this week, down 23.7%, 121,721 to date]
#47 Gnarls Barkley - Odd Couple [10,637 this week, down 46.2%, 131,790 to date]
#56 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend [9,489 this week, up 3.3%, 193,206 to date]
#71 Black Keys - Attack & Release [8,015 this week, down 27.0%, 61,963 to date]
#75 Radiohead - In Rainbows [7,730 this week, down 11.5%, 484,030 to date]
#81 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once OST [7,425 this week, down 16.1%, 542,254 to date]
#106 Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell [5,914 this week, up 641.1%, 9,003 to date]
#107 The Kooks - Konk [5,835 this week, down 56.2%, 19,170 to date]
#109 Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid [5,786]
#129 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular [4,934 this week, down 1.3%, 63,598 to date]
#131 Moby - Last Night [4,817 this week, down 28.1%, 43,365 to date]
#143 She & Him - Volume One [4,351 this week, down 20.3%, 41,163 to date]
#189 M83 - Saturdays=Youth [3,384 this week, down 46.2%, 9,703 to date]
#197 M.I.A. - Kala [3,177 this week, up 22.3%, 201,761 to date]

New Artist Albums (artists who've never had a release in the top 100 of the Billboard 200):

#1 Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell [5,914 this week, up 641.1%, 9,003 to date]
#2 Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid [5,786]
#4 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular [4,934 this week, down 1.3%, 63,598 to date]
#10 M83 - Saturdays=Youth [3,384 this week, down 46.2%, 9,703 to date]
#11 Lyrics Born - Everywhere At Once [3,336]
#13 Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours [3,006 this week, down 27.0%, 13,838 to date]
#24 Tapes N Tapes - Walk It Off [1,538 this week, down 43.9%, 10,184 to date]
#25 Sun Kil Moon - April [1,534 this week, down 31.3%, 13,625 to date]
#32 Foals - Antidotes [1,353 this week, down 11.7%, 8,250 to date]
#33 Man Man - Rabbit Habits [1,270 this week, down 30.5%, 6,884 to date]
#35 Colin Meloy - Colin Meloy Sings Live! [1,266 this week, down 43.2%, 6,392 to date]
#39 Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago [1,219 this week, down 29.6%, 25,113 to date]
#43 DeVotchKa - Mad & Faithful Telling [1,177 this week, down 20.5%, 12,395 to date]
#62 Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP [976 this week, down 23.6%, 4,739 to date]
#83 Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster... [842 this week, down 22.3%, 6,922 to date]
#107 The Duke Spirit - Neptune [719 this week, down 25.2%, 4,845 to date]
#126 Beirut - Flying Club Cup [649 this week, down 1.8%, 58,604 to date]
#127 El Perro Del Mar - From The Valley To The Stairs [649]