Chart Rundown

Death Cab For Cutie continue to dominate on the charts this week, maintaining a top 10 position on the Billboard 200 for the third week in a row.  For new chart entries, Spiritualized stormed back after a five-year hiatus garnering the #4 spot on the New Artist charts with Songs In A&E.  The influx of new albums last week, including records by Mates Of State, The Ting Tings, Scarlett Johansson and Islands all saw predictable falls in second-week sales while still retaining respectable chart positioning.  Meanwhile Fleet Foxes continue chugging along with the little EP that could - Sun Giant, almost selling 9K now.

Billboard 200:

• #10 Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs [33,432 this week, down 36.4%, 229,845 to date]
• #66 R.E.M. - Accelerate [8,852 this week, up 17.5%, 268,162 to date]
• #67 Radiohead - In Rainbows [8,833 this week, down 18.7%, 534,548 to date]
• #72 Portishead - Third [8,461 this week, down 21.9%, 109,790 to date]
• #73 Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords [8,432 this week, down 12.1%, 121,189 to date]
• #100 Gnarls Barkley - Odd Couple [6,781 this week, up 21.4%, 171,343 to date]
• #102 The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely [6,680 this week, down 7.2%, 167,063 to date]
• #107 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend [6,326 this week, up 2.0%, 228,431 to date]
• #137 Santogold - Santogold [4,679 this week, down 8.5%, 30,970 to date]
• #141 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular [4,447 this week, down 4.6%, 87,395 to date]
• #157 Spiritualized - Songs In A&E [4,188]
• #162 Black Keys - Attack & Release [3,990 this week, down 17.9%, 88,500 to date]
• #181 Kooks - Konk [3,352 this year, down 9.4%, 39,508 to date]
• #185 Old 97's - Blame It On Gravity [3,316 this week, down 19.9%, 16,347 to date]

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

• #2 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular [4,447 this week, down 4.6%, 87,395 to date]
• #4 Spiritualized - Songs In A&E [4,188]
• #8 Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head [2,501 this week, down 51.1%, 7,691 to date]
• #12 Mates Of State - Re-Arrange Us [2,295 this week, down 50.2%, 7,011 to date]
• #13 Ting Tings - We Started Nothing [2,258 this week, down 49.1%, 6,691 to date]
• #21 Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago [1,807 this week, down 13.3%, 33,285 to date]
• #29 Cool Kids - Bake Sale, The [1,592 this week, down 62.8%, 5,870 to date]
• #32 Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell [1,529 this week, down 13.8%, 21,553 to date]
• #37 The Last Shadow Puppets - Age Of The Understatement [1,429 this week, down 21.1%, 15,062 to date]
• #39 Islands - Arm's Way [1,407 this week, down 57.0%, 4,709 to date]
• #42 M83 - Saturdays=Youth [1,332 this week, down 19.7%, 18,927 to date]
• #45 Ladytron - Velocifero [1,252 this week, down 21.0%, 2,926 to date]
• #69 Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP [981 this week, up 51.6%, 8,759 to date]
• #132 The Duke Spirit - Neptune [588 this week, up 2.4%, 8,603 to date]

Comments

[menomena123]

is the Ting Tings album any good?

[Mallory]

I love the new Death Cab for Cutie CD... I'm starting to think they're getting overplayed on every radio station!...but it is still so good!