Chart Rundown

The teen vampire phenomenon known as Twilight easily took over the charts with this week's release of the official soundtrack, featuring tracks from the likes of Muse and Iron & Wine, marking the biggest digital album debut of a theatrical soundtrack in SoundScan history.  Q-Tip also saw a great return to the charts with his second officially released solo album, Renaissance, selling just shy of 35,000 first week. Meanwhile, Snow Patrol and Ryan Adams saw respectable second week sales, and The Strokes' Fabrizio Moretti's project, Little Joy moved 1,786 units in its debut week.

Billboard 200:

• #1 Various Artists - Twilight OST [165,326]
• #11 Q-Tip - Renaissance [34,219]
• #24 Coldplay - Viva La Vida [19,570 this week, down 6%, 1,886,227 to date]
• #35 Snow Patrol - Hundred Million Suns [14,916 this week, down 69%, 63,258 to date]
• #39 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night [13,152 this week, up 4%, 176,599 to date]
• #43 Ryan Adams - Cardinology [12,447 this week, down 69%, 52,713 to date]
• #47 Shiny Toy Guns - Seasons Of Poison [12,167]
• #50 Adele - 19 [11,614 this week, down 43%, 211,817 to date]
• #52 Lady Gaga - Fame [11,199, down 53%, 35,011 to date]
• #60 The Cure - 4:13 Dream [9,159 this week, down 62%, 33,250 to date]
• #81 Bloc Party - Intimacy [6,714 this week, down 72%, 30,529 to date]
• #91 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular [5,940 this week, up 2%, 218,143 to date]
• #99 M.I.A. - Kala [5,473 this week, down 4%, 379,977 to date]
• #111 Keane - Perfect Symmetry [4,970 this week, down 24%, 65,749 to date]
• #121 Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On [4,598 this week, down 50%, 13,874 to date]
• #122 Travis - Ode To J.Smith [4,587]
• #145 Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul [3,971 this week, down 16%, 83,028]
• #149 Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Head [3,832 this week, down 59%, 13,212 to date]
• #169 Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs [3,421 this week, up 2%, 425,645 to date]
• #172 Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping [3,387 this week, down 27%, 20,410 to date]
• #179 TV On The Radio - Dear Science [3,281 this week, down 14%, 74,633 to date]
• #181 Deerhunter - Microcastle [3,239 this week, down 24%, 7,528 to date]
• #197 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes [2,951 this week, down 29%, 121,063 to date]
• #199 Ting Tings - We Started Nothing [2,926 this week, up 1%, 112,056 to date]

Independent Albums:

• #13 Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On [4,598 this week, down 50%, 13,874 to date]
• #14 Travis - Ode To J.Smith [4,587]
• #19 Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping [3,387 this week, down 27%, 20,410 to date]
• #23 Deerhunter - Microcastle [3,239 this week, down 24%, 7,528 to date]
• #27 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes [2,951 this week, down 29%, 121,063 to date]
• #28 Ting Tings - We Started Nothing [2,926 this week, up 1%, 112,056 to date]
• #38 Radiohead - In Rainbows [2,354 this week, up 8%, 639,838 to date]
• #39 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend [2,268, down 20%, 328,631 to date]
• #44 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges [2,045 this week, up 38%, 154,096 to date]
• #52 Rodrigo y Gabriela - Live In Japan [1,905 this week, down 37%, 4,976 to date]
• #65 Little Joy - Little Joy [1,786]
• #81 Cold War Kids - Loyalty To Loyalty [1,495 this week, down 24%, 44,314 to date]
• #82 Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords [1,426 this week, down 4%, 208,660 to date]
• #83 Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago [1,425 this week, up 6%, 74,495 to date]
• #95 Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst [1,184 this week, up 4%, 72,995 to date]
• #125 Department of Eagles - In Ear Park [968 this week, up 2%, 9,037 to date]
• #167 Okkervil River - Stand Ins [787 this week, down 19%, 29,911 to date]
• #184 Ra Ra Riot - Rhumb Line [732, up 7%, 25,409 to date]
• #194 Deerhoof - Offend Maggie [707 this week, down 8%, 9,202 to date]

Comments

[bella]

OMG EDWARD CULLEN. om nom nom hot vampires nom nom.

also, holy cow. mgmt & mia are still selling that much each week?? nice.

[sheilab]

I love this new Ryan Adams album. The Cardinals are a great band for him.

[tommy]

boy I thought Travis would sell a few more than that

[Amanda]

I must be the only person who has yet to pick up the new Coldplay...