Chart Rundown
M83 scored a big hit with new album Saturdays=Youth debuting at #107 on the Billboard Chart and #1 on the New Artist Albums Chart. There were also solid debuts from Thrice (who are currently featured in the current issue of Ragged), The Kooks and Phantom Planet. With the DVD release of Juno, the soundtrack saw a large sales bump, with a 162% increase.
Billboard 200:
- #8 Various Artists - Juno OST [31,285 this week, up 162.1%, 642,797 to date]
- #9 R.E.M. - Accelerate [29,985 this week, down 35.3%, 192,449 to date]
- #17 Thrice - Alchemy Index Vol. 3-4 [21,755]
- #20 Gnarls Barkley - Odd Couple [19,781 this week, up 8.0%, 121,153 to date]
- #28 Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely [17,617 this week, down 24.5%, 108,280 to date]
- #41 Kooks - Konk [13,335]
- #55 Black Keys - Attack & Release [10,974 this week, down 19.9%, 53,948 to date]
- #97 B-52's - Funplex [6,994 this week, down 24.9%, 59,890 to date]
- #102 Moby - Last Night [6,699 this week, down 36.7%, 38,548 to date]
- #107 M83 - Saturdays=Youth [6,319]
- #119 Phantom Planet - Raise The Dead [5,804]
- #125 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig!!! [5,481 this week, down 45.6%, 15,715 to date]
- #127 She & Him - Volume One [5,456 this week, up 9.5%, 36,812 to date]
- #143 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular [4,999 this week, up 5.0%, 58,664 to date]
- #167 Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours [4,120 this week, up 34.2%, 10,832 to date]
- #181 Breeders - Mountain Battles [3,826 this week, down 46.9%, 11,153 to date]
New Artist Albums (artists who've never had a release in the top 100 of the Billboard 200):
- #1 M83 - Saturdays=Youth [6,319]
- #3 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular [4,999 this week, up 5.0%, 58,664 to date]
- #5 Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours [4,120 this week, up 34.2%, 10,832 to date]
- #15 Tapes N Tapes - Walk It Off [2,741 this week, down 53.3%, 8,646 to date]
- #18 Sun Kil Moon - April [2,234 this week, down 32.9%, 12,091 to date]
- #19 Colin Meloy - Colin Meloy Sings Live! [2,229 this week, down 22.4%, 5,126 to date]
- #26 Man Man - Rabbit Habits [1,826 this week, down 49.9%, 5,614 to date]
- #38 Devotchka - Mad & Faithful Telling [1,481 this week, up 4.2%, 11,218 to date]
- #51 Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP [1,278 this week, down 14.1%, 3,763 to date]
- #64 Los Campesinos - Hold On Now Youngster [1,083 this week, up 1.5%, 6,080 to date]
- #67 Gutter Twins - Saturnalia [1,027 this week, down 1.6%, 15,978 to date]
- #78 Duke Spirit - Neptune [961 this week, down 29.4%, 4,126 to date]
- #84 Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight [937]
