Jun

25

WORD: Coldplay Takes No. 1 Spot on Billboard 200

by Zack Lee | Filed Under WORD 

Following the success of Lil’ Wayne’s newest release ‘The Carter 3′, the music industry gets another winner with the release of Coldplay’s latest ‘Viva La Vida or Death and all His Friends’. All of these spurts in sells show that fans still support an artist when the music is good. So props to Coldplay for these MONSTER numbers and when you come to my city, I’ll be sure to be in attendance. Here’s the details from Billboard.com:

As expected, Coldplay tops The Billboard 200 with “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends,” which shifted a whopping 721,000 first-week U.S. copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The Capitol effort sold nearly as many copies as the band’s other chart-topper, 2005’s “X&Y,” which moved 737,000. Only one other rock band has had a 700,000-plus week since the release of that effort. Last November, the Eagles’ “Long Road Out of Eden” began at No. 1 with 711,000.

With the million-plus debut of Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter III” last week, this marks only the second time the chart has seen back-to-back debuts of more than 700,000 since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. The first time it happened was way back in the summer of 2000, when Britney Spears’ “Oops! I Did It Again” (1,319,000) was followed by Eminem’s “The Marshall Mathers LP” (1,760,000).

Forty percent of “Viva La Vida” sales, 288,000 copies, were digital downloads, making it the biggest sales frame ever registered for a digital album. It surpasses the previous record, set earlier this year when Jack Johnson’s “Sleep Through the Static” (139,000).

With a 69% sales decrease, “Tha Carter III” (Cash Money/Universal) slips 1-2 with 309,000 units.

Exactly: Billboard.com



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