Chicago-bred rapper Lupe Fiasco—whose real name is Wasalu Muhammad Jaco—proves the third time’s the charm, debuting at #1 with his new Atlantic Records effort, Lasers, boasting the still-new year’s second biggest debut, with 205k.
That’s enough to leapfrog him over XL/Columbia U.K. pop diva Adele’s 21, which racks up another 132k, to give her a three-week total of more than 650k, at #2.
The next four entries are all debuts, starting with
Glassnote’s still-strong Mumford & Sons (#7), J/RMG’s Marsha Ambrosius (#8), Island/IDJ’s Justin Bieber Never Say Never—The Remixes (#9) and Capitol/EMI’s Now 37 (#10) round out the leaders.
Other chart newcomers include veteran IceH20/EMI Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon (#11), Six Steps Records’ Passion Band (#31), Fontana Int’l’s Children of Bodom (#34) and Legacy’s Billy Joel Live at Shea Stadium CD/DVD (#47).
Biggest (and only) double-digit gainer of the week is Big Machine’s Rascal Flatts, with Nothing Lke This climbing #27-21, up 29%.
Hitting retail this week are Geffen’s Rise Against, Inerscope's Travis Barker and Columbia’s iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove, with next week’s (3/22) releases to include Arista/RMG’s Jennifer Hudson, Jive/ZLG’s Chris Brown and RCA/RMG’s The Strokes, among others.
OH, TANNENBAUM! ANOTHER GREAT CAREER HITS THE SKIDS
Another talented journalist trapped in the career cul de sac (5/20a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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