Glee's 'Madonna' set beats out AC/DC's 'Iron Man 2' at No. 1 on Billboard 200
Jimmy Buffett has a high debut, Justin Bieber lets go of the top spot
Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester as Madonna singing "Vogue" for "Glee" for "The Power of Madonna"
As it was foretold on Friday, so the scripture is fulfilled – that the “Glee” take on “The Power of Madonna” comes in at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 albums chart. The seven-song set came in just shy of the 100k mark, having moved 98,000 copies. It’s the first No. 1 for the franchise, which has released two previous volumes of soundtrack/covers albums.
Exactly three-quarters of sales were from digital downloads, much like Ke$ha’s “Animal” debut, when 76% of sales the first week were from digi retailers.
Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” climbs No. 3 to No. 2 with 83,000 copies, a 27% increase. That was aided by the band’s appearance and multiple wins at the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards show. Justin Bieber’s “My World 2.0” budges from the top to No. 3 with 81,000 (-12%).
And while we thought that the AC/DC soundtrack to “Iron Man 2” wouldn’t come in at the top spot, it did manage No. 4 with 76,000, helping mark the first time in the chart’s 54-year history that two soundtracks bowed in the top 5 at the same time. “Iron Man 2” is essentially a hits set from the legendary classic rock band.
Usher’s “Raymond v. Raymond” falls No. 4 to No. 5 (52,000, -19%) while the “Now 33” hits comp sits tight at NO. 6 with 37,000 (-18%).
Jimmy Buffett’s Wal-Mart exclusive live album “Encores” starts at No. 7 with 31,000, making it his ninth top 10 album. His last “Take the Weather With You” from 2006 debuted at No. 4.
Bieber’s “My World” sells a few copies less than Buffet, also with 31,000, a 3% increase in sales. Lady Gaga’s “The Fame” slips No. 7 to No. 10 (28,000, -10%).
Sales are up 3% compared to last week but at are down 10 % compared to the same sales week last year. Overall, sales for the year are down 10%.
After five years as a columnist and editor at Billboard, Katie Hasty joined HitFix in 2009 for music and film reporting out of New York. The Midwest native has worked as a writer, music promoter and in A&R since 1999 and performs with her band Numbers And Letters.
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April 28, 2010 at 5:04PM EST Reply to CommentWow, who would have thunk it. Madonna knocking AC/DC off? No way dude cant be right.
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