US Charts: Pink Wins & Nelly Furtado Loses (Badly)

The US charts were action-packed with week as two of Pop music’s biggest stars released new albums. However, as usual, there were winners and loses. Unfortunately for Nelly Furtado, she got the proverbial short end of the stick – the tiny end that’s covered in splinters and thorns.

Before we address the horrendous sales of Furtado’s ‘The Spirit Indestructible’ LP, let’s celebrate the incredible achievements of Pink, who scored her first #1 album on the Billboard 200 with ‘The Truth About Love’. The record exceeded early sales predictions by moving an impressive 280K copies in the US and earned the edgy diva the third highest first week numbers of the year to date, following Justin Bieber ’Believe’ (374K) and Madonna’s ‘MDNA’ (359K).

Now, it’s time to take a moment of silence and reflect on Furtado’s career. Failing to generate a top 40 hit on the Hot 100, the songbird’s ‘The Spirit Indestructible’ album completely missed the top 50 of the Billboard 200 with less than 6K copies sold. That’s right, it sold 213K units less than her last English studio set, ‘Loose’. Furtado will be missed.

See the leading releases in the top 10 of both Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 below:

Billboard 200

1. Pink – ‘The Truth About Love’ – 280K (debut)

2. G.O.O.D. Music – ‘Cruel Summer’ – 205K (debut)

3. Killers - ‘Battle Born’ – 113K (debut)

4. Dave Matthews Band – ‘Away From the World’ – 62K (total: 328K)

5. Little Big Town – ‘Tornado’ – 50K (total: 163K)

6. Carly Rae Jepsen - ‘Kiss’ – 46K (debut)

7. Grizzly Bear - ‘Shields’ – 39K (debut)

8. Bob Dylan – ‘Tempest’ – 35K (total: 145K)

9. The Avett Brothers – ‘The Carpenter’ – 30K (total: 128K)

10. Ben Folds Five - ‘The Sound of the Life of the Mind’ – 30K (debut)

Billboard Hot 100

1. Maroon 5 – ‘One More Night’

2. PSY – ‘Gangnam Style’

3. fun. – ‘Some Nights’

4. Taylor Swift – ‘We Are Never Getting Back Together’

5. Pink – ‘Blow Me (One Last Kiss)’

6. Flo Rida – ‘Whistle’

7. Justin Bieber – ‘As Long As You Love Me (Ft. Big Sean)’

8. Owl City – ‘Good Time (Ft. Carly Jepsen)’

9. Alex Clare – ‘Too Close’

10. Ellie Goulding – ‘Lights’

Watch Furtado’s ‘Promiscuous (Ft. Timbaland)’ from her ‘Loose’ album and remember better days below:

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