- Oct102012
US Charts: Miguel & Adele Enjoy High Debuts
Miguel’s ‘Kaleidoscope Dream’ album cover.
The US charts are often a grim sight for true music lovers but this week they were treated to a glimmer of hope. Two of the most exciting artists in the industry today – Miguel and Adele (their names rhyme!) – stormed the Billboard rankings with their latest offerings and proved that their is still a market for real talent.
Miguel’s ‘Kaleidoscope Dream’ album blasted pass earlier sales predictions by selling over 71K copies in the US this week and debuting at #3 on the Billboard 200. In case you didn’t notice, the LP sold 60K additional units compared to the first week sales of his previous effort, ‘All I Want Is You’, which entered the line at #37 with 11K copies sold in December 2010.
Meanwhile, over on the Billboard Hot 100, Adele’s ‘Skyfall’ brought the house down at #8. After only 72 hours of availability in the US, the song sold a staggering 261K digital copies, thus earning the singer her first top 10 debut. Compare that to the #13 and #16 starts of Ke$sha’s ‘Die Young’ and Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds‘, respectively, on last week’s chart ranking.
See the leading releases in the top 10 of both Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 below:
1. Mumford & Sons – ‘Babel’ – 169K (total: 769K)
2. muse – ‘The 2nd Law’ – 101K (debut)
3. Miguel – ‘Kaleidoscope Dream’ – 71K (debut)
4. Pink – ‘The Truth About Love’ – 52K (total: 427K)
5. Three Days Grace – ‘Transit of Venus’ – 48K (debut)
6. DianaKrall – ‘Glad Rag Doll’ – ’46K (debut)
7. Jackie Evancho – ‘Songs From the Silver Screen’ – 41K (debut)
8. Little Big Town – ‘Tornado’ – 31K (total: 228K)
9. Cher Lloyd – ‘Sticks & Stones’ – 31K (debut)
10. Van Morrison - ‘Born to Sing: No Plan B’ – 29K
1. Maroon 5 – ‘One More Night’
2. PSY – ‘Gangnam Style’
3. One Direction – ‘Live While We’re Young’
4. fun. – ‘Some Nights’
5. Taylor Swift – ‘We Are Never Getting Back Together’
6. Taylor Swift – ‘Red’
7. Justin Bieber – ‘As Long As You Love Me (Ft. Big Sean)’
8. Adele – ‘Skyfall’
9. Pink – ‘Blow Me (One Last Kiss)’
10. Alex Clare – ‘Too Close’
Listen to Adele’s ‘Skyfall’ below:
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adele debutted at #8 with only 3 days of sales! your faves better hold onto their wigs …
That Adele reign wont let up!!!
Stans about to be real salty!
I have to say, Adele doing Skyfall for the Bond soundtrack was a really good look. Her management was smart on this one, but her management has been really great for a while now.
It’s so good to see that most of those songs aren’t dance oriented.
there is* lol congrats to both of them
billboard’s 100… cracking up not one artist of brown shade on that list. This should be interesting….
oops except the feature of big sean.
LUV MUMFORD & SONS… I HOPE KEYSHIA COLE DEBUTS AT #1 TOO
I love Miguel and Adele! Congrats to them! I love seeing really talented artists selling well!