Lil Wayne Tops Chart for Second Week in a Row, Coldplay Right Behind
Lil Wayne is still killing it, sales-wise. Wayne, who played the Travis County Expo Center last week, sold another 127,000 copies of aThe Carter IIIa last week for a month-long total of 1.8 million, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
Coldplay’s aViva La Vidaa came in second with 119,000 sold and 1.2 million total. Those two really should tour together. Seriously. That would be a fascinating show.
The rest of the top 10;
aCamp Rocka soundtrack (88,000, over 562,000 total)
Beck aModern Guilta (84,000, debut)
Kid Rock aRock n Roll Jesusa (61,082, over 1.1 million total, which seems utterly surreal)
aNow What’s What I Call Music Vol. 28a (48,400, over 571,300 total)
aMamma Miaa soundtrack (48,400, debut)
Rihanna aGood Girl Gone Bada (47,000, over 1.4 million total, but this version is a reissue)
G-Unit aT.O.S.a (36,000 over 138,00o total)
John Mayer aWhere The Light isa (33,600, nearly 110,000 total)
As for Austin artists, Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis’ aTwo Men With the Bluesa debuted with over 21,000 sold.
Los Lonely Boys’ aForgivena drops 49 percent in its second week out, moving over 9,800 for a total of over 29,000. Alejandro Escovedo’s aReal Animala dropped 28 percent to sell over 2,600 for a total of about 12,500.
The Sword’s aGods of Eartha has been grinding it out for over three months. The 600+ copies it sold this week is a five percent bump from last week for a total of over 31,000.
According to Nielsen Soundscan, Beck’s aModern Guilta was the most popular album in Austin last week with over 870 copies sold. Coldplay, Wayne and the Camp Rock soundtrack were close behind. LLB came in at no. 5 with over 260 sold, Willie and Wynton at no. 6. with about 250 sold.
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