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October 28, 2009
Death Cab For Cutie |
After debuting at #2 last week after an abbreviated three-day sales frame, the Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack jumped up to the #1 spot on the sales chart this week by selling another 153,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album, featuring songs from Death Cab for Cutie, Thom Yorke and The Killers, first arrived on the chart last week with 115,000 after an early release on Friday, October 16. New Moon is the second soundtrack this year to top the Billboard 200 chart, following the Hannah Montana: The Movie album in May. Elsewhere, Tim McGraw's tenth studio album, Southern Voice, bows at #2 this week with 137,000 copies sold, and Joss Stone's Target and iTunes-exclusive album Colour Me Free arrives at #10 with 27,000. German rockers Rammstein earned their highest charting album ever, as Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da debuted at #13 by moving 22,000.
The rest of the Top 10 this week was filled out by Michael Buble's Crazy Love at #3, Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 at #4, the new Miley Cyrus EP at #5, Black Eyed Peas at #6, Taylor Swift's Fearless at #7, Owl City's Ocean Eyes at #8 and Love Is The Answer from Barbra Streisand at #9.
Speaking of the soundtrack to Twilight Saga: New Moon, don't miss FMQB Productions' special radio broadcast, The Twilight Saga: An Inside Look At New Moon. The special features interviews with the cast and the movie’s director Chris Weitz, along with interviews and music from the artists featured on the soundtrack, such as Death Cab For Cutie, The Killers, Thom Yorke and Muse. The Twilight Saga: An Inside Look At New Moon will air on radio stations nationwide from October 30 through November 22.
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