Maroon 5 surges to the top of the sales chart
MAROON 5’s “It Won’t Be Soon Before Long” might have a brow-furrowing title, but the numbers are clear.
With first week sales of 429,000, the pop-R&B; band’s second album entered the national sales chart at No. 1 Wednesday, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
It’s the second-highest debut week in 2007 and the second straight strong showing for a Los Angeles band. Linkin Park posted the year’s highest debut figure last week with sales of 623,000, and even with a 68% drop, its 198,000 sales were enough to put “Minutes to Midnight” at No. 2.
Three more debuts crowded into the Top 5: Ozzy Osbourne’s “Black Rain,” No. 3 with sales of 152,000; rapper Young Jeezy’s trio U.S.D.A., No. 4 with 95,000, and rock band the Used, No. 5 with 92,000.
“American Idol” acts Daughtry and Carrie Underwood were among the few artists whose album sales increased last week (45% and 10%, respectively), spurred by their appearances on the “Idol” finale.
But the chart’s biggest surge came from emo band Dashboard Confessional, whose 12,000 sales moved “Dusk and Summer” from No. 167 to No. 53.
The reason?
A deluxe edition of the album came out last week.
Despite all those efforts, sales decreased 3.2% during the week, and were 16.7% down from the same week in 2006.
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