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| Arcade Fire And Taylor Swift Sweep In With New No. 1s August 11, 2010 Editor: Keith Caulfield; Contributors: Alex Vitoulis; Editorial Director: Silvio Pietroluongo Both the Billboard 200 and the Digital Songs charts greet fresh No. 1s this week as Arcade Fire's new album "The Suburbs" bows atop the former list with 156,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, while Taylor Swift's "Mine" plants the flag on the Songs tally with 297,000 downloads . . . Arcade Fire is the first of four new entries in the top 10 of the albums tally, joined by bows from Bun B, Lady Gaga and Buckcherry. FLASH POINTS • The Billboard 200 and the Digital Songs charts greet fresh No. 1s this week as Arcade Fire's new album "The Suburbs" bows atop the former list with 156,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, while Taylor Swift's "Mine" plants the flag on the Songs tally with 297,000 downloads. • "Mine," which was rush-released to digital retailers late last Wednesday (Aug. 4), starts with 297,000 after only four full days of sales. (SoundScan's tracking week ends on Sunday.) Last week's No. 1, Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie," slips to No. 2 (281,000; down 6%). • The bow of "Mine" is the eighth-biggest debut sales week for a digital song and the fourth-best of the year. 2010's largest entry so far is Eminem's "Not Afraid" (379,000), followed by "Love the Way You Lie" (338,000) and Swift's own "Today Was a Fairytale" (325,000). "Mine" is the lead single from Swift's third studio album, "Speak Now," due Oct. 25. SOURCE: http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/conte...f05d4b90c9c2f2 |
