This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. The A Star is Born soundtrack is the number one album in the country: The set, which was released via Interscope Records on Oct. 5, starts with 231,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 11, according to Nielsen Music — the biggest week for a soundtrack in more than three-and-a-half years. Of Star’s overall starting sum, 162,000 were in album sales. Twenty One Pilots came in second: The set starts with 175,000 units, of which 135,000 are in album sales — the act’s biggest sales week ever (stepping past its previous high, logged when Blurryface sold 134,000 in its first week back in 2015). Expand - View Original
This is incredible for TOP - their best record has their best first week, and there’s absolutely no shame losing to a project of Lady GaGa’s.
Good news day for TOP and Record Executives out there saying "Traditional Album sales are not dead...yet"
I'm not familiar with A Star is Born but I've gotta say, I'm surprised TOP didn't snag #1. I thought Blurryface was so big they'd be a sure thing.
It’s a musical starring Lady Ga Ga. They were dealing with her fans and the random folks who went and saw it (and it’s been a critically acclaimed hit). All in all, 175K is real good.
Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper Pulled Off a Near-Impossible Feat During ‘A Star Is Born’ Interesting article on A Star is Born and how they shot some of it.
It's awesome that an album featuring songs by Lukas Nelson, Jason Isbell, Natalie Hemby, Lori McKenna, and Dave Cobb sold that many copies.
Well, to be fair, a good chunk of TOP’s numbers came from album preorders and merch bundles. Just like Fall Out Boy (and others) have done already this year, you couldn’t buy any standalone merch on their website. Everything was “bundled” with a digital copy of the album. So it’s not a $30 t-shirt, it’s a $30 “album & t-shirt bundle”. I thought they’d be #1 solely because of that.
Not to sound nitpicky, rather I'm curious as someone interested in journalism: Are these weekly chart roundup blurbs written on a template? Looking back, they all follow the same format and begin with "the set." That seems like a good, more unique word than "album", but it's used every week. Any reason in particular?