Arcade Fire Blazes Way to No. 1 Album Release Arcade Fire Blazes Approach for you to No. one Album Launch | Variety Canada"s Arcade Fire predictably claimed the top rung with the U.S. Album chart final week, leading a new field regarding six refreshing titles in for you to the national leading 10. The group"s dance-inflected "Reflektor" (Capitol) grabbed your apex having a 140,000-unit debut week, based on Nielsen SoundScan information for the week ending Nov. 3. Tally will be off your 156,000-unit first-week pace in the Montreal act"s last release, 2010"s "The Suburbs," which in turn had been the band"s very first U.S. chart-topper and captured your album of your season Grammy throughout 2011. The holiday season ended up being officially kicked off by the arrival associated with Kelly Clarkson"s "Wrapped inside Red" (RCA), that decked the halls with No. 3 with a 70,000-copy bow. That may always be the pop star as well as "American Idol" grad"s sixth consecutive top-five album. Another seasonal title, and a somewhat unlikely one, designed a novel debut with No. 4: "Duck the Halls" (EMI Nashville), a new Yule collection from the hirsute duck-hunting Robertsons of the A&E series "Duck Dynasty." The Actual clan"s collection involving Christmas standards and also new tracks such as "Camouflage along with Christmas Lights" shifted 69,000. Country singer Thomas Rhett"s self-titled Valory debut album notched any No. 6 debut with a 36,000-unit score. The Actual Georgia-born singer-songwriter has penned hits regarding Lee Brice, Florida Georgia Range along with Jason Aldean along with collected a premier 5 hit of his own using "It Will Go Such As This." Longtime nation star Toby Keith boarded with No. 7 using "Drinks Following Work" (Show Dog), which usually reaped 35,000 first-week sales. Keith carries on the string involving top-10 albums dating back 2001, however along using his lowest-charting launch since which year"s "Pull My Chain," which in turn peaked at No. 9. Finally, hard rock standby Linkin Park moved inside in No. ten with "Recharged" (Warner Bros.), moving 33,000. the low debut for the perennial chart-topper can be deceptive: The Particular new launch is actually a collection associated with Rick Rubin-Mike Shinoda remixes involving previously introduced material. Band"s final studio album, "Living Things," hit No. 1 last year. Holdovers included Katy Perry"s "Prism," which dropped in order to No. 2 along with 92,000 marketed (a 68% decline); Drake"s "Nothing Had Been the Same" (No. 5, 38,000 sold, off 13%), Lorde"s "Pure Heroine" (No. 8, 34,000, down 14%) along with Miley Cyrus" "Bangerz" (No. 9, 33,000, off 24%). Drake"s title topped the actual one million revenue mark within its sixth chart week this week. Rapper Eminem"s "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," his 1st since 2010"s widely-praised "Recovery," should effortlessly brush aside all comers upon next week"s chart.

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Arcade Fire Blazes Approach for you to No. one Album Launch | Variety

Canada"s Arcade Fire predictably claimed the top rung with the U.S. Album chart final week,leading a new field regarding six refreshing titles in for you to the national leading 10.

The group"s dance-inflected "Reflektor" (Capitol) grabbed your apex having a 140,000-unit debutweek, based on Nielsen SoundScan information for the week ending Nov. 3. Tally will be off your156,000-unit first-week pace in the Montreal act"s last release, 2010"s "The Suburbs," which in turnhad been the band"s very first U.S. chart-topper and captured your album of your season Grammythroughout 2011.

The holiday season ended up being officially kicked off by the arrival associated with KellyClarkson"s "Wrapped inside Red" (RCA), that decked the halls with No. 3 with a 70,000-copy bow.That may always be the pop star as well as "American Idol" grad"s sixth consecutive top-five album.

Another seasonal title, and a somewhat unlikely one, designed a novel debut with No. 4: "Duck theHalls" (EMI Nashville), a new Yule collection from the hirsute duck-hunting Robertsons of the A&Eseries "Duck Dynasty." The Actual clan"s collection involving Christmas standards and also newtracks such as "Camouflage along with Christmas Lights" shifted 69,000.

Country singer Thomas Rhett"s self-titled Valory debut album notched any No. 6 debut with a36,000-unit score. The Actual Georgia-born singer-songwriter has penned hits regarding Lee Brice,Florida Georgia Range along with Jason Aldean along with collected a premier 5 hit of his own using"It Will Go Such As This."

Longtime nation star Toby Keith boarded with No. 7 using "Drinks Following Work" (Show Dog),which usually reaped 35,000 first-week sales. Keith carries on the string involving top-10 albumsdating back 2001, however along using his lowest-charting launch since which year"s "Pull MyChain," which in turn peaked at No. 9.

Finally, hard rock standby Linkin Park moved inside in No. ten with "Recharged" (Warner Bros.),moving 33,000. the low debut for the perennial chart-topper can be deceptive: The Particular newlaunch is actually a collection associated with Rick Rubin-Mike Shinoda remixes involving previouslyintroduced material. Band"s final studio album, "Living Things," hit No. 1 last year.

Holdovers included Katy Perry"s "Prism," which dropped in order to No. 2 along with 92,000marketed (a 68% decline); Drake"s "Nothing Had Been the Same" (No. 5, 38,000 sold, off 13%),Lorde"s "Pure Heroine" (No. 8, 34,000, down 14%) along with Miley Cyrus" "Bangerz" (No. 9,33,000, off 24%). Drake"s title topped the actual one million revenue mark within its sixth chartweek this week.

Rapper Eminem"s "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," his 1st since 2010"s widely-praised "Recovery,"should effortlessly brush aside all comers upon next week"s chart.