One Direction Beats Adele, Bruce Springsteen at No. 1 on The Billboard 200

[Swinny]

One Direction beats Adele, Bruce Springsteen at No. 1 on The Billboard 200
British boy band makes history, while Guns N’ Roses and Gotye earn big gains

British boy band One Direction make Billboard chart history as their debut “Up All Night†bows at No. 1 on the 200 chart. That makes them the first U.K. group to start at the summit with a first album. The set moved 176,000 copies.

Check out Melinda Newman’s thoughts on the boy band resurgence this year.

Their number beats Adele’s best-selling 2011 album “21,†which sits tight at No. 2 with 148,000, a sales decrease over the previous week by 24%.

Guns N’ Roses’ “Greatest Hits,†oddly, makes a big chart bounce from No. 31 to No. 3 with 85,000 copies (618%). Why? The compilation was price for $.25 – that’s right, a quarter – on AmazonMP3 and Google Play for one day last week.

Bruce Springsteen’s “Wrecking Ball†falls No. 1 to No. 4 (57,000, -71%).

“Passion: White Flag,†a compilation of Christian acts and songs recorded live at the Passion conference in January, start at No. 5 with 48,000.

Whitney Houston’s “The Greatest Hits†stays at No. 6 (45,000, -35%), Drake’s “Take Care†holds at No. 7 (36,000, -38%) and the “Now 41†comp falls No. 3 to No. 8 (29,000, -81%). Recent “Saturday Night Live†addition Gotye’s “Making Mirrors†jumps No. 16 to No. 9 (24,000, +14%) and fun.’s “Some Nights†climbs No. 13 to No. 10 (22,000, -2%).

Album sales are down 10% compared to last week and down 1% compared to the same week last year. Sales are up 2% for the year so far.

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[Postman Dave]

I'd like to apologise on behalf on Britain for One Direction. We don't like them either.

 

[Swinny]

I'd like to apologise on behalf on Britain for One Direction. We don't like them either.

Lol, I just heard them, and saw them, for the first time last night and was wondering why the hell they were popular... and now I read this and find out they're more popular than I even knew. Terrible.

 

[Postman Dave]

I'd also like to apologise in advance for the likely chino invasion you may be about to experience.