Jay-Z will be No. 1 on the charts for a second week in a row, as his new album, The Blueprint 3, has added another 200k in sales to the 476k it sold last week. Kid Cudi's debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, will debut in the Top 5 with sales between the 110-120k range.
Mandy K hit #10 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart this past week with 1,984 copies sold of their self-titled EP. If you haven't heard it yet, you can now snag it for $2.99 on iTunes.
The Word Alive sold 1,845 copies of their new EP, Empire, in the first week, putting them at #15 on the Heatseekers chart and #10 on the Alternative New Artist chart.
Yesterday, the New York Times posted an interesting article about Polyphonic, which invests in rising bands outside of the scope of a record label. What do you think of this idea and what bands would you like to see take advantage of opportunities like this?
Mandy K have hit the Billboard New Artists Chart this week, charting at #58 with 845 copies sold. The band's self-titled EP is out now and you can catch them for the rest of the summer on Warped Tour at the Leakmob Records tent.
Metric landed on the Billboard charts and were #1 on the Heatseekers chart before the physical release of their new record. The band sold 6,203 copies of Fantasies this past week.