Kings Of Leon Smash Digital Sales Record With New Album
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Written by James Conlon
Kings Of Leon have gone straight in at Number One on the UK Official Albums Chart with their fifth album ‘Come Around Sundown’
Their latest release has scored the biggest first week digital album sales in chart history.
The album achieved a total of 183,000 sales in its first week, beating the likes of Eminem and Katy Perry to have the biggest first week sales of any album so far in 2010. 'Come Around Sundown' is the band's third Number One album in the UK, following on from their hugely successful 2008 release, ‘Only By The Night’.
The only other new entries in the Official Albums Chart Top 10 are both from The Beatles, who have released their re-mastered compliations, '1967-1970'(‘The Blue Album’) and '1962-1966'('The Red Album'). The albums entered the chart at Number Four and Number Six respectively.
In terms of singles, Bruno Mars has returned the Number One position in the Official Singles Chart with 'Just The Way You Are (Amazing)', beating off the newest boyband sensation, The Wanted. Bruno Mars’ single originally entered the chart at Number One a month ago.
The UK Top Ten albums are:
1. Kings of Leon - 'Come Around Sundown'
2. Robbie Williams - 'In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits'
3. Tinie Tempah - 'Disc-Overy'
4. The Beatles - '1967-1970'
5. Katy Perry - 'Teenage Dream'
6. The Beatles - '1962-1966'
7. Michael Buble - 'Crazy Love'
8. The Script - 'Science & Faith'
9. Pixie Lott - 'Turn It Up'
10. Plan B - 'The Defamation Of Strickland Banks
The UK Top Ten singles:
1. Bruno Mars - 'Just The Way You Are (Amazing)'
2. The Wanted - 'Heart Vacancy'
3. Duck Sauce - 'Barbra Streisand'
4. Cee Lo Green - 'Forget You'
5. Katy Perry - 'Firework'
6. Mike Posner - 'Cooler Than You'
7. Swedish House Mafia - 'Miami 2 Ibiza' (feat. Tinie Tempah)
8. Tinie Tempah - 'Written In The Stars' (feat. Eric Turner)
9. Jay Sean - '2012 (It Ain't The End)' (feat. Nicki Minaj)
10. N-Dubz - 'Best Behaviour'
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