AS chart results

[as we are now getting chart 'results', I've started this new thread, instead of putting this info inot the 'preditctions' thread]


from http://www.hotpress.com/The%20Gaslight%20Anthem/news/The-Gaslight-Anthem-top-the-Irish-Indie-chart/6611804.html

The Gaslight Anthem top the Irish Indie chart

18 Jun 2010

Their new American Slang album replaces Villagers at the top of the chart

After four weeks at No. 1 on the Irish Indie chart, Villagers' debut album Becoming A Jackal has finally been knocked off its perch.
A brand new entry, The Gaslight Anthem’s American Slang goes straight into the No. 1 spot. Villagers move down a place, as does Cathy Davey's The Nameless, which slips from No. 2 to No. 3.

Big statement to how far this band has gone where topping indie charts doesn't come as a surprise.

wooo ireland! glad they like decent music in the motherland

While they only came in at no15 in the irish charts they were the highest new entry.

Number 18 in the Official Charts in England. Respectable, I'm sure they'll be happy with it. A lot of shit above it though.

bringiton wrote:

Number 18 in the Official Charts in England. Respectable, I'm sure they'll be happy with it. A lot of shit above it though.

I think that's superb; they are the fifth highest new entry.

First on the UK indie charts as well. =)

bringiton wrote:

Number 18 in the Official Charts in England. Respectable, I'm sure they'll be happy with it. A lot of shit above it though.

Since when are the charts not filled with shit at the high end?

AS is at 15 in the Irish album chart.

how'd they do in US?

We'll know sometime tomorrow, I think.

I don't think the Billboard charts will be posted until Thursday, according to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200

ah

#16 on the billboard charts, and the #1 rock record!

kupe wrote:

#16 on the billboard charts, and the #1 rock record!

I'm not a huge fan of his new stuff but Tom Petty is probably still rock and he'll have the #1 rock record this week (and #2 overall) moving 100k+. Regardless, Hits Daily Double is reporting 26k+ for American Slang which is pretty solid.

kupe wrote:

#16 on the billboard charts, and the #1 rock record!

where is this info from, because it's not on billboard.com, which will only be updated tomorrow

http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/album/the-gaslight-anthem/american-slang/1335449

steady now steady now wrote:

kupe wrote:

#16 on the billboard charts, and the #1 rock record!

where is this info from, because it's not on billboard.com, which will only be updated tomorrow

http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/album/the-gaslight-anthem/american-slang/1335449

Billboard has a news article with the top ten. But the cutoff was 40k and I think they only sold around 20k. I agree that Petty is probably in the rock albums though -- so I donno how they could've been #1 there as pretty sold around 100,000 copies.

edit: a little google searching found this

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1642181/20100623/drake.jhtml

Quote :

Further down the line, tattooed Jersey rockers the Gaslight Anthem notch their best-ever chart debut with American Slang, which lit it up at #16 on sales of 27,000

The 27,000 is actually a good deal higher than the expectations I saw earlier in the week which were more around 20,000. I also recall a few members saying they'd be surprised if Gaslight reached 25,000

CluckyB wrote:

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Further down the line, tattooed Jersey rockers the Gaslight Anthem notch their best-ever chart debut with American Slang, which lit it up at #16 on sales of 27,000

The 27,000 is actually a good deal higher than the expectations I saw earlier in the week which were more around 20,000. I also recall a few members saying they'd be surprised if Gaslight reached 25,000

No.16 on the Billboard 200 is great, considering that they only made it to no.18 in the UK charts, despite what I thought was bigger exposure over here than in the US.

That's awesome. It's gotta be Side One Dummy's best release ever.

sidekicksuicide wrote:

That's awesome. It's gotta be Side One Dummy's best release ever.

Flogging Molly's Float was #4 on the billboard charts. (Although it was a March release, I'm sure it sold more copies than Gaslight's did to go that high)

very cool.

i'm really surprised at how much that guy drake sold - he's absolute garbage - i like rap and listen to it regularly but this guy pulled the same numbers that jay z would do, quite embarrassing really.

andy.mac wrote:

very cool.

i'm really surprised at how much that guy drake sold - he's absolute garbage - i like rap and listen to it regularly but this guy pulled the same numbers that jay z would do, quite embarrassing really.

I would say that's the main problem with the music industry today, and I know this has been said before. I listen to very little hip-hop/rap, but it has to be intelligent hip-hop. To be quite honest, I think even Jay-Z is pure crap, spoken too loud that can probably get me banned from New York itself, but truth is I would say 90% of the people that listen to Jay-Z are going to listen to Drake. Plus I think Drake is one of those guys that girls go crazy over like Usher or something , so there are all the record sales. There is good music out there, you just have to look for it because its very often not shoved in your face by tv/radio or even internet.

i don't agree with anything you said but the statement 'opinions: people have them' rings true here.

That's very good for them then isn't it, didn't 59 Sound hit number 70 on it's first week?

Other us chart results:

http://www.billboard.com/#/album/the-gaslight-anthem/american-slang/1335474

Rock Albums: #5
Alternative Albums: #3
Digital Albums: #7
Indie Albums: #1
Canadian Albums: #12