Although understandably unable to maintain the hectic sales pace it set on its first three days in the shops, Coldplay’s Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends sold a further 197,978 copies last week to surge past the half million sales mark in just 10 days, and remains well clear of its rivals at the top of the albums chart, while the band lands its first-ever number one single.
Already the year’s second-biggest selling artist album – Duffy’s Rockferry, up 3-2 this week on sales of 46,027, has sold 852,111 copies since its release 16 weeks ago – Viva La Vida… has sold 500,052 copies so far.
Overall, sales of Viva La Vida dipped 34.5% week-on-week, but it did remarkably well on downloads, which slipped by a more minor 16.7% to 25,613. That lifts 10-day download sales of the album to 55,991.
After reaching a 2008 high of 2,810,459 sales in the previous frame boosted by Father’s Day and Coldplay, the market understandably contracted considerably last week, sliding by 21.9% to 2,194,835. More encouragingly, that is 3.2% above sales of 2,126,679 in the same week last year, when The White Stripes’ Icky Thump debuted at number one on sales of 66,249.
While Scooter’s Jumpin’ All Over The World album dips out of the Top 10, dance label All Around The World still maintains a presence thanks to hardcore DJ Darren Styles, whose double-disc 30-song debut solo set Skydivin’ arrives at number four on sales of 22,197. Meanwhile, veteran chanteur Petula Clark secures her highest chart placing for 41 years, debuting at number 17 with Then & Now: The Very Best Of, on sales of 10,535. Another veteran act to return to chart action this week is Judas Priest with new album Nostradamus, which debuts at 30.
Despite the modest performance of their latest single, We Are The People, which slumps 25-92 on its second week, veteran Welsh rockers Feeder safely secure their sixth Top 10 album with parent album Silent Cry debuting at number eight on sales of 16,029.
Meanwhile, on the singles chart Coldplay’s 12th chart entry Viva La Vida provides the band with its first number one single this week, debuting in pole position on sales of 23,212. That is the lowest sale for a number one single since Rihanna’s Umbrella shifted 22,143 copies on its last week at number one 11 months ago, but it is still a major achievement for Coldplay, who previously reached number two with In My Place in 2002 and Speed Of Sound in 2005, behind Darius’ Colourblind and Crazy Frog’s Axel F.
As Mint Royale drop from one to eight with Singin' In The Rain, 28-year-old Californian singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles’ debut single Love Song climbs for the seventh week in a row, moving 5-4 on sales of 19,143, its impetus apparently undamaged by the release of Bareilles’ debut album, Little Voice, which also acquits itself well, debuting at number nine on sales of 14,484.
Rihanna is back in the Top 10 for the first time in 17 weeks, with Good Girl Gone Bad climbing 16-10, on sales of 14,443.
Source: musicweek.com
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