• The "Glee—The Music Volume 3: Showstoppers" soundtrack arrives at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as expected, starting with 136,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

• The cast of "Glee" blocks the Rolling Stones from re-entering the chart at No. 1 with the reissue of its classic album "Exile on Main St." The set returns to the tally at No. 2 with 76,000 sold after Universal Republic/UMe relaunched the album last week.

• "Exile"—which spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 upon its release in 1972—was reissued last week in an array of configurations, including the standard remastered album, a deluxe version with 10 additional tracks and a super deluxe boxed set. A separate Target-exclusive set, "Exile on Main St.—Rarities Edition," which contains only the 10 bonus cuts, charts separately and debuts at No. 27 with 15,000 copies.

01. Glee—The Music Volume 3: Showstoppers (136,000)
02. The Rolling Stones, Exile On Main St. (76,000)
03. The Black Keys, Brothers (73,000)

27. The Rolling Stones, Exile on Main St. — Rarities Edition (15,000)

Combined Sales for Exile and Exile Rarities: 91,000 copies



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Hang your heads in shame Americans

Hey it's long known that Americans - the youth especially - have horrendous tastes in music! LOL

I am ashamed.....How in the hell does this Glee BS make it to # 1? Oh well, can't really complain about being 2nd especially after all these years. But I would have prefered # 1

Typical . It's shades of David Cassidy all over again ! Oh well , they ( UMG ) gave it their best try without a doubt ! . GLEE IS SO Gay !!

....yeah what of it?

Glee made it #1 because of Mick Jagger, that's why.

I can't believe it... Now in 2010 a Stones album from 1972 goes to #1 on UK chart, on #2 on USA chart and you guys are complaining?

"Exile"'s peak positions (now, not in 1972!) are just like "Aftermath"'s positions in 1966 (UK#1, US#2), a bit better than "Let It Bleed" positions in 1969 (UK#1, USA#3) and better than "Between The Buttons" (UK#3, US#2) and "Their Satanic..." (UK#3, USA#3) in 1967. Also, 2010 "Exile"'s appearence on UK and US charts is better than any other's Stones album since 1983, with the exception of "Voodoo Lounge" that had exact the same -as "Exile"- peak positions on the two countries.

Sometimes i wonder whether the definition of the meaning "Stones fans" is "people who never smile..."

PS: I suppose is not the firt time something ephemeral and "easy to digest" tops US chart- is it?

What beat out VL for #1??

The Lion King Soundtrack...

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Week Ending May 23, 2010:

Direct From 1972, The Rolling Stones

Posted 20 minutes ago by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

"The Rolling Stones' 1972 classic Exile On Main St. re-enters The Billboard 200 at #2, just behind the latest Glee album, which debuts at #1. The last time Exile was in the top 10 (Aug. 19, 1972), Richard Nixon was President, the Carpenters were on top and Maude was a month away from its debut on CBS.

Exile is only the second catalog studio album to rank among the two best-selling albums in the U.S. in the Nielsen/SoundScan era. It follows Michael Jackson's Thriller, which, as a catalog album, sold enough copies to reach #2 twice (first with the Thriller 25 reissue in February 2008 and again after Jackson's death in June 2009).

Three other catalog studio albums sold enough copies to place in the top five. Pearl Jam's Ten sold enough to reach #5 in March 2009. The Beatles' Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sold enough to hit #3 and #5, respectively, in September.

I use the term "studio album" to exclude a pair of Christmas albums (Kenny G's Miracles-The Holiday Album and Josh Groban's Noel) and a pair of greatest hits sets (Michael Jackson's Number Ones and The Essential Michael Jackson) which also made the top five as catalog albums.

Exile is 38 years old, which makes it one of the oldest albums ever to rank among the 10 best-selling albums in the country. But it's not the oldest. All five Beatles albums that ranked among the 10 best-sellers in September were older. Those albums were 1965's Rubber Soul, 1966's Revolver, 1967's Sgt. Pepper's, 1968's The Beatles (The White Album) and 1969's Abbey Road.

Exile was re-released in a range of configurations tailored to every interest level (and budget!). There was a standard remastered album, a deluxe version with 10 additional tracks and a super-deluxe boxed set. These albums sold a combined total of 76,000 copies. In addition, Target had an exclusive on an album containing just the 10 bonus tracks. That album, Exile On Main St. Rarities Edition, sold 15,000 copies and bows at #27.

Some may wonder why the Stones didn't hold off for two years until the 40th anniversary of Exile for this re-release. Re-releases of classic movies are usually tied to anniversaries that are divisible by five. The answer is that there is deep concern in the industry that there will be less of a market for albums two years from now than there is now.

Exile debuts at #1 in the U.K. The album also topped the U.K. chart back in 1972, though surprisingly it stayed on top for only one week. The album was booted from the top spot after a single frame by a K-Tel collection, 20 Dynamic Hits.

Exile On Main St. first entered The Billboard 200 at #10 on June 10, 1972. It was the only album to debut in the top 10 that year. The album shot to #1 in its second week. Exile spawned a pair of top 30 hits, "Tumbling Dice," which was later revived by Linda Ronstadt, and "Happy," which featured a rare lead vocal by Keith Richards.

Matchbox Twenty paid homage to Exile (and tweaked their own vanilla image) with the title of their 2007 album Exile On Mainstream.

Most of you probably know that until December, catalog albums were barred from The Billboard 200, even if they sold enough copies to make the top 10 (or #1, in the case of Number Ones). That's why I use stilted phrases like "ranked among the 10 best-sellers" and "sold enough copies to reach the top 10." I'm glad The Billboard 200 now actually lists the 200 best-selling albums in the country, no matter their age."

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The Lion King Soundtrack...

can you feel the love tonight. number 2 is still pretty good for an 38 yr old album



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and then there's maude

Here they say EOMS hits the top of the UK charts:
[www.welt.de]

Sorry, it's in German ...

Showstoppers indeed. Bastards!

A couple of interesting facts in that article posted by georgelicks:

"Exile On Main St. first entered The Billboard 200 at #10 on June 10, 1972. It was the only album to debut in the top 10 that year. The album shot to #1 in its second week."

--Did not know that!


and:

"Exile is only the second catalog studio album to rank among the two best-selling albums in the U.S. in the Nielsen/SoundScan era....The Beatles' Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sold enough to hit #3 and #5, respectively, in September."

--Higher chart placing than the Beatles even, though Abbey Road actually sold more (89000 units). Exile's 76000 units did outsell Sgt Pepper's (74000 units) and all the other inidividual Beatles albums re-released last year in their first week, though of course there were many Beatles albums to choose from.

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"Glee made it #1 because of Mick Jagger, that's why."


What?

Mick Jaggers in Glee?


Or do all americans hate MJ?

More importantly, is another K-Tel singles collection going to knock it off the top spot in the UK?

As disappointed as I am that it's not #1, it's still a pretty cool achievement for our boys. Also, EXILE has been #1 on Amazon.com for weeks now.

And I just bought the 180g vinyl today, so US sales this week of Exile are at least up to one copy sold! who-hoo!

I said I was going to leave this country if Glee beat Exile out, and now I'm packing my bags.

Dang, if I remember correctly, this makes about the 3rd time that the Rolling Stones have had an album debut the charts at number 2. Some of the timing has been just a tad off or we would be talking about more number 1's for them.

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Dang, if I remember correctly, this makes about the 3rd time that the Rolling Stones have had an album debut the charts at number 2. Some of the timing has been just a tad off or we would be talking about more number 1's for them.

A band should not have to schedule release dates around 'Glee' and 'The Lion King'. I bought the vinyl this week also, so they sold at least two copies in the second week.

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I think that it's very cool that Exile and the new Black Keys album combined outsold Glee. I think that they are cut from the same cloth.

The Stones must hold the record for having #2 albums.

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"Glee made it #1 because of Mick Jagger, that's why."

What?

i believe skipstone is referring to the fact that Mick mentioned Glee in that "pro and con" skit on the Fallon show.
the theory is that that caused many viewers to rush out and buy the wrong thing :E