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Last week, DC-based prog-metal mainstays Periphery released their dual Juggernaut albums, Alpha and Omega, to the masses. Now, a full week later, sales numbers are in and the band have been rewarded with two entries on the Billboard Top 200, with Alpha charting at No. 15 and Omega at No. 16. Read more: Periphery keep things incredibly bizarre for “Alpha” music video “Today marks a monumental moment in Sumerian […]

Fast week Fall Out Boy released their latest studio album, American Beauty/American Psycho, to the masses. Now, a full week later, sales numbers are in and the band have officially debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, selling more than 218,000 total units. This marks a 40 percent increase over their first week sales of their previous […]

Infamous heavyweights Attila just scored the biggest first week sales of their careers with Guilty Pleasure, selling right around 18,500 units, which placed them at No. 54 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. It was also good enough to get them to No. 40 on the Current Top Albums chart, No. 4 on the Overall Rock chart and No. […]

Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan will now be incorporating streams and individual track sales into the Top 200 Chart. Previously, the rankings were based solely on album sales.  The first revamp of the chart, featuring album, on-demand streaming and digital track sales, will make its way online on December 4.  “With current On-Demand audio play counts exceeding 100 […]

Last week Slipknot released their fifth full-length album, .5: The Gray Chapter, to the masses. Now, a full seven days later, sales numbers are in and the band have officially debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart by selling around 132,000 copies of the record. As Lambgoat pointed out, this is the group's second time atop the […]

Last week, we brought you news of a report from Buzzfeed that claimed Urban Outfitters chief administrative officer Calvin Hollinger had confirmed that the company is the world's biggest seller of vinyl records. Hollinger made the comment saying, “Music is very, very important to the Urban customer… in fact, we are the world’s number one vinyl seller.” […]

The music industry is considering a new global release day that may see all countries releasing new albums on Fridays (instead of the traditional Tuesdays). The change will likely be implemented around July 2015. According to Billboard, the main reason for the change is to combat music piracy. Billboard reports: “While some sources say its […]

Billboard have announced the full list of nominees in 40 categories for their 2014 music awards. The nominations are based on album and digital single sales, radio airplay, touring, streaming and social media. There’s not much in the way of our music scene nominated, but Fall Out Boy at least did manage to receive two […]

Twitter and Billboard are announcing today a deal to create the Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts: an ever-changing and updated chart/list of music that’s being talked about and shared by Twitter users. The charts, which should begin tracking in May, will be published on Billboard.com as well as the official Billboard Twitter feed. In-tweet charts and […]

AP 308 cover stars Of Mice & Men just had a massive first week for the release of their new album, Restoring Force. The band’s album landed at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 51,000 copies its first week. (Of Mice & Men’s last release, The Flood, peaked at No. 28.) Restoring Force […]

As Mashable reports, a group of people from the social media site Reddit have come together to try and create a successful pop hit. After this AskReddit thread that challenged the community to create a pop hit, a new subreddit was created to take it on: Top Of The Pops The group has created a […]

Billboard has posted an interesting list of the top 40 money makers in the American music industry in 2011, which compiles data from 2010. Topping the list at over 40 million dollars is Lady Gaga, with Bon Jovi not too far behind. According to the report: “In past years, Billboard's Money Makers rankings were based […]