4': 'It Was Absolute Pandemonium'Įxpect heavier emotions this time around. “Being away so much for the last couple of years is inevitably a theme on the record,” Dwane says, “because it’s something that we’ve all shared.”īlack Sabbath on the Making of 'Vol. Sigh No More producer Markus Dravs (who has also worked with Coldplay and Arcade Fire) returned for the sessions, joining the band at four different studios throughout its native England.
“It’s full of aliveness.” While they knocked out their first album in just five weeks, they’ve spent a full year and a half recording the follow-up, mostly due to their busy touring schedule. “The road has rubbed off into the album,” Dwane says. Mumford & Sons wrote the majority of the LP on their tour bus and during soundchecks over the past two years. But for us, this is an absolute dream come true.” And the folk rockers are heading right into the next phase: Their second LP, Babel, hits stores on September 25th, and this summer they launch their biggest tour yet. “We’re all in relationships in London, and it’s hard to be away from our families. “It’s been tough,” says bassist Ted Dwane. 3.Since releasing their sleeper-hit debut LP, Sigh No More, in 2009, Mumford & Sons have barely stopped touring – circling the globe multiple times in three years. 2 on the chart, has sold 2.5 million in the U.S.Ī full recap of the week’s top 10 selling albums and digital songs will follow on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. So far, “Sigh No More,” which peaked at No. The set has been on the Billboard 200 since it debuted on the Machart, and it hasn’t left the top 75 since July of 2010. In 2010, three indie sets topped the list, while there was one each in 2009, 20.Īmidst all of the excitement over “Babel’s” debut, Mumford & Sons’ first album, “Sigh No More,” continues to rack up big sales.
“Babel” is the first such indie set this year, and follows Cake’s “Showroom of Compassion” and Mac Miller’s “Blue Slide Park” in 2011. 1: Since 2007, there has been at least one independently-distributed album that has ruled at No. Sixth-Straight Year an Indie Album Has Hit No.
(A chunk of Gaga’s figure was driven by Amazon MP3’s sale pricing of the set at 99-cents for two days during release week.) In third place on the all-time biggest download weeks is Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter IV,” which sold 362,000 digital copies its first week last year. Only Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” which moved 662,000 downloads in its first week in 2011, sold more digital copies in a week. Second Largest Digital Sales Week for an Album: With 420,000 downloads sold, “Babel” scores the second-biggest frame for a digital album in history. Second Largest Sales Week for an Independently Distributed Album in SoundScan History: Only one other indie-distributed set in SoundScan history (1991-present) has sold more in a week: Eagles’ Walmart-exclusive “Long Road Out of Eden.” It bowed with 711,000 at No. Second Largest Sales Week of 2012 (Overall): “Babel’s” big debut is the overall second-largest this year, in terms of copies sold in a single week, second only to Adele’s “21.” His last album, “My Kinda Party,” has spent 100 weeks on the Billboard 200 and has shifted 2.8 million in the U.S. RED will continue to shine bright in the coming weeks, as the company prepares to release Jason Aldean’s “Night Train” album on Oct. 1 since Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” (TBD/ATO) jumped to the top of the list (flying from No. (“Babel” was released on Gentlemen of the Road/Glassnote Records and distributed by RED Distribution - Sony’s indie distribution arm.) It surpasses the 394,000 that was racked by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s “The Art of War” (Ruthless/Relativity) in its No. The group’s debut album, “Sigh No More,” spent six weeks atop the Rock Albums chart and has been a near-constant presence on the tally since it was released in February of 2010.īiggest Sales Week for RED Distribution: “Babel’s” bow garners RED Distribution its largest sales week ever. 1 on the Rock Songs airplay tally this week. Mumford & Sons has scored four top 10 singles on the Alternative airplay chart and its current single, “I Will Wait,” reaches No. Kanye West's 'Life of the Party' Video Is Here: Watchīiggest Sales Week for a Rock Album Since 2008: The album notches the best week for a rock set since AC/DC‘s “Black Ice” bowed at No.