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Album Sales Round-Up: Week of February 20th, 2013 Posted by: Jason Tate (02/20/13)

Mumford and Sons were propelled by the Grammys to reclaim the number one spot on this week's charts by selling 185,000 copies of their album. The "Grammy Nominations" compilation comes in at number two with 88,000 copies sold and Bruno Mars grabs the number three spot by selling 86,000 albums. Overall album sales in this past chart week hit 6.81 million units, up 17% compared with last week and down 12% compared to last year. Year to date album sales are at 39.12 million, down 6% compared to the same total at this point last year. Some other notable sales from the past week can be found below. Album Sales Mumford and Sons - Babel (1,922,00) Taylor Swift - Red (72,000 / 3,400,000) The Lumineers - Self Titled (67,000 / 1,007,000) fun. - Some Nights (66,000 / 1,089,000) Bullet for my Valentine - Temper Temper (40,000) Black Keys - El Camino (40,000 / 1,192,000) Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (29,000 / 581,000) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist (20,000 / 357,000) Muse - Second Law (14,000 / 308,000) Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, Maad City (18,000 / 731,000) Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More (21,000 / 2,784,000) Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (16,300 / 508,000) Pearl Jam - Ten (4,000 / 10,000,000) Of Monsters And Men - My Head Is An Animal (11,000 / 673,000) Tegan and Sara - Hearthrob (8,000 / 70,000) Coheed and Cambria - Afterman: Descension (7,500 / 48,000) Foals - Holy Fire (6,400) fun. - Aim and Ignite (5,000 / 201,000) Black Veil Brides - Wretched and Divine (4,600 / 72,000) Dropkick Murphys - Signed and Sealed in Blood (4,640 / 60,000) Local Natives - Hummingbird (4,100 / 37,000) Justin Timberlake - Future Love / Sex Sounds (3,500 / 4,400,000) Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprite (3,500 / 528,000) Bon Iver - For Emma (1,700 / 506,000) Blink 182 - Dogs Eating Dogs (1,400 / 112,000) The XX - Coexist (3,300 / 204,000) Silverstein - This is How the Wind Shifts (2,500 / 11,500 ) Bad Religion - True North (2,200 / 28,000) The Wonder Years - Sleeping on Trash (2,000 / 2,500) Pierce the Veil - Collide with the Sky (1,500 / 101,000) Japandroids - Celebration Rock (1,400 / 57,000) All Time Low - Don't Panic (1,100 / 91,000) Single Sales Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (412,000) Baauer - Harlem Shake (262,000) The Lumineers - Hey Ho (92,000) Justin Timberlake - Suit and Tie (201,000) Fall Out Boy - My Songs ... (55,700 / 217,000) These numbers come from a combination of Hits, Billboard, and when we can find them SoundScan itself.