By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Singer Josh Groban scored
his third No. 1 on Wednesday as his latest album shot to the top
of the Billboard 200 album chart, edging out new entries from
Tim McGraw and rock band Coheed and Cambria.
“All That Echoes,” Groban’s sixth studio album, sold 145,000
copies in its first week, according to figures from Nielsen
SoundScan, making it the singer’s third chart-topping album
since 2007’s holiday set, “Noel.”
Country crooner McGraw debuted at No. 2 with his 12th studio
album, “Two Lanes of Freedom,” selling 107,000 copies. McGraw
and his country singer wife, Faith Hill, were also presenters at
Sunday’s Grammy Awards.
“Now 45,” the latest installment of the “Now Music”
compilations featuring chart hits by One Direction, Maroon 5 and
Pink, landed at No. 3 this week.
British folk band Mumford & Sons’ album “Babel” climbed the
chart from No. 7 to No. 4, following the band’s big Grammy night
win on Sunday for Album of the Year.
The album is likely to get a bigger boost from the Grammy
Awards win, to be reflected in next week’s chart, which
accumulates all sales from a Monday to Sunday weekly cycle.
Other new entries on this week’s top 10 include Nashville
rock band Red with their fourth studio album, “Release the
Panic,” at No. 7 and New York rockers Coheed and Cambria at No.
9 with their latest set, “The Afterman: Descension.”
(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Eric Beech)
