Mumford & Sons’ latest album Babel is the fastest selling US debut of 2012, new figures show.
The record, which is the second album by the British band, sold 600,000 copies in its first week of release in the US, Nielsen Soundscan statistics revealed.
Babel is the first number one for the band in the US and the first for the band’s label Glassnote Records.
The number one chart position is mirrored on this side of the Atlantic with Babel selling 159,000 copies last week to reach the UK’s top spot.
Mumford & Sons’ Babel also received the most US Spotify streams in one week.
Ken Parks, Spotify’s chief content officer, told Billboard.biz that the website’s users streamed songs from the album an estimated eight million times during the first week of its release.
Meanwhile, the band are due to head out on tour in the UK during November and December.
The gig dates are below:
November
Wednesday 21 - Torquay, Princess Theatre
Thursday 22 - Portsmouth, Guildhall
Friday 23 - Ipswich, Regent Theatre
Sunday 25 - Dundee, Caird Hall
Monday 26 - Carlisle, The Sands Centre
Tuesday 27 - Llandudno, Venue Cymru
December
Tuesday 4 - Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
Wednesday 5 - Glasgow, SECC
Friday 7 - Birmingham, LG Arena
Monday 10 - Manchester, Manchester Arena
Tuesday 11 - London, O2 Arena
Thursday 13 - Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
Saturday 15 - Belfast, Odyssey Arena
Sunday 16 - Dublin, The O2
The record, which is the second album by the British band, sold 600,000 copies in its first week of release in the US, Nielsen Soundscan statistics revealed.
Babel is the first number one for the band in the US and the first for the band’s label Glassnote Records.
The number one chart position is mirrored on this side of the Atlantic with Babel selling 159,000 copies last week to reach the UK’s top spot.
Mumford & Sons’ Babel also received the most US Spotify streams in one week.
Ken Parks, Spotify’s chief content officer, told Billboard.biz that the website’s users streamed songs from the album an estimated eight million times during the first week of its release.
Meanwhile, the band are due to head out on tour in the UK during November and December.
The gig dates are below:
November
Wednesday 21 - Torquay, Princess Theatre
Thursday 22 - Portsmouth, Guildhall
Friday 23 - Ipswich, Regent Theatre
Sunday 25 - Dundee, Caird Hall
Monday 26 - Carlisle, The Sands Centre
Tuesday 27 - Llandudno, Venue Cymru
December
Tuesday 4 - Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
Wednesday 5 - Glasgow, SECC
Friday 7 - Birmingham, LG Arena
Monday 10 - Manchester, Manchester Arena
Tuesday 11 - London, O2 Arena
Thursday 13 - Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
Saturday 15 - Belfast, Odyssey Arena
Sunday 16 - Dublin, The O2
