Mjsbigblog — Mumford and Son’s Babel opens with a very impressive 600K in sales according to Billboard. It easily becomes the biggest opening of 2012 trumping Bieber’s 374K (Madonna had 359K and P!nk 280K). This is also the biggest opening for a Rock band si... more info

ContactMusic — Mumford and Son’s second album, Babel is the fastest selling album of the year, in the UK and the US. A report from The Guardian today reveals that... more info

Guardian Music — Band also smash Spotify streaming record, confounding critics of the serviceMumford & Sons' Babel has become the fastest selling album of the year in both the UK and the US.The group's second album sold 159,000 copies in its first week in the UK to h... more info

411 Mania — Huge numbers for the group… more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — 'Babel' sells about 600,000 copies in its debut week, no doubt in part to its exposure on Spotify, where the album has been streamed more than 8 million times.The music industry has been grappling with the following question for much of the last few ... more info

USA Today Music — The U.K. band's second album sold 600,000 copies its first week, more than any opener in 2012. more info

Guardian Music — Psy becomes first South Korean musician to reach No 1 as Gangnam Style receives more than 253m hits on YouTubeRapper Psy became the first South Korean musician to reach No 1 in the UK. Gangnam Style broke into the top 40 two weeks ago at No 37, a mon... more info

Chorus.fm — Did you miss any of the popular album reviews around the website last week? *Popular Album Reviews* 1) Mumford & Sons - Babel (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2900802) by Craig Manning (70%) 2) Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (http://ww... more info

ContactMusic — Marcus Mumford denies 'Babel' symbolises Mumford and Sons' Christian faith.The frontman - whose father was a vicar - insists the album isn't a... more info

Chicago Tribune — 2 stars (out of 4) more info