Stereogum — The year was 2012. Mumford & Sons, whose slow-burn 2009 blockbuster Sigh No More was still selling like crazy, released a sophomore full-length called Babel and basically took over the world. Slinging passionately howled, foot-stomping acoustic anthe... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Folk rockers The Lumineers knocked Kanye West off the top spot on the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday. more info

New York Times — The folk band from Denver scores a big Billboard debut, proving the success of its breakout single wasn’t a one-off. more info

Idolator — The folk band ho-hey their way to #1. more info

Rolling Stone — The Lumineers' new LP Cleopatra, the follow-up to the Denver band's breakout 2012 self-titled debut, marched directly to the top of the Billboard 200 in its first week of release, selling 125,000 total copies to claim Number One. Of that total, 108,0... more info

MTV.co.uk News — And The Lumineers score their first UK No.1 album too! more info

BBC News - UK — Reformed girl band All Saints miss out on the album chart top spot, as The Lumineers score their first number one. more info

Mjsbigblog — Folk Rockers Lumineers are set to have their first number one album on the BB200 with about 100K in predicted equivalent album sales. The Lumineers previous high was with their last album that was released in 2012, but did not rise to top 2 until alm... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — PJ Harvey tops this week's new music more info

Starpulse — Following up a breakthrough hit like “Ho Hey” wouldn’t be easy for anyone. That’s the conundrum that faces The Lumineers – it was their breakthrough, platinum-certified single off of their platinum... more info