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Decemberists Unthrone Cake For #1 Album

According to Billboard, The King Is Dead is the band’s first number one, selling 94,000 its first week. It’s also a career-high for first week sales for the Decemberists. Of course the condition of the music industry is partially why this record — as well as so many of last year’s surprise number ones and [...]

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19:58 on January 26 2011

Decemberists Unthrone Cake For #1 Album

Stereogum — According to Billboard, The King Is Dead is the band’s first number one, selling 94,000 its first week. It’s also a career-high for first week sales for the Decemberi... more info

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22:01 on January 26 2011

The Decemberists - The Decemberists Lead All New Top Five In U.S. Album Chart

ContactMusic — THE DECEMBERISTS have debuted at the top of the U.S. album chart thanks to their best sales week ever.The King Is Dead is the group's first U.S. number one. It debuted at... more info

The Decemberists

16:26 on January 26 2011

Decemberists Top Charts

Chorus.fm — *The Decemberists (http://thedecemberists.com)* have captured the top spot on the Billboard 200 by selling 93K copies of The King Is Dead. (http://pitchfork.com/news/4135... more info

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