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Merge co-founder on Arcade Fire's No. 1 debut: 'The whole chart thing is kind of like sports'

It took only 21 years, but Merge Records finally accomplished something label co-founder Laura Ballance never thought was possible: A No. 1 record on the U.S. pop charts. Yet after a modest, do-it-yourself beginning in the late '80s in Chapel...

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01:18 on August 12 2010

Merge co-founder on Arcade Fire's No. 1 debut: 'The whole chart thing is kind of like sports'

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — It took only 21 years, but Merge Records finally accomplished something label co-founder Laura Ballance never thought was possible: A No. 1 record on the U.S. pop charts.... more info

Arcade Fire

01:23 on August 12 2010

Merge co-founder on Arcade Fire's No. 1 debut: 'The whole chart thing is kind of like sports'

L.A. Times - Entertainment — It took only 21 years, but Merge Records finally accomplished something label co-founder Laura Ballance never thought was possible: A No. 1 record on the U.S. pop charts.... more info

Arcade Fire