Band tops Billboard for the first time in 13 years, knocking Jay-Z to #2.By Gil Kaufman
Pearl Jam's Backspacer
Photo: Universal Music Group
If
Pearl Jam
have proved anything over their nearly 20-year career, it's that you can go your own way and still have it your way. Case in point: Their first non-major label album, Backspacer,
will bring the grunge godheads back to the top of the Billboard 200 charts for the first time in 13 years next week. The disc, which was sold in an exclus...
Rolling Stone — The Big News: As expected, Pearl Jam’s ninth album Backspacer stormed to the Number One spot on this week’s Billboard Top 200, selling 189,000 copies according to Nei... more info
MTV.com News — Band tops Billboard for the first time in 13 years, knocking Jay-Z to #2.By Gil Kaufman
Pearl Jam's Backspacer
Photo: Universal Music Group
If
Pearl Jam
have... more info
Reuters — LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pearl Jam topped the U.S. pop album chart for the first time in 13 years on Wednesday, ending the two-week reign of rapper Jay-Z.
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E! Online —
Yup, they're still alive.
And how.
Ending a 13-year drought, Pearl Jam's ninth studio release, Backspacer, debuted atop the Billboard album charts this week,...
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Live Daily — For the first time in more than a decade, Seattle grunge-rock veterans Pearl Jam [ tickets ] have placed an album atop the US chart.
"Backspacer," the group's latest s... more info
All About Jazz — Words by: Court Scott
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