Billboards Top Albums and As I Lay Dying

Bandology posed the question last week - could As I Lay Dying's new release The Powerless Rise make it in the Top 5 on the Billboard Charts?  Answer is a resounding no.

As I Lay Dying's new album The Powerless Rise hit #10 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart with 38,000 copies sold.  This is 2 spots and about 1,500 albums less then their previous album An Ocean Between Us.

Here are the notable Billboard Top 50 albums according to HitsDailyDouble:

#1 - Justin Bieber  My World 2.0  61,000 copies sold
#2 - The National  High Violet  55,800
#7 - The Dead Weather  Sea of Cowards  43,500
#8 - Godsmack  The Oracle  43,000
#10 - As I Lay Dying  The Powerless Rise  38,000
#19 - Deftones  Diamond Eyes  18,700
#28 - Bullet For My Valentine  Fever  14,600
#31 - We Are The Fallen  Tear The World Down  14,000
#37 - Train  Save Me San Francisco  12,000
#48 - The Hold Steady  Heaven Is Whenever  9,500

Bieber's #1 album is the 2nd lowest total ever to hit #1 since the inception of Soundscan in 1991.