Of new bands since Maroon 5 (2002 or 2004), they are near the top. I see a lot of potential in them.

Posted by DJ Dave M on Monday, 07/6/2015 @ 09:58am

Mumford & Sons' Delta is the number one album on the Billboard 200.

"Mumford & Sons score their third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as the band’s new studio set, Delta, debuts in the top slot. The quartet’s album, which was released on Nov. 16 via Gentlemen of the Road/Glassnote Records, launches with 230,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Nov. 22, according to Nielsen Music. That’s the biggest week for an alternative rock album in 2018. Of the album’s starting sum, 214,000 were in album sales.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Dec. 1-dated chart (where Delta bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday (Nov. 27).

Delta, Mumford & Sons’ fourth full-length studio album, marks the third leader for group, following their last two studio sets: Wilder Mind (2015) and Babel (2012). Wilder Mind launched with 249,000 units (231,000 in album sales), while Babel bowed with 600,000 in album sales (before the album transitioned to a units-ranked tally in late 2014). The act’s first full-length set, Sigh No More, peaked at No. 2 in 2011."

Overall, Delta is the Mumford’s fifth top 10 effort. All four of the act’s full-length studio releases have reached the top 10. The band notched another top 10 with the five-song Johannesburg EP in 2016, which peaked at No. 9. The set was a collaborative effort with Baaba Maal, The Very Best and Beatenberg.

Delta’s debut of 230,000 equivalent album units is the largest week for an alternative album in 2018, and the second-biggest for any rock album. Among all rock titles, only Dave Matthews Band’s Come Tomorrow collected a bigger week, when it debuted at No. 1 (June 23-dated chart) with 292,000 units.

Delta’s first-week album sales of 214,000 is 2018’s largest week for an alternative album, the second-biggest for a rock title (following Come Tomorrow, with 285,000) and the sixth-largest among all titles this year. The only bigger sales weeks in 2018 were tallied by the debut frames of Come Tomorrow (the largest sales week of 2018 overall), Travis Scott’s Astroworld (270,000; Aug. 18), Eminem’s Kamikaze (252,000; Sept. 15), Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty (251,000; Sept. 29) and Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods (242,000; Feb. 17)."

Delta’s first-week sales was bolstered by sales generated by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the group’s upcoming U.S. tour.

Delta’s lead radio single, “Guiding Light,” spent its fourth week at No. 1 on the most recently published Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart (dated Nov. 24). It’s the fourth leader for the act on the tally, following “Believe” (five weeks at No. 1 in 2015), “Lover of the Light” (four weeks, 2013) and “I Will Wait” (11 weeks, 2012).

“Guiding Light” also rose 6-4 on the latest Alternative Songs airplay chart. It’s the eighth top 10 hit for the act, and the band’s fifth song to reach the top five."

I wonder if they'll get six number one albums in the next ten years.

Posted by The Dude on Tuesday, 11/27/2018 @ 12:04pm

Mumford & Sons sound like Chad Kroger of Nickelback when they sing I Will Wait chorus. Anyone else notice that?

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 02/27/2020 @ 12:23pm

Not really there's a big difference between those two bands from my experience with their music. Mumford & Sons are a watered down hipster folk band with annoying vocals. Nickelback are actually arena rock revivalists; they're like Bon Jovi, Journey, Soundgarden, and Alice In Chains with some southern rock elements here and there rolled into one.

Posted by The Dude on Thursday, 02/27/2020 @ 13:18pm

But, the way I Will Wait, I Will Wait For You is sung (studio version) sounds like Chad Kroger's voice. I Thought it was a duet when I first heard it.

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 02/27/2020 @ 13:43pm

Nickelhack are NOTHING like Soundgarden and Alice in Chains; those bands had/have actual talent!

Posted by EDS on Thursday, 02/27/2020 @ 15:28pm

I'm not a Nickelback fan.

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 02/27/2020 @ 15:31pm

Funny how the haters bitches about Nickelback when they're actually better than Mumford and Sons and some of those overpraised, watered down hipster bands who are worshiped by critics and way less rock and roll like Arcade Fire and Vampire Weekend.

Posted by The Dude on Thursday, 02/27/2020 @ 15:37pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw0jCyH5cZA

Starting at 2:00 minutes in, listen and tell me if this sounds like Chad Kroger. They should get Chad Kroger into the studio to record the I Will Wait For You part of the song and insert it into the Mumford & Sons song, or they could just re-record the song with Chad Kroger.

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 02/27/2020 @ 15:39pm

Chad Kroeger. I forgot the first e.

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 02/27/2020 @ 15:57pm