Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Mumford & Sons and Lady Antebellum all got big “Grammy lifts” — the typical boost in record sales after the awards show. But who had the biggest lift depends on how you look at the numbers.
Mr. Bieber, who did not win any awards but who had a prominent performing slot at the ceremony, dominates this week’s Billboard album chart. “Never Say Never: The Remixes” (Island), the soundtrack to his new 3-D concert film, opened at No. 1 with 161,000 copies sold. But just as impressive, he has three other albums in the Top 40: “My World 2.0” is No. 8, “My Worlds Acoustic” is No. 18, and “My World,” the mini-album that was his debut, is No. 31.
Billboard said Mr. Bieber was the first artist to pull off that feat since Garth Brooks in 1993. The British alt-folk band Mumford & Sons and Lady Antebellum, the country-pop trio that went home with the most Grammy awards (five, including record and song of the year), also had good runs on the album chart. Mumford & Sons’ “Sigh No More” (Glassnote) holds at No. 2 this week. Its rise to No. 2 from No. 11 last week was largely based on impulse buys made during the Grammys telecast, on which the group performed with Bob Dylan, with 133,000 sales, a 169 percent increase from the week before.
Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” (Capitol Nashville) is No. 4, with 85,000 sales, a 205 percent gain. (No. 3 this week goes to Vol. 37 of the series “Now That’s What I Call Music!,” which sold 95,000.) In terms of digital downloads, however, Lady Gaga and Cee Lo Green came out way ahead. “Born This Way,” which Lady Gaga performed at the awards, sold 509,000 copies in its first full week on sale, bringing its total sales in the United States — in just 10 days — to 957,000. And sales of Cee Lo’s “____ You” jumped 178 percent, to 412,000.
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