'Newsies' Still Newsing

Soundscan Surprises, Week of 2/23

Back-catalog sales numbers of note from Nielsen SoundScan.

The definition of “back catalog” is: “at least 18 months old, have fallen below №100 on the Billboard 200 and do not have an active single on our radio.”

Metallica is back in its rightful place. OBB stands for Oswald Brothers Band and is, you guessed it, a Christian pop-rock band. The Newsies original cast recording is selling again because of the Broadway Musical “event” i.e., airing of a filmed version of the stage production, in movie theaters, last week. (It was so popular there’s an encore!) Ropin’ The Wind is just such a funny album name to me. Sorry, Garth. Some other fun stuff in there I’ll just let you wonder about (Jethro Tull is 50, touring).

1. METALLICA METALLICA 5,384 copies

15. DISTURBED IMMORTALIZED 2,772 copies

28. OBB BRIGHT SIDE 2,152 copies

40. ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING NEWSIES 1,943 copies

59. USHER CONFESSIONS 1,562 copies

134. JAMES*ETTA AT LAST! 1,102 copies

154. BROOKS*GARTH ROPIN THE WIND 1,028 copies

168. BEYONCE DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE 1,004 copies

187. JETHRO TULL STAND UP 956 copies

(Previously.)