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Clark Kent

http://www.billboard.com/#/news/pearl-j ... 5707.story

Hugh Freaking Dillon

wow. I didn't realize they had so many #2's!

decides2dream

Pearl Jam is on course to nab its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart in 13 years. Industry prognosticators suggest the band's new "Backspacer," released on Sunday, Sept. 20, could shift anywhere between 175,000 to 200,000 copies by week's end. That sales figure should easily place it ahead of the competition on next week's Billboard 200 chart.

The new album -- its first not with a major label -- is sold exclusively in the United States through Target, iTunes, Pearl Jam's Web site and independent retailers.

The group's last studio release, 2006's self-titled J Records set, bowed at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 279,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan in its first week. The band last graced the No. 1 slot way back in 1996, when "No Code" became its third chart-topper when it debuted in the penthouse.

Since "No Code," the group has notched three No. 2 albums ("Yield," "Binaural" and "Pearl Jam") and a No. 5 set with "Riot Act" in 2002.

Other albums looking to enter high on the Billboard 200 chart next week include Three Days Grace's "Life Stars Now," Five Finger Death Punch's "War is the Answer," David Gray's "Draw the Line" and Mika's "The Boy Who Knew Too Much."

Next week's Billboard 200 album chart will be revealed on Wednesday, Sept. 30.



kudos pearl jam.

aNiMaL

Great news!! Very cool!!

Haijay

yield was second to the titanic soundtrack, binaural was second to britney spears, and s/t was second to the fourth steaming pile of repetitive dung from some band called tool. o ya, and ten was second to billy ray cyrus (achy breaky heart). so, really, all of their albums should or could have been number one if they really would have wanted them to be. except riot act, was that released later in the week or what? seems odd it only hit number 5 and 34 in the uk compared to all previous releases