• Calvin Harris's 'Motion' Tops Dance/Electronic Album Sales; Knife Party's 'Abandon Ship' No. 2

    Calvin Harris has another No. 1 record, as reported by Dancing Astronaut. His recent artist album "Motion" just hit No. 1 on the dance/electronic sales charts with 35,000 copies sold, sliding in ahead of Knife Party's debut artist album "Abandon Ship," which leaked three weeks early on iTunes via "Billboard." Harris's "Motion" unseated Disclosure's hit album "Settle," which has been on the top of the dance/electronic albums charts for the past 75 weeks. This is Calvin Harris's second No. 1 on the dance/electronic album charts, following his 2012 effort "18 Months." Harris's chart domination does not stop at albums. He has also topped the Billboard hot dance/electronic songs chart with his single "Blame" alongside U.K. singer John Newman. It is the 10th week that "Blame" has been in the charts since it was first released. It is Calvin Harris's third song currently in the top 10 via "Billboard." He set records when he became the first artist to place three songs in the dance/electronic top 10 and has not relinquished his grip on the chart just yet, with "Blame," "Outside" featuring Ellie Goulding and "Summer."

  • Knife Party's Album 'Abandon Ship' Leaked Early on iTunes [LISTEN]

    There is one last twist in the long and arduous journey for Knife Party's long-anticipated and delayed album "Abandon Ship." Just when it seemed like the album when all set and ready to go with a special marketing plan in place, the album sprung a leak and was put on iTunes three weeks early, causing it to shoot instantly all the way up to No. 3 on iTunes's overall album charts in the United States, No. 2 in Australia and No. 4 in the U.K., according to Mixmag. Often times artists purposefully "leak" songs as a way of building hype for an album for another project, but this appears to be an accident that went well for Knife Party and Big Beat/Atlantic. The album was scheduled for release Nov. 24, the same day as David Guetta's sixth artist album "Listen." A full slate of promos was set up over the next few weeks, including an album premiere on Thump and then a special album feature and interview with Zane Lowe on BBC Radio One. With the album out now, three weeks early, it does not seem like pre-album marketing is necessary anymore.
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