US album sales heading further south

Paul Williams

On a more positive note, sales last week bounced back, climbing 10.9% week-on-week, with four debuts in the Top 10. The most notable of these is Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King, which debuts at number one for the Dave Matthews Band, on sales of 424,000 copies - the third highest weekly sale for any album thus far in 2009.

The album is the fifth straight number one for the South African Matthews and his US bandmates. Their first studio ...

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