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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, which emerged in 1976 at the
forefront of the heartland rock scene, topped the chart this
week with "Hypnotic Eye" - its 13th studio album - selling
131,000 copies, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
Veteran English guitarist Eric Clapton claimed the No. 2 spot
with his latest collaboration, "The Breeze: An Appreciation of
JJ Cale," which features John Mayer, Tom Petty and Willie
Nelson, selling 61,000 copies.
At No. 3 on the chart is "Awesome Mix Vol. 1," the soundtrack to
Disney-Marvel's latest superhero box office hit "Guardians of
the Galaxy," which is featured extensively throughout the film
and sold 60,000 copies.
The throwback 1970s mix, which is rogue hero Peter Quill's own
soundtrack throughout the film, features tracks such as Blue
Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling" and Jackson 5's "I Want You Back."
Last week's chart-topper, Australian boy band 5 Seconds of
Summer's debut self-titled record, dropped to No. 4 this week
while 15-year-old Canadian social media star Shawn Mendes
entered the chart at No. 5 with his self-titled extended play.
Other new entries in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 include
rock band Theory of a Deadman's "Savages" at No. 8 and
singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis at No. 9 with "Voyager."
For the week ending Aug. 3, overall album sales totaled 4.3
million units, down 15 percent from the comparable week in 2013,
Billboard said. The total album sales for 2014 so far is 142.1
million units, down 15 percent from the same point last year.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Patricia Reaney and Dan
Grebler)
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