Bloc Party have followed hot on the heels of fellow UK-signed act Lily Allen by breaking into the Top 20 of the US albums chart for the first time.
The Wichita Recordings act have debuted at number 12 this week on the Billboard 200 with second album 'A Weekend In The City', which is released through Atlantic in the US. It is a marked improvement on the chart success of their first album 'Silent Alarm', which peaked at 114 on the same countdown in 2005.
The US success of the new album, which debuted at two in the UK last Sunday behind Mika’s 'Life In Cartoon Motion', is accompanied by high chart entries across the globe. The album, which has a worldwide ship of around 0.5m units, has entered at two in Australia, Ireland and on the Japanese international chart for non-domestic acts, while entering the top five in Belgium and Germany and starting chart life in Switzerland and France in the Top 10.
Bloc Party are the latest UK act to win new chart acclaim in the States this year, with Corinne Bailey Rae’s self-titled debut album reaching the top five for the first time, fellow EMI artist Lily Allen’s first album 'Alright, Still' entering at 20 on the Billboard 200 a week ago and Warner’s Paolo Nutini and Universal’s Mika both charting in the States for the first time.
Bloc Party will back their high US debut by playing 14 gigs in North America next month, beginning at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on March 11, taking in South by South West in Austin, Texas and concluding with two dates at the end of the month at New York’s United Palace Theatre. They are also performing in Japan during the month.
Text © Music Week 2007
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