Following the success of Alt-J‘s 2012 debut LP, An Awesome Wave, the British band has returned with its second effort, This Is All Yours (Infectious/Canvasback/Atlantic). The alt-rock trio’s set debuts at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 (its first top 10 album) and No. 1 on Top Rock Albums.
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This Is All Yours sold 68,000 copies in the week ending Sept. 28, according to Nielsen SoundScan, giving the band its biggest sales week yet.
Bonus: The Mercury Prize-winning An Awesome Wave (Infectious/Canvasback/Atlantic) surpassed 300,000 in total sales (in the week ending Sept. 14).
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The new album’s current single, “Left Hand Free,” rises 8-5 on the Alternative airplay chart (up 16 percent in plays, according to Nielsen BDS). It’s the act’s highest-charting single, surpassing the No. 9 rank of “Breezeblocks” in 2013.
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Alt-J’s social metrics were red-hot during the album’s release week. According to Next Big Sound, the band had an 89 percent jump in new Twitter followers in the week ending Sept. 27, while new likes on Instagram grew by 417 percent.