Facts and Figures

1,192 Seattleites are waiting for Adele, but Flint, Mich., still doesn't get Shabazz Palaces.

Neighborhood Sales Report

West Seattle, Easy Street

1. Eddie Vedder, Ukulele Songs

2. Adele, 21

3. Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Marble Son

4. Gillian Welch, The Harrow & the Harvest

5. The Head & the Heart, self-titled

6. Bon Iver, self-titled

7. Kanye West & Jay-Z, Watch the Throne

8. Fruit Bats, Tripper

9. Shabazz Palaces, Black Up

10. John Hiatt, Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymns

Queen Anne, Easy Street

1. Fruit Bats, Tripper

2. Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Marble Son

3. Eddie Vedder, Ukulele Songs

4. Bon Iver, self-titled

5. The Head & the Heart, self-titled

6. Adele, 21

7. Kanye West & Jay-Z, Watch the Throne

8. Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues

9. Gillian Welch, The Harrow & the Harvest

10. Shabazz Palaces, Black Up

Ballard, Sonic Boom Records

1. Gillian Welch, The Harrow & the Harvest

2. Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Marble Son

3. Bon Iver, self-titled

4. Shabazz Palaces, Black Up

5. Adele, 21

6. The Head & the Heart, self-titled

7. Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues

8. Star Anna, Alone in This Together

9. Blue Scholars, Cinémetropolis

10. Fruit Bats, Tripper

*Store sales numbers are for Aug. 1 through 24

COUNTDOWN

240,000 Copies sold to date of Fleet Foxes’ sophomore release (May 3) Helplessness Blues

72,000 Digital tracks sold from Helplessness Blues

23,000 Copies sold on vinyl

26,000 Copies sold in New York

17,000 Copies sold in Los Angeles

13,000 Copies sold in Seattle/Tacoma

9,000 Copies sold in SF/Oakland/San Jose

9,000 Copies sold to date of Shabazz Palaces’ debut LP (June 28) Black Up

2,000 Digital tracks sold from Black Up

1,500 Copies sold on vinyl

1,192 holds at the Seattle Public Library for Adele’s 21

524 holds for Adele’s 19

481 holds for Florence + the Machine, Lungs

454 holds for Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues

442 holds for Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More

419 holds for Lady Gaga, Born This Way

343 holds for The Head & the Heart, self-titled

322 holds for Eddie Vedder, Ukulele Songs

311 holds for Foster the People, Torches

309 holds for Death Cab for Cutie, Codes and Keys

300 Average number of texts a week 103.7 the Mountain gets asking what song is playing (text “song” to 62305)

103 Average number of those texts inquiring about “Two Against One,” by Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi, featuring Jack White

75 Average number inquiring about “Lost in My Mind,” by The Head and the Heart

25 Number of times the station has played Mayer Hawthorne’s “The Walk” between August 11, when it was added to the rotation, and August 25

5 Average number of text inquiries received every time the station plays “The Walk”

0 Copies of Shabazz Palaces’ Black Up sold in the Flint/Saginaw/Bay City, Mich. market

Specific album sales number courtesy of Nielsen SoundScan.

Fleet Foxes play The Paramount at 7:30 p.m. on Tues., Sept. 6 and Wed., Sept. 7.

Shabazz Palaces plays Bumbershoot’s Fisher Green Stage at 5:45 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 3.

Facts and Figures
Shabazz Palaces Band Photo

Shabazz Palaces Band Photo

Facts and Figures

Shabazz Palaces Band Photo

Facts and Figures

Shabazz Palaces Band Photo