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# Despite Turmoil EMI Has Strong Week
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/despite-turmoil-emi-has-strong-week/
- Published: 2010-04-14T12:03:59.000Z
- Updated: 2010-04-14T12:03:59.000Z
- Description: Despite a 90 day clock ticking that could see them fall into the hands of creditor CitiGroup, and hundreds pink slippled, EMI Music is having a strong run in the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/04/despite-turmoil-emi-has-strong-week.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

[![image from www2.jpscotland.co.uk](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201347fdf0a01970c-100wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201347fdf0a01970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com) Despite a 90 day clock ticking that could see them fall into the hands of creditor CitiGroup, and hundreds pink slippled, EMI Music is having a strong run in the U.S. delivering three of the top five albums on this week's sales charts. The company’s overall album **[![image from www.babble.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133ecaf450e970b-250wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133ecaf450e970b-pi?ref=hypebot.com)**market share is 11.97% this week, and year to date overall album market share is 11.63%, up from 9.02% the year prior. 

- **Ex Guns and Roses guitarist Slash's new solo album debuts at number three**, with **60,321 units** scanned, after signing to EMI's unique Label Services division.
- **Capitol Nashville-signed Lady Antebellum hold firm at number four after 10 weeks in the US top 5**, with **56,973 units** scanned and with over-the-counter sales in the US now over 1.7 million making ‘Need You Now’ the best-selling album of 2010 so far in America.
- **Now! 33 is at number 5, with 53,403 scanned this week.** Now! And Now That’s What I Call Music! are EMI-owned brandsand in the UK last week, Now! 75 was confirmed as delivering the highest week one sales of any album released in the UK this year to date.