Esperanza Spalding's First US Top 10 Album

Esperanza Spalding, 2011's Grammy Best New Artist gets her first top 10 album in the US this week, as Radio Music Society, debuts at #10.

Chart Performance: Robert Plant

Robert Plant's 9th studio album, 'Band of Joy', slips from #3 to #5 this week in the UK charts.  All in all, this is Robert's 9th Top 10 album in the UK, outside of Led Zeppelin.  Below is a listing of his other Top 10 albums -

1982 - Pictures At Eleven (#2)

1983 - The Principle of Moments (#3)

1988 - Now and Zen (#10)

1993 - Fate of Nations (#6)

1994 - No Quarter (with Jimmy Page) (#7)

1998 - Walking Into Clarksdale (with Jimmy Page) (#3)

2005 - Mighty Rearranger (#5)

2007 - Raising Sands (with Alison Krauss) (#2)

2010 - Band of Joy (#3)

This is Robert's follow up to his Grammy-winning album 'Raising Sands'.  Another noteworthy achievement is that this is a 28 year stretch for Robert, from his first Top 10 album in 1982 to this one.  And that's excluding the earlier Top 10 work he's had for his band.  Impressive longevity in this very fickle business!

I don't think I'll get a copy of this CD since I'm not really familiar with his music. I am actually more interested in getting a copy of his Grammy-winning album, since I'm quite a big fan of Alison Krauss.  I was able to see their performance during the Grammy telecast and you could really see the music establishment's adulation for this guy!