Eclipse Lost To Glee at the Billboard 200

In just a few days before the third installment of the Twilight series, Eclipse, will hit theaters, the original soundtrack of the movie has just been dropped… and it failed to claim the top spot in the first week of its release. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album sold over 144,000 copies in the US but it was not enough to reach the number one slot. It got beaten by an album of a hit television musical Glee.

The original soundtrack of Fox’s show, Glee: The Music, Journey To Regionals, reigned supreme at the Billboard 200 with over 152,000 copies sold. The album contains songs from the season finale of the show, which aired just a few days ago before the soundtrack was released. It featured the anthemic song Don’t Stop Believing of Journey, Jonathan Groff’s take on Bohemian Rhapsody, and another rendition of Over the Rainbow. This is the third time that the album from the show reached number one after Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna (released May 8, 2010) and Glee: The Music- Volume 3: Showstoppers (June 5). Three number one albums in just one year!

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Original Motion Picture Soundtrack featured songs like Eclipse (All Yours) by Metric, Chop and Change by The Black Keys, Change by Let’s Get Lost, a collaboration of Beck and Bat For Lashes, Jonathan Low by Vampire Weekend, What Part of Forever by Cee-Lo Green, and Jacob’s Theme by Howard Shore.  The first and carrier single was Neutron Star Collision by Muse, and peaked at number 77 at the Billboard Hot 100. It currently sits at the 17^th position at the Billboard Alternative Songs and 24^th at the Rock Songs chart.

The first Twilight soundtrack debuted at the number one spot with 165,000 copies after the first week of its release. The album then sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide. The next album, the original soundtrack of New Moon, debuted at number two, behind Michael Buble’s Crazy Love, with over 153,000 copies sold. But a week after it shot up to the top spot.

But will it take the top spot next week? Most don’t see it coming. Drake’s album Thank Me Later, is slated to be released and is expected to sell more or less 475,000 copies, according to Billboard. But the movie adaptation of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is set to be released in theaters on June 30, 2010 and, if expectations are meet, it will likely debut at the top of the box-office. So, you might also want to Watch Eclipse online.