Chart News: HDD: #1 5SOS +200k; 125k preorders
SETTING UP 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER: Capitols 5 Seconds of Summer at last rolls out its full-length debut this week, following up the Aussie pop-rock heartthrobs well-received EP, She Looks So Perfect (which bowed at #2 in April with 143k; its now at 365k with TEA) with a multimedia barrage in the midst of their massive arena tour with One Direction. When the EP streeted, Capitol chief Steve Barnett told us he saw it as "just the first chapter in whats going to be a long run for us," and the label is clearly putting its money where its mouth is. The album has already achieved the biggest preorder in UMGD history, were told, at about 125k, and has thus far hit #1 at iTunes in six territories and Top 5 in five others. At this point its expected to bow in the neighborhood of 200k+. (7/21a)