January 11, 2008

Radiohead's "Rainbows" yields pot of gold as hits No. 1

British rock band Radiohead scored its second No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart on Wednesday with a release that was initially sold on the Internet under a revolutionary "name your own price" system. The critically acclaimed album sold a modest 122,000 copies during its first official week in U.S. stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan data for the week ended January 6. "In Rainbows" also topped the charts in Britain, Canada, France, Japan and Ireland, said a representative for the group. (Reuters)