Broken Social Scene Top Canadian Album Sales Chart

It looks like indie rock has finally beaten out nu metal, 10 years later. Well, in Canada, at least.

Broken Social Scene's Forgiveness Rock Record debuted at the top of the SoundScan album sales chart in Canada this week, outselling Godsmack's newest CD, The Oracle.

The Toronto-based collective's first album since their 2005 self-titled debut album also showed up on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart south of the 49th parallel, but didn't do as well, debuting at #34.

Further down the Canadian chart, The New Pornographers' Together debuted at #14. While Canadians may have been more keen on buying the new BSS, The New Pornographers bested them in the U.S., debuting at #18 on the chart there.

Maybe it was the five-year wait that did it in Canada. Broken Social Scene, while popular in the United States, are not nearly as lionized as they are at home, and The New Pornographers have a pretty straight track record of releasing an LP every two years.

Both acts are touring in support of their respective albums.

You can see Broken Social Scene here:

May 13 London, England @ O2 Academy Brixton
May 14 Minehead, England @ Butlins Holiday Resort (All Tomorrow's Parties)
May 15 Brighton, England @ Corn Exchange (The Great Escape)
May 17 London, England @ Heaven
May 18 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
May 19 Cologne, Germany @ Burgerhaus Stollwerck
May 21 Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie
May 23 Linz, Austria @ Donaupark (LinzFest)
May 24 Berlin, Germany @ Kesselhaus
May 27 Barcelona, Spain @ Parc Del Forum (Primavera Sound Festival)
May 29 George, WA @ The Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch! Music Festival)
June 19 Toronto, ON @ Toronto Island
June 22 Vienna, Austria @ Flex
June 23 Zagreb, Croatia @ Otok Hrvatske Mladezi (T-Mobile INMusic Festival)
June 24 Munich, Germany @ Backstage Werk
June 26 Birmingham, England @ Birmingham Academy 2
June 27 Pilton, England @ Worthy Farm (Glastonbury Festival)
June 28 Manchester, England @ Manchester Academy 2
June 29 Nottingham, England @ Rescue Rooms
June 30 London, England @ HMV Forum
July 5 Frankfurt, Germany @ Mousonturm
July 6 Hamburg, Germany @ Ubel Und Gefahrlich
July 8 Liege, Belgium @ Les Ardentes Festival
July 9 Sheffield, England @ Corporation
July 10 Balado, Scotland @ Balado Airfield (T In The Park)
July 11 Dublin, Ireland @ Punchestown Racecourse (Oxegen Festival)
July 16 Chicago, IL @ Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival)
July 25 Taipei, Taiwan @ Legacy
July 27 Singapore, Singapore @ Esplanade Concert Hall
Aug. 1 Woodford, Australia @ Splendour In The Grass Festival
Aug. 28 St. Louis, MO @ Lou Fest
Sept. 8 Pittsburgh, PA @ Byham Theater
Sept. 9 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
Sept. 10 Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Music Festival
Sept. 11 Richmond, VA @ The National
Sept. 13 Washington, DC @ The Warner Theater
Sept. 14 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre Of The Living Arts
Sept. 17 Boston, MA @ House Of Blues Boston
Sept. 18 New York, NY @ Rumsey Playfield at Central Park
Sept. 20 New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place
Sept. 21 Northampton, MA @ Calvin Theater
Sept. 22 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Sept. 24 Ithaca, NY @ State Theatre
Sept. 25 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
Oct. 1 Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theater
Oct. 3 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
Oct. 4 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Oct. 6 Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
Oct. 7 Saskatoon, SK @ Odeon Events Centre
Oct. 8 Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall
Oct. 9 Edmonton, AB @ Winspear Centre
Oct. 10 Kelowna, BC @ Community Theatre
Oct. 12 Victoria, BC @ Element Nightclub
Oct. 13 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
Oct. 15 Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
Oct. 16 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
Oct. 19 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre

You can see The New Pornographers here:

May 19 London, England @ Electric Ballroom
May 21 London, England @ Magnet (Club NME)
May 22 Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
May 23 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
May 25 Brussels, Belgium @ L'Orangerie
May 26 Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie
May 27 Toulouse, France @ Cafe Rex
May 28 Barcelona, Spain @ Passeio Maritimo De Alges (Primavera Sound Festival)
May 31 George, WA @ The Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch! Music Festival)
June 7 Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall
June 8 Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Event Centre w/ The Mountain Goats
June 9 Saskatoon, SK @ Odeon Event Centre w/ The Mountain Goats
June 10 Winnipeg, MB @ The Garrick Centre at The Marlborough w/ The Mountain Goats
June 11 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue w/ The Dodos and The Dutchess And The Duke
June 12 Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater w/ The Dodos and The Dutchess And The Duke
June 13 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
June 15 Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy w/ The Dodos and The Dutchess And The Duke
June 17 Montreal, QC @ Le National
June 18 Boston, MA @ House Of Blues Boston
June 19 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
June 21 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
June 22-23 Washington, DC @ 9:30
June 25 Chapel Hill, NC @ Memorial Hall
June 26 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
June 27 Nashville, TN @ The Cannery
June 28 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
July 14-15 Vancouver, BC @ The Vogue
July 16 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
July 17 Jacksonville, OR @ Britt Pavilion
July 18 Oakland, CA @ The Fox
July 19-20 Los Angeles, CA @ The Music Box
July 21 Tuscon, AZ @ The Rialto
July 23 Austin, TX @ Stubb's BBQ
July 24 Dallas, TX @ The Showroom Palladium
July 25 Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom
July 26 Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
July 28 Denver, CO @ The Ogden Theatre
July 30 Boise, ID @ The Egyptian Room at the Murat Center
Aug. 4 Madison, WI @ The Orpheum w/ The Dodos
Dec. 10 Minehead, England @ Butlins Holiday Resort (All Tomorrow's Parties)