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  Who Charted? Mumford Takes All, Deadmau5 Squeaks In

  October 3, 2012 – First! Mumford and Sons are number one with a bullet (or perhaps an arrow shot from the string of a banjo). The British bluegrass revivalists blew past pop icons Justin Bieber, Madonna, and last week's chart-topping Pink to score the biggest debut sales week of 2012 with a whopping 600,000 units moved of their solidly vanilla second album, Babel. …
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  Mumford & Sons Outsell Everyone With Biggest Debut Week of 2012

  October 3, 2012 – This ain't no sham: As projected, Mumford & Sons' sincerely unadventurous second LP Babel had the biggest debut sales week of the year, according to Billboard. Moving more than 600,000 copies, the British folk-rockers handily beat out 2012 releases by Justin Bieber, Madonna, and Pink.In fact, the Mumfords just about doubled the unit-shifting performance of some of pop's biggest stars. …
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  Know Your Folks: A Mumford & Sons and Avett Brothers Quiz!

  September 27, 2012 – Mumford & Sons and the Avett Brothers have a lot in common. Both are earnest folk-rock bands with names that sounds like they belong to a company that sells artisanal pickles. Both have released new albums in September. Both write earnest, if extremely indistinct, lyrics. So the question is: How well do you know your Mumford & Sons from your Avett Brothers? Take this quiz and find out!(Answers at bottom of the page.)1. …
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  Hey Dude: Watch Mumford & Sons Invade 'Saturday Night Live'

  September 24, 2012 – "The poor man's version of the Beatles." Marcus Mumford's humble-brag description of his band during a Live on Letterman taping Friday night, as reported by MTV, turned out to be a colorful preview of Mumford & Sons' stint as musical guest over the weekend on Saturday Night Live.Like the Beatles and that earlier British Invasion, London's newest Fab Four take indigenously American styles — bluegrass, the genre that is Dave Matthews  …
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  Mumford & Sons Drop Epic Red Rocks Clip for 'I Will Wait'

  September 10, 2012 – Mumford & Sons' summer U.S. …
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  Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, Muse: 'SNL' Announces Lineup

  August 29, 2012 – Frank Ocean's television debut — his June 9 performance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon that launched the surprise digital release of channel ORANGE — was such an overwhelming success, NBC has decided to entrust him with the coveted musical performer slot on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live. The crooner will appear on the show's September 15 episode, hosted by Seth MacFarlane. …
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  Mumford & Sons Share First 'Babel' Track: Hear 'I Will Wait'

  August 8, 2012 – The not-really-a-video video accompanying Mumford & Sons' new song shows the road endlessly moving beneath the camera. "I Will Wait" is the first taste of Babel, the British band's follow-up to 2009's Sigh No More, and it's definitely a son of previous Sons: a harmony-draped bluegrass-pop anthem, lushly arrayed with horns, banjo, and fiddle. But the road imagery isn't quite Dukes of Hazzard. …
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  Mumford & Sons Drop Details on Upcoming 'Babel'

  July 30, 2012 – Over the past few years, while Mumford & Sons were rocketing from playing small, hushed clubs on the London folk circuit to stamping their feet on the main stages at the Coachella and Glastonbury festivals, they learned something about how to make a record. …
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  Love Train: A Peek at Mumford & Sharpe's Rail-Riding Doc 'Big Easy Express'

  June 20, 2012 – The documentary Big Easy Express is equal parts The Real World and O Brother, the true story of 130 people, picked to live on a train and play indie-folk at rail stations from Oakland to New Orleans. It focuses on about 30 of those people: the members of British troubadours Mumford & Sons, Nashville old-timey bluegrass experts Old Crow Medicine Show and twangy L.A. …
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  Mumford & Sons Debut Haunting New Ballad 'Ghosts'

  November 2, 2011 – Mumford & Sons brought a Halloween treat to Philadelphia's Radio 104.5 over the weekend. The British folk rockers and recent SPIN cover stars debuted a tender new ballad titled either "Ghosts That We Knew" or just "Ghosts" — the bandmembers are in disagreement, and it turns out they're not as mellow as they appear. …
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