With iTunes overnights in for Sony artists, comparing Saturday and Sunday post-Grammy sales bumps, Mumford & Sons and Justin Timberlake were the big winners on the album and singles side, respectively. Best Album winnerBabel was up a whopping 350%, followed by Sigh No More (+142%),Carrie Underwood’s Blown Away(+250%), Alabama Shakes’ Boys & Girls (+311%), Miguel’s Kaleidoscope Dream(+854%) and Jack White’s Blunderbuss (+792%). On the singles side, Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” was up 288%, followed by Alicia Keys’…

They entered this year’s ceremony with nominations in almost all of the big categories, and although the independents came out on top in only a minority of those contests, they managed to walk away with the evening’s most coveted trophy. Mumford & Sons’ victory for Album of the Year for Babel marks the fifth consecutive win in…

Concord Records artists scored the most Grammy Awards, picking up eight, followed closely by Warner Bros. Records, which won seven, thanks to the six awards picked up by Nonesuch Records. Concord winners — either on its label or distributed labels — included Paul McCartney’s “Kisses on the Bottom” (Hear Music) for best pop vocal album;…

Artists responsible for two of the biggest-sellers of 2012 were rewarded with Grammy Awards at Sunday night at Staples Center, a rare moment in which public taste and the ballots of Recording Academy voters were in sync. Fun. was named best new artist and their “We Are Young,” which has sold 6.2 million copies, was…

While retail’s money is still riding on Mumford & Sons to get the biggest sales gain after Sunday night’s Grammy Awards, now that the lineup is more complete than when we last checked in a couple of weeks ago, they see a slew of other potential sales gainers. “We will see at least two or three influential…

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Otla5157c] Macklemore & Ryan Lewis aren’t just holding onto #1 with their runaway hit “Thrift Shop,” they’re taking off into the stratosphere, picking up another 7% and moving 210k units more than the #2 track, will.i.am’s “Scream & Shout” featuring Britney Spears. The next hottest track is the second single from Bruno Mars’ Unorthodox…