Mumford & Sons' Rise: How The Band Is Changing The Face Of Music

How Mumford & Sons Changed Music
HOBOKEN, NJ - AUGUST 01: Vocalist/guitarist Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons performs at Pier A on August 1, 2012 in Hoboken, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
HOBOKEN, NJ - AUGUST 01: Vocalist/guitarist Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons performs at Pier A on August 1, 2012 in Hoboken, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

The biggest debut of 2012 doesn’t belong to a glossy pop act like One Direction or Justin Bieber.

Sure, those boys have hordes of teenage girls ready to download their music at the drop of a tweet, but they’ve got nothing on the scruffy gents of Mumford & Sons, whose new disc, Babel sold 600,000 copies in its first seven days. (The next-best opening? Bieber’s Believe, with 374,000 in week 1.)

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