The Civil Wars, stalled by discord, top 'Billboard'

[emma]

The Civil Wars take over Billboard's summit after selling 116,000 copies of their self-titled sophomore album, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's the duo's best sales week and first No. 1.

It's also somewhat of a bittersweet victory, given that Joy Williams and John Paul White have been on hiatus since November over "internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition."

more here: www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/08/14/civil-wars-top-billboard-amid-internal-discord/2656949/

[richard dusso]

I recently discovered your music. Together there is symphony, alone you are solo. The symphony drowns out the solo and brings joy to the listener. Get over it (whatever it is). We need the sound you combine to make. Love or hate the sound is what counts.