Zeptember arrivals from Robert Plant, Jason Bonham hit No. 1

Two of the musicians who played onstage with Led Zeppelin in December 2007 released their first new albums since that concert this month, and both discs hit No. 1 on one chart or another.

Second-week sales of Robert Plant's Band of Joy were down by almost half in the United States. Statistics indicate the disc sold 49,000 copies over the week of its Sept. 14 release and 25,000 the following week.

That has been enough to place the album at the top of Billboard's Tastemaker Albums chart for the week of Oct. 2. This chart represents "the week's top-selling albums based on an influential panel of stores comprised of independent retailer coalitions and smaller regional chains. Titles are ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan." It's hanging on at No. 3 in the updated listings posted today, for the week of Oct. 9.

Meanwhile, Jason Bonham's latest album release, the debut album by Black Country Communion, landed at the top spot in its debut on BBC Radio 1's UK Top 40 Rock Albums chart. (Incidentally, the same Sept. 26 chart listing also has the debut disc from another Zep-related supergroup, Them Crooked Vultures, lingering at No. 26 in its 42nd week since release. Oh, and Led Zeppelin's 2-CD set Mothership from 2007 ranks at No. 30! It's still charting high in its 114th week.)

As an independent album, Black Country Communion is doing well. It debuted at No. 2 on the UK Top 40 Indie Album chart. Its debut among independent albums on the Billboard chart was at No. 6.

Other chart listings follow.

• Band of Joy debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Rock Albums chart (for the week of Oct. 2) and dropped to No. 3 in the second week (week of Oct. 9).
• Band of Joy debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Digital Albums chart (for the week of Oct. 2), and the album dropped to No. 20 in the second week (week of Oct. 9).
• Band of Joy debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart (for the week of Oct. 2), and the album dropped to No. 14 in the second week (week of Oct. 9).
• Black Country Communion debuted at No. 5 on the Official UK Albums chart (for the week of Sept. 22). Band of Joy descended seven chart positions in its second week from the No. 3 spot. Also, Santana's album Guitar Heaven, which features Chris Cornell on a remake of "Whole Lotta Love," debuted at No. 13.
• Band of Joy dropped from No. 3 to No. 5 on the Official Charts Company's U.K. album chart, while Black Country Communion debuted at No. 13 on that list.
• Black Country Communion debuted at No. 54 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart (for the week of Oct. 9). It is also No. 17 among Tastemarker Albums and No. 18 among Rock Albums.