Billboard 200: 12/31/11: Michael Buble #1: 448k

^ Drake sold 73k last week. That's last week's chart. Notice his total sales are different from that and the first post.

^It's alright

Week Ending Dec. 18, 2011. Albums: Buble Dreamed A Dream
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch – 8 minutes ago

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Michael Buble's Christmas this week becomes the first album in two years to sell 400,000 copies in a week more than once. The album sold 448K copies this week, down just a tick from last week's tally of 479K. The last album to do this was Susan Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream, which topped 400K five weeks in a row in 2009. This week's hefty sales enables Buble's album to move up from #4 to #3 on the year-to-date chart. It's just 66K copies behind the #2 album for the year-to-date, Lady Gaga's Born This Way. With two more weeks left in this chart year, Buble is a lock to finish at #2 for the year, behind Adele's 21. This will be only the second time in Nielsen SoundScan history (which dates to 1991) that foreign-born acts have had both of the year's top two albums. In 1996, the top two albums were Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill and Celine Dion's Falling Into You.

Buble's album tops The Billboard 200 for the fourth week. That's one of the five longest runs at #1 for a holiday album in the 66-year year history of the pop album chart. Bing Crosby's Merry Christmas had the longest run at #1 (a remarkable 39 weeks, from 1945 into 1957). It's followed by Josh Groban's Noel (five weeks in 2007), Elvis Presley's Elvis' Christmas Album (four weeks in 1957-1958), Susan Boyle's The Gift (four weeks in 2010) and now Buble's album.

Buble's album also regains the #1 spot in the U.K. It's the first holiday album to log multiple weeks at #1 in both the U.S. and the U.K. The only previous Christmas album to reach #1 in both countries, Boyle's The Gift, spent just one frame on top in the U.K.

Buble's album has sold 286K digital copies in the U.S., which makes it the best-selling holiday album in digital history. It tops Vince Guaraldi Trio's 1965 classic A Charlie Brown Christmas, which has sold 280K digital copies. Buble's album sold nearly 45K digital copies this week, which puts it back at #1 on the weekly Digital Albums chart.

One final note on Buble: He tops the 15 million mark in career album sales in the U.S. this week.

Adele's 21 rebounds from #3 to #2 on The Billboard 200. This is its 13th week at #2. It has also logged 13 weeks at #1. The excellent "Set Fire To The Rain" is streaking up the Hot 100 and will contend for #1 early in the new year.

Amazingly, 21 has yet to top 400K in weekly sales. It has topped 200K in weekly sales just twice: in its first week, when it sold 352K copies, and this week, when it sold 277K copies. The album will have two more chances to top 400K in weekly sales: next week, which will cover the final shopping week before Christmas, and in February, the week after an all-star tribute to Adele airs on nationwide TV. You may know it by its alternate name, the Grammy Awards.

In addition, Adele's Live At Royal Albert Hall DVD is #1 on Top Music Videos for the third straight week. It sold 98K copies this week (its highest tally to date), bringing its three-week total to 275K. It's #1 for the year-to-date.

Justin Bieber's Under The Mistletoe rebounds from #4 to #3. It jumps to #10 on the year-to-date album chart. If it can hold that position, this will be the first year in Nielsen SoundScan history in which two holiday albums have ranked among the year's top 10 sellers. Stay tuned.

Lady Antebellum's Own The Night rebounds from #15 to #5. This puts it back at #1 on Top Country Albums. Own The Night and Scotty McCreery's Clear As Day have been going back and forth at #1 on that chart. McCreery has bumped Lady A out of the #1 spot twice. Now, Lady A has bumped McCreery out of the top spot twice. Scotty, it's your move.

Under The Mistletoe, Own The Night and Drake's Take Care all top the 1 million mark in sales this week. They are the eighth, ninth and tenth albums to achieve that feat so far this year. All three of these albums are very likely to wind up in the year-end top 10. All three artists were also in the year-end top 10 last year. Lady A's Need You Now was #2. Bieber's My World 2.0 was #4. Drake's Thank Me Later was #8.

Has Glee run its course? No. But it's not the force it once was. Glee: The Music: Season 3: Volume 7 dives from #9 to #37 in its second week. It's the second Glee album in a row to spend just one week in the top 10. The Christmas Album: Volume 2 experienced the same fate. Before these two albums, every album or EP from the TV show spent at least two weeks in the top 10.

Adele's "Set Fire To The Rain" and "Dance (A$$)" by Big Sean featuring Nicki Minaj move into the top 10 on Hot Digital Songs. Adele's smash leaps from #17 to #7. Big Sean's hit jumps from #11 to #8. Will either or both crack the top 10 on the Hot 100? You'll find out later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs.

Shameless Plug: Diana Ross has been voted a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which is noteworthy because she has yet to win a Grammy in regular competition, either solo, in a duet or with the Supremes. The other Lifetime Achievement Award winners are the Allman Brothers Band, Glen Campbell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, George Jones, the Memphis Horns and Gil Scott-Heron. Later today, I'll post a piece in the "And The Winner Is" file in which I look at other notable acts that have never won a Grammy, but have received Lifetime Achievement Awards. I'll also post a piece on the other winners of Grammy Special Merit Awards. Three of them died this year: Scott-Heron, Steve Jobs and recording engineer Roger Nichols.

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.

1. Michael Buble, Christmas, 448,000. The album holds at #1 for the fourth week. This is its eighth week in the top 10. It's #3 for the year-to-date. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas," which drops from #85 to #120.

2. Adele, 21, 277,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #3 to #2. This is its 43rd week in the top 10. It's #1 for the year-to-date. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Set Fire To The Rain," which leaps from #17 to #7.

3. Justin Bieber, Under The Mistletoe, 171,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #4 to #3. This is its seventh week in the top 10. It's #10 for the year-to-date. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Mistletoe," which holds at #16.

4. The Black Keys, El Camino, 85,000. The album drops from #2 to #4 in its second week. "Lonely Boy" drops from #54 to #73 on Hot Digital Songs.

5. Lady Antebellum, Own The Night, 81,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #15 to #5 in its 14th week. This is its ninth week in the top 10. It's #9 for the year-to-date. It's #1 on Top Country Albums for the fifth week. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Just A Kiss" jumps from #49 to #46. "We Owned The Night" jumps from #76 to #68.

6. Nickelback, Here And Now, 80,000. The album rebounds from #8 to #6 in its fourth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. "When We Stand Together" rebounds from #63 to #50 on Hot Digital Songs.

7. Drake, Take Care, 77,000. The former #1 album holds at #7 in its fifth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. It's #8 for the year-to-date. Five songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Headlines," which jumps from #28 to #24.

8. Andrea Bocelli, Concerto: Live In Central Park, 76,000. The album drops from #6 to #8 in its fifth week. This is its fourth week in the top 10. The album has sold 368K copies in its first five weeks.

9. Scotty McCreery, Clear As Day, 67,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #13 to #9 in its 11th week. This is its sixth week in the top 10. "The Trouble With Girls" drops from #66 to #81 on Hot Digital Songs.

10. Amy Winehouse, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, 65,000. The album drops from #5 to #10 in its second week. The album has sold 179K copies in its first two weeks.

Two albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Glee: The Music: Season 3: Volume 7 dives from #9 to #37. Korn's Path Of Totality plummets from #10 to #46.

Anthony Hamilton's Back To Love debuts at #12. It's the R&B star's fourth top 20 album. He first cracked the top 20 in 2005 with Soulife…Glee: The Music: The Christmas Album: Volume 2 jumps from #19 to #13. It's #1 on Top Soundtracks for the third week…Andrea Bocelli's 2009 album My Christmas drops from #16 to #19. It's #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the third straight week (and seventh overall).

Music From And Inspired by the Movie: Mac and Devlin Go To High School by Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg debuts at #29. The album includes the former top 10 hit "Young, Wild & Free" (featuring Bruno Mars).

Metallica's Beyond Magnetic debuts at #32. The digital-only EP consists of four songs that were left over from the band's 2008 Death Magnetic sessions. This is the band's third EP to reach the top 40. It follows The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited (#28 in 1987) and Some Kind Of Monster (#37 in 2004). The EP was released to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary. Metallica first cracked The Billboard 200 in September 1984 with Ride The Lighting. It first reached the top 30 in April 1986 with Master Of Puppets. It first cracked the top 10 in October 1988 with …And Justice For All. It first hit #1 in August 1991 with Metallica.

Since Metallica has become such a massive group, I thought it would be fun to see how high their first chart album debuted on The Billboard 200. Not very high. Ride The Lightning opened at #188, behind new entries by Iron Maiden, Diana Ross, Star Search champ Sam Harris and a sequel to the soundtrack of Beat Street, which starred Rae Dawn Chong. (That was like a 1980s time capsule!)

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 rebounds from #38 to #34 in its sixth week. It's the top-ranking soundtrack from a theatrically-released movie for the sixth straight week. (Mac and Devlin Go To High School isn't theatrically-released.)

Doris Day returns to the The Billboard 200 for the first time since 1964 with her album My Heart, which debuts at #135. Day was the biggest female multi-media star of the 1950s and early 1960s, a forerunner to Beyonce and J.Lo. She first cracked the top 10 on what is now The Billboard 200 in 1949 with You're My Thrill. She had four #1 albums in the 1950s, all soundtracks to movies in which she starred: Young Man With A Horn, Lullaby Of Broadway, I'll See You In My Dreams and Love Me Or Leave Me. My Heart was a top 10 album in the U.K. earlier this year.

Faith Hill tops 20 million in total career album sales this week. Only three female country solo artists have sold this many albums in the Nielsen SoundScan era. Shania Twain leads the pack with sales of 34,122,000. Reba McEntire has sold 29,916,000 albums since 1991 (and millions more before that). LeAnn Rimes has sold 20,420,000.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows, starring Robert Downey Jr., was #1 at the box-office over the weekend. The soundtrack sold 2K copies this week, too few to make The Billboard 200.

Coming Attractions: Young Jeezy's TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition is expected to be next week's top new entry. The rapper's last two albums, The Inspiration and The Recession, opened at #1. Also due: Common's The Dreamer, The Believer.

Holiday Schedule: Look for Chart Watch: Songs later today. A week from today, as usual, we'll post both regular weekly blogs, Albums and Songs. Two weeks from today, on Jan. 4, I'll update both of the recently-posted year-end blogs to reflect the year's final rankings and tallies.

Michael Buble's 'Christmas' Hits Fourth Week at No. 1

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To the surprise of no one, recent "Saturday Night Live" guest Michael Buble spends a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with "Christmas," selling 448,000 (down 7%) according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Released two months ago, the album has sold 1.96 million in the U.S., now making it the year's third-best seller so far. (There are two more sales weeks left in 2011.) Way out in front is Adele's blockbuster "21" album, with 5.28 million sold. Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" is in second at the moment with 2.03 million.

Further, with "21" having just recently crossed the 5 million mark, it becomes the biggest-selling album of any year since 2004, when Usher's "Confessions" shifted 8 million copies.

Back on this week's top 10 chart though, "21" holds at No. 2, selling another 277,000 (up 48%). This is the album's 42nd non-consecutive week in the top five (out of its total 43 weeks on the tally). The album's latest single, "Set Fire to the Rain," moves up the Digital Songs chart (17-7) with 100,000 sold (up 75%) and also rises on the Pop Songs airplay chart, zooming 26-18.

Justin Bieber's "Under the Mistletoe" climbs 4-3 on the Billboard 200 with 171,000 (up 8%), the Black Keys' "El Camino" drives down 2-4 with 85,000 (down 59%) and Lady Antebellum's "Own the Night" zips 15-5 with 81,000 (up 60%). The country trio performed on ABC's "Good Morning America" show on Dec. 14 and "Live With Kelly" the following day. It's the highest rank for "Own" since the Oct. 22 chart, when it ranked at No. 4 in its fourth week on the list.

Nickelback's "Here and Now" rises 8-6 (80,000; up 22%), Drake's "Take Care" is steady at No. 7 (77,000; up 5%), Andrea Bocelli's "Concerto: One Night in Central Park" slips 6-8 (76,000; down 3%) and Scotty McCreery's "Clear As Day" climbs 13-9 (67,000; up 29%). Rounding out the top 10 is Amy Winehouse's "Lioness: Hidden Treasures," falling 5-10 in its second week (65,000; down 43%). The chart's highest debut is found at No. 12, where Anthony Hamilton's "Back to Love" starts with 63,000.

On the Digital Songs chart this week, LMFAO is a non-mover at No. 1 with "Sexy and I Know It" selling another 152,000 downloads (up 2%) while Rihanna's "We Found Love" also stays put at No. 2 (149,000; down less than 1%). Flo Rida's "Good Feeling" skips 5-3 (126,000; up 1%) and Bruno Mars' "It Will Rain" holds at No. 4 (nearly 126,000; down 3%). Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Ni**as In Paris" rises 7-5 (117,000; up 9%) and Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" remains at No. 6 for a second week (116,000; down 2%).

Following Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" (17-7 with 100,000; up 75%), we find Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" (featuring Nicki Minaj) jumping 11-8 with 89,000 (up 15%). Adele has a second song in the top 10, as "Someone Like You" rises 10-9 with just under 88,000 (up 4%), while T-Pain's "5 O'Clock" falls 9-10 with 87,000 (down 1%).

Just outside the top 10, Ke$ha's "Sleazy" re-enters at No. 15 with 63,000 (up 5,639%) after a new remix of the track was released last week. The new version -- which is merged together with the original album cut for charting purposes -- boasts hip-hop stars Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Andre 3000.

The Digital Songs chart's highest debut is way down at No. 58, where Tim McGraw's "Better Than I Used to Be" enters with 24,000 (up 384%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Dec. 18) totaled 11.20 million units, up 15% compared to the sum last week (9.77 million) and down 10% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (12.49 million). Year to date album sales stand at 307.75 million, up 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (303.93 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 22.48 million downloads, up 4% compared to last week (21.69 million) and up 6% stacked next to the comparable week of 2010 (21.18 million). Year to date track sales are at 1.19 billion, up 9% compared to the same total at this point last year (1.09 billion).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2010 when: Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" was firm at No. 1 again with 276,000 (up 7%) and Susan Boyle's "The Gift" was a non-mover at No. 2 with 240,000 (down 6%). The highest debut was Jamie Foxx's "Best Night of My Life" at No. 6 with 144,000. Keyshia Cole's "Calling All Hearts" also saw a top 10 arrival, bowing at No. 9 with 128,000.

It's going to be close:

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Dec. 18) totaled 11.20 million units, up 15% compared to the sum last week (9.77 million) and down 10% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (12.49 million).

Year to date album sales stand at 307.75 million, up 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (303.93 million).

BB200

8 WAR 1 1 1 BUBLE*MICHAEL CHRISTMAS 447,673 -7 479,377 1,964,382
43 COL 2 3 2 ADELE 21 276,689 48 187,379 5,280,677
7 ISL 3 4 3 BIEBER*JUSTIN UNDER THE MISTLETOE 170,645 8 158,182 1,003,158
2 WAR 2 4 BLACK KEYS EL CAMINO 84,551 -59 206,210 291,637
14 CAPN 10 15 5 LADY ANTEBELLUM OWN THE NIGHT 81,249 60 50,651 1,039,884
4 ROAD 5 8 6 NICKELBACK HERE AND NOW 80,406 22 65,968 451,613
5 UNCM 4 7 7 DRAKE TAKE CARE 76,506 5 73,154 1,044,066
5 DECC 8 6 8 BOCELLI*ANDREA CONCERTO:LIVE IN CENTRAL PARK 76,272 -3 78,506 367,721
11 MNIN 11 13 9 MCCREERY*SCOTTY CLEAR AS DAY 66,524 29 51,645 748,022
2 UNIV 5 10 WINEHOUSE*AMY LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES 64,515 -43 113,856 178,758
6 CAP 9 14 11 VARIOUS NOW 40 63,832 24 51,641 420,408
1 RCA 12 HAMILTON*ANTHONY BACK TO LOVE 62,792 999 163 62,956
5 COL 13 19 13 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC, THE CHRISTMAS 55,208 24 44,468 252,330
4 DEF 7 12 14 RIHANNA TALK THAT TALK 54,411 5 51,799 372,613
8 MERG 26 18 15 SHE & HIM VERY SHE & HIM CHRISTMAS 52,762 14 46,097 226,590
59 BBOW 28 26 16 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 52,069 51 34,386 2,163,228
7 COL 16 23 17 BOYLE*SUSAN SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME 51,381 26 40,855 416,167
7 COL 15 11 18 EVANCHO*JACKIE HEAVENLY CHRISTMAS 48,539 -9 53,284 267,470
7 DECC 17 16 19 BOCELLI*ANDREA MY CHRISTMAS 48,482 -2 49,310 2,780,613
8 CAP 12 31 20 COLDPLAY MYLO XYLOTO 46,049 40 32,920 876,914
4 BGMA 18 30 21 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR LIVE 45,631 38 32,976 190,368
50 COL 30 32 22 ADELE 19 44,263 42 31,161 1,633,465
6 FAN 56 27 23 GUARALDI*VINCE TRIO CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS 40,598 19 34,024 3,121,744
26 AAM 25 37 24 LMFAO SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING 40,276 42 28,278 400,515
13 COL 24 35 25 BENNETT*TONY DUETS II 39,342 30 30,238 650,418
4 GEFN 6 21 26 BLIGE*MARY J. MY LIFE II...THE JOURNEY CONTI 39,186 -8 42,397 309,482
4 RCA 14 29 27 DAUGHTRY BREAK THE SPELL 38,877 15 33,705 240,708
8 SDU 41 34 28 KEITH*TOBY CLANCY'S TAVERN 38,854 27 30,530 266,017
1 ATLG 29 SNOOP DOGG & WIZ KHALIFA MAC & DEVIN GO TO HIGH SCHOOL 38,456 999 104 38,560
60 BGMA 37 39 30 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 37,381 38 27,136 3,862,464
19 CAPN 38 41 31 BRYAN*LUKE TAILGATES & TANLINES 37,285 42 26,263 579,629
1 WAR 32 METALLICA BEYOND MAGNETIC 36,047 0 36,047
62 UNRN 36 40 33 BAND PERRY*THE BAND PERRY 35,499 31 27,082 998,037
6 ATLG 20 38 34 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN-P SOUNDTRACK 33,051 18 28,091 312,741
30 INT 32 44 35 LADY GAGA BORN THIS WAY 32,525 33 24,422 2,029,529
7 WAR 27 25 36 GROBAN*JOSH NOEL 32,250 -8 34,880 5,420,568
2 COL 9 37 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOLUME 7 31,897 -45 58,343 90,271
7 UNIV 22 43 38 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE CEREMONIALS 31,472 20 26,136 303,674
7 RCNA 45 47 39 LAMBERT*MIRANDA FOUR THE RECORD 31,236 38 22,674 311,620
8 COL 29 33 40 BOYLE*SUSAN THE GIFT 31,229 1 31,020 2,053,673
9 AMG 19 24 41 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS SYMPHONY 31,211 -13 35,763 154,224
9 SXSP 33 36 42 TOMLIN*CHRIS GLORY IN THE HIGHEST:CHRISTMAS 30,205 5 28,852 125,501
16 UNCM 34 48 43 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER IV 28,792 31 22,034 1,826,435
8 RCA 35 49 44 CLARKSON*KELLY STRONGER 27,392 28 21,446 385,326
4 CAP 21 42 45 SEGER*BOB & THE SILVER BULLET ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK & ROLL NEV 27,178 4 26,168 133,870
2 ROAD 10 46 KORN PATH OF TOTALITY 26,999 -51 54,732 82,338
25 HOL 50 50 47 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN 26,729 27 21,042 486,824
69 CAP 57 61 48 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 24,926 47 16,995 1,945,500
34 OCAM 43 53 49 MAROON 5 HANDS ALL OVER 24,341 30 18,775 858,822
30 COL 53 56 50 FOSTER THE PEOPLE TORCHES 24,045 31 18,361 582,767
4 COL 39 51 51 BIG TIME RUSH ELEVATE 23,924 15 20,876 136,473
7 CAP 31 45 52 VARIOUS NOW CHRISTMAS 4 23,700 1 23,422 368,531
9 REUN 55 57 53 CASTING CROWNS COME TO THE WELL 23,584 29 18,294 118,311
12 SPAR 62 59 54 WOW HITS WOW HITS 2012 23,430 32 17,772 47,786
7 HRMS 52 58 55 KING*CAROLE HOLIDAY CAROLE 22,694 27 17,840 91,564
19 DEF 42 52 56 JAY Z & KANYE WEST WATCH THE THRONE 22,428 14 19,745 1,166,102
27 COL 60 55 57 EVANCHO*JACKIE DREAM WITH ME 21,648 17 18,487 607,685
2 COL 46 58 DIAMOND*NEIL VERY BEST OF NEIL DIAMOND 21,313 -8 23,182 44,521
91 GLSN 69 64 59 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 21,158 30 16,310 1,992,387
63 NELK 75 76 60 MARS*BRUNO DOO - WOPS & HOOLIGANS 20,785 40 14,844 1,388,557
65 ATLG 91 78 61 BROWN*ZAC BAND YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 20,033 37 14,570 1,317,100
4 COL 44 54 62 MURPHY*LANDAU EUGENE JR. THAT'S LIFE 19,636 5 18,628 88,881
21 CAPN 80 80 63 CHURCH*ERIC CHIEF 19,619 37 14,328 504,345
25 COL 58 70 64 BEYONCE 4 19,529 25 15,569 990,793
91 ISL 89 73 65 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 19,523 30 15,072 3,017,781
4 EPIC 47 63 66 JACKSON*MICHAEL IMMORTAL 19,074 16 16,397 96,323
5 UME 113 65 67 NOW ESSENTIAL CHRIST ESSENTIAL NOW THAT'S WHAT I CA 18,815 16 16,279 444,950
2 INT 22 68 THICKE*ROBIN LOVE AFTER WAR 18,604 -55 41,250 60,623
23 WAR 82 79 69 SHELTON*BLAKE RED RIVER BLUE 18,424 28 14,384 473,869
2 ISL 17 70 ROOTS UNDUN 18,286 -62 48,189 66,694
6 LAVA 71 66 71 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LOST CHRISTMAS EVE 17,924 12 15,986 2,188,236
7 SMCM 63 60 72 PRESLEY*ELVIS CANM-ELVIS PRESLEY-ITS CHRISTM 17,744 4 17,054 1,368,120
13 INT 129 115 73 MINDLESS BEHAVIOR #1 GIRL 17,354 78 9,764 157,353
7 COL 74 61 74 EVANCHO*JACKIE O HOLY NIGHT 17,340 2 16,995 1,109,288
19 CAP 77 84 75 VARIOUS NOW 39 17,090 27 13,492 508,711
5 CAP 70 83 76 SINATRA*FRANK SINATRA: BEST OF THE BEST 16,218 17 13,902 83,765
2 EPIC 20 77 CHEVELLE HATS OFF TO THE BULL 16,213 -62 43,228 59,474
5 LAVA 65 77 78 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA CHRISTMAS EVE & OTHER STORIES 16,008 9 14,699 3,258,870
14 VALO 100 91 79 GILBERT*BRANTLEY HALFWAY TO HEAVEN 16,000 32 12,078 362,311
4 ATLG 152 134 80 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS CHIPWRECKED-OFFICIAL MOTION PI 15,842 87 8,471 43,184
6 COL 51 75 81 IL DIVO WICKED GAME 15,706 5 15,029 152,799
6 BGMA 49 82 82 SWIFT*TAYLOR THE HOLIDAY COLLECTION 15,595 10 14,213 864,988
9 WRD 61 72 83 WOW WOW CHRISTMAS (2011) 15,570 2 15,286 41,746
99 CAPN 108 107 84 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 15,518 50 10,336 3,758,532
23 DBV 105 93 85 SOUNDTRACK SHAKE IT UP:BREAK IT DOWN 15,486 29 12,003 207,495
7 COL 68 71 86 GLEE CAST MUSIC: XMAS 15,318 -1 15,486 1,017,124
6 COL 54 74 87 CAREY*MARIAH MERRY CHRISTMAS 15,284 2 15,051 5,194,909
5 INDI 59 81 88 VARIOUS ARTISTS LET IT SNOW 14,946 4 14,310 75,278
30 ARNV 116 118 89 PAISLEY*BRAD THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC 14,811 54 9,590 585,845
10 PPKQ 95 86 90 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH AMERICAN CAPITALIST 14,763 14 12,917 228,001
4 COL 98 102 91 BENNETT*TONY CLASSIC CHRISTMAS 14,756 39 10,608 52,496
17 RCNA 125 85 92 PISTOL ANNIES HELL ON HEELS 14,691 11 13,213 203,191
2 RCA 28 93 T-PAIN REVOLVER 14,678 -57 33,748 48,483
6 SBSM 86 68 94 PRESLEY*ELVIS ELVIS CHRISTMAS 14,388 -8 15,597 584,049
5 SXSP 102 110 95 TOMLIN*CHRIS HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD: ESSENTIA 14,236 39 10,232 25,818
12 COL 73 87 96 J COLE COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY 13,856 8 12,793 463,410
4 DBV 40 67 97 SOUNDTRACK MUPPETS 13,761 -12 15,646 77,381
7 WRD 93 99 98 VARIOUS POSITIVELY CHRISTMAS 13,252 20 11,019 15
15 MCAN 99 117 99 STRAIT*GEORGE HERE FOR A GOOD TIME 13,238 37 9,661 298,425
10 MNIN 96 105 100 ALAINA*LAUREN WILDFLOWER 13,208 26 10,451 196,082
10 WNDU 83 101 101 EVANESCENCE EVANESCENCE 13,132 24 10,630 284,435
5 ISL 111 114 102 BIEBER*JUSTIN NEVER SAY NEVER-REMIXES 12,762 30 9,786 801,860
56 UNCM 103 109 103 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 12,674 24 10,236 1,695,730
7 VLTN 66 95 104 TYRESE OPEN INVITATION 12,671 10 11,571 188,578
77 UNIV 97 112 105 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE LUNGS 12,632 28 9,877 863,923
7 WAR 67 96 106 WALE AMBITION 12,584 10 11,411 293,241
8 SNYC 115 140 107 MA*YO-YO GOAT RODEO SESSIONS 12,424 52 8,165 102,876
22 RAZ 114 111 108 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 20 12,413 25 9,959 329,911
6 AMG 94 69 109 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS 25TH 12,359 -21 15,587 429,077
6 COL 78 97 110 TAYLOR*JAMES CHRISTMAS ALBUM 12,005 5 11,399 897,166
6 CAPN 46 89 111 LADY ANTEBELLUM MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS 11,849 -3 12,258 356,050
82 WAR 166 94 112 BLACK KEYS BROTHERS 11,823 1 11,698 906,738
162 BGMA 121 119 113 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 11,756 24 9,450 6,440,347
16 WAR 150 137 114 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS I'M WITH YOU 11,639 41 8,246 458,163
6 ISL 88 98 115 CAREY*MARIAH MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU 11,299 1 11,179 491,841
6 MNHT 120 100 116 CELTIC WOMAN CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION 10,873 1 10,719 961,211
7 AMG 84 92 117 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS EXTRAORDINAIRE 10,849 -10 12,010 2,833,968
5 COL 117 108 118 DION*CELINE THESE ARE SPECIAL TIMES 10,580 3 10,269 5,221,933
6 RLSG 64 104 119 MCBRIDE*MARTINA WHITE CHRISTMAS 10,474 -1 10,570 1,590,198
6 RTUM 106 129 120 MILLER*MAC BLUE SLIDE PARK 10,455 19 8,817 213,517
6 SML 90 123 121 SANTOS*ROMEO FORMULA VOL. 1 10,342 11 9,328 137,667
20 COL 133 127 122 VICTORIOUS CAST FEAT. VICTORIA VICTORIOUS: MUSIC FROM THE HIT 10,290 16 8,882 194,390
160 ATLG 187 160 123 BROWN*ZAC BAND FOUNDATION 10,085 44 6,995 2,803,025
3 CAP 171 121 124 COLE*NAT KING CHRISTMAS SONG 9,988 6 9,420 883,704
4 UNIV 92 122 125 ROLLING STONES SOME GIRLS 9,730 4 9,351 113,608
10 DBV 130 146 126 A.N.T. FARM SOUNDTRACK 9,713 25 7,781 86,615
4 ATLG 137 149 127 STRAIGHT NO CHASER HOLIDAY SPIRITS 9,680 27 7,629 300,278
4 WNDU 87 128 128 DURBIN*JAMES MEMORIES OF A BEAUTIFUL DISAST 9,654 9 8,829 57,028
4 ATLG 124 124 129 STRAIGHT NO CHASER CHRISTMAS CHEERS 9,617 4 9,257 304,385
6 CAP 112 113 130 CHIPMUNKS*THE CHRISTMAS WITH THE CHIPMUNKS 9,489 -3 9,796 352,518
78 INT 118 151 131 EMINEM RECOVERY 9,465 25 7,590 4,128,180
6 WAR 119 142 132 DISTURBED LOST CHILDREN 9,372 16 8,095 92,650
44 GEFN 156 162 133 LYNYRD SKYNYRD BEST OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD-MILLENN 9,193 32 6,953 2,640,805
5 REUN 104 88 134 CASTING CROWNS PEACE ON EARTH 9,143 -26 12,313 211,846
1 AWNX 135 DAY*DORIS MY HEART 9,080 541 1,416 11,627
13 HOL 136 155 136 LOVATO*DEMI UNBROKEN 9,042 23 7,377 218,916
4 AAM 153 126 137 CARPENTERS CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT 9,040 1 8,952 1,859,119
28 ATLG 158 159 138 SKRILLEX SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITE 9,023 28 7,024 186,903
163 INT 157 164 139 LADY GAGA FAME 8,969 30 6,915 4,364,152
4 BGMA 163 161 140 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 8,931 28 6,982 5,124,387
10 UNRN 169 172 141 MCBRIDE*MARTINA ELEVEN 8,840 34 6,620 119,007
36 RCA 194 183 142 FOO FIGHTERS WASTING LIGHT 8,794 39 6,343 639,579
5 WTM 81 120 143 ELF SOUNDTRACK 8,782 -7 9,429 568,390
4 RHI 182 116 144 SINATRA*FRANK FRANK SINATRA CHRISTMAS COLLEC 8,774 -10 9,743 465,843
1 BNA 145 CHESNEY*KENNY HEMINGWAY'S WHISKEY 8,658 50 5,766 1,012,229
3 WAR 143 146 BUBLE*MICHAEL CRAZY LOVE 8,582 7 8,056 2,139,077
26 UME 180 169 147 VARIOUS NOW COUNTRY 4 8,546 26 6,795 225,453
8 ANIT 154 177 148 WAITS*TOM BAD AS ME 8,474 30 6,542 137,879
5 RCA 123 132 149 KENNY G HOLIDAY COLLECTION 8,361 -2 8,534 377,602
26 VALO 181 179 150 MOORE*JUSTIN OUTLAWS LIKE ME 8,309 28 6,477 323,594
4 SMCM 149 141 151 ROGERS/PARTON ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS 8,308 2 8,124 771,629
55 BGMA 199 152 RASCAL FLATTS NOTHING LIKE THIS 8,274 42 5,833 1,028,251
3 HIPD 162 152 153 MARTIN*DEAN MY KIND OF CHRISTMAS 8,210 11 7,408 111,909
9 SPAR 193 170 154 MANDISA WHAT IF WE WERE REAL 8,202 21 6,782 38,474
3 UME 151 148 155 CROSBY*BING WHITE CHRISTMAS 8,069 5 7,693 1,848,370
20 UNIV 168 156 WINEHOUSE*AMY BACK TO BLACK 8,002 17 6,838 2,512,237
14 RCNA 157 OWEN*JAKE BAREFOOT BLUE JEAN NIGHT 7,984 44 5,550 176,085
6 COL 192 178 158 BIG TIME RUSH BTR 7,933 22 6,520 637,860
2 SBME 130 159 SONGS OF ANARCHY: MUSIC FROM S SOUNDTRACK 7,926 -10 8,799 19,487
3 ATLG 23 133 160 TREY SONGZ INEVITABLE 7,895 -7 8,487 43,507
8 FORE 107 136 161 TOBYMAC CHRISTMAS IN DIVERSE CITY 7,843 -6 8,325 22,396
2 COL 175 162 CONNICK*HARRY JR. WHAT A NIGHT! A CHRISTMAS ALBU 7,835 19 6,579 377,604
45 SBYM 160 193 162 CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW 7,835 29 6,068 235,593
3 CAP 167 147 164 CROSBY*BING CHRISTMAS CLASSICS 7,786 1 7,705 102,652
3 DECC 178 158 165 CELTIC THUNDER CHRISTMAS 7,762 8 7,158 126,487
5 RCA 168 181 166 VARIOUS ARTISTS WOMEN OF CHRISTMAS 7,761 22 6,357 57,351
22 RCA 189 188 167 PRESLEY*ELVIS AFTERNOON IN THE GARDEN 7,696 25 6,133 396,824
2 HOL 195 168 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE YEAR WITHOUT RAIN 7,691 30 5,908 712,057
26 RCA 142 194 169 PITBULL PLANET PIT 7,678 29 5,967 285,960
1 COL 170 BENNETT*TONY DUETS: AMERICAN CLASSIC 7,619 35 5,642 1,772,237
5 HEIN 79 139 171 PINK MARTINI JOY TO THE WORLD 7,534 -8 8,171 192,500
50 CURB 173 172 MCGRAW*TIM NUMBER ONE HITS 7,425 31 5,657 502,660
27 INT 159 186 173 BAD MEETS EVIL HELL: THE SEQUEL 7,291 17 6,208 641,202
5 AGGS 127 150 174 GRANT*AMY CHRISTMAS COLLECTIONS 7,287 -4 7,605 244,884
10 CAP 109 175 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 7,272 33 5,463 9,236,654
2 JAGJ 131 176 BON IVER BON IVER 7,221 31 5,501 324,596
1 CAP 177 BEATLES BEATLES 1 7,196 37 5,266 11,950,175
4 INT 72 135 178 YELAWOLF RADIOACTIVE 7,183 -14 8,383 68,968
6 COL 122 156 179 IL DIVO CHRISTMAS COLLECTION 7,158 -2 7,291 1,513,890
1 UME 180 VARIOUS NOW CHRISTMAS! 7,146 38 5,174 3,417,469
1 ISL 181 BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 7,080 22 5,782 1,937,424
1 CURB 182 ATKINS*RODNEY TAKE A BACK ROAD 7,039 33 5,284 104,202
3 REUN 190 183 SMITH*MICHAEL W. GLORY 7,012 48 4,725 12,566
1 RCA 184 P!NK GREATEST HITS SO FAR 6,964 33 5,247 922,600
57 DEF 132 189 185 RIHANNA LOUD 6,910 13 6,120 1,567,347
15 UNIV 200 186 CLAPTON*ERIC BEST OF ERIC CLAPTON-MILLENNIU 6,906 22 5,647 1,026,355
3 RCA 48 166 187 HOT CHELLE RAE WHATEVER 6,886 1 6,839 31,424
3 RLSG 197 174 188 JACKSON*ALAN HONKY TONK CHRISTMAS 6,839 3 6,612 1,156,845
5 RHI 174 184 189 JERSEY BOYS SEASONS GREETINGS 6,821 8 6,319 36,970
2 AAM 192 190 VA-VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS 6,815 12 6,077 2,480,246
2 WAR 166 191 BUBLE*MICHAEL IT'S TIME 6,814 -0 6,839 3,603,885
2 WAR 172 192 BUBLE*MICHAEL CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 6,772 2 6,620 2,302,573
21 RCNA 193 YOUNG*CHRIS NEON 6,756 29 5,221 242,921
6 CAP 144 200 194 PINK FLOYD BEST OF PINK FLOYD 6,745 16 5,814 46,734
1 ATLG 195 BURWELL*CARTER TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN-P 6,708 81 3,714 10,435
1 LAVA 196 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA CHRISTMAS ATTIC 6,686 17 5,706 1,740,894
1 COL 197 SINATRA*FRANK CHRISTMAS SONGS BY SINATRA 6,624 33 4,964 429,058
4 WAR 176 180 198 ENYA WINTER CAME 6,595 3 6,410 871,057
1 ATLG 199 SKILLET AWAKE 6,458 34 4,806 661,089
10 DGCI 200 BLINK-182 NEIGHBORHOODS 6,451 31 4,938 258,964
TOTAL SALES 4,724,851 4,317,081 200,133,775

25 COL 58 70 64 BEYONCE 4 19,529 25 15,569 990,793

A Milli next week :)

Thanks for postin, 2m.

Vince Guaraldi Trio reach another new peak.

It is, even though after two new smash hits but nevertheless..

But she's Pink, she can. Don't compare her to LMFAO or Pitbull.

60 BGMA 37 39 30 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 37,381 38 27,136 3,862,464

Damn. Good for her. 3.9 million next week, 4 million after the Grammys?

26 AAM 25 37 24 LMFAO SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING 40,276 42 28,278 400,515

Better than I ever expected, even with two massive hits.

23 albums enter the Billboard 200 this week. 17 are re-entries.

30 albums enter the Billboard 200 last week. 12 were re-entries.

45 albums entered the Billboard 200 2 weeks ago. 35 were re-entries.

Yes, 1.4m was kinda underwhelming, though, given her success. (Backstreet Boys' GH has scanned a few hundred thousand more than GH: MP to date). But, her success is very tied to in the moment, and she doesn't really flourish as a catalog/recurrent act- think I've said that, what, once or twice before?

8 SDU 41 34 28 KEITH*TOBY CLANCY'S TAVERN 38,854 27 30,530 266,017

Red Solo Cup has really helped this. I bet it's only 60k from outselling "Bullets in the Gun"

2 RCA 28 93 T-PAIN REVOLVER 14,678 -57 33,748 48,483

LOL.. I sort of like him but.. LOL

Well, considering she's not a great catalog/recurrent act, yes, then 1.4m isn't so bad. :) But strictly looking at her commercial success leading up to it, it's kinda disappointing. That's all. :) BSB does enjoy more recurrent success at AC, that is true.