Billboard 200- 12/22/12: Taylor Swift No. 1- 167K

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Taylor Swift's 'Red' Back at No. 1, Wiz Khalifa and Ke$ha Debut Top 10
by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | December 12, 2012

Taylor Swift heads back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week as her "Red" set steps 2-1 with 167,000 (up 22%) according to Nielsen SoundScan. Last week's leader, Alicia Keys' "Girl On Fire," falls to No. 7 with 77,000 (down 52%).

This is "Red's" fourth non-consecutive week at No. 1. Its first three frames -- all in a row -- came upon its debut on the chart dated Nov. 10. Combined, Swift's three No. 1 albums have spent 21 weeks at No. 1. Swift is now tied with Whitney Houston and Jay-Z for the fourth-most weeks at No. 1 since SoundScan began powering the chart in May of 1991. Garth Brooks leads with 51 weeks at No. 1 in that span of time, followed by Eminem (29) and Adele (24 - all from her "21" album).

The new chart's highest debut comes in at No. 2, where Wiz Khalifa's second studio album "O.N.I.F.C." starts with 141,000. His first release, 2011's "Rolling Papers," also stepped in at No. 2, but with a bigger number: 197,000.

Rod Stewart's "Merry Christmas, Baby," holds at No. 3 with 127,000 (up 9%) while One Direction's "Take Me Home" is also steady at No. 4 with 107,000 (up 16%). Michael Buble's "Christmas" jumps 7-5 with the chart's largest unit gain (40,000), selling 106,000 for the week (up 61%).

At No. 6 is the second-biggest debut of the week, Ke$ha's "Warrior," starting with 85,000. It follows her debut studio set "Animal," second release "Cannibal," and a remix album "I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance." "Animal" -- her first and only No. 1 -- bowed atop the Billboard 200 in the dead of January 2010, selling 152,000 in its first week. The set dropped on Jan. 5 of that year and, unlike "Warrior," had a clear path to No. 1.

"Animal's" street date took advantage of a wide-open release schedule and an always-slow sales month. The week "Animal" debuted at No. 1, the next-highest new entry was way down at No. 27, where Katharine McPhee's "Unbroken" debuted with 15,000. They were two of only seven debuts on the entire Billboard 200.

Granted, "Animal's" 152,000 wasn't a jaw-dropping figure, but it was enough to bump Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" from the penthouse after a six-week run. Boyle's album fell to No. 2 that week with 93,000 -- down from 137,000 the week previous.

Back on this week's chart, though, we find Blake Shelton's "Cheers, It's Christmas" rising 9-8 with 68,000 (up 29%) and Phillip Phillips' "The World From the Side of the Moon" falling 5-9 with 65,000 (down 12%). Rounding out the top 10 is country duo Florida Georgia Line with its debut studio set "Here's to the Good Times." The album starts with 63,000 the same week its single "Cruise" spends its second week atop the Country Airplay chart.

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Bruno Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven" reaches No. 1 for the first time, climbing 5-1 with 197,000 (up 46%). It's the fifth No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart for the singer/songwriter/producer. Its cumulative sales now stand at 1.3 million.

Last week's No. 1, will.i.am's "Scream & Shout" (featuring Britney Spears), slips to No. 3 with 142,000 (down 28%). Jumping 8-2 is Rihanna's "Diamonds" with 143,000 (up 17%).

Current Billboard magazine cover stars the Lumineers rise 6-4 with "Ho Hey" (132,000; up 3%) while Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" sizzles with an 11-5 rise (129,000; up 59%). PSY's "Gangnam Style" dips 2-6 (123,000; down 14%), Alicia Keys' "Girl On Fire" descends 3-7 (110,000; down 22%) and Justin Bieber's "Beauty and a Beat" rallies 13-8 (107,000; up 40%).

Phillip Phillips' "Home" is stationary at No. 9 (105,000; down 11%) and Ke$ha's "Die Young" finishes out the top 10, sliding 7-10 (96,000; down 12%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Dec. 9) totaled 8.45 million units, up 12% compared with the sum last week (7.52 million) and down 14% compared with the comparable sales week of 2011 (9.77 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 283.76 million, down 4% compared with the same total at this point last year (296.54 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 23.28 million downloads, up 5% compared with last week (22.15 million) and up 7% stacked next to the comparable week of 2011 (21.69 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 1.232 billion, up 6% compared with the same total at this point last year (1.164 billion).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2011 when: Michael Buble's "Christmas" led the chart for a fourth week (447,000; down 7%) while the highest debut was found at No. 12, where Anthony Hamilton's "Back to Love" started with 63,000.

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I deleted mine.

[HolidayGuy]

The great chart minds think so alike.

A 4% year-to-year dip still isn't bad for album sales, given how much they've declined in the past.

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^I know. I thought it would be higher by now considering how huge Buble's Xmas album was last year.

It's all those $5 catalog albums keeping the industry afloat.

I read an article yesterday how the demand for physical product will drop after Xmas due to to all the iPads/tablets being given as Xmas gifts.

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The main source of listening to music for many people is now the computer/ipad/ipod/etc.

No longer the home stereo system for many.

Cars still play Cds (for now) but that should decline in future years too.

That should be good for growth in digital produce, bad for physical product

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Dec 12, 2012 11:07:45 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

The great chart minds think so alike.

A 4% year-to-year dip still isn't bad for album sales, given how much they've declined in the past.

Though the decline this week compared to the same week last year is pretty steep.

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Dec 12, 2012 11:31:17 GMT -5 @2m said:

The main source of listening to music for many people is now the computer/ipad/ipod/etc.

No longer the home stereo system for many.

Cars still play Cds (for now) but that should decline in future years too.

That should be good for growth in digital produce, bad for physical product

For some, not for everyone.

Cds still outsell digital albums by a good margin.

[Agent Yoncé]

I know I prefer the physical copy ove the digital album.

[Enigma.]

Both Alicia and Rihanna face a great challenge in chasing platinum status this time around.

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^Alicia, maybe.

Rihanna is at ~370k. I expect her to be around 625k for 2012 sales.

With 2nd, 3rd and 4th singles, Rihanna will probably scan one million.

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Is Rihanna already out of the top 10?!?!

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Week Ending Dec. 9, 2012. Albums: Swift’s Birthday Present
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch – 12 minutes ago

Taylor Swift's fans have given her the perfect birthday present: They sent her album Red back to #1 on The Billboard 200. (Swift turns 23 on Thursday.) The album has sold 2,383,000 copies in just seven weeks. That's more than any other album has sold in such a short time span since Susan Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream sold 3,196,000 copies in its first seven weeks in 2009 and early 2010.

Red has sold at least 137K copies in each of its first seven weeks. You might not think that would be that would be so hard, but these days it is. Rihanna's Unapologetic and Alicia Keys' Girl On Fire have each had just one week with sales above 100K. Ke$ha's Warrior debuts this week with sales of just 86K. And those are three of the hottest female artists in the business.

How is Swift able to defy the trends? It's easy to give credit to her vast country crossover constituency, but no other country artists sell like this.

Swift has sold 20,487,000 albums, which is more than any other artist who has come on the scene in the past 10 years. Her closest rivals are 50 Cent (16,535,000) and Michael Buble (16,137,000).

Nielsen SoundScan's running list of the artists who have sold the most albums since 1991 includes 10 artists who first hit The Billboard 200 since December 2002. Swift, 50 Cent and Buble are followed by Carrie Underwood (13,797,000, Beyonce (as a solo artist, 13,038,000), Adele (12,628,000), Kelly Clarkson (11,969,000), Kanye West (11,780,000), Evanescence (11,052,000) and Maroon 5 (10,469,000).

This is Red's fourth week at #1 on The Billboard 200. The album is #1 on Top Country Albums for the seventh week.

Wiz Khalifa's O.N.I.F.C. debuts at #2. It's the rapper's second album in a row to debut at #2, following Rolling Papers in April 2011. The title of the new album is an acronym for Only N**** In First Class, or, for fans who prefer a tamer alternative, One Night In First Class. This echoes Chris Brown's 2011 album F.A.M.E., which stood for Forgiving All My Enemies, or for fans with tender sensibilities, Fans Are My Everything. You can always tell when a title is made up after the fact to be the "clean version." It just kind of sits there.

O.N.I.F.C. sold 87K digital copies, which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums.

Rod Stewart's Merry Christmas, Baby holds at #3 for the second straight week. It's the highest-ranking of 79 holiday albums on this week's Billboard 200. Will it ever make #1? Next week it will have to contend with the debut of Bruno Mars' Unorthodox Jukebox.

One Direction's Take Me Home holds at #4 for the second week. The boy band didn't receive any Grammy nominations, and even went home empty-handed from the American Music Awards, but it keeps selling records. Take Me Home this week cracks the top 10 in year-to-date sales. It's #9. The quintet's earlier album Up All Night is #3 for the year-to-date. One Direction is the only act with two albums in the top 10 for the year-to-date. There are still three more chart weeks left in the year, but if this holds, One Direction will become the first act to have two albums in Nielsen SoundScan's year-end top 10 since 2008, when Taylor Swift was #3 with Fearless and #6 with Taylor Swift.

In addition, Up All Night—The Live Tour logs its 25thweek at #1 on Top Music Videos. It's the first music video to log 25 weeks at #1 since Pink Floyd's Pulse, which spent a total of 25 weeks at #1 from June 1995 to October 2006. (Both are British.)

Michael Buble's Christmas jumps from #7 to #5. This marks the third time in the Nielsen SoundScan era that a Christmas album that was first released in a previous holiday season has ranked among the top five weekly best-sellers in a subsequent holiday season. Kenny G's Miracles—The Holiday Album was the third best-selling album for two weeks in 1995. Josh Groban's Noel was the fourth best-selling album for two weeks in 2008. (The stilted language in the preceding sentences was necessitated by the fact that catalog albums didn't appear on The Billboard 200 until December 2009. But Nielsen SoundScan compiled a "Comprehensive Albums" chart that combined current and catalog albums, just as The Billboard 200 now does, so we can fairly compare then and now.)

Ke$ha's Warrior debuts at #6. In January 2010, when Ke$ha was riding her breakthrough smash "TiK ToK," her debut album Animal sold 152K copies in its first week. This week, after a long string of hits, her second full-length album Warrior sold 86K copies in its first week. This seems backwards. It would make more sense if Animal had sold 86K copies (Ke$ha was, after all, an unknown quantity beyond that one song) and Warrior had sold 152K, after she'd proven herself again and again.

So what's the answer here? The stronger first-week sales for Animal reflect the massive popularity of "TiK ToK" (which topped the Hot 100 for 10 weeks). Her current hit, "Die Young," appears to have peaked at #2. It's a solid hit, but not a phenomenal hit like "TiK ToK" was.

Florida Georgia Line's debut studio album Here's To The Good Times opens at #10. "Cruise" is a top 20 hit on the Hot 100 and has been locked at #2 for five weeks on Hot Country Songs behind Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." Will it move up to #1 this week? Stay tuned.

Shameless Plug: We'll post my annual look at the year's top-selling albums today. There's great news in there for Adele, Taylor Swift, One Direction and also a few people who may surprise you. There are still three chart weeks left in 2012. I'll update all the tallies in the report on Jan. 2, when Nielsen SoundScan posts the final weekly chart of 2012.

Bruno Mars' "Locked Out Of Heaven" jumps to #1 on Hot Digital Songs. It's his fifth #1 on that chart. It also jumps to #1 on the Hot 100. It's his fourth #1 on that chart. I'll have more to say about that when we post Chart Watch Songs later today.
Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.

The Top Five: Taylor Swift's Red returns to #1 in its seventh week (167K). This is its fourth week on top; its seventh week in the top five...Wiz Khalifa's O.N.I.F.C. debuts at #2 (141K). This is his second top five album, following Rolling Papers (#2 in 2011)…Rod Stewart's Merry Christmas, Baby holds at #3 for the second week in its sixth week (127K). This is its sixth week in the top 10…One Direction's Take Me Home holds at #4 for the second week in its fourth week (107K). This is its fourth week in the top 10…Michael Buble's Christmas rebounds from #7 to #5 in its 17th week on the chart (106K). This is its 11th week in the top 10.

The Second Five: Ke$ha's Warrior debuts at #6 (86K). This is her second top 10 album, following Animal (#1 in 2010)…Alicia Keys' Girl On Fire drops from #1 to #7 (77K)… Blake Shelton's Cheers, It's Christmas jumps from #9 to #8 in its ninth week (68K). This is its second week in the top 10….Phillip Phillips' The World From The Side Of The Moon drops from #5 to #9 in its third week (65K)… Florida Georgia Line's Here's To The Good Times debuts at #10 (63K). It's the group's first top 10 album.

Three albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Rihanna's Unapologetic drops from #6 to #12. Lady Antebellum's On This Winter's Night drops from #8 to #11. Kid Rock's Rebel Soul drops from #10 to #17.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 drops from #30 to #41 in its fourth week. It's #1 on Top Soundtracks for the fourth week. The movie was #3 at the box-office after three weekends on top.
Skyfall returned to #1 in its fifth weekend at the box-office. The Skyfall soundtrack, which does not include Adele's hit title song, sold about 1K copies this week, too few to make The Billboard 200. The score by Thomas Newman has sold just 13K copies to date. (The nerve of fans wanting the hit!)

The Dave Brubeck Quartet's 1959 album Time Out Featuring "Take Five" returns to The Billboard 200 at #123 one week after Brubeck's death (which occurred one day shy of his 92nd birthday). The album, boosted by the top 30 instrumental hit "Take Five," reached #2 in November 1961. It was kept out of the top spot by Judy Garland's Judy At Carnegie Hall. (Both albums are pretty great.)

Pearl Jam's 1993 album Vs. tops the 6 million mark in sales this week. It's the 100th album to reach sales of 6 million copies since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard in 1991. It's the band's second best-selling album. Ten has sold 9,983,000 copies since its release in late 1991.

Coming Attractions: Bruno Mars' Unorthodox Jukebox is expected to be next week's top new entry. Also due: The Game's Jesus Piece, The Music Of Nashville, Big Boi's Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors, Green Day's Tre!, Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Vol. 3. and Metallica's DVD Quebec Magnetic.

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Chart Watch Extra: The Year’s Top Albums
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch

Adele's 21 is set to become the first album to wind up as the year's best-seller twice since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard in 1991. The album has sold 4,255,000 copies so far this year. It sold 5,824,000 copies in 2011. It's one of only four albums in the Nielsen SoundScan era to sell 4 million or more copies in each of two calendar years. It follows Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill (1995-1996), Shania Twain's Come On Over (1998-1999) and Santana's Supernatural (1999-2000).

Even though it's in its second year of release, 21 has sold more copies this year than the best-selling albums of 2006 through 2010 did in those years. The album spawned three #1 hits, "Rolling In The Deep," "Someone Like You" and "Set Fire To The Rain." It won six Grammys in February, including Album of the Year.

Taylor Swift's Red is #2 for the year-to-date with sales of 2,383,000. This will mark the fourth time that Swift has had an album in the year-end top three. Fearless was #3 for 2008 and #1 for 2009. Speak Now was #3 for 2010. In the Nielsen SoundScan era, only one other artist, Eminem, has ranked in the top three on the year-end chart four times. This will be the fifth year in which Swift has had an album in the year-end top 10. Taylor Swift was #9 for 2007.

Red is the year's best-selling album that was released in 2012. It has spawned four top 10 hits, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," "Begin Again," "Red" and "I Knew You Were Trouble." Four of the 10 best-selling albums for the year-to-date have been big country hits. Red is followed by albums by Carrie Underwood, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan. Country was responsible for four albums in the year-end top 10 in 1992 and 2002.

This year will mark the first time that female artists have held the top two spots on the year-end album recap since 2009, when Swift and Susan Boyle were #1 and #2.

One Direction has two albums in the top 10 for the year-to-date. Up All Night is #3 with sales of 1,464,000. Take Me Home is #9 with sales of 915K. The British/Irish boy band is vying to become the first non-country act to place two albums in the top 10 on the year-end chart in the Nielsen SoundScan era. Garth Brooks had three of the top 10 for 1992. Taylor Swift had two of the top 10 for 2008.

Up All Night, which spawned the top 10 hit "What Makes You Beautiful," is the year's best-selling album by a group. It's also the year's best-selling debut album. This will mark the fifth time in the Nielsen SoundScan era that a boy band has ranked in the top three for year. Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC each achieved the feat twice. Take Me Home has also spawned a top 10 hit: "Live While We're Young."

Mumford & Sons' Babel is #4 for the year-to-date with sales of 1,243,000. This will be the second year in a row that the British folk revival band has ranked in the year-end top 10. Sigh No More was #6 for 2011. Babel is a Grammy finalist for Album of the Year and Best Americana Album.

Justin Bieber's Believe is #5 for the year-to-date with sales of 1,141,000. It's the highest-ranking album by a male solo artist. This will be the third year in a row that Bieber has ranked in the top 10. My World 2.0 was #4 for 2010. Under The Mistletoe was #8 for 2011. Bieber will be the first male artist to place an album in the year-end top 10 three years in a row since Garth Brooks scored from 1991 through 1993. (The Fine Print: The Nielsen SoundScan site doesn't carry archival charts from 1991, its first year of operation. But Billboard's year-end chart for 1991 has Brooks' No Fences at #2. Close enough.)

Believe has spawned three top 10 hits, "Believe," "As Long As You Love Me" (featuring Big Sean) and "Beauty And A Beat" (featuring Nicki Minaj). Deep trivia: this will mark the second time in the past three years that Bieber has had the year's best-selling album by a Canadian artist. Michael Buble and Drake edged him out last year.

Carrie Underwood's Blown Away is #6 for the year-to-date with sales of 1,067,000. This will mark the second time that Underwood has had an album in the year-end top 10. Some Hearts was #3 for 2006. Blown Away has spawned two top 20 hits, "Good Girl" and "Blown Away."

Lionel Richie's Tuskegee is #7 for the year-to-date with sales of 1,057,000. Richie, 63, is vying to become the oldest artist to rank in the year-end top 10 in the Nielsen SoundScan era. (Rod Stewart's Merry Christmas, Baby, which is #24 for the year-to-date and moving up fast, may wind up in the year-end top 10. If it does, Stewart, 67, would surpass Richie as the oldest artist to rank in the year-end top 10. I'm guessing Richie wouldn't mind a bit.)

Luke Bryan's Tailgates & Tanlines is #8 for the year-to-date with sales of 992K. The album sold an additional 651K copies in 2011. The album has spawned four top 30 hits, "Country Girl (Shake It For Me)," "I Don't Want This Night To End," "Drunk On You" and "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye."

Whitney Houston's Whitney: The Greatest Hits is #10 for the year-to-date with sales of 877K. (All but about 2,500 of this tally were sold after her death on Feb. 11.) The album, which was first released in 2000, is the year's #1 catalog album. It had sold an additional 1,738,000 copies prior to this year. Houston's The Bodyguard soundtrack was #3 for 1992 and #1 for 1993.

Jason Aldean's Night Train is #11 for the year-to-date with sales of 866K. His 2010 album My Kinda Party is #26 for the year-to-date with sales of 565K. (It ranked #5 for 2011.) Aldean is the only male solo artist who has sold 500K copies each of two albums so far this year. (One female artist, Adele, and two groups, One Direction and Mumford & Sons, have also achieved the feat.) My Kinda Party, which spawned the top 10 hit "Dirt Road Anthem," was a Grammy finalist for Best Country Album of 2011. Night Train, which spawned the top 15 hit "Take A Little Ride," was released too late for consideration this year. It will probably be a finalist for Best Country Album next year.

Maroon 5's Overexposed is #12 for the year-to-date with sales of 862K. The album spawned the megahits "Payphone" (featuring Wiz Khalifa) and "One More Night." The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album. The group's debut album, Songs About Jane, was the #7 best-seller of 2004.

fun.'s debut album, Some Nights, is #13 for the year-to-date with sales of 811K. The album spawned the smash hits "We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monae) and "Some Nights." The album received Grammy nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album.

P!nk's The Truth About Love is #14 for the year-to-date with sales of 776K. The album spawned the top five hit "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)." The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album. P!nk's sophomore album, Missundaztood, was the #6 best-seller of 2002.

Drake's Take Care is the top-selling rap album for the year-to-date with sales of 681K. The album sold an additional 1,247,000 copies in 2011. (I'm classifying Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, which has sold 749K, as pop.) Take Care is a Grammy finalist for Best Rap Album. It spawned two top 10 hits, "Make Me Proud" (featuring Minaj) and "Take Care" (featuring Rihanna).

Rod Stewart's Merry Christmas, Baby is the top-selling Christmas album for the year-to-date with sales of 602K. Stewart's album was released too late for Grammy consideration this year, but it will probably be up for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album next year.

The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond is the best-selling soundtrack for the year-to-date with sales of 457K. This will be the first time since 2009 that the soundtrack to a theatrically-released movie has been the year's top soundtrack. Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album beat out The Twilight Saga: Eclipse in 2010. Lemonade Mouth edged out The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 in 2011. The Hunger Games spawned a pair of top 30 hits by Taylor Swift: "Eyes Open" and "Safe & Sound" (featuring The Civil Wars).

Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance is the top-selling TV soundtrack for the year-to-date with sales of 199K. (Glee ran out of gas this year. No Glee albums rank among the top 200 for the year-to-date. The Glee phenomenon peaked two years ago when Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album was the year's #16 best-seller.)

Usher's Looking 4 Myself is the top-selling R&B album for the year-to-date with sales of 438K. (I'm classifying albums by Whitney Houston, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna as pop and albums by Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Rick Ross as rap.) Looking 4 Myself spawned the top 10 hit "Scream." Romeo Santos' Formula, Vol. 1 is the top-selling Latin music album for the year-to-date, with sales of 123K.

Tenacious D's Rize Of The Fenix is the top-selling comedy album for the year-to-date, with sales of 113K copies. The comedy troupe features Jack Black. The album is a Grammy finalist for Best Comedy Album.

To My Readers: There are still three weeks left in the 2012 chart year. I'll update all the tallies in this report after Nielsen SoundScan posts the final charts of 2012 on Wednesday, Jan. 2. A week from today, we'll look at the year's top songs. I'll update all the numbers in that report on Jan. 2, too.

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From HipHopDX.com (Positions are from the Current Albums chart, not the BB200)

#2. Wiz Khalifa - O.N.F.I.C. - 141,000 (141,000)

#6. Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire - 77,000 (237,000)

#11. Rihanna - Unapologetic - 59,000 (369,000)

#24. Cee Lo Green - Cee Lo's Magic Moment - 30,000 (77,000)

#30. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city - 25,000 (481,000)

#44. The Weeknd - Trilogy - 14,000 (145,000)

#56. 2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story - 11,000 (428,000)

#67. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded The Re-Up - 9,900 (749,000)

#72. Meek Mill - Dreams & Nightmares - 9,300 (266,000)

#152. Wu-Block - Wu-Block - 4,200 (13,000)

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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 12/9/12)

1) Taylor Swift – RED – 166,999 (After 7 weeks – 2,382,541)
2) Wiz Khalifa – O.N.I.F.C – 141,238
3) Rod Stewart – Merry Christmas Baby – 126,984 (After 6 weeks – 602,343)

Other Debuts

5) Ke$ha – Warrior – 85,888
9) Florida Georgia Line – Here’s To The Good Times – 62,758

[Enigma.]

"Believe has spawned three top 10 hits, "Believe," "As Long As You Love Me" (featuring Big Sean) and "Beauty And A Beat" (featuring Nicki Minaj)."

A tiny fan of Cher strikes again LOL

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The Billboard 200
Issue Date: 2012-12-22

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Position
Chart
1 2 2 7 Red, Taylor Swift 1
2 NEW 1 O.N.I.F.C., Wiz Khalifa 2
3 3 6 6 Merry Christmas, Baby, Rod Stewart 3
4 4 3 4 Take Me Home, One Direction 1
5 7 16 17 Christmas, Michael Buble 1
6 NEW 1 Warrior, Ke$ha 6
7 1 - 2 Girl On Fire, Alicia Keys 1
8 9 18 10 Cheers, It's Christmas, Blake Shelton 8
9 5 4 3 The World From The Side Of The Moon, Phillip Phillips 4
10 NEW 1 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line 10
11 8 19 7 On This Winter's Night, Lady Antebellum 8
12 6 1 3 Unapologetic, Rihanna 1
13 11 15 5 NOW 44, Various Artists 2
14 16 23 11 Babel, Mumford & Sons 1
15 12 21 8 Christmas With Scotty McCreery, Scotty McCreery 4
16 17 9 3 Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin 9
17 10 5 3 Rebel Soul, Kid Rock 5
18 14 8 8 Night Train, Jason Aldean 1
19 19 13 25 Believe, Justin Bieber 1
20 13 7 12 The Truth About Love, P!nk 1
21 26 40 13 Tornado, Little Big Town 2
22 22 35 94 21, Adele (Diamond Certification) 10 1
23 28 29 39 Up All Night, One Direction 1
24 21 12 32 Blown Away, Carrie Underwood 1
25 32 120 6 Cee Lo's Magic Moment, Cee Lo Green 25
26 15 10 3 Woman To Woman, Keyshia Cole 10
27 20 26 36 The Lumineers 11
28 27 20 24 Overexposed, Maroon 5 2
29 24 37 6 Dreams Of Fireflies (On A Christmas Night) (EP), Trans-Siberian Orchestra 9
30 39 28 70 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan 2
31 31 60 41 Noel, Josh Groban 1
32 18 22 7 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar 2
33 40 50 43 Hunter Hayes 18
34 25 31 4 Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage, Susan Boyle 12
35 36 79 32 My Christmas, Andrea Bocelli 2
36 23 11 3 Greatest Hits: Chapter One, Kelly Clarkson 11
37 37 30 15 Under The Mistletoe, Justin Bieber 1
38 43 49 42 Some Nights, fun. 3
39 49 45 72 Chief, Eric Church 1
40 34 73 5 NOW That's What I Call Today's Christmas, Various Artists 34
41 30 24 4 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2, Soundtrack 3
42 50 64 4 GRRR!, The Rolling Stones 19
43 46 118 9 Home For Christmas, Celtic Woman 43
44 38 14 3 Global Warming, Pitbull 14
45 58 84 37 The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 26
46 57 80 27 It's Christmas Time, Elvis Presley 46
47 61 47 11 WOW Hits 2013, Various Artists 35
48 54 88 27 Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 48
49 62 90 34 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey 3
50 81 68 26 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio 23
51 74 81 26 +, Ed Sheeran 5
52 55 74 22 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band 1
53 42 34 4 Trilogy, The Weeknd 4
54 72 87 52 Come To The Well, Casting Crowns 2
55 60 86 15 Christmas Symphony, Mannheim Steamroller With Members Of The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 19
56 52 43 142 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons 2
57 44 99 31 The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas, Various Artists 30
58 47 17 4 Lotus, Christina Aguilera 7
59 35 25 14 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons 2
60 78 109 36 Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs Of Worship, Chris Tomlin 19
61 65 61 6 A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years Bringing Joy To The World, Various Artists 61
62 71 139 15 Heavenly Christmas, Jackie Evancho 11
63 NEW 1 ONXRT: Live From The Archives: Vol. 14, Various Artists 63
64 84 144 9 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2
65 NEW 1 Welcome To The Freakshow, Hinder 65
66 53 58 4 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston 14
67 45 38 36 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men 6
68 66 53 6 Hope On The Rocks, Toby Keith 6
69 80 82 35 The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP), Taylor Swift 20
70 64 48 17 Based On A T.R.U. Story, 2 Chainz 1
71 51 33 5 R.E.D, Ne-Yo 4
72 86 113 18 NOW 43, Various Artists 1
73 67 32 5 Music From Another Dimension!, Aerosmith 5
74 96 153 21 Kidz Bop 22, Kidz Bop Kids 3
75 70 52 4 King Animal, Soundgarden 5
76 33 - 2 Glee The Music: Season 4: Volume 1, Soundtrack 33
77 48 42 5 Holidays Rule, Various Artists 42
78 93 75 4 Dos!, Green Day 9
79 85 190 26 The Gift, Susan Boyle 1
80 95 184 6 What Christmas Means, Kem 80
81 41 44 7 Christmas In The Sand, Colbie Caillat 41
82 63 27 36 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj 1
83 89 - 22 NOW That's What I Call Christmas! 4, Various Artists 28
84 79 108 6 Home For The Holidays, Andre Rieu 56
85 101 51 120 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1
86 165 - 3 This Christmas, John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John 81
87 59 63 10 Kaleidoscope Dream, Miguel 3
88 109 152 26 White Christmas, Martina McBride 64
89 69 62 6 Dreams And Nightmares, Meek Mill 2
90 92 158 11 One Wish: The Holiday Album, Whitney Houston 49
91 115 65 15 Eye On It, tobyMac 1
92 73 137 13 A Very She & Him Christmas, She & Him 12
93 77 46 12 Kiss, Carly Rae Jepsen 6
94 151 105 12 Christmas In Diverse City, tobyMac 84
95 56 - 2 Dance (RED) Saves Lives: Presented By Tiesto, Tiesto 56
96 98 94 7 Viva Duets, Tony Bennett 5
97 103 - 27 James Taylor At Christmas, James Taylor 16
98 158 126 112 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars 3
99 108 96 5 Miracle, Third Day 10
100 167 - 10 The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole 100
101 107 132 21 The Christmas Attic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra 83
102 105 178 19 Once Upon A Christmas, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton 31
103 94 155 111 Speak Now, Taylor Swift 1
104 121 166 10 The 2nd Law, Muse 2
105 146 194 10 White Christmas, Bing Crosby 105
106 113 - 17 Elf, Soundtrack 81
107 100 149 3 We Are Love, Il Volo 100
108 117 39 25 Welcome To The Fishbowl, Kenny Chesney 2
109 87 36 73 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton 1
110 125 - 5 This Is Christmas, Katherine Jenkins 110
111 131 199 53 El Camino, The Black Keys 2
112 148 - 6 Christmas Classics, Bing Crosby 112
113 111 - 4 Chipmunks Christmas, Alvin And The Chipmunks 111
114 155 - 2 The Best Of The Temptations Christmas, The Temptations 114
115 104 143 10 Songs From The Silver Screen, Jackie Evancho 7
116 186 - 13 North, matchbox twenty 1
117 171 147 23 Christmas Portrait, Carpenters 117
118 143 - 8 Glee: The Music: The Christmas Album: Volume 2, Soundtrack 6
119 114 192 16 Christmas Celebration, Mannheim Steamroller 19
120 138 - 17 Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album, Soundtrack 3
121 83 102 45 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey 2
122 75 - 32 Pluto, Future 8
123 RE-ENTRY 165 Time Out Featuring Take Five, The Dave Brubeck Quartet 123
124 68 98 4 Under The Mistletoe, Various Artists 49
125 139 148 23 Holiday Spirits, Straight No Chaser 46
126 99 83 4 Koi No Yokan, Deftones 11
127 120 103 13 Away From The World, Dave Matthews Band 1
128 88 76 4 Paradise (EP), Lana Del Rey 10
129 136 165 5 NOW That's What I Call Disney, Various Artists 34
130 97 157 36 Changed, Rascal Flatts 3
131 123 - 23 Holiday Collection, Kenny G 85
132 122 41 164 19, Adele 4
133 192 - 28 Elvis Christmas, Elvis Presley 68
134 168 188 34 These Are Special Times, Celine Dion 2
135 154 189 11 Uno!, Green Day 2
136 142 133 5 The Classic Christmas Album, Kenny G 128
137 110 89 4 Christmas, Francesca Battistelli 89
138 159 - 109 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean 2
139 132 - 9 51 Songs Kids Really Love To Sing, Kids Choir 81
140 129 176 6 Psychedelic Pill, Neil Young & Crazy Horse 8
141 76 55 9 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding 9
142 174 - 29 The Christmas Collection, Il Divo 14
143 194 - 32 A Christmas Celebration, Celtic Woman 35
144 127 125 22 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean 2
145 150 187 69 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert 4
146 177 - 4 The Best Of Bing Crosby: 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection, Bing Crosby 146
147 RE-ENTRY 31 Hard 2 Love, Lee Brice 5
148 124 - 11 Do You Hear What I Hear?: Women Of Christmas, Various Artists 118
149 112 66 3 Live At River Plate, AC/DC 66
150 195 - 206 Fearless, Taylor Swift 1
151 RE-ENTRY 21 The Hurt & The Healer, MercyMe 7
152 147 - 12 WOW Christmas: 32 Christian Artists And Holiday Songs, Various Artists 61
153 156 - 13 A Christmas Album, Barbra Streisand 153
154 149 136 23 Wild Ones, Flo Rida 14
155 163 159 5 The Classic Christmas Album, Elvis Presley 152
156 162 173 23 Christmas Cheers, Straight No Chaser 38
157 200 - 7 The Piano Guys 44
158 135 - 6 Christmas Songs By Sinatra, Frank Sinatra 127
159 145 - 19 Honky Tonk Christmas, Alan Jackson 42
160 172 110 95 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash 5
161 119 183 20 Christmas Extraordinaire, Mannheim Steamroller 5
162 137 150 7 Blak And Blu, Gary Clark Jr. 6
163 NEW 1 Well Done, Joshua Rogers 163
164 130 97 34 California 37, Train 4
165 160 193 56 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert 3
166 RE-ENTRY 4 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Burl Ives 166
167 NEW 1 The Classic Christmas Album, Luther Vandross 167
168 193 - 23 Living Things, Linkin Park 1
169 191 - 28 Christmas: 25th Anniversary Collection, Mannheim Steamroller 29
170 NEW 1 Fall To Grace, Paloma Faith 170
171 RE-ENTRY 11 Austin & Ally (Soundtrack), Ross Lynch 27
172 RE-ENTRY 32 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes 8
173 126 122 4 The Road, Aaron Lewis 30
174 RE-ENTRY 35 God's Not Dead, newsboys 45
175 82 59 12 Battle Born, The Killers 3
176 RE-ENTRY 122 My World 2.0, Justin Bieber 1
177 153 - 6 Hello My Name Is..., Bridgit Mendler 30
178 164 - 4 Personal Christmas Collection, Andy Williams 139
179 133 181 112 Hands All Over, Maroon 5 2
180 NEW 1 Disney Channel Ultimate Holiday, Various Artists 180
181 RE-ENTRY 267 Taylor Swift 5
182 170 - 3 Christmas With The Chipmunks, The Chipmunks 170
183 RE-ENTRY 8 My Kind Of Christmas, Dean Martin 152
184 RE-ENTRY 78 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton 18
185 169 180 13 Home For Christmas, 'N Sync 7
186 185 - 2 Joy, Steven Curtis Chapman 185
187 NEW 1 Advent At Ephesus, Benedictines Of Mary, Queen Of Apostles 187
188 188 - 8 Release Me, Barbra Streisand 7
189 128 142 105 Bad: 25, Michael Jackson 1
190 183 - 11 Harry For The Holidays, Harry Connick, Jr. 12
191 173 170 10 Transit Of Venus, Three Days Grace 5
192 198 - 16 Best Days, Tamela Mann 14
193 RE-ENTRY 23 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 5, Various Artists 13
194 190 - 3 Alabama Christmas, Alabama 190
195 NEW 1 Stray Arrows: A Collection Of Favorites, Chevelle 195
196 RE-ENTRY 6 The Classic Christmas Album, Tony Bennett 91
197 187 164 10 Sticks & Stones, Cher Lloyd 9
198 178 57 23 Fortune, Chris Brown 1
199 152 - 9 Glad Rag Doll, Diana Krall 6
200 106 72 12 Kanye West Presents GOOD Music Cruel Summer, Various Artists 2

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Newer albums on the Billboard 200 that have not been RIAA certified yet:

Numbers from the 12/15 chart:

Kendrick Lamar 455k
Lumineers 515k
Little Big Town 420k
Maroon 5 835k
2 Chainz 415k
Lana Del Ray 430k
Linkin Park 530k

Numbers are estimated and rounded. They are not exact.

Albums only on the BB200 for 5+ weeks are listed and have sold over 400k

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^ Of Monsters and Men's album was certified Gold on December 4th.
Jason Aldean's was certified Gold and Platinum on the same date.

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24 albums enter the Billboard 200 this week.

13 are re-entries.

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Dec 13, 2012 7:59:33 GMT -5 @2m said:

The Billboard 200
Issue Date: 2012-12-22

Thanks! Any chance you could post the current albums chart?

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Top Current Albums
Issue Date: 2012-12-22

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Position
Chart
1 2 2 7 Red, Taylor Swift  1
2 NEW 1 O.N.I.F.C., Wiz Khalifa  2
3 3 6 6 Merry Christmas, Baby, Rod Stewart  3
4 4 3 4 Take Me Home, One Direction  1
5 NEW 1 Warrior, Ke$ha  5
6 1 - 2 Girl On Fire, Alicia Keys  1
7 8 17 10 Cheers, It's Christmas, Blake Shelton  7
8 5 4 3 The World From The Side Of The Moon, Phillip Phillips  4
9 NEW 1 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line  9
10 7 18 7 On This Winter's Night, Lady Antebellum  7
11 6 1 3 Unapologetic, Rihanna  1
12 10 15 5 NOW 44, Various Artists  2
13 15 22 11 Babel, Mumford & Sons  1
14 11 20 8 Christmas With Scotty McCreery, Scotty McCreery  4
15 16 9 3 Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin  9
16 9 5 3 Rebel Soul, Kid Rock  5
17 13 8 8 Night Train, Jason Aldean  1
18 18 13 25 Believe, Justin Bieber  1
19 12 7 12 The Truth About Love, P!nk  1
20 25 38 13 Tornado, Little Big Town  2
21 21 33 94 21, Adele  (Diamond Certification) 10 1
22 27 28 39 Up All Night, One Direction  1
23 20 12 32 Blown Away, Carrie Underwood  1
24 30 93 6 Cee Lo's Magic Moment, Cee Lo Green  24
25 14 10 3 Woman To Woman, Keyshia Cole  10
26 19 25 36 The Lumineers  11
27 26 19 24 Overexposed, Maroon 5  2
28 23 35 6 Dreams Of Fireflies (On A Christmas Night) (EP), Trans-Siberian Orchestra  9
29 35 27 70 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan  2
30 17 21 7 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar  2
31 36 47 54 Hunter Hayes  18
32 24 29 4 Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage, Susan Boyle  12
33 22 11 3 Greatest Hits: Chapter One, Kelly Clarkson  11
34 39 46 42 Some Nights, fun.  2
35 44 42 72 Chief, Eric Church  1
36 32 65 6 NOW That's What I Call Today's Christmas, Various Artists  32
37 29 23 4 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2, Soundtrack  3
38 45 59 4 GRRR!, The Rolling Stones  19
39 41 91 9 Home For Christmas, Celtic Woman  39
40 34 14 3 Global Warming, Pitbull  14
41 52 44 11 WOW Hits 2013, Various Artists  35
42 62 70 26 +, Ed Sheeran  5
43 49 66 22 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band  1
44 38 32 4 Trilogy, The Weeknd  4
45 61 72 60 Come To The Well, Casting Crowns  2
46 47 40 147 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons  2
47 42 16 4 Lotus, Christina Aguilera  7
48 33 24 14 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons  2
49 55 56 6 A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years Bringing Joy To The World, Various Artists  49
50 NEW 1 ONXRT: Live From The Archives: Vol. 14, Various Artists  50
51 69 105 9 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis  2
52 NEW 1 Welcome To The Freakshow, Hinder  52
53 48 54 4 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston  14
54 40 36 36 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men  6
55 56 50 6 Hope On The Rocks, Toby Keith  6
56 54 45 17 Based On A T.R.U. Story, 2 Chainz  1
57 46 31 5 R.E.D, Ne-Yo  4
58 70 89 18 NOW 43, Various Artists  1
59 57 30 5 Music From Another Dimension!, Aerosmith  5
60 77 111 21 Kidz Bop 22, Kidz Bop Kids  3
61 60 49 4 King Animal, Soundgarden  5
62 31 - 2 Glee The Music: Season 4: Volume 1, Soundtrack  31
63 43 39 5 Holidays Rule, Various Artists  39
64 75 67 4 Dos!, Green Day  9
65 76 128 8 What Christmas Means, Kem  65
66 37 41 7 Christmas In The Sand, Colbie Caillat  37
67 53 26 36 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj  1
68 66 87 6 Home For The Holidays, Andre Rieu  53
69 82 48 120 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry  1
70 117 183 4 This Christmas, John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John  70
71 51 58 10 Kaleidoscope Dream, Miguel  3
72 59 57 6 Dreams And Nightmares, Meek Mill  2
73 89 60 15 Eye On It, tobyMac  1
74 65 43 12 Kiss, Carly Rae Jepsen  6
75 50 - 2 Dance (RED) Saves Lives: Presented By Tiesto, Tiesto  50
76 79 76 7 Viva Duets, Tony Bennett  5
77 85 78 5 Miracle, Third Day  10
78 93 119 10 The 2nd Law, Muse  2
79 81 108 3 We Are Love, Il Volo  79
80 91 37 25 Welcome To The Fishbowl, Kenny Chesney  2
81 71 34 74 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton  1
82 94 - 5 This Is Christmas, Katherine Jenkins  82
83 99 135 53 El Camino, The Black Keys  2
84 87 157 5 Chipmunks Christmas, Alvin And The Chipmunks  84
85 83 104 10 Songs From The Silver Screen, Jackie Evancho  7
86 128 148 14 North, matchbox twenty  1
87 68 83 45 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey  2
88 63 191 34 Pluto, Future  8
89 58 80 4 Under The Mistletoe, Various Artists  48
90 80 71 4 Koi No Yokan, Deftones  11
91 92 84 13 Away From The World, Dave Matthews Band  1
92 72 68 4 Paradise (EP), Lana Del Rey  10
93 102 118 5 NOW That's What I Call Disney, Various Artists  33
94 78 114 36 Changed, Rascal Flatts  3
95 112 131 11 Uno!, Green Day  2
96 106 101 5 The Classic Christmas Album, Kenny G  96
97 86 73 7 Christmas, Francesca Battistelli  73
98 100 139 12 51 Songs Kids Really Love To Sing, Kids Choir  73
99 97 126 6 Psychedelic Pill, Neil Young & Crazy Horse  8
100 64 52 9 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding  9
101 96 97 22 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean  2
102 109 130 71 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert  4
103 147 162 33 Hard 2 Love, Lee Brice  5
104 88 61 3 Live At River Plate, AC/DC  61
105 RE-ENTRY 27 The Hurt & The Healer, MercyMe  7
106 108 103 23 Wild Ones, Flo Rida  14
107 116 115 5 The Classic Christmas Album, Elvis Presley  107
108 135 - 9 The Piano Guys  44
109 103 109 7 Blak And Blu, Gary Clark Jr.  6
110 NEW 1 Well Done, Joshua Rogers  110
111 98 79 34 California 37, Train  4
112 114 133 58 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert  3
113 140 145 3 The Classic Christmas Album, Luther Vandross  113
114 132 158 24 Living Things, Linkin Park  1
115 NEW 1 Fall To Grace, Paloma Faith  115
116 145 175 13 Austin & Ally (Soundtrack), Ross Lynch  27
117 171 - 35 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes  8
118 95 94 4 The Road, Aaron Lewis  29
119 RE-ENTRY 48 God's Not Dead, newsboys  44
120 67 55 12 Battle Born, The Killers  3
121 111 151 7 Hello My Name Is..., Bridgit Mendler  30
122 141 - 2 Disney Channel Ultimate Holiday, Various Artists  122
123 127 161 5 Joy, Steven Curtis Chapman  123
124 144 176 3 Advent At Ephesus, Benedictines Of Mary, Queen Of Apostles  124
125 130 - 8 Release Me, Barbra Streisand  7
126 119 122 10 Transit Of Venus, Three Days Grace  5
127 134 180 17 Best Days, Tamela Mann  14
128 174 - 25 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 5, Various Artists  13
129 NEW 1 Stray Arrows: A Collection Of Favorites, Chevelle  129
130 129 117 10 Sticks & Stones, Cher Lloyd  9
131 122 53 23 Fortune, Chris Brown  1
132 110 168 10 Glad Rag Doll, Diana Krall  6
133 84 64 12 Kanye West Presents GOOD Music Cruel Summer, Various Artists  2
134 143 86 33 Up All Night, Kip Moore  6
135 152 137 5 Disney Jingle Fun, Various Artists  135
136 142 155 7 House Of Gold & Bones: Part 1, Stone Sour  7
137 139 178 77 Outlaws Like Me, Justin Moore  5
138 107 124 58 Ceremonials, Florence + The Machine  6
139 159 156 3 Kidz Bop Christmas!, Kidz Bop Kids  139
140 123 92 5 Christmas: God With Us, Jeremy Camp  92
141 105 75 8 Two Eleven, Brandy  3
142 115 81 3 The Greatest Hits, 3 Doors Down  81
143 124 51 59 Stronger, Kelly Clarkson  2
144 104 140 16 Chapter V, Trey Songz  1
145 126 - 9 Born To Sing : No Plan B, Van Morrison  10
146 125 106 9 Lace Up, MGK  4
147 177 142 35 One Song At A Time, Jamie Grace  80
148 148 170 21 Rock Of Ages, Soundtrack  5
149 90 77 13 The Carpenter, The Avett Brothers  4
150 RE-ENTRY 27 Slipstream, Bonnie Raitt  6
151 156 - 16 Blood, In This Moment  15
152 73 - 2 Wu-Block  73
153 138 100 9 Monster, KISS  3
154 118 98 19 God Forgives, I Don't, Rick Ross  1
155 182 195 13 Coexist, The xx  5
156 155 173 11 Album Title Goes Here, deadmau5  6
157 188 - 42 Duets II, Tony Bennett  1
158 146 171 4 PTXmas (EP), Pentatonix  44
159 179 - 34 The Strange Case Of..., Halestorm  15
160 149 187 13 Tempest, Bob Dylan  3
161 192 - 64 Own The Night, Lady Antebellum  1
162 183 200 50 Bangarang (EP), Skrillex  14
163 137 138 6 New Horizons, Flyleaf  16
164 166 - 76 Megalithic Symphony, AWOLNATION  78
165 194 - 2 Christmas Spirit, Richard Marx  165
166 151 169 56 Take Care, Drake  1
167 175 102 14 Gravity, Lecrae  3
168 131 - 3 A Very Merry Perri Christmas (EP), Christina Perri  93
169 158 160 5 Glee: The Music Presents Glease, Soundtrack  27
170 197 - 7 Make Your Mark: Ultimate Playlist, Various Artists  131
171 101 63 11 Push And Shove, No Doubt  3
172 154 74 35 Tuskegee, Lionel Richie  1
173 162 99 31 10,000 Reasons, Matt Redman  65
174 NEW 1 The Classic Christmas Album, Willie Nelson  174
175 178 181 11 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack  12
176 NEW 1 iTunes Sessions (EP), Dispatch  176
177 NEW 1 Tinsel And Lights, Tracey Thorn  177
178 169 186 34 Love Is A Four Letter Word, Jason Mraz  2
179 181 188 5 A War You Cannot Win, All That Remains  13
180 NEW 1 Endless Years, Will Reagan And United Pursuit  180
181 RE-ENTRY 30 Blunderbuss, Jack White  1
182 RE-ENTRY 3 An Awesome Wave, alt-J  120
183 RE-ENTRY 32 Kidz Bop 21, Kidz Bop Kids  2
184 167 62 26 Looking 4 Myself, Usher  1
185 RE-ENTRY 9 The Invitation Narrated By Lee Strobel, Lee Strobel  127
186 163 177 8 Living For A Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran, Jamey Johnson  5
187 RE-ENTRY 9 Lindsey Stirling  77
188 121 120 37 The Lateness Of The Hour, Alex Clare  43
189 NEW 1 Mighty To Save: Today's Biggest Praise Songs, Various Artists  189
190 RE-ENTRY 48 Clear As Day, Scotty McCreery  1
191 191 - 8 Lonerism, Tame Impala  34
192 185 - 6 Until Now, Swedish House Mafia  14
193 NEW 1 Bish Bosch, Scott Walker  193
194 RE-ENTRY 13 Live Across America, Josh Turner  46
195 190 - 67 Hell On Heels, Pistol Annies  5
196 NEW 1 The Classic Christmas Album, Barry Manilow  196
197 NEW 1 The Classic Christmas Album, John Denver  197
198 NEW 1 Hecho Con Sabor A Puerto Rico, Various Artists  198
199 187 147 8 The Fresh Beat Band: More Music from the Hit TV Show : Vol. 2.0, Soundtrack  75
200 120 - 3 Roads, Chris Mann  120

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[cartman2002]

Here's the awards for this week's album chart

8.Cheers, It's Christmas-Blake Shelton (Gold)
55.Christmas Symphony-Mannheim Steamroller With Members Of The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Gold)
87.Kaleidoscope Dream-Miguel (Gold)
104.The 2nd Law-Muse (gold)
111.El Camino-The Black Keys (double Platnium)
115.Songs From The Silver Screen-Jackie Evancho (gold)
189.Bad-Michael Jackson (Triple Platium)
191.Transit Of Venus-Three Days Grace (gold)
197.Sticks & Stones-Cher Lloyd (gold)

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8,449,000 albums were sold in the US last week.

2,291,000 digital albums were sold.

6,158,000 physical cds were sold.

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Week 49. Thanks to oldbloke at UKMIx

Numbers are not exact. They are estimated and rounded.

YTD Top 200…

Rank - Sales - Title - Artist

01 - 4,255,000 - 21 - ADELE
02 - 2,380,000 - RED - SWIFT*TAYLOR
03 - 1,465,000 - UP ALL NIGHT - ONE DIRECTION
04 - 1,245,000 - BABEL - MUMFORD & SONS
05 - 1,140,000 - BELIEVE - BIEBER*JUSTIN
06 - 1,065,000 - BLOWN AWAY - UNDERWOOD*CARRIE
07 - 1,055,000 - TUSKEGEE - RICHIE*LIONEL
08 - 990,000 - TAILGATES & TANLINES - BRYAN*LUKE
09 - 915,000 - TAKE ME HOME - ONE DIRECTION
10 - 875,000 - GREATEST HITS - HOUSTON*WHITNEY

11 - 865,000 - NIGHT TRAIN - ALDEAN*JASON
12 - 860,000 - OVEREXPOSED - MAROON 5
13 - 810,000 - SOME NIGHTS - FUN.
14 - 775,000 - TRUTH ABOUT LOVE - P!NK
15 - 755,000 - NOW 41 - VARIOUS
16 - 750,000 - PINK FRIDAY...ROMAN RELOADED - MINAJ*NICKI
17 - 690,000 - MAKING MIRRORS - GOTYE
18 - 685,000 - 19 - ADELE
19 - 680,000 - TAKE CARE - DRAKE
20 - 675,000 - CHIEF - CHURCH*ERIC

21 - 650,000 - UNCAGED - BROWN*ZAC BAND
22 - 615,000 - EL CAMINO - BLACK KEYS
23 - 605,000 - TEENAGE DREAM - PERRY*KATY
24 - 600,000 - MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - STEWART*ROD
25 - 575,000 - SIGH NO MORE - MUMFORD & SONS
26 - 565,000 - MY KINDA PARTY - ALDEAN*JASON
27 - 555,000 - OWN THE NIGHT - LADY ANTEBELLUM
28 - 550,000 - WELCOME TO THE FISHBOWL - CHESNEY*KENNY
29 - 545,000 - LUMINEERS - LUMINEERS
30 - 535,000 - STRONGER - CLARKSON*KELLY

31 - 535,000 - LIVING THINGS - LINKIN PARK
32 - 530,000 - TALK THAT TALK - RIHANNA
33 - 520,000 - MDNA - MADONNA
34 - 515,000 - BORN AND RAISED - MAYER*JOHN
35 - 495,000 - MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL - OF MONSTERS AND MEN
36 - 495,000 - MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY
37 - 480,000 - GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY - LAMAR*KENDRICK
38 - 480,000 - NOW 43 - VARIOUS
39 - 475,000 - WRECKING BALL - SPRINGSTEEN*BRUCE
40 - 475,000 - GOD FORGIVES I DON'T - ROSS*RICK

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www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/retail/chart-moves-luke-bryan-one-direction-s-take-1008051322.story

Chart Moves: Luke Bryan, One Direction's 'Take Me Home' Next for 2012's Million-Sellers Club
December 14, 2012 | By Keith Caulfield

The Billboard 200

On the chart this week, Taylor Swift's "Red" returned to No. 1, selling 167,000 (up 22%), according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's the album's fourth non-consecutive week atop the list. The tally's highest new entry was found at No. 2, where Wiz Khalifa's "O.N.I.F.C." started with 141,000.

Since we've already recapped the top 10, let's look at some of the movers and shakers farther down the chart.

-- Luke Bryan, One Direction: In 2011, there were 13 albums that crossed the million sales mark. So far this year, there are seven. Next in line to reach 1 million: Luke Bryan's "Tailgates & Tanlines" (992,000) and One Direction's "Take Me Home" (915,000). The sets rank at Nos. 30 and 4 this week, selling 25,000 and 107,000, respectively.

Bryan's "Tailgates" album has sold a total of 1.6 million since its release in August 2011. Of that, 992,000 were shifted this year and 651,000 were sold in 2011.

One Direction's "Take Me Home" will become the vocal group's second album to sell 1 million copies this year, after "Up All Night" (1.5 million and counting). Both titles were released earlier this year. One Direction could finish 2012 as the only act to sell 1 million copies of two different albums.

-- "ONXRT: Live From the Archives Volume 14": The limited edition charity compilation bows at No. 63 with 12,000 sold, the highest rank and best sales frame in the series' history. The set -- available at Chicago area Target stores -- features in-studio performances and concert broadcasts at WXRT Chicago. It benefits the Rock for Kids and Sarah's Circle charities and includes Arcade Fire, the Shins and Wilco. The "ONXRT" series earlier placed two entries on the Billboard 200: In 2008, the 11th volume spent a week on the chart at No. 175 and in 2011, the 13th volume hit No. 157 for one week.

-- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: The pair's "The Heist" album earns its third straight weekly sales gain and grabs its best sales (12,000) since its third week. In turn, it rallies up the chart, moving from No. 84 to No. 64. The single "Thrift Shop" rises 29-27 on Alternative and is flirting with a debut on Mainstream Top 40. Over on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, it hits a new peak, climbing 7-4 in its 10th week on the list.

-- Hinder: The band's fourth studio album, "Welcome to the Freakshow," starts with 12,000 at No. 65. It arrives almost exactly two years after the release of its last album, "All American Nightmare." The latter debuted and peaked at No. 37 on the Dec. 25, 2010, chart with 35,000. The new album's current single, "Save Me," rises 26-23 on the Active Rock chart this week.

-- John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John: A week following the pair's video for "I Think You Might Like It" went viral (six million views in its first week), its parent album "This Christmas" soars with a 78% gain (selling 9,000 for the week). The collaboration set zips 165-86 in its third frame on the list and could go even higher next week. If it can get any higher than No. 59, it will be Newton-John's highest-charting album since 1988's "The Rumour," which peaked at No. 67. (In 1998, she returned with the No. 59-peaking "Back With a Heart.")

-- Luther Vandross: The late singer debuts his "Classic Christmas Album" at No. 167, marking the artist's 22nd chart entry and highest charting set since 2006. The new compilation of previously released holiday songs includes one commercially unreleased nugget: a live duet with Chaka Khan on "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." The album marks Vandross' loftiest rank since 2006's "The Ultimate Luther Vandross" debuted and peaked at No. 9.

-- Paloma Faith: The British singer's debut album, "Fall to Grace," arrives with 6,000, debuting at No. 2 on Heatseekers Albums and No. 170 on the Billboard 200. This week, its single "Picking Up the Pieces" jumps to a new high of No. 10 on Dance Club/Play Songs.
Read more at www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/retail/chart-moves-luke-bryan-one-direction-s-take-1008051322.story#DIyPQACJzplb1Z3J.99

[lookinghot]

I wonder what Lotus sold.

[HolidayGuy]

Its sales dropped 7% from the prior week. It's sold 154K to date.