Billboard 200: 2/16/13: Justin Bieber No. 1- 211K

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Starting with info from Hip Hop DX, which posts Current Albums rankings.

13. A$AP Rocky, Long.Live.A$AP: 25,000 (201,000)

16. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Heist: 21,000 (313,000)

21. Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city: 17,000 (693,000)

33. T.I., Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head: 14,000 (359,000)

51. 2 Chainz, Based On A T.R.U. Story: 8,000 (523,000)

54. Wiz Khalifa, O.N.F.I.C.: 7,500 (305,000)

68. Chief Keef, Finally Rich: 5,600 (117,000)

80. Game, Jesus Piece: 4,800 (187,000)

81. Da' T.R.U.T.H., Love, Hope & War: 4,700 (4,800)

97. Future, Pluto: 3,900 (266,000)

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www.billboard.com/articles/news/1537980/justin-bieber-scores-fifth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart

Justin Bieber Scores Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart
By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles | February 05, 2013

As expected, Justin Bieber achieves his fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as "Believe Acoustic" debuts atop the list with 211,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan.

With the arrival, he becomes the only artist to have notched five No. 1 albums before turning 19 years old (he turns 19 on March 1.) He was previously tied with Miley Cyrus, who had also claimed four leaders before 19.

Bieber's new album also gives him a No. 1 album in four consecutive years -- something only nine earlier acts have done in the nearly 57-year history of the Billboard 200 chart.

"Believe Acoustic" performed strongly with digital retailers, as 75% of its sales were generated by downloads. That robust digital share was expected, thanks in part to strong pre-orders via iTunes. Industry sources suggest that iTunes' pre-orders equated to around 20-25% of the album's overall first-week. The album became available to pre-order over a month before its release -- on Dec. 21, 2012 -- likely benefitting from download gift card redemptions after Christmas.

"Believe Acoustic" features eight acoustic and/or live tracks originally found on his "Believe" studio album, released last year. "Acoustic" also includes three new recordings: "Yellow Raincoat," "I Would" and "Nothing Like Us."

Bieber previously collected No. 1 albums with "My World 2.0" (2010), "Never Say Never: The Remixes" (2011), "Under the Mistletoe" (2011) and "Believe" (2012).

Bieber leads a debut-filled top four on the Billboard 200 this week, as Andrea Bocelli, Tegan and Sara, and Charlie Wilson also arrive at Nos. 2-4, respectively.

Bocelli collects his seventh top 10 set with "Passione," shifting 94,000 copies at No. 2. He's yet to earn a No. 1 album, though he's now earned a pair of No. 2 sets. His earlier runner-up title was 2009's "My Christmas," which spent five consecutive weeks stuck at No. 2.

The new Bocelli album is also available in Spanish, titled "Pasion," and charts separately. It debuts at No. 59 with 7,000 sold and also bows atop the Latin Albums chart. On the latter tally, it is Bocelli's second No. 1, following 2009's "Mi Navidad," which was the Spanish version of "My Christmas."

Alternative pop/rock duo Tegan and Sara charge in at No. 3 with its new album, "Heartthrob," moving a career-high 49,000 copies. That's almost two times their previous best sales week, when "Sainthood" bowed at No. 21 in 2009 with 24,000. "Heartthrob" also starts at No. 1 on the Rock Albums chart, where the duo has collected two previous top 10s with 2007's "The Con" and 2009's "Sainthood."

"Heartthrob" saw 71% of its debut-week sales come from downloads and it also debuts at No. 2 on the Digital Albums chart. Bieber's "Believe Acoustic" opens atop the list.

Rounding out the four debuts in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 this week is R&B veteran Charlie Wilson, who enters at No. 4 with "Love, Charlie" (44,000). It concurrently starts at No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

This marks the third solo top 10 set on the Billboard 200 for the former Gap Band frontman, who previously claimed top 10s with "Charlie, Last Name Wilson" (No. 10, 2005) and "Uncle Charlie" (No. 2, 2009). His latest album is his fourth consecutive release to include his first name in the title. His last, "Just Charlie," was released in 2010 and debuted and peaked at No. 19.

While downloads made up a significant portion of the debuts for Tegan and Sara, and Justin Bieber, they comprise quite little of Wilson and Bocelli's top 10 arrivals. Digital sales represented just 17% and 10% of Wilson and Bocelli's first-week sales, respectively. The digital-to-physical imbalance isn't surprising, as both artists' core audiences are generally older, and likely prefer CDs over downloads.

As for the rest of the top 10: The "Pitch Perfect" soundtrack falls 3-5 (37,000; down 16%), Bruno Mars' "Unorthodox Jukebox" climbs 8-6 (just under 37,000; up 2%) and Mumford & Sons' "Babel" dips 6-7 (36,000; down 6%). Last week's No. 1, Gary Allan's "Set You Free," tumbles to No. 8 with 34,000 (down 68%) while the Lumineers slide 2-9 with its self-titled album (32,000; down 34%). Taylor Swift's "Red" closes out the top 10, moving down one notch to No. 10 (29,000; down 15%).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" (featuring Wanz) stays steady at No. 1 for a fourth week, selling 381,000 downloads (up 7%). In a distant second place is will.i.am & Britney Spears' "Scream & Shout," rising two rungs to No. 2 with 170,000 (up less than 1%).

Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" falls 2-3 (162,000; down 14%), Swedish House Mafia's "Don't You Worry Child" (featuring John Martin) rises 6-4 (122,000; down 8%) and the Lumineers' "Ho Hey" is a non-mover at No. 5 (118,000; down 16%).

Lil Wayne's "Love Me" (featuring Drake & Future) slips 3-6 (109,000; down 36%) and Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man" vaults 28-7 (105,000; up 87%). The latter's jump comes as it also rises 30-23 on the Pop Songs airplay chart (known as Mainstream Top 40 on billboard.biz).

Right behind Mars on the Digital Songs chart is . . . Mars again, with "Locked Out of Heaven." It moves down one slot to No. 8 with 105,000 (down 17%). Justin Bieber's "Beauty and a Beat" climbs 12-9 (104,000; up 18%) and Maroon 5's "Daylight" descends 9-10 (95,000; down 8%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Feb. 3) totaled 5.24 million units, up 7% compared with the sum last week (4.92 million) and down 10% compared with the comparable sales week of 2012 (5.81 million). Year to date album sales stand at 26.49 million, down 2% compared to the same total at this point last year (27.16 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 25.80 million downloads, down 3% compared with last week (26.67 million) and down 2% stacked next to the comparable week of 2012 (26.39 million). Year to date track sales are at 143.65 million, up 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (141.58 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2012 when: Adele's "21" was for a 20th week (237,000; up 95%) while Van Halen's "A Different Kind of Truth" started in the No. 2 slot with 187,000.

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Week Ending Feb. 3, 2013. Albums: Bieber Sets Teen Record
By Paul Grein

Justin Bieber this week becomes the first artist in chart history to land five #1 albums or EPs while still in his teens. The 18-year old achieves the feat as Believe Acoustic enters The Billboard 200 at #1. The album follows My World 2.0, the EP Never Say Never: The Remixes, Under The Mistletoe and Believe.

Miley Cyrus landed four #1 albums while still in her teens (counting Hannah Montana albums). She scored with Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus, Breakout and the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack, all by age 16. In third place is Britney Spears, who landed three #1 albums while still in her teens. She scored with …Baby One More Time, Oops!...I Did It Again and Britney, all by age 19.

In addition, Bieber becomes the first Canadian artist in chart history to land five #1 albums. He surpasses Neil Young, who has had four. Young scored with the 1972 classic Harvest and also with three albums with Crosby, Stills Nash & Young: Déjà vu, 4 Way Street and So Far. Michael Buble is in third place among Canadian acts for the most #1 albums. The charismatic crooner has had three: Call Me Irresponsible, Crazy Love and Christmas.

Bieber is the 36th artist to amass five or more #1 albums since the chart became a regular weekly feature in Billboard in March 1956. That’s pretty good for an artist who was unknown just four years ago.

Billboard’s Keith Caulfield adds an interesting nugget. Bieber is only the 10th artist in the history of The Billboard 200 to land a #1 album in four consecutive calendar years.

Believe Acoustic sold 211K copies in its first week. This is the heftiest tally for an album released in the month of January since Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now sold 481K copies in the week ending Jan. 31, 2010.

The tally for Believe Acoustic includes 158K digital copies, which it puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums. That’s the biggest one-week digital tally in history for a teen act. Bieber broke his own record: Believe sold 139K digital copies in its first week. (Taylor Swift’s Fearless is in third place. It sold 129K digital copies in its debut week.)

This is Bieber’s seventh top 10 album. Bieber, who will turn 19 on March 1, is one of the youngest performers to amass so many top 10 albums at such a young age. But he’s not the youngest. Cyrus amassed nine top 10 albums (again, counting Hannah Montana albums) before her 18th birthday in November 2010.

Believe Acoustic is Bieber’s second Acoustic album. Bieber followed his My World EP and My World 2.0 album with My Worlds Acoustic. The impetus for these albums is to prove that Bieber has vocal chops. Some of his teen-idol predecessors needed tons of studio gloss to appear minimally competent.

Andrea Bocelli’s Passione debuts at #2, just in time for Valentine’s Day. This ties My Christmas as Bocelli’s highest-charting album to date. That album logged five weeks at #2 in 2009. Passione is Bocelli’s fifth top five album. The album features collabos with Nelly Furtado and Jennifer Lopez and a “virtual duet” with Edith Piaf on Piaf’s 1950 classic, “La Vie En Rose.”

A Spanish-language edition of the album, Pasion, debuts at #59, with sales of 7K. (I’m glad that charting the two editions separately didn’t affect its chart ranking.)

These are the seventh top 10 albums for both Bieber and Bocelli. The two artists have something else in common. Both were nominated for Grammys as Best New Artist. Both lost. Bocelli lost to Lauryn Hill as Best New Artist of 1998. Bieber lost to Esperanza Spalding as Best New Artist of 2010.

Tegan and Sara’s Heartthrob debuts at #3. This is the first top 10 album for the Canadian pop/rock duo, which is comprised of identical twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin. Their previous highest-charting album was their previous release, Sainthood, which hit #21 in 2009. (And what are the odds that an album titled Heartthrob would debut the same week that an actual heartthrob does?)

Charlie Wilson’s Love, Charlie debuts at #4. It’s his third top 10 album, following Charlie Last Name: Wilson (#10 in 2005) and Uncle Charlie (#2 in 2009). The album features a collabo with Keith Sweat. Wilson rose to fame with The Gap Band. That trio’s highest-charting album was Gap Band IV, which reached #14 in 1982.

Love, Charlie is the highest-charting album to date with this title concept. Shelby Lynne’s Love, Shelby hit #109 in 2001. Smokey Robinson’s Love, Smokey hit #112 in 1990. Elvis Presley’s compilation Love, Elvis hit #120 in 2005. Luther Vandross’ four-disk box set Love, Luther hit #191 in 2007.

Pitch Perfect drops from #3 to #5. It’s #1 on Top Soundtracks for the third week in a row. Pitch Perfect has sold particularly well as a digital album. The album has sold 365K digital copies, a total topped by only two soundtracks in digital history: Twilight (721K digital copies) and Juno (379K). Slipping to fourth place: Daft Punk’s Tron: Legacy (346K).

Gary Allan’s Set You Free drops from #1 to #8 in its second week. It’s #1 on Top Country Albums for the second week. It’s Allan’s first album to spend two weeks on top of the country chart. 2005’s Tough All Over and 2007’s Greatest Hits each had one week at #1.

“Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz is #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the fourth week. It sold 381K copies, its best showing to date. “Thrift Shop” is shaping up as a Gotye-style monster hit. It’s a lock to hold at #1 on the Hot 100 for the third straight week, as you will see later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs.

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

The Top Five: Justin Bieber’s Believe Acoustic debuts at #1 (211K). It’s his fifth #1 album; his seventh to make the top 10…Andrea Bocelli’s Passione debuts at #2 (94K). It’s his seventh top 10 album…Tegan and Sara’s Heartthrob debuts at #3 (49K). It’s the duo’s first top 10 album…Charlie Wilson’s Love, Charlie debuts at #4 (44K). It’s his third top 10 album… The Pitch Perfect soundtrack drops from #3 to #5 in its 15th chart week (37K). This is its sixth week in the top 10.

The Second Five: Bruno Mars’ Unorthodox Jukebox rebounds from #8 to #6 in its eighth week (37K). It has ranked in the top 10 the entire time…Mumford & Sons’ Babel dips from #6 to #7 in its 19th week (36K). This is its 13th week in the top 10… Gary Allan’s Set You Free drops from #1 to #8 in its second week (34K)…The Lumineers’ The Lumineers drops from #2 to #9 in its 44th week (32K). This is its sixth week in the top 10… Taylor Swift’s Red dips from #9 to #10 in its 14th week (29K). It has ranked in the top 10 the entire time.

Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. 2013 Grammy Nominees drops from #4 to #14. (Expect a turnaround.) Kidz Bop Kids’ Kidz Bop 23 drops from #5 to #11. A$AP Rocky’s Long.Live.A$AP drops from #7 to #13. The Les Miserables soundtrack drops from #10 to #17.

Local Natives’ Hummingbird debuts at #12. This is the highest-charting album to date for the indie rock band from the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles. Their Gorilla Manor hit #160 in 2010.

Colton Dixon’s “faith-based album” A Messenger debuts at #15. Dixon finished seventh on Season 11 of American Idol. He’s the second Season 11 finalist to score with a debut album. Phillip Phillips’ World From The Side Of The Moon peaked at #4…Hatebreed’s Divinity Of Purpose debuts at #20. It’s the metal band’s highest-charting album to date…Get Up! by Ben Harper with bluesman Charlie Musselwhite debuts at #27.

Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 blockbuster Rumours re-enters the chart at #40. The album logged 31 weeks at #1. Since 1956, only two albums have had longer runs on top: the West Side Story soundtrack (54 weeks) and Michael Jackson’s Thriller (37 weeks). Rumours is #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the second week. It first topped the catalog chart in May 2011.

Destiny’s Child’s Love Songs debuts at #72. Beyonce’s 4 re-enters the chart at #100. Both should move up next week, the first full week following B’s performance at the Super Bowl.

Florence + the Machine’s Ceremonials tops the 500K mark in digital sales. That represents 59% of the album’s total sales (849K). The band’s 2009 album Lungs has sold 591K digital copies. That represents 52% of that album’s total sales to date (1,142,000).

Adele’s Live At Royal Albert Hall returns to #1 on Top Music Videos. This is its 26th week on top. This extends its record for the longest-running #1 music video by a female artist. Note: One Direction’s Up All Night—The Live Tour was #1 last week for the 30th week, not Adele’s DVD, as I reported. There was a chart rerun after the initial results were posted. (I just updated last week’s column.)

Coming Attractions: Josh Groban’s All That Echoes is expected to be among next week’s top new entries. Also due: Now 45, Tim McGraw’s Two Lanes Of Freedom, Red’s Release The Panic, Coheed & Cambria’s The Afterman Descension, Avant’s Face The Music, Joe Budden’s No Love Lost, Robert DeLong’s Just Movement and Mumford & Sons’ DVD, The Road To Red Rocks.

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I don't know what happened to digital single sales. Ever since October or so, we've seen a decline in sales and people said it was due to people waiting for their gift cards. It's been a month and sales are still low, other than Thrift Shop. Does anyone know why?
What comes to mind is sales of let's say I Knew You Were Trouble. It got to 300k+ for a couple of weeks and quickly declined. This level of sales reminds me of earlier years.

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Feb 6, 2013 13:31:18 GMT -5 livelikedying111 said:

I don't know what happened to digital single sales. Ever since October or so, we've seen a decline in sales and people said it was due to people waiting for their gift cards. It's been a month and sales are still low, other than Thrift Shop. Does anyone know why?
What comes to mind is sales of let's say I Knew You Were Trouble. It got to 300k+ for a couple of weeks and quickly declined. This level of sales reminds me of earlier years.

For one, it's just natural that at some point sales were going to level off. For another, sales did rise after the holidays.

I'd argue that people just aren't excited by a lot of music right now.

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1 New 1 Believe: Acoustic, Justin Bieber
2 New 1 Passione, Andrea Bocelli
3 New 1 Heartthrob, Tegan And Sara
4 New 1 Love, Charlie, Charlie Wilson
5 3 15 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack
6 8 8 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars
7 6 19 Babel, Mumford & Sons
8 1 2 Set You Free, Gary Allan
9 2 44 The Lumineers, The Lumineers
10 9 15 Red, Taylor Swift
11 5 3 Kidz Bop 23, Kidz Bop Kids
12 New 1 Hummingbird, Local Natives
13 7 3 Long.Live.A$AP, A$AP Rocky
14 4 2 2013 Grammy Nominees, Various Artists
15 New 1 A Messenger, Colton Dixon
16 14 17 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
17 10 7 Les Miserables: Highlights From The Motion Picture Soundtrack, Soundtrack
18 22 102 21, Adele
19 23 11 Unapologetic, Rihanna
20 New 1 The Divinity Of Purpose, Hatebreed

21 20 15 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar
22 15 9 Here’s To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line
23 13 12 Take Me Home, One Direction
24 12 22 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons
25 21 50 Some Nights, fun.
26 16 11 The World From The Side Of The Moon, Phillip Phillips
27 New 1 Get Up!, Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite
28 29 34 +, Ed Sheeran
29 17 20 The Truth About Love, P!nk
30 30 21 Tornado, Little Big Town
31 24 10 Girl On Fire, Alicia Keys
32 26 32 Overexposed, Maroon 5
33 28 7 Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head, T.I.
34 37 40 Blown Away, Carrie Underwood
35 25 16 Night Train, Jason Aldean
36 32 13 NOW 44, Various Artists
37 31 51 Hunter Hayes, Hunter Hayes
38 New 1 Dave’s Picks Volume 5: Pauley Pavilio, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA: 11/17/73, Grateful Dead
39 36 33 Believe, Justin Bieber
40 RE-ENTRY 151 Rumours, Fleetwood Mac

41 41 61 El Camino, The Black Keys
42 11 2 How Country Feels, Randy Houser
43 New 1 WOW Gospel 2013: 30 Of The Year’s Top Gospel Artists And Songs, Various Artists
44 39 150 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons
45 34 44 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monster And Men
46 33 4 Burning Lights, Chris Tomlin
47 38 78 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan
48 27 8 Nashville: Season 1: Volume 1, Soundtrack
49 40 11 Greatest Hits: Chapter One, Kelly Clarkson
50 42 18 The 2nd Law, Muse
51 53 11 Rebel Soul, Kid Rock
52 63 25 Based On A T.R.U. Story, 2 Chainz
53 50 12 Trilogy, The Weeknd
54 46 80 Chief, Eric Church
55 49 9 O.N.I.F.C., Wiz Khalifa
56 18 5 12-12-12 The Concert For Sandy Relief: To Benefit The Robin Hood Reliefe Fun, Various Artists
57 48 47 Up All Night, One Direction
58 New 1 Blow The Roof, Flux Pavilion
59 New 1 Pasion, Andrea Bocelli
60 55 30 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band

61 52 176 Thriller, Michael Jackson
62 47 53 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey
63 127 45 Greatest Hits, Bon Jovi
64 45 2 My True Story, Aaron Neville
65 56 8 La Misma Gran Senora, Jenni Rivera
66 66 11 Global Warming, Pitbull
67 57 9 Warrior, Ke$ha
68 87 11 Woman To Woman, Keyshia Cole
69 New 1 Oddfellows, Tomahawk
70 58 8 Joyas Prestadas: Pop, Jenni Rivera
71 71 7 Finally Rich, Chief Keef
72 New 1 Love Songs, Destiny’s Child
73 152 246 Journey’s Greatest Hits, Journey
74 68 120 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars
75 80 19 WOW Hits 2013, Various Artists
76 35 2 The Acoustic Sessions {Volume One}, Casting Crowns
77 82 64 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert
78 83 6 Cold Fact, Rodriguez
79 62 40 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes
80 64 18 Kaleidoscope Dream, Miguel

81 74 79 Number One Hits, Tim McGraw
82 59 4 Notes From The Underground, Hollywood Undead
83 67 11 Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin
84 75 39 Hard 2 Love, Lee Brice
85 92 30 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean
86 199 12 Our Version Of Events, Emeli Sande
87 72 8 Jesus Piece, The Game
88 New 1 Love Hope War, Da T.R.U.T.H.
89 65 23 Eye On It, tobyMac
90 61 4 Wretched And Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones, Black Veil Brides
91 19 2 True North, Bad Religion
92 New 1 Sentimental Journey, Emmy Rossum
93 73 4 Signed And Sealed In Blood, Dropkick Murphys
94 84 42 California 37, Train
95 117 7 Searching For Sugar Man (Soundtrack), Rodriguez
96 88 31 Wild Ones, Flo Rida
97 New 1 Campfire: Worship & Community Reimagined, Rend Collective Experiment
98 110 12 Koi No Yokan, Deftones
99 85 17 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding
100 RE-ENTRY 51 4, Beyonce

101 99 77 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert
102 104 52 Bangarang (EP), Skrillex
103 109 8 An Awesome Wave, alt-J
104 111 39 Pluto, Future
105 114 12 Paradise (EP), Lana Del Rey
106 157 217 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band
107 191 6 The Greatest Hits, 3 Doors Down
108 141 21 Best Days, Tamela Mann
109 105 12 Lindsey Stirling, Lindsey Stirling
110 101 65 Megalithic Symphony, AWOLNATION
111 124 2 NOW That’s What I Call Love Songs, Various Artists
112 153 12 King Animal, Soundgarden
113 108 172 19, Adele
114 116 59 Take Care, Drake
115 94 9 Joyas Pretadas: Banda, Jenni Rivera
116 77 3 Lead With Your Heart, The Tenors
117 78 65 Ceremonials, Florence + The Machine
118 95 14 Hello My Name Is…, Bridgit Mendler
119 RE-ENTRY 62 Greatest Hits, Foo Fighters
120 43 2 Bless This House, Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers

121 100 9 18 Months, Calvin Harris
122 89 22 We Cry Out: The Worship Project, Jeremy Camp
123 160 110 Save Me, San Francisco, Train
124 103 81 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton
125 90 6 Django Unchained, Soundtrack
126 115 10 Until Now, Swedish House Mafia
127 102 93 Rage Against The Machine, Rage Against The Machine
128 129 12 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston
129 RE-ENTRY 106 …Hits, Phil Collins
130 130 44 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj
131 138 31 Living Things, Linkin Park
132 186 21 North, matchbox twenty
133 107 60 Come To The Well, Casting Crowns
134 93 8 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Soundtrack
135 132 12 Lotus, Christina Aguilera
136 RE-ENTRY 30 The Strange Case Of…, Halestorm
137 155 15 Blak And Blu, Gary Clark Jr.
138 145 103 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash
139 135 18 Transit Of Venus, Three Days Grace
140 51 2 Wolf’s Law, The Joy Formidable

141 118 8 La Gran Senora, Jenni Rivera
142 122 128 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
143 134 35 Blunderbuss, Jack White
144 112 44 Changed, Rascal Flatts
145 183 10 House Of Gold & Bones: Part 1, Stone Sour
146 143 117 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean
147 119 16 Coexist, The xx
148 113 2 Las Bandas Romanticas de America 2013, Various Artists
149 151 12 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2, Soundtrack
150 166 14 Dreams And Nightmares, Meek Mill
151 44 2 Reborn, Trapt
152 70 3 Fade, Yo La Tengo
153 169 19 Blood, In This Moment
154 123 26 NOW 43, Various Artists
155 162 12 Lonerism, Tame Impala
156 98 3 In Grand Company, Duke Ellington
157 RE-ENTRY 3 Girls: Volume 1: Music From The HBO Original Series, Soundtrack
158 131 253 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers
159 165 13 R.E.D, Ne-Yo
160 RE-ENTRY 32 Welcome To The Fishbowl, Kenny Chesney

161 RE-ENTRY 50 The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac
162 RE-ENTRY 9 Beyond Hell/Above Heaven, Volbeat
163 125 114 The Band Perry, The Band Perry
164 New 1 Coming From Reality, Rodriguez
165 150 81 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites (EP), Skrillex
166 RE-ENTRY 3 The Voice: The Complete Season 3 Collection, Cassadee Pope
167 126 2 Tim McGraw & Friends, Tim McGraw
168 147 13 Miracle, Third Day
169 177 118 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band
170 198 131 Recovery, Eminem
171 New 1 Iconic (EP), Icona Pop
172 154 12 Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs From The Stage, Susan Boyle
173 New 1 Fiction Family Reunion, Fiction Family
174 158 69 Greatest Hits… So Far!!!, P!nk
175 New 1 Parrandera Rebelde y Atrevida, Jenni Rivera
176 RE-ENTRY 822 Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd
177 146 10 The Road, Aaron Lewis
178 168 8 Tre!, Green Day
179 185 146 Back In Black, AC/DC
180 167 63 Stronger, Kelly Clarkson

181 187 13 Greatest Hits, Mariah Carey
182 163 14 Album Title Goes Here, deadmau5
183 RE-ENTRY 10 The Story Of Your Life, Matthew West
184 106 132 Brothers, The Black Keys
185 128 29 Kidz Bop 22, Kidz Bop Kids
186 New 1 PG-13, Sharon Needles
187 180 14 Hope On The Rocks, Toby Keith
188 137 12 GRRR!, The Rolling Stones
189 181 46 xx, The xx
190 RE-ENTRY 75 Purple Rain (Soundtrack), Prince And The Revoution
191 142 19 Gossamer, Passion Pit
192 171 65 Nothing But The Beat, David Guetta
193 86 3 The Lone Bellow, The Lone Bellow
194 120 119 Speak Now, Taylor Swift
195 RE-ENTRY 19 Chapter V, Trey Songz
196 148 13 The Piano Guys, The Piano Guys
197 60 2 Anything In Return, Toro y Moi
198 New 1 Simplemente…La Mejor!, Jenni Rivera
199 RE-ENTRY 2 NOW That’s What I Call A Workout, Various Artists
200 RE-ENTRY 48 lovestrong., Christina Perri

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keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/3/13)

1) Justin Bieber – Believe Acoustic – 211,051
2) Andrea Bocelli – Passione – 93,830
3) Tegan & Sara – Heartthrob – 49,205

Other Debuts

4) Charlie Wilson – Love, Charlie – 44,175
12) Local Natives – Hummingbird – 26,015
15) Colton Dixon – A Messenger – 22,111
20) Hatebreed – Divinity of Purpose – 17,437
27) Harper/Mussel White – Get Up! – 15,394
38) Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks Volume 5 – 11,461

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www.roughstock.com/blog/country-album-chart-news-for-february-6-2013-gary-allan-s-set-you-free-1-carrie-underwood-s-blown-away-top-5

Top 10 Country Albums for This Week with five Notable Albums (SoundScan Top 200 Current Albums Chart Placement)*

*Numbers rounded to nearest thousandth.

LWTWArtistAlbumSales TWSales Total

18Gary AllanSet You Free34,000140,000

910Taylor SwiftRed2,9003,329,000

1522Florida Georgia LineHere's To The Good Times17,000274,000

3030Little Big TownTornado15,000683,000

3734Carrie UnderwoodBlown Away13,0001,271,000

2535Jason AldeanNight Train13,0001,103,000

3137Hunter HayesHunter Hayes13,000583,000

1141Randy HouserHow Country Feels11,00035,000

3846Luke BryanTailgates & Tanlines10,0001,822,000

2747NashvilleOriginal Soundtrack Vol 19,000195,000

5459Zac Brown BandUncaged5,000762,000

7972Miranda LambertFour The Record5,000721,000

Re 174Jake OwenBarefoot Blue Jean Night2,000389,000

----Kris KristoffersonFeeling Mortal2,0002,000

----Blue Sky RidersFinally Home2,0002,000

[areyoureadytojump]

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

Numbers are not exact. They are estimated and rounded.

Numbers are from the 2/16 chart:

Pitch Perfect Sdtk. 435k
Bruno Mars 690k
Ed Sheeran 405k
Now 44 625k
Kid Rock 400k
Led Zeppelin (2cds) 355k
Train 420k
Skrillex Bangarang 470k
Linkin Park 580k
Jack White 465k
Skrillex Scary 520k
David Guetta 465k

Albums only on the BB200 for 4+ weeks are listed and have sold over 400k.

[DJ General]

I hope Ed Sheeran has a big sales increase after the Grammys. would be awesome if he won his televised award as well

[esoteric76]

Go Sharon!

186 New 1 PG-13, Sharon Needles

[cartman2002]

Here's this week's awards for the BB200

31.Alicia Keys-Girl On Fire (gold)
60.Uncaged-Zac Brown Band (platnium)
62.Lana Del Rey-Born To Die (2x Platnium)
85.Channel Orange-Frank Ocean (Platnium)
124.Until Now-Swedeish House Mafia (gold)
136.The Strange Case Of...-Halestorm (Platnium)
145.House Of Gold And Bones: Part 1-Stone Sour (gold)

[badrobot]

Celine Dion is Canadian and has 4 #1 albums, but Grein didn't mention her, oddly.

[areyoureadytojump]

5,254,000 albums were sold in the USA last week.

2,416,000 were digital albums.

2,838,000 were physical cds.

More figures are here:

www1.billboard.biz/bbbiz/photos/pdf/2013/current.pdf

[HolidayGuy]

Emeli Sandae zoomed 199-86* this week. She has made multiple appearances lately (including Ellen yesterday). promo is working.

She may be the next new(er) act to shine.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/1538575/chart-moves-local-natives-best-week-ever-fleetwood-macs-rumours-returns

This week, Justin Bieber became the first artist to earn five No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart before turning 19. His new "Believe Acoustic" debuted atop the list, selling 211,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was one of four debuts in the top 10 -- and all of them arrived in the top four.

As for the rest of the chart, there were of course -- as always -- some movers and shakers. Let's take a closer look at some of them:

-- Local Natives: It's a big week for the Los Angeles band. The act's "Hummingbird" album gives the group its best sales week yet (26,000) and a new chart high on the Billboard 200 as it bows at No. 12. The effort follows the slow-and-steady success of its 2010 "Gorilla Manor" debut, which peaked at No. 106 and has sold 120,000.

-- Colton Dixon: The former "American Idol" contestant bows at No. 15 with "A Messenger" and also starts at No. 1 on Christian Albums, selling 22,000. He's the third "Idol" finalist to reach the top of the Christian tally, following Clay Aiken and Mandisa.

-- Carrie Underwood: A $7.99 sale price on her "Blown Away" album at iTunes lifts its download sales by 84% while its overall climb is 32%. In turns, it jumps 37-34 on the chart with the Greatest Gainer award. In the set's 40 weeks on the chart, it has yet to sell less than 10,000 in a week. This week, its total sales rise to 1.26 million.

-- Fleetwood Mac: The band's classic "Rumours" album earned a 35th anniversary reissue last week -- in various expansive configurations -- prompting its reentry at No. 40 with 11,000 sold (up 527%). The album spent 31 weeks at No. 1 in 1977 and 1978 -- tied with the "South Pacific" soundtrack and Harry Belafonte's "Calypso" for the third-longest run at No. 1 in history. Only the soundtrack to "West Side Story" (54 weeks) and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (37) logged more weeks at No. 1.

-- Wow Gospel Series: The Wow Gospel series returns with "Wow Gospel 2013," debuting at No. 43 with 10,000. The Wow Gospel series has charted at least one title on the list each year since its first release, "Wow Gospel 1998" (which peaked at No. 100). The new "Wow Gospel 2013" album also starts at No. 1 on the Gospel Albums chart, where its the 20th No. 1 for the franchise. To date, the Wow Gospel albums have sold 5.8 million.

-- Flux Pavilion: The 24-year old DJ/producer's (Joshua Steele) album "Blow the Roof" arrives at No. 58 on the Billboard 200, giving the Big Beat label its fifth top 100 album since relaunching in 2010. Over on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart, it debuts at No. 1 -- the second-ever leader on the tally for Big Beat (following Skrillex's "Bangarang" EP last year).

-- Emeli Sande: A pair of TV performances last week on NBC's "Today" (Jan. 29) and CBS' "The Late Show With David Letterman" (Feb. 1) help push her album "Our Version of Events" to its best sales (5,000; up 105%) week since last June. It makes a massive jump from No. 199 to No. 86 this week.

[Linnethia Monique]

18 22 102 21, Adele

Gurl ain't going nowhere.

[Deleted]

Its days in the top 10 though are done. Gradual slide from here

[musicfan09]

Feb 8, 2013 21:55:15 GMT -5 Linnethia Monique said:

18 22 102 21, Adele

Gurl ain't going nowhere.

You really fucking thought she was ever gonna end? Gurl your crazy.

[forg]

And she has the Oscar performance coming up. Go Adele

[rosemoor]

62.Lana Del Rey-Born To Die (2x Platnium)
85.Channel Orange-Frank Ocean (Platnium)

ugh, how? last time I checked, they only sold like around 500k.

[ddlz]

41 41 61 El Camino, The Black Keys

Can't wait for Grammy effect.

[areyoureadytojump]

Feb 9, 2013 18:25:20 GMT -5 rosemoor said:

62.Lana Del Rey-Born To Die (2x Platnium)
85.Channel Orange-Frank Ocean (Platnium)

ugh, how? last time I checked, they only sold like around 500k.

Those are his own personal certifications.

Both are Gold with the RIAA.

[Honeymoon]

Nothing against Cartman2002 (although I have no idea what his personal certification criteria is) but those posts belong in the Personal Charts forum. They're too easily confused with the genuine certification data in these threads.