Billboard 200: 1/25/14: 'Frozen' Soundtrack No. 1- 86,000

[HolidayGuy]

www.billboard.com/articles/news/5869748/frozen-chills-for-second-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200

'Frozen' Chills For Second Week At No. 1 On Billboard 200
By Keith Caulfield, L.A. | January 15, 2014

'Beyonce' holds at No. 2, while Kid Ink scores the week's top album debut.

The soundtrack to Disney's "Frozen" holds for a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while Beyonce's self-titled album is also stationary, at No. 2.

"Frozen" sold another 86,000 copies in the week ending Jan. 12, according to Nielsen SoundScan, down 48% from its 165,000 haul the previous week. (That sum was bolstered by sale pricing in the iTunes Store—an assist that wasn’t provided in the most recent tracking week.)

As previously noted, it was initially forecast last week that "Beyonce" would likely return to No. 1 this week. However, "Frozen" bested its sales projections, selling about 5,000 to 10,000 more than expected. The forecast for “Beyonce” was around 90,000 last Wednesday (Jan. 8), but was then scaled back to 80,000 by the weekend. "Beyonce" finishes the week at No. 2 with 79,000 (down 40% from 130,000 a week ago).

Sources credit the continued success of "Frozen" not to a breakout radio hit or special sale pricing, but to its parent film, which continues to do blockbuster business in theaters. According to Box Office Mojo, "Frozen" has earned $318 million at the U.S. and Canadian box offices through Jan. 13. It finished at No. 2 at the box office during the weekend ($15.1 million), behind the new release "Lone Survivor" ($38.5 million).

Since "Frozen” received a wide release on Nov. 27, 2013, the movie has been among the top three filmsevery weekend at the box office. It’s currently the fourth-highest-grossing film released in 2013, behind "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," "Iron Man 3" and "Despicable Me 2."

With "Frozen" having sold 86,000, this is the first week the top-selling album in the country sold fewer than 100,000 copies since the chart dated Sept. 28, 2013, when Keith Urban's "Fuse" bowed at No. 1 with 98,000. The rule of “Frozen” this week is the smallest sum at No. 1 since J. Cole's "Born Sinner" rose to No. 1 on the July 20, 2013, chart, with just 58,000.

It's fairly normal to see low sales figures at the top of the chart in January, because few major new albums arrive to market and the industry is readjusting after a busy holiday shopping season.

That said, "Frozen" is the first theatrical film soundtrack to rule at No. 1 for multiple weeks since "Dreamgirls" spent two weeks at No. 1 in early 2007. The last animated film to spend more than one week at No. 1 was Disney's "The Lion King," which roared for 10 nonconsecutive weeks in 1994 and 1995.

So far, the multiartist "Frozen" soundtrack has sold 589,000 in seven weeks, while "Beyonce" has sold 1.5 million in five weeks.

After "Frozen" and "Beyonce" comes the first—and only—debut in the top 10 of the chart, Kid Ink's "My Own Lane" at No. 3. It's the rapper first full-length album for a major label (RCA Records) and it starts with 50,000. It also arrives at No. 1 on the Rap Albums chart.

As for the rest of the top 10: Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" falls 3-4 with 36,000 (down 35%), Lorde's "Pure Heroine" is steady at No. 5 with 33,000 (down 28%), and One Direction's "Midnight Memories" holds at No. 6 with 24,000 (down 46%). Katy Perry's "PRISM" slides 4-7 with 23,000 (down 55%), Miley Cyrus' "Bangerz" jumps 13-8 with 20,000 (down 34%), and Imagine Dragons' "Night Visions" rises 10-9 with 17,000.

R. Kelly's "Black Panties" rounds out the top 10, up one slot to No. 10, selling slightly more than 17,000. Like "Frozen" at No. 1, the sales sum for the No. 10 album is notably low this week. But, it's smaller than usual. "Black Panties" logs the third-smallest sum ever for the week's No. 10 album since SoundScan started powering the chart in 1991. (Only two weeks in early 2012 registered smaller sales at No. 10, but both weeks' sales came in at about 17,000 after rounding.)

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Katy Perry trots up three slots to No. 1 with "Dark Horse," featuring Juicy J, selling 243,000 downloads for the week (up 6%). The single, which is the third release from her "PRISM" album, is making great gains at radio. This week, it climbs 15-11 on the Pop Songs airplay chart (known as Mainstream Top 40 on Billboard.biz).

Perry's previous single, the ballad "Unconditionally," topped out at No. 15 on the Digital Songs chart.

Last week's leader, Pitbull's "Timber," featuring Ke$ha, drops to No. 2 with 227,000 (down 25%). A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera's "Say Something" falls 2-3 with 218,000 (down 10%). OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" slips 3-4 with 185,000 (down 22%).

Eminem's "The Monster," featuring Rihanna, is stationary at No. 5 with 162,000 (down 27%). Passenger's "Let Her Go" is also a non-mover at No. 6 with 146,000 (down 21%).

Aloe Blacc's "The Man" re-enters the chart at No. 7 with 139,000 (up 191%) thanks to the song's use in TV commercials for Beats by Dre. The spots, which have been airing since November, have recently earned huge exposure during the NFL playoffs.

The first Beats commercial with "The Man" featured basketball player Kevin Garnett. Then, a second clip, starring San Francisco 49ers' quarterback Colin Kaepernick, began running in December. The latter spot was widely seen during the 49ers' Jan. 12 gameagainst the Carolina Panthers, and is the catalyst for "The Man's" sales gain this week.

Lorde's "Team" hits the top 10 for the first time, rising 13-8 with 125,000 (up 6%), and Bastille's"Pompeii" also reaches the top 10, rising 14-9 with 124,000 (up 9%).

Idina Menzel, who voices one of the lead characters in Disney's "Frozen" film, hits a new high, as her version of the movie's "Let It Go" climbs 12-10 with 118,000 (down 9%). Another rendition of the song, by Demi Lovato, slides 25-36 with54,000 (down 31%). Menzel's performance of the song is the one featured in the movie, while Lovato's take plays over the film's closing credits.

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Jan. 12) totaled 4.3 million units, down 21% compared with the sum last week (5.4 million) and down 17% compared with the comparable sales week of 2013 (5.1 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 9.7 million, down 15% compared with the same total at this point last year (11.4 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 25.6 million downloads, down 16% compared with last week (30.6million) and down 11% stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (28.8 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 56.2 million, down 11% compared with the same total at this point last year (63.4 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2012 when: A$AP Rocky's "Long.Live.A$AP" debuted at No. 1 with 139,000 and the "Kidz Bop 23" album started at No. 2 with 81,000.

[HolidayGuy]

Note: A new SoundScan-era low is reached (4.3 million albums).

Look at Aloe Blaac's EP go...

Hip Hop DX
2. Beyonce, Beyonce: 79,000 (1.511 million)

3. Kid Ink, My Own Lane: 50,000 (50,000)

4. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2: 36,000 (1.817m)

10. R. Kelly, Black Panties: 17,000 (286,000)

11. Drake, Nothing Was The Same: 17,000 (1.385m)

16. Justin Timberlake, 20/20 Experience Complete: 13,000 (814,000)

20. Childish Gambino, because the internet: 11,000 (185,000)

25. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Heist: 9,500 (1.256m)

31. B.o.B, Underground Luxury: 6,600 (70,000)

32. Aloe Blacc, Wake Me Up EP: 6,200 (27,000)

45. Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d. city: 5,300 (1.138m)

49. Yo Gotti, I Am: 5,200 (125,000)

67. Jay Z, Magna Carta...Holy Grail: 4,300 (1.109m)

108. Kanye West, Yeezus: 3,000 (633,000)

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(I replaced the typo of 2010, where it discusses the record sales weeks in the SS era, with 2000).

U.S. Album Sales Volume Falls to New Low
By Keith Caulfield, New York | January 15, 2014

U.S. album sales have again fallen to a new weekly low.

In the week ending Jan. 12, 4.25 million albums were sold according to Nielsen SoundScan, which began tracking music sales in 1991.

The previous SoundScan-era low was set in the week ending Oct. 27, 2013, when just 4.49 million albums were sold.

To compare, the SoundScan-era high for album sales in a single week came in late December of 2000, during the height of CD sales, when 45.4 million albums were sold in the week ending Dec. 24. (To put that figure in perspective, in all of 2013, there were 289.41 million albums sold. But in 2000, there were 785.14 million albums sold.)

It's normal to see soft sales figures in January every year -- as the market adjusts back to normal after the Christmas shopping season, and because there are few new major albums to drive sales. This week's top selling album, for example, is the "Frozen" soundtrack, with 86,000 sold.

While it's now common for album sales to fall below 5 million units in a week, this wasn't always the case.

Weekly volume didn't fall below 5 million in the SoundScan era until 2010, when, in the week ending May 30, album sales dropped to 4.98 million.

In 2010, there were a total of four weeks with under 5 million in sales. In 2011, that number shrunk to just two weeks, but then stepped back up to three weeks in 2012.

In 2013, things got really crazy, when there were 18 weeks where album sales dropped below 5 million.

With this week's sum about 250,000 units away from scraping 4 million, it would seem another low threshold is about to be reached.

[Caviar]

These articles need to note that streaming is driving the sales decline not fewer people buying music. The physical format has been on the decline for many years now and it's just now starting to hit digital sales. Billboard needs to come up with a way to incorporate streaming albums into the chart because people are consuming more music today than in 2000.

[Gary]

Exactly. Although aren't digital albums still increasing (although not by much)? (I know tracks are on the decline)

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music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/chart-watch-frozen-brings-heat-203806438.html

Chart Watch: “Frozen” Brings The Heat
By Paul Grein Yahoo Music

"Frozen" tops The Billboard 200 for the second straight week. It's the first soundtrack to spend two weeks on top since "Dreamgirls" in 2007. It's the first soundtrack to an animated movie to spend two or more weeks on top since "The Lion King" roared for 10 weeks in 1994-1995.

"Frozen" is #1 on Top Soundtracks for the seventh week. The movie has ranked in the top three at the box-office for seven straight weekends.

"Frozen" sold 55K digital copies this week, which also puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums for the second week.

Beyonce's "Beyonce" holds at #2 for the second week. The album tops 1.5 million in sales in this, its fifth week. That is by the fastest that a Beyonce album has reached 1.5 million. Her 2003 solo debut, "Dangerously In Love," took 13 weeks to hit 1.5M. 2006's "B'Day" took 14 weeks. 2008's "I Am…Sasha Fierce" took seven weeks. 2011's "4" has yet to sell 1.5M (It's up to 1,389,000.)

Kid Ink's "My Own Lane" debuts at #3. It's the rapper's second full-length album. His first, "Up & Away," reached #20 in 2012. Kid Ink is the third artist whose name begins with the word "Kid" to chart as high as #3. He follows Kid Cudi and Kid Rock. Kid Ink's current single, "Show Me" (featuring Chris Brown) jumped into the top 40 on last week's Hot 100.

Lorde's "Pure Heroine" holds at #5 for the second week. The album tops the 500K mark in digital sales this week. It has sold 766K copies overall.

Miley Cyrus' "Bangerz" rebounds from #13 to #8. The album has sold 806K copies. (By way of comparison, Cyrus' previous album, "Can't Be Tamed," has sold just 350K copies.)

"Dark Horse" by Katy Perry featuring Juicy J jumps to #1 on Hot Digital Songs (243K), displacing "Timber" by Pitbull featuring Ke$ha (227K). Will "Dark Horse" zoom from #6 to #1 on the Hot 100 or will "Timber" hold on for a second week? You'll find out later today when we post my Songs blog.

Here's a recap of this week's top 10 albums.

The Top Five: The "Frozen" soundtrack holds at #1 for the second week in its seventh week (86K). This is its fifth week in the top 10… Beyonce's "Beyonce" holds at #2 for the second week in its fifth week (79K). It has been in the top five the entire time… Kid Ink's "My Own Lane" debuts at #3 (50K). It's his first top 10 album…Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" dips from #3 to #4 in its 10th week (36K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time…Lorde's "Pure Heroine" holds at #5 for the second week in its 15th week (33K). This is its 10th week in the top 10.

The Second Five: One Direction's "Midnight Memories" holds at #6 for the second week in its seventh week (24K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time… Katy Perry's "Prism" drops from #4 to #7 in its 12th week (23K). This is its 11th week in the top 10…Miley Cyrus' "Bangerz" rebounds from #13 to #8 in its 14th week (20K). This is its seventh week in the top 10… Imagine Dragons' "Night Visions" inches up from #10 to #9 in its 71st week (17K). This is its 22nd week in the top 10…R. Kelly's "Black Panties" rebounds from #11 to #10 in its fifth week (17K). This is its second week in the top 10.

Three albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Luke Bryan's "Crash My Party" drops from #7 to #13. OneRepublic's "Native" drops from #8 to #17. "Now 48" drops from #9 to #15.

Florida Georgia Line's "Here's To The Good Times" rebounds from #16 to #12 in its 58th week. The album returns to #1 on Top Country Albums, displacing Luke Bryan's "Crash My Party." This is its ninth week on top of that chart. That's the longest run by any album since Taylor Swift's "Red" had 16 weeks on top in 2012-2013. It's the longest run by a debut album since "Taylor Swift" had 24 weeks on top in 2007-2008. It's the longest run at #1 for an album by an ongoing duo in chart history. (One collabo had a longer run on top: Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson's "Waylon & Willie," which stayed on top for 11 weeks in 1978.)

The "Inside Llewyn Davis" soundtrack jumps from #23 to #14 in its fifth week. It's the second soundtrack to a film written by Joel & Ethan Coen to crack the top 20. "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" spent 55 weeks in the top 20 in 2001-2002 (including two weeks at #1 after it won the Grammy for Album of the Year.

"Foreverly" by Billie Joe Armstrong + Norah Jones jumps from #33 to #19 in its seventh week, two weeks after the death of Phil Everly. The Everly Brothers had three top 20 albums from 1958 to 1960.

John Newman's "Tribute" debuts at #24. The album hit #1 on The U.K.'s Official Albums Chart in September. It features "Love Me Again," which hit #1 on The U.K.'s Official Singles Chart in July. Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads reached the top 10 in 1987 with an album titled "Tribute." It was a tribute to Rhoads, a guitarist who had died in a plane crash in 1982.

"Pitch Perfect" drops from #52 to #56 in its 64th chart week. It this week surpasses "Twilight" to become the best-selling soundtrack in digital history. Both albums have sold 739K digital copies, when rounded off to the nearest thousand. These are the only movie or TV soundtracks that are listed on Nielsen SoundScan's running list of the 100 best-selling albums in digital history (though "Frozen" may well crack the list next week, and certainly will within two weeks).

"Twilight" has sold more copies overall (combining CDs and digital copies). It has sold 2,802,000 total copies, compared to 1,017,000 copies for "Pitch Perfect." CDs account for 73% of the sales of "Twilight" (with digital accounting for 26% and LPs accounting for a sliver). The breakdown is reversed with "Pitch Perfect." CDs account for just 27% of its sales (with digital accounting for the other 73%).

Adele's "21" rebounds from #71 to #58 in its 151st week. The album moves up to #1 on Top Catalog Albums (in its sixth week on that chart). Adele's previous album, "19," logged 41 weeks at #1 on the catalog chart in 2011-2012. "21" has sold 10,857,000 copies.

Ellie Goulding's "Halcyon" rebounds from #107 to #74 in its 55th chart week. The album logs its second week at #1 on The U.K.'s Official Albums Chart. This surpasses Goulding's first album, "Lights," which spent one week at #1 in the U.K.

Eric Clapton's "Crossroads Guitar Festival" logs its fourth week at #1 on Top Music Videos.

Coming Attractions: Bruce Springsteen "High Hopes" will be among next week's top new entries. Also due: Kidz Bop Kids' "Kidz Bop 25," Jennifer Nettles' "That Girl," Broken Bells' "After The Disco," Switchfoot's "Fading West," Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings' "Give The People What They Want," Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Songs From The Movie," Rosanne Cash's "The River & The Thread" and Jon Pardi's "Write You A Song."

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Country album sales this week:

www.roughstock.com/blog/country-album-chart-news-the-week-of-january-15-2013-with-news-on-latest-albums-from-luke-garth-cassadee-danielle-and-scotty

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The Billboard 200

1 1 7 Frozen Soundtrack
2 2 5 Beyonce Beyonce
3 New 1 My Own Lane Kid Ink
4 3 10 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem
5 5 15 Pure Heroine Lorde
6 6 7 Midnight Memories One Direction
7 4 12 PRISM Katy Perry
8 13 14 Bangerz Miley Cyrus
9 10 71 Night Visions Imagine Dragons
10 11 5 Black Panties R. Kelly
11 15 16 Nothing Was The Same Drake
12 16 58 Here's To The Good Times Florida Georgia Line
13 7 22 Crash My Party Luke Bryan
14 23 7 Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Recording Soundtrack
15 9 9 NOW 48 Various Artists
16 17 15 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2) Justin Timberlake
17 8 42 Native OneRepublic
18 14 7 Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades Of Influences Garth Brooks
19 33 7 Foreverly Billie Joe + Norah
20 18 5 Because The Internet Childish Gambino
21 31 19 Bad Blood Bastille
22 12 9 ARTPOP Lady Gaga
23 20 18 AM Arctic Monkeys
24 New 1 Tribute John Newman
25 21 66 The Heist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

26 26 24 All The Little Lights Passenger
27 27 57 Unorthodox Jukebox Bruno Mars
28 44 23 The Blessed Unrest Sara Bareilles
29 19 6 Britney Jean Britney Spears
30 49 8 Sail Out (EP) Jhene Aiko
31 36 4 Underground Luxury B.o.B
32 195 2 Wake Me Up (EP) Aloe Blacc
33 25 38 I Love You. The Neighbourhood
34 22 17 True Avicii
35 37 102 Born To Die Lana Del Rey
36 34 39 Save Rock And Roll Fall Out Boy
37 24 11 Reflektor Arcade Fire
38 50 42 Based On A True Story ... Blake Shelton
39 30 3 The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Pict Soundtrack
40 New 1 Wig Out At Jagbags Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks
41 60 65 Night Train Jason Aldean
42 38 8 Baptized Daughtry
43 32 19 Yours Truly Ariana Grande
44 45 24 Blurred Lines Robin Thicke
45 65 64 good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
46 54 19 Love And War Tamar Braxton
47 48 93 The Lumineers The Lumineers
48 51 69 The Truth About Love P!nk
49 41 8 I Am Yo Gotti
50 46 6 Common Courtesy A Day To Remember

51 40 8 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 2 Five Finger Death Punch
52 42 15 Days Are Gone HAIM
53 39 43 The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake
54 79 19 Love In The Future John Legend
55 63 68 Babel Mumford & Sons
56 52 64 Pitch Perfect Soundtrack
57 55 32 Modern Vampires Of The City Vampire Weekend
58 71 151 21 Adele
59 67 34 Random Access Memories Daft Punk
60 56 20 Hail To The King Avenged Sevenfold
61 62 16 WOW Hits 2014 Various Artists
62 59 10 Loved Me Back To Life Celine Dion
63 61 64 Red Taylor Swift
64 87 59 Lindsey Stirling Lindsey Stirling
65 73 3 American Hustle Soundtrack
66 68 36 Golden Lady Antebellum
67 76 27 Magna Carta... Holy Grail Jay Z
68 53 8 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack
69 90 287 Journey's Greatest Hits Journey
70 101 16 Mechanical Bull Kings Of Leon
71 72 93 My Head Is An Animal Of Monsters And Men
72 28 13 Lightning Bolt Pearl Jam
73 155 5 Live At The Cellar Door Neil Young
74 107 55 Halcyon Ellie Goulding
75 105 11 It Goes Like This Thomas Rhett

76 47 14 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! Panic! At The Disco
77 57 61 Take Me Home One Direction
78 74 36 Same Trailer Different Park Kacey Musgraves
79 98 13 Bones Of What You Believe CHVRCHES
80 86 7 Danielle Bradbery Danielle Bradbery
81 88 7 PTX: Vol. II Pentatonix
82 91 8 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 Nickelback
83 29 6 Days Of Gold Jake Owen
84 New 1 Reflections (EP) Misterwives
85 95 13 See You Tonight Scotty McCreery
86 112 26 Kidz Bop 24 Kidz Bop Kids
87 99 9 The 1975 The 1975
88 108 17 Off The Beaten Path Justin Moore
89 82 79 + Ed Sheeran
90 118 18 Fuse Keith Urban
91 103 197 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons
92 70 93 Up All Night One Direction
93 93 78 Uncaged Zac Brown Band
94 85 5 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Soundtrack
95 35 23 NOW 47 Various Artists
96 145 295 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers Bob Marley And The Wailers
97 110 38 To Be Loved Michael Buble
98 115 95 Wicked Original Broadway Cast Recording
99 104 147 The Eminem Show Eminem
100 165 168 Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars

101 Re-Entry 4 Church Clothes: Vol. 2 Lecrae
102 100 19 Clarity Zedd
103 77 26 Teen Beach Movie Soundtrack
104 111 66 Ultimate Hits: Rock And Roll Never Forgets Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
105 154 86 The Essential Michael Jackson Michael Jackson
106 97 16 Stay Trippy Juicy J
107 84 21 Paradise Valley John Mayer
108 69 30 Yeezus Kanye West
109 117 9 Let's Be Still The Head And The Heart
110 94 24 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1 Five Finger Death Punch
111 102 208 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem
112 134 5 Feels Like Carolina Parmalee
113 129 107 Megalithic Symphony AWOLNATION
114 132 41 Global Warming Pitbull
115 89 10 Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne
116 135 11 Southeastern Jason Isbell
117 109 4 Austin & Ally: Turn It Up Soundtrack
118 96 100 Hunter Hayes Hunter Hayes
119 119 51 An Awesome Wave alt-J
120 198 26 Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies Volbeat
121 106 17 From Here To Now To You Jack Johnson
122 83 164 Recovery Eminem
123 141 9 On Air: Live At The BBC Volume 2 The Beatles
124 146 273 Greatest Hits Guns N' Roses
125 140 148 The Legend Of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash

126 66 29 Demi Demi Lovato
127 191 2 Music For Little Hipsters Various Artists
128 133 34 True Believers Darius Rucker
129 150 33 Grace (EP) Tasha Cobbs
130 180 6 PTX: Volume 1 Pentatonix
131 120 14 Frame By Frame Cassadee Pope
132 Re-Entry 15 A Messenger Colton Dixon
133 156 70 Best Days Tamela Mann
134 121 20 The Essential Billy Joel Billy Joel
135 174 156 1 The Beatles
136 188 198 Thriller Michael Jackson
137 192 49 Greatest Hits Fleetwood Mac
138 152 24 Born Sinner J. Cole
139 116 145 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
140 131 14 Collide With The Sky Pierce The Veil
141 159 119 [Hybrid Theory] Linkin Park
142 153 65 Greatest Hits Foo Fighters
143 78 25 Stars Dance Selena Gomez
144 158 56 Greatest Hits James Taylor
145 Re-Entry 89 Greatest Hits... So Far!!! P!nk
146 124 166 Teenage Dream Katy Perry
147 162 41 Pioneer The Band Perry
148 160 11 The Acoustic Sessions {Volume One} Casting Crowns
149 139 42 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection Chris Tomlin
150 161 124 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton Blake Shelton

151 123 78 Overexposed Maroon 5
152 169 175 All The Right Reasons Nickelback
153 157 127 Tailgates & Tanlines Luke Bryan
154 166 4 Call Me Crazy, But... (EP) Sevyn Streeter
155 75 4 The Grohl Sessions: Vol. I (EP) Zac Brown Band
156 151 40 Paradise (EP) Lana Del Rey
157 142 168 Number Ones Michael Jackson
158 137 11 My Name Is My Name Pusha T
159 193 19 ...Like Clockwork Queens Of The Stone Age
160 168 32 Love Is Everything George Strait
161 177 852 The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd
162 136 30 The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film Soundtrack
163 114 22 Rise Skillet
164 127 27 Sempiternal Bring Me The Horizon
165 167 122 Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys
166 Re-Entry 47 God's Not Dead newsboys
167 113 6 Matangi M.I.A.
168 171 143 You Get What You Give Zac Brown Band
169 179 168 Mothership Led Zeppelin
170 163 13 New Paul McCartney
171 199 54 Unapologetic Rihanna
172 149 18 B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME 2 Chainz
173 Re-Entry 202 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty
174 New 1 American Authors (EP) American Authors
175 147 6 1969 - Siempre: En Vivo Desde Monterrey: Parte 1 Jenni Rivera

176 143 13 The Electric Lady Janelle Monae
177 Re-Entry 100 FutureSex/LoveSounds Justin Timberlake
178 Re-Entry 288 Metallica Metallica
179 176 58 The World From The Side Of The Moon Phillip Phillips
180 200 256 The Foundation Zac Brown Band
181 189 10 Redneck Crazy Tyler Farr
182 122 38 Paramore Paramore
183 New 1 Scratch My Back/And I'll Scratch Yours Peter Gabriel
184 170 22 In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery Capital Cities
185 Re-Entry 6 Restart newsboys
186 Re-Entry 129 Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits Simon & Garfunkel
187 196 172 Greatest Hits Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
188 184 39 Long.Live.A$AP A$AP Rocky
189 126 92 Take Care Drake
190 125 20 The Civil Wars The Civil Wars
191 Re-Entry 69 Super Hits Willie Nelson
192 Re-Entry 4 Ready Set Roll (EP) Chase Rice
193 Re-Entry 13 Zion Hillsong United
194 Re-Entry 27 Greatest Hits Neil Young
195 130 89 Blown Away Carrie Underwood
196 Re-Entry 46 Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix
197 175 4 Vessel Twenty One Pilots
198 185 11 Drinks After Work Toby Keith
199 Re-Entry 168 Abbey Road The Beatles
200 Re-Entry 6 Melophobia Cage The Elephant

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Top Catalog Albums

1 2 6 21 Adele
2 6 942 Journey's Greatest Hits Journey
3 4 4 + Ed Sheeran
4 8 12 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons
5 1 15 Up All Night One Direction
6 22 1094 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers Bob Marley And The Wailers
7 11 290 Wicked Original Broadway Cast Recording
8 9 89 The Eminem Show Eminem
9 30 81 Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars
10 10 11 Ultimate Hits: Rock And Roll Never Forgets Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
11 25 143 The Essential Michael Jackson Michael Jackson
12 7 183 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem
13 5 90 Recovery Eminem
14 23 309 Greatest Hits Guns N' Roses
15 19 72 The Legend Of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
16 38 3 PTX: Volume 1 Pentatonix
17 13 15 The Essential Billy Joel Billy Joel
18 35 424 1 The Beatles
19 39 273 Thriller Michael Jackson
20 40 486 Greatest Hits Fleetwood Mac
21 12 214 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
22 28 301 [Hybrid Theory] Linkin Park
23 24 48 Greatest Hits Foo Fighters
24 27 722 Greatest Hits James Taylor
25 45 45 Greatest Hits... So Far!!! P!nk
26 14 35 Teenage Dream Katy Perry
27 18 12 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection Chris Tomlin
28 29 61 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton Blake Shelton
29 32 115 All The Right Reasons Nickelback
30 26 8 Tailgates & Tanlines Luke Bryan
31 20 255 Number Ones Michael Jackson
32 36 1095 The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd
33 31 504 Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys
34 Re-Entry 12 God's Not Dead newsboys
35 33 56 You Get What You Give Zac Brown Band
36 37 160 Mothership Led Zeppelin
37 44 844 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty
38 43 37 FutureSex/LoveSounds Justin Timberlake
39 Re-Entry 650 Metallica Metallica
40 42 109 The Foundation Zac Brown Band
41 Re-Entry 176 Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits Simon & Garfunkel
42 41 510 Greatest Hits Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
43 15 28 Take Care Drake
44 48 99 Super Hits Willie Nelson
45 Re-Entry 23 Greatest Hits Neil Young
46 17 11 Blown Away Carrie Underwood
47 Re-Entry 274 Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix
48 Re-Entry 280 Abbey Road The Beatles

^The above albums are on the BB200

49 46 19 El Camino The Black Keys
50 34 11 Some Nights fun.

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4,252,000 albums were sold in the USA last week.

2,033,000 were digital albums.

2,219,000 were cds/vinyl albums/cassettes.

www1.billboard.biz/bbbiz/photos/pdf/2013/TFMmw_0116.pdf

Album sales are down -15.1% for 2014. (-14.0% last week)

[Linnethia Monique]

That Adele Reign just won't let up.

[Gary]

Vinyl is likely still on the rise. Digital albums are likely still up. Cassettes might even be increasing.

Stand alone CD's must be seeing a more dramatic drop that the post indicates.

[cartman2002]

here's this week awards for the BB200

4.Eminem-The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (Gold)
62.Love Me Back to Life-Celine Dion (Gold)
108.Yeezus-Kanye West (Platinum)
115.Avril Lavinge (Gold)
162.The Great Gatsby-Soundtrack (Platinum)
181.Redneck Crazy-Tyler Farr (Gold)

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Jan 16, 2014 12:59:47 GMT -5 Gary said:

Vinyl is likely still on the rise. Digital albums are likely still up. Cassettes might even be increasing.

Stand alone CD's must be seeing a more dramatic drop that the post indicates.

From today's Billboard Bulletin:

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

Cds down 19.1%
Digital albums down 12.8%
Vinyl up 33.3%
Other (cassettes/dvds) down 33.3%

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Current Albums

1-152 are on the Billboard 200.

153 125 60 Greatest Hits: Chapter One Kelly Clarkson
154 187 44 Blood In This Moment
155 142 8 Eric Clapton Guitar Festival: Crossroads: Live: MSG, NY, April 2013 Various Artists
156 86 11 Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas The Robertsons
157 168 69 Tornado Little Big Town
158 167 9 Direct Hits The Killers
159 149 6 The Sound Of Music: Music From The NBC Television Event Soundtrack
160 177 14 The Paradigm Shift Korn
161 145 17 A.M. Chris Young
162 172 9 NOW That's What I Call Disney 2 Various Artists
163 139 11 Recharged Linkin Park
164 156 24 Trouble Will Find Me The National
165 Re-Entry 39 The Piano Guys The Piano Guys
166 163 20 Rebellious Soul K. Michelle
167 195 6 Withholding Nothing William McDowell
168 171 8 Downtown: Life Under The Gun (EP) August Alsina
169 148 24 3 Marc Anthony
170 162 13 Magpie And The Dandelion The Avett Brothers
171 Re-Entry 2 The Death Card Sworn In
172 160 15 Kiss Land The Weeknd
173 154 5 Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 2 / Volume 1 Soundtrack
174 179 13 To All The Girls... Willie Nelson
175 200 2 The Lost Recordings Jim Croce

176 192 6 Life Love & Hope Boston
177 180 15 The Diving Board Elton John
178 190 9 Trap Lord A$AP Ferg
179 175 3 what. Bo Burnham
180 174 6 Meltdown EP Pitbull
181 121 16 Louder R5
182 Re-Entry 4 12 Stories Brandy Clark
183 199 6 Knock Madness Hopsin
184 169 9 20 TLC
185 Re-Entry 26 The Struggle Tenth Avenue North
186 170 20 Three Kings TGT
187 Re-Entry 2 Tattoos (EP) Jason Derulo
188 Re-Entry 49 Trilogy The Weeknd
189 196 16 The Bluegrass Album Alan Jackson
190 Re-Entry 3 Despicable ME 2 Soundtrack
191 New 1 Peter Gabriel: And I'll Scratch Yours Various Artists
192 184 10 The Love Club (EP) Lorde
193 Re-Entry 15 Closer To The Truth Cher
194 Re-Entry 52 Our Version Of Events Emeli Sande
195 166 13 From Death To Destiny Asking Alexandria
196 188 15 Hesitation Marks Nine Inch Nails
197 New 1 NOW That's What I Call A Workout 3 Various Artists
198 Re-Entry 15 Watching Movies With The Sound Off Mac Miller
199 Re-Entry 5 We Are Young & Free Hillsong Young & Free
200 Re-Entry 10 Til The Casket Drops ZZ Ward

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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

1 1 5 Beyonce Beyonce
2 New 1 My Own Lane Kid Ink
3 2 11 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem
4 3 5 Black Panties R. Kelly
5 4 17 Nothing Was The Same Drake
6 5 15 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2) Justin Timberlake
7 6 5 Because The Internet Childish Gambino
8 7 66 The Heist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
9 12 9 Sail Out (EP) Jhene Aiko
10 8 4 Underground Luxury B.o.B
11 11 25 Blurred Lines Robin Thicke
12 14 64 good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
13 13 19 Love And War Tamar Braxton
14 10 8 I Am Yo Gotti
15 9 44 The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake
16 17 19 Love In The Future John Legend
17 16 27 Magna Carta... Holy Grail Jay Z
18 18 20 Stay Trippy Juicy J
19 15 30 Yeezus Kanye West
20 22 30 Born Sinner J. Cole
21 23 6 Call Me Crazy, But... (EP) Sevyn Streeter
22 19 14 My Name Is My Name Pusha T
23 26 60 Unapologetic Rihanna
24 21 18 B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME 2 Chainz
25 20 18 The Electric Lady Janelle Monae
26 25 52 Long.Live.A$AP A$AP Rocky

^The above albums are on the BB200

27 28 22 Rebellious Soul K. Michelle
28 31 19 Downtown: Life Under The Gun (EP) August Alsina
29 27 18 Kiss Land The Weeknd
30 34 19 Trap Lord A$AP Ferg
31 35 8 Knock Madness Hopsin
32 29 13 20 TLC
33 30 21 Three Kings TGT
34 40 61 Trilogy The Weeknd
35 45 83 Our Version Of Events Emeli Sande
36 39 25 Watching Movies With The Sound Off Mac Miller
37 32 41 I Am Not A Human Being II Lil Wayne
38 38 9 Ellen's I'm Gonna Make You Dance Jams Various Artists
39 Re-Entry 24 Gas Pedal: The EP Sage The Gemini
40 36 27 The Gifted Wale
41 41 19 Appreciation Day Jaheim
42 Re-Entry 4 Cupid Deluxe Blood Orange
43 49 53 O.N.I.F.C. Wiz Khalifa
44 Re-Entry 26 Hits Of The 90's Various Artists
45 Re-Entry 9 Suffering From Success DJ Khaled
46 Re-Entry 15 Doris Earl Sweatshirt
47 44 14 MMG: Self Made 3 Various Artists
48 48 64 Kaleidoscope Dream Miguel
49 50 22 Something Else Tech N9ne
50 47 18 Hall Of Fame Big Sean

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Top Country Albums

1 3 58 Here's To The Good Times Florida Georgia Line
2 1 23 Crash My Party Luke Bryan
3 2 7 Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades Of Influences Garth Brooks
4 5 42 Based On A True Story ... Blake Shelton
5 6 65 Night Train Jason Aldean
6 7 64 Red Taylor Swift
7 8 36 Golden Lady Antebellum
8 16 11 It Goes Like This Thomas Rhett
9 9 43 Same Trailer Different Park Kacey Musgraves
10 11 7 Danielle Bradbery Danielle Bradbery
11 4 6 Days Of Gold Jake Owen
12 14 13 See You Tonight Scotty McCreery
13 17 17 Off The Beaten Path Justin Moore
14 18 18 Fuse Keith Urban
15 13 79 Uncaged Zac Brown Band
16 21 5 Feels Like Carolina Parmalee
17 15 118 Hunter Hayes Hunter Hayes
18 20 34 True Believers Darius Rucker
19 19 14 Frame By Frame Cassadee Pope
20 22 41 Pioneer The Band Perry
21 10 5 The Grohl Sessions: Vol. I (EP) Zac Brown Band
22 23 35 Love Is Everything George Strait
23 26 15 Redneck Crazy Tyler Farr
24 30 12 Ready Set Roll (EP) Chase Rice
25 25 11 Drinks After Work Toby Keith

^The above albums are on the BB200

26 12 11 Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas The Robertsons
27 28 70 Tornado Little Big Town
28 24 17 A.M. Chris Young
29 27 5 Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 2 / Volume 1 Soundtrack
30 29 13 To All The Girls... Willie Nelson
31 Re-Entry 6 12 Stories Brandy Clark
32 31 16 The Bluegrass Album Alan Jackson
33 33 90 Hard 2 Love Lee Brice
34 34 49 Set You Free Gary Allan
35 32 31 NOW That's What I Call Country Volume 6 Various Artists
36 38 49 Two Lanes Of Freedom Tim McGraw
37 45 46 How Country Feels Randy Houser
38 44 40 Caught In The Act: Live Eric Church
39 35 9 The Woman I Am Kellie Pickler
40 37 20 Bring You Back Brett Eldredge
41 46 12 You Can't Make Old Friends Kenny Rogers
42 40 15 We Are Tonight Billy Currington
43 41 32 Annie Up Pistol Annies
44 49 11 Crickets Joe Nichols
45 Re-Entry 41 Precious Memories: Volume II Alan Jackson
46 42 44 Spring Break... Here To Party Luke Bryan
47 Re-Entry 6 4 Album Collection Luke Bryan
48 36 36 Life On A Rock Kenny Chesney
49 39 35 Wheelhouse Brad Paisley
50 Re-Entry 54 The Road Aaron Lewis

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^http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/5876840/chart-moves-pitch-perfect-hits-1-million-in-sales-john-newmans

Chart Moves: 'Pitch Perfect' Hits 1 Million in Sales, John Newman's Album Debuts in Top 30 and American Authors 'Day' Dawns

By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles | January 19, 2014

As usual, there were a number of movers and shakers outside of the top two positions on the chart this week. Let's take a look at some of them...

-- Billie Joe & Norah, "Foreverly" (No. 19): Billie Joe Armonstrong and Norah Jones' tribute set -- covering the Everly Brothers' 1958 album "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us" -- rises to its highest chart position yet, climbing 33-19 with 12,000 (up 10%). The ascension comes shortly after the death of the Everly Brothers' Phil Everly on January 3.

-- Arctic Monkeys, "AM" (No. 23): The band is flirting with its first No. 1 on the Alternative airplay chart, where the album's "Do I Wanna Know?" rises 3-2 after spending six weeks stuck at No. 3. The new album has sold 197,000 -- far more than the 92,000 sold of their last set, 2011's "Suck It And See."

-- John Newman, "Tribute" (No. 24): The singer's soulful single "Love Me Again" continues to rise on the Mainstream Top 40 chart, climbing 20-18 this week with a 13% in detections, according to Nielsen BDS. Meanwhile, on the Billboard 200, the British artist's first album enters at No. 24 with 10,000 sold.

-- Soundtrack, "Pitch Perfect" (No. 56): In the final week of December, the soundtrack reached 1 million in sales. It's the first million-selling theatrical film soundtrack since "Michael Jackson's This Is It" moved a million in December of 2009.
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-- Demi Lovato, "Demi" (No. 126): While the album's single "Neon Lights" brightens up the Mainstream Top 40 chart (moving up 30-24 this week), the album dips 66-126 with a 53% decline in sales. However, it is selling faster than her last release. In "Demi's" first 35 weeks on sale, it has sold 334,000 copies -- more than what 2011's "Unbroken" did in its first 35 frames (310,000).

-- Colton Dixon, "A Messenger" (No. 132): Colton Dixon re-enters the chart (up 389%) for the first time since May of 2013, thanks to sales of this album at venues along the Winter Jam Tour 2014. Other acts on the trek profit from the tour, like Lecrae (No. 101; up 28%) and newsboys (with two titles on the chart seeing big gains: Nos. 166 and 185; up more than 100% each).

-- American Authors, "American Authors" (EP) (No. 174): As the album's oft-heard-in-TV-commercials single "Best Day of My Life" starts to take off on pop radio (rising 36-33 on Mainstream Top 40 this week), the set makes a belated debut on the Billboard 200 -- 20 weeks after it was released.

[Gary]

'Frozen' - The No. 1 Album That's Been Ignored by Radio
News /

By Keith Caulfield | January 20, 2014 4:42 PM EST

'Frozen' - The No. 1 Album That's Been Ignored by Radio
 
Despite how Walt Disney Records' "Frozen" soundtrack has been atop the Billboard 200 chart for two weeks -- and the movie is a blockbuster hit at the box office -- radio has essentially ignored the film's music. Its songs are no where to be found on Billboard's airplay charts, which monitor the most-played tunes on radio stations across the U.S.

That's partly owed to how none of the album's songs were promoted to radio outlets until two weeks ago, when Idina Menzel's version of the film's "Let It Go" -- the album's best-selling song with 606,000 downloads sold according to Nielsen SoundScan -- was officially serviced to adult contemporary radio stations by Disney.

In the week ending Jan. 19, just six radio stations had played the song according to Nielsen BDS. (Those six stations combined for a total of just 21 plays.) Demi Lovato's version of the song, which plays over "Frozen's" end credits, garnered play at three outlets.

(Radio Disney -- not included in the previous station counts -- of course is supporting the album. In the week ending Jan. 19, Lovato's "Let It Go" was the network's ninth-most played song, with 53 spins.)

Menzel's "Let It Go" is bubbling under the threshold of the Adult Contemporary airplay chart this week, with 28 plays from four reporting stations. It's about 60 spins away from debuting on the list. It's worth noting that adult contemporary stations are generally slow to play new songs -- even for singles by the format's biggest acts.

While the songs of "Frozen" aren't garnering much airplay, they are still significant hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, thanks to strong sales and streaming numbers. (The Hot 100 blends airplay, sales and streams to tally the most popular songs of the week.) Last week, four of the soundtrack's songs were on the Hot 100 -- led by Menzel's "Let It Go" -- at Nos. 25, 52, 60 and 65.

In addition, on our Streaming Songs chart last week -- which monitors play from outlets like YouTube -- Lovato and Menzel were at Nos. 31 and 32 with their respective versions of "Let It Go."

"Frozen" isn't the first album to hit No. 1 without the support of a radio airplay chart hit of course. Last year, of the 43 albums that hit No. 1 for the first time, six of them did so without previously charting a song on an airplay chart. Those were Beyonce's surprise-release self-titled set, Garth Brooks' "Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades of Influences," Kanye West's "Yeezus," Luke Bryan's "Spring Break… Here to Party," Justin Bieber's "Believe Acoustic" and the "Les Miserables" soundtrack.


All of those albums were either specialty releases or titles with a unique promotional rollout that hindered their fortunes at radio. Of them, only two never charted a later airplay hit: Bieber and "Les Mis."

Beyonce's album, of course, arrived to market without any fanfare or a lead single -- so there was no opportunity for anything to chart before the album debuted. (It has since charted hits like "XO" and "Drunk In Love.") Brooks' effort was an independently-released, Walmart-exclusive, six-CD box set of mostly covers (so already, it's a super-unusual release). It did chart one entry on the Hot Country Airplay chart: "The Call," with Trisha Yearwood, which debuted on Dec. 28 (a week after the box hit No. 1).

"Yeezus" came to market without an official radio single or music video while Bryan's "Spring" album was essentially a compilation of previously-released songs. Both "Yeezus" and "Spring Break" eventually charted very minor airplay chart entries. Finally, Bieber's set was alternate takes of songs from his "Believe" album, like "As Long As You Love Me" and "Beauty and a Beat." The latter, in its original form, was a then-current hit on the Mainstream Top 40 chart when the "Believe: Acoustic" album hit No. 1.

Finally, the "Les Miserables" soundtrack, like "Frozen," headed to No. 1 off the strength of the musical film's popularity -- not from any hit singles on the radio.