Billboard 200: 2/8/14: Frozen Sdtk #1: 93,000

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Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 1/27/2014
by Andres Tardio

2014 Grammy Nominees take over the #2 spot while Ty Dolla $ign's "Beach House EP" and Step Brothers' "Lord Steppington" releases open in the Top 100.

This week, Grammy nominees took over the #2 spot on the Billboard Hot 200 albums chart, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis saw an increase in album sales and Kendrick Lamar and Jay Z found themselves jumping a few spots on the chart. Meanwhile Ty Dolla $ign's Beach House EP and Step Brothers' Lord Steppington debuted in the Top 60.

2014 Grammy Nominees Album Debuts At #2

The 2014 Grammy Nominees album opes up this week in the #2 spot with 59,561 albums sold overall. The album boasts a star-studded line-up filled with Grammy nominees, including Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, T.I., Pharrell and Jay Z, among others. T.I. and Pharrell appear as Robin Thicke's guests on "Blurred Lines." Pharrell also appears on Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." Kendrick Lamar appears on the album with "Swimming Pools (Drank)" and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis team up with Mary Lambert on the album for their "Same Love" collaboration. Of these artists, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis had the biggest increase in album sales from last week to this week. Their album The Heist had a 38 percent increase in sales from 13,116 albums sold last week to 18,090 units moved this week. The Heist also went from #24 on the charts last week to #14 on the charts this week. Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d. city saw a 0 percent increase in sales, though the album jumped from #55 to #33. Jay Z witnessed a 5 percent decrease in sales and his Magna Carta...Holy Grail fell from #82 to #92.

Ty Dolla $ign's Beach House EP Debuts At #51

Ty Dolla $ign's Beach House EP, released through Atlantic Records, debuted on the charts this week. The EP landed at #51 with 6,127 units sold. HipHopDX gave Beach House EP a 4 out of 5 X rating in a recent review of the project. "From mic to plug, Beach House EP triumphantly strikes the same note," HipHopDX said of the EP. "The Los Angeles-native is a talented songwriter even while essentially re-writing the same song, which is a complicated square to dance in without two-stepping too close to redundancy. Remaining interesting without contextual diversity is tricky. Fortunately, Ty Dolla $ign doesn't have those problems."

Step Brothers' Lord Steppington Debuts In Top 60

Alchemist and Evidence teamed up as Step Brothers for their Lord Steppington album, which debuted this week on the charts at #60. The duo's Rhymesayers Entertainment album opened up by selling 5,357 copies after its first week of availability. Lord Steppington earned a 4 out of 5 X rating on HipHopDX recently. Evidence spoke about how this album came together during the Brothers' recent HipHopDX interview. "I don’t think we set out to make an album," Ev said. "What’s different on this album from the others is there was no budget, dates, deadlines or booked mastering sessions. It wasn't like that. It was more like, wake up, smoke, coffee, then go to his place, and walk in and the beat's already going. I say, 'I like it,' and he says, 'I like this.' And that’s happening...That gets done, and then we move on to something else and someone comes over and we listen back. That happens over a year, or two years, or whatever. Then you look at ProTools and you’ve got a whole folder full of s**t. People were asking for it enough that we said, 'Let’s bottle this up and find someone to put it out.' There was no conscious effort to make an album. It was a lot of fun for me like that, because I never went to work. It was just like another f**king day in the life."
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 1/20/2013

#2. Grammy Nominees - 2014 Grammy Nominees - 60,000 (60,000)

#3. Beyonce - Beyonce - 48,000 (1,620,000)

#10. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2 - 24,000 (1,870,000)

#14. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 18,000 (1,287,000)

#17. Drake - Nothing Was The Same - 15,000 (1,416,000)

#33. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city - 8,200 (1,151,000)

#34. Kid Ink - My Own Lane - 8,200 (73,000)

#44. Childish Gambino - because the internet - 7,200 (201,000)

#51. Ty Dolla $ign - Beach House EP - 6,100 (6,100)

#60. Step Brothers - Lord Steppington - 5,400 (5,400)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousand for units above 10,000, nearest hundred for units below 10,000. Each week, HipHopDX presents top albums in Hip Hop/related, and five notables.

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7 more weeks and Frozen will match The Lion King.

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'Frozen' Soundtrack Returns To No. 1 On Billboard 200

By Keith Caulfield, L.A. | January 29, 2014

A Great Big World and Young The Giant each post Top 10 debuts.

The soundtrack to Disney's "Frozen" returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 93,000 copies in the week ending Jan. 26, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's up 7% compared with its sales in the previous week (87,000). This is the album’s third nonconsecutive week at No. 1. A week ago, it was No. 2.

Last week's chart-topper, Bruce Springsteen's "High Hopes," falls to No. 8 in its second week, selling 26,000 (down 74%).

"Frozen" is the first soundtrack to spend at least three weeks at No. 1 since 2007, when the TV soundtrack to "High School Musical 2" ruled for four frames. The last film soundtrack to spend three or more weeks at the top was "Bad Boys II," which reigned for four weeks in August 2003.

Cumulative sales for "Frozen" now rise to 769,000.

The film continues to do big business at the U.S. and Canada box office, even though it was released last November. According to Box Office Mojo, for the Jan. 24-26 weekend, the film was the fourth-highest-grossing movie, earning $9.1 million. Through Jan. 27, the movie has earned $348.6 million, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film released in 2013.

The highest debut on the Billboard 200 this week is the "2014 Grammy Nominees" compilation, which enters at No. 2. It starts with 59,000 (a larger-than-expected figure), according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The album showcases a variety of songs and artists that were honored at this year's Grammy Awards, which were broadcast on CBS on Sunday, Jan. 26.

Traditionally, the "Grammy Nominees" album is released a number of weeks before the broadcast of the awards show itself, but this year, the album arrived during the same week as the show. That one-two punch of exposure (being both a new release and having the show help promote it) lifted the "Grammy Nominees" set higher than first forecast. A week ago, some industry sources suggested it would sell around 40,000 or so.

In this week's episode, we break down the biggest surprises and best moments from this year's GRAMMY Awards. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes HERE.

The new "Grammy" album starts with the best debut sales week for the yearly compilation series since the 2007 edition, which bowed at No. 4 with 77,000 sold. It also matches the series-high rank of No. 2. That plateau was first achieved a year ago, when the 2013 edition climbed to No. 2 in the first full week after the awards.

Beyonce's self-titled album rises 4-3 on the Billboard 200 with 48,000 (though it's down by 22%). The album could make a gain next week, after a full week of impact is felt from the Grammy Awards. (Beyonce opened the show, performing the album's single "Drunk in Love" with Jay Z.)

A Great Big World's first album, "Is There Anybody Out There?," debuts at No. 4, selling nearly 48,000. The pop duo's album was led by the smash single "Say Something" (with Christina Aguilera), which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.


Lorde's "Pure Heroine" rises 7-5 with 37,000 (up 19%) in the wake of her multiple Grammy wins and a performance of the album's "Royals" on the show. Meanwhile, Kidz Bop Kids' "Kidz Bop 25" slides 3-6 in its second week, with 36,000 (down 53%).

Rock band Young the Giant scores its best week ever as its second album, "Mind Over Matter," debuts at No. 7 with 34,000. Its self-titled debut peaked at No. 42 in 2011, selling 10,000 in its best week. The group's current single, "It's About Time," has peaked at No. 6 on the Alternative airplay chart.

Katy Perry's "PRISM" is steady at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 with 25,000 (up 11%), following her performance of the album's "Dark Horse" on the Grammy Awards. Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" descends two slots to No. 10 with 24,000 (down 16%).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Perry's "Dark Horse," featuring Juicy J, retains the No. 1 slot. It sold 294,000 downloads for the week—up 12% over the previous frame.

Jason Derulo's fast-rising hit "Talk Dirty," featuring 2 Chainz, climbs 6-2 with 194,000 (up 31%). Pharrell's Oscar-nominated "Happy" (as widely seen in Beats commercials) flies 11-3 with 188,000 (up 57%).

Aloe Blacc's "The Man" (which is also in rotation as the soundtrack of Beats TV spots) is stationary at No. 4 with 175,000 (up 6%).

Pitbull's "Timber," featuring Ke$ha, slips 3-5 with 169,000 (down 16%).

Bastille's "Pompeii" rises 10-6 with 148,000 (up 15%), likely because of its performance on this past weekend's "Saturday Night Live" (Jan. 25).

A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera's "Say Something" falls 2-7 with 147,000 (down 30%—mostly owed to consumers opting to "complete" their album with the track on iTunes last week). Lorde's "Team" remains at No. 8 with 136,000 (up 2%), and OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" slips 5-9 with 132,000 (down 16%).

Idina Menzel's "Let It Go" (from "Frozen") returns to the top 10, climbing 12-10 with 124,000 (up 10%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Jan. 26) totaled 4.3 million units, down 4% compared with the sum last week (4.4 million) and down 13% compared with the comparable sales week of 2013 (4.9 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 18.4 million, down 14% compared with the same total at this point last year (21.3 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 23.7 million downloads, down 2% compared with last week (24.1 million) and down 11% stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (26.7 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 104 million, down 12% compared with the same total at this point last year (117.9 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2013 when: Justin Bieber's "Believe Acoustic" debuted at No. 1 with 211,000 sold. The previous week's No. 1, Gary Allan's "Set You Free," fell to No. 8 with 34,000.

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GRAMMY Awards Generate Sales Gains on Billboard Charts

By Keith Caulfield | January 29, 2014 11:00 AM EST

Even though the latest sales tracking week ended on Sunday night (Jan. 26) -- the same day as the GRAMMY Awards -- the Billboard charts are still rocked by music's biggest night.

While a number of albums and songs power up our tallies this week, we'll see the full impact of the show on next week's charts, once a full week of sales have been registered, post-show.

The biggest selling album of the past week that is directly linked to the GRAMMY Awards is the debuting "2014 Grammy Nominees" compilation album. It enters at No. 2 with a larger-than-expected 59,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (The No. 1 album this week is the soundtrack to "Frozen," which sold 93,000 -- up 7%).

Traditionally, the "Grammy Nominees" album is released a number of weeks before the broadcast of the awards show itself, but this year, the album came out in the same week as the show. That one-two punch of exposure (being both a new release and having the show help promote it) lifted the "Grammy Nominees" set higher than first forecast. A week ago, some industry sources suggested it would sell around 40,000 or so.

The new "Grammy" album starts with the best debut sales week for the yearly compilation series since the 2007 edition, which bowed at No. 4 with 77,000 sold. Additionally, the new "2014 Grammy Nominees" album equals the series-high rank of No. 2. That plateau was first achieved a year ago, when the 2013 edition climbed to No. 2 in the first full week after the awards.

The top-selling song performed on the GRAMMY Awards is Katy Perry's "Dark Horse," featuring Juicy J, which retains the No. 1 slot on the Digital songs chart. It sold 294,000 downloads for the week -- up 12% over the previous frame.

In total, 13 albums in the top 40 of the Billboard 200 chart see gains that are tied to visibility on the GRAMMY Awards.

Among those are Lorde's "Pure Heroine," which rises 7-5 with 37,000 (up 19%) and Katy Perry's "PRISM," which is steady at No. 9 with 25,000 (up 11%).

Lorde won two awards for her hit single "Royals" -- song of the year and best pop solo performance. While Perry didn't win any GRAMMYs this year, she had the show's fourth performance of the night, singing "Dark Horse" (from "PRISM") with Juicy J.

Other high-charting gainers include: winner and performer Imagine Dragons' "Night Visions" (10-11 with 24,000; up 16%), performer and multiple winner Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "The Heist" (24-14 with 18,000; up 38%) and winner and presenter Bruno Mars' "Unorthodox Jukebox" (27-18 with 15,000; up 44%).

The biggest unit gain on the chart belongs to two-time winner Kacey Musgraves, who also performed on the show, as her "Same Trailer Different Park" album zooms from No. 81 to No. 28 with 10,000 sold (up 147%). Watch for the set to take an even bigger leap up the chart next week.

Taylor Swift, who performed the "Red" album cut "All Too Well" on the show, flies from No. 84 to No. 36 with "Red," selling 8,000 (up 105%). The song itself garnered a 3,280% increase in sales, rising from less than 1,000 downloads to 18,000.

Daft Punk, which brought home numerous awards and performed on the show, climbs 83-39 on the Billboard 200 with the album of the year-winning "Random Access Memories." It sold 8,000 for the week, rising by 91% in sales. The album's lead single, "Get Lucky" (featuring Pharrell Williams), re-enters the Digital Songs chart at No. 36 with 50,000 sold (up 206%).

Other big GRAMMY gainers on the Digital Songs chart: Lorde's "Royals" (14-13 with 102,000; up 17%), John Legend's "All Of Me" (44-15 with 86,000; up 110%), Beyonce's "Drunk In Love," featuring Jay Z (22-18 with 78,000; up 10%), Sara Bareilles' "Brave" (33-20 with 76,000; up 41%), Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" (46-29 with 61,000; up 58%), Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines," featuring T.I. and Pharrell (49-37 with 50,000; up 34%) and P!nk's "Just Give Me a Reason," featuring Nate Ruess (a re-entry at No. 42 with 42,000; up 122%). All of the above songs were performed on the show.

Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" sales were partially goosed by a new remix of the song, featuring Kendrick Lamar, which was released on Sunday night. The latter joined the rock band on the GRAMMY stage for a mash-up of "Radioactive" and Lamar's "m.A.A.d city." The remix accounts for 13% of "Radioactive's" overall sales this week.

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Yessss. Bey snuck ahead of a great big world and snatched the #3 spot.

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Country album sales this week:

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Chart Watch: And The Grammy Sales Bump Goes To…
By Paul Grein 40 minutes ago Yahoo Music

You know who won the Grammys, but who got the biggest sales bump from the show? We won't know the full story until next week, when The Billboard 200 will reflect a full week of post-telecast sales. This week's chart reflects pre-show buzz and digital sales during or immediately after the show. Four albums by artists who won Grammys and/or performed on the show posted sales increases of 90% or more. Kacey Musgraves's "Same Trailer Different Park," which was a surprise winner for Best Country Album, vaults from #81 to #28, with sales up 147% over last week. Taylor Swift's "Red," which was shut out in the awards, jumps from #84 to #36, with sales up 105%. Sara Bareilles's "The Blessed Unrest," which was also shut out (but won just by being nominated for Album of the Year), jumps from #45 to #24, with sales up 92%. Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories," which won Album of the Year and Best Dance/Electronica Album, jumps from #83 to #39, with sales up 91%.

In addition, the "2014 Grammy Nominees" compilation debuts at #2. That's the highest chart ranking to date for an album in this long-running franchise, now in its 20th year. This is the 13th installment to reach the top 10, which makes "Grammy Nominees" one of the most successful franchises in music history. It trails only the "Now" franchise, which has spawned 53 top 10 albums, Kidz Bop Kids’ "Kidz Bop" (18 top 10 albums) and "Glee" (15 top 10 albums and EPs). (The "Grammy Nominees" franchise is at a disadvantage in this comparison because it’s an annual series, whereas the others churn out new releases every few months.)

The Grammy telecast was #1 for the week in the TV ratings. The show averaged 28.51 million viewers, making it the second most-watched Grammys since 1994.

The "Frozen" soundtrack returns to #1 for a third week in the lead. It's the first soundtrack to spend three or more weeks at #1 since "High School Musical 2" (the soundtrack to a made-for-TV movie on the Disney Channel) topped the chart for four weeks in 2007. "Frozen" is the first soundtrack from a theatrically-released movie to log three or more weeks at #1 since "Bad Boys II" topped the chart for four weeks in 2003.

All three of these albums spawned big hits. "Bad Boys II" yielded a #1 single, "Shake Ya Tailfeather" by Nelly/P. Diddy/Murphy Lee. "HSM 2" spawned three top 40 hits, including the top 10 "What Time Is It." "Frozen" is boosted by a top 30 hit, Idina Menzel's "Let It Go."

"Frozen" logs its ninth week at #1 on Top Soundtracks. The movie was in the top five at the box-office for the ninth straight weekend.

"Frozen" sold 50K digital copies this week, which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums for the fourth week.

A Great Big World's "Is There Anybody Out There?" debuts at #4. The duo's "Say Something" (a collabo with Christina Aguilera) is about to spend its seventh week in the top five on the Hot 100. Aguilera won a Grammy as Best New Artist of 1999. A Great Big World may well be a contender for that award next year.

Young the Giant's second studio album, "Mind Over Matter," debuts at #7. It's the indie rock band's first top 10 album. Its eponymous debut album peaked at #42 in 2010.

Every boss has rough weeks, and Bruce Springsteen is no exception. His new "High Hopes" tumbles from #1 to #8. It's his first album to spend just one week in the top five since 2006's "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions," a collection of songs made famous by folk legend Pete Seeger (who died on Monday). It's Springsteen's first studio album of original material not to spend two or more weeks in the top five since 1995's "The Ghost Of Tom Joad," which peaked at #11. "High Hopes" also drops out of the top spot on the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart, though it doesn't fall as far: It dips to #2.

"Dark Horse" by Katy Perry featuring Juicy J holds at #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the third week (294K). It sold 100K more than the week's #2 best-seller, "Talk Dirty" by Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz. "Dark Horse" is a sure thing to jump from #2 to #1 on the Hot 100, as you'll see later today when we post my Songs blogs.

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

The Top Five: The "Frozen" soundtrack rebounds from #2 to #1 in its ninth week (93K). This is its seventh week in the top 10 … "2014 Grammy Nominees" debuts at #2 (59K) … Beyonce's "Beyonce" inches up from #4 to #3 in its seventh week (48K). It has been in the top five the entire time … A Great Big World's "Is There Anybody Out There?" debuts at #4 (48K). It's the duo's first top 10 album … Lorde's "Pure Heroine" rebounds from #7 to #5 in its 17th week (37K). This is its 12th week in the top 10.

The Second Five: Kidz Bop Kids' "Kidz Bop 25" drops from #3 to #6 in its second week (36K) … Young the Giant's "Mind Over Matter" debuts at #7 (34K). It's the band's first top 10 album … Bruce Springsteen's "High Hopes" drops from #1 to #8 in its second week (26K) … Katy Perry's "PRISM" holds at #9 for the second week in its 14th week (25K). This is its 13th week in the top 10 … Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" drops from #8 to #10 in its 12th week (24K). It has been in the top 10 the entire time.

Jennifer Nettles' "That Girl" drops from #5 to #12. It holds at #1 on Top Country Albums for the second week. It's the first album by a female solo artist to top this chart for two or more weeks since Taylor Swift's "Red" led for 16 weeks in 2012-2013.

Two other albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Switchfoot's "Fading West" dives from #6 to #29. Imagine Dragons' "Night Visions" dips from #10 to #11.

Florida-based punk band Against Me! lands its first top 30 album as "Transgender Dysphoria Blues" (its sixth studio album) debuts at #23 … AER's "AER" debuts at #26. It's the R&B group's highest-charting album. "The Bright Side" reached #85 in August 2012.

The Beatles' box set "The U.S. Albums" debuts at #48. In addition, seven individual albums by the group are listed on this week's chart, led by "Hey Jude" at #72. The Fab Four first cracked the top 10 on The Billboard 200 50 years ago this week. "Meet The Beatles!" vaulted from #92 to #3 that week (behind The Singing Nun's eponymous debut album and Peter, Paul & Mary's "In The Wind.") "Meet The Beatles!" re-enters the chart this week at #171.

Ed Sheeran's "+" rebounds from #74 to #59 in its 81st week. The album debuted and peaked at #5 in June 2012. It has sold 764K copies. The album climbs to #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the first time…"Halcyon" by fellow Brit artist Ellie Goulding rebounds from #65 to #62 in its 57th week. The album has climbed as high as #9. The album logs its third week at #1 on the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart.

As of this week, Bob Marley & the Wailers have sold 20 million albums since January 1991, when Nielsen SoundScan began tracking music sales. As you might expect, "Legend" accounts for the bulk of that total. The compilation has sold 11,470,000 copies in the same period.

P!nk's "The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne" enters Top Music Videos at #1. It sold 13K copies, not bad for a music video. Pink's "The Truth About Love" album debuted at #1 in September 2012.

Coming Attractions: Look for Of Mice And Men's "Restoring Force" and Casting Crowns' "Thrive" to be next week's top new entries. Also due: Wisin's "El Regreso Del Sobreviviente."

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CHART RESUSCITATION: This morning SoundScan re-ran their Top 200 chart—which has become pretty commonplace nowadays. Their rundown previously had Black Magnetic/Epic's A Great Big World at #4; the do-over moved the band's bow to #3, matching the order of yesterday's HITS Album Sales Chart. If only they'd asked us in the first place, they could've avoided all this trouble. (1/29a)

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BB changed the article to reflect AGBW debuting at No. 3, but didn't change the Beyonce info.

HITS taking shots at SoundScan again. lol

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Notable difference with HITS/Soundscan: Artpop at 32 on Hits, but 42 on the BB 200.

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New RIAA certs on the BB200 this week:

Frozen Sdtk. Gold
Of Monsters & Men 1xp

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The Billboard 200

1 2 9 Frozen Soundtrack
2 New 1 Grammy 2014 Nominees Various Artists
3 New 1 Is There Anybody Out There? A Great Big World
4 4 7 Beyonce Beyonce
5 7 17 Pure Heroine Lorde
6 3 2 Kidz Bop 25 Kidz Bop Kids
7 New 1 Mind Over Matter Young The Giant
8 1 2 High Hopes Bruce Springsteen
9 9 14 PRISM Katy Perry
10 8 12 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem
11 10 73 Night Visions Imagine Dragons
12 5 2 That Girl Jennifer Nettles
13 12 21 Bad Blood Bastille
14 24 68 The Heist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
15 13 9 Midnight Memories One Direction
16 15 16 Bangerz Miley Cyrus
17 18 18 Nothing Was The Same Drake
18 27 59 Unorthodox Jukebox Bruno Mars
19 16 60 Here's To The Good Times Florida Georgia Line
20 19 24 Crash My Party Luke Bryan
21 11 2 The River & The Thread Rosanne Cash
22 17 7 Black Panties R. Kelly
23 New 1 Transgender Dysphoria Blues Against Me!
24 45 25 The Blessed Unrest Sara Bareilles
25 26 17 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2) Justin Timberlake

26 New 1 Aer Aer
27 25 11 NOW 48 Various Artists
28 81 38 Same Trailer Different Park Kacey Musgraves
29 6 2 Fading West Switchfoot
30 32 26 All The Little Lights Passenger
31 29 44 Native OneRepublic
32 31 20 AM Arctic Monkeys
33 55 66 good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
34 21 3 My Own Lane Kid Ink
35 52 21 Love In The Future John Legend
36 84 66 Red Taylor Swift
37 20 9 Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Recording Soundtrack
38 43 71 The Truth About Love P!nk
39 83 36 Random Access Memories Daft Punk
40 34 10 Sail Out (EP) Jhene Aiko
41 New 1 Transpose (EP) Bad Suns
42 35 11 ARTPOP Lady Gaga
43 New 1 Warpaint Warpaint
44 30 7 Because The Internet Childish Gambino
45 New 1 Hard Working Americans Hard Working Americans
46 28 9 Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades Of Influences Garth Brooks
47 38 104 Born To Die Lana Del Rey
48 New 1 The U.S. Albums The Beatles
49 New 1 Plagues Of Babylon Iced Earth
50 22 2 Give The People What They Want Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings

51 New 1 Beach House (EP) Ty Dolla $ign
52 44 44 Based On A True Story ... Blake Shelton
53 37 9 Foreverly Billie Joe + Norah
54 49 18 WOW Hits 2014 Various Artists
55 New 1 Rave Tapes Mogwai
56 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Country Ballads 2 Various Artists
57 41 67 Night Train Jason Aldean
58 42 19 TRUE Avicii
59 74 81 + Ed Sheeran
60 New 1 Lord Steppington Evidence x Alchemist: Step Brothers
61 59 26 Blurred Lines Robin Thicke
62 65 57 Halcyon Ellie Goulding
63 57 45 The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake
64 98 8 Restart newsboys
65 66 21 Yours Truly Ariana Grande
66 New 1 Ultra Dance 15 Various Artists
67 48 41 Save Rock And Roll Fall Out Boy
68 54 40 I Love You. The Neighbourhood
69 71 70 Babel Mumford & Sons
70 61 61 Lindsey Stirling Lindsey Stirling
71 101 102 Hunter Hayes Hunter Hayes
72 New 1 Hey Jude The Beatles
73 70 10 Baptized Daughtry
74 New 1 Yesterday And Today The Beatles
75 64 153 21 Adele

76 14 2 Write You A Song Jon Pardi
77 58 22 Hail To The King Avenged Sevenfold
78 85 34 Modern Vampires Of The City Vampire Weekend
79 67 20 Fuse Keith Urban
80 47 8 Britney Jean Britney Spears
81 189 17 A Messenger Colton Dixon
82 87 170 Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars
83 185 27 Blood In This Moment
84 149 158 1 The Beatles
85 51 66 Pitch Perfect Soundtrack
86 46 21 Love And War Tamar Braxton
87 68 95 The Lumineers The Lumineers
88 62 10 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 2 Five Finger Death Punch
89 78 38 Golden Lady Antebellum
90 53 6 Underground Luxury B.o.B
91 106 11 The 1975 The 1975
92 82 29 Magna Carta... Holy Grail Jay Z
93 50 10 I Am Yo Gotti
94 176 56 Unapologetic Rihanna
95 72 13 Reflektor Arcade Fire
96 89 13 It Goes Like This Thomas Rhett
97 73 8 Common Courtesy A Day To Remember
98 136 37 Miracle Third Day
99 69 80 Uncaged Zac Brown Band
100 90 16 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! Panic! At The Disco

101 New 1 Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son Damien Jurado
102 Re-Entry 54 A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack) The Beatles
103 86 24 Rise Skillet
104 151 42 Paradise (EP) Lana Del Rey
105 97 18 Mechanical Bull Kings Of Leon
106 77 5 American Hustle Soundtrack
107 79 17 Days Are Gone HAIM
108 93 95 My Head Is An Animal Of Monsters And Men
109 96 19 Off The Beaten Path Justin Moore
110 88 2 When Jazz Meets Guitar Various Artists
111 New 1 REV Reverend Horton Heat
112 105 25 The Piano Guys The Piano Guys
113 New 1 MTV Unplugged Scorpions
114 118 35 Grace (EP) Tasha Cobbs
115 23 2 Only King Forever Elevation Worship
116 138 168 Teenage Dream Katy Perry
117 91 97 Wicked Original Broadway Cast Recording
118 128 36 True Believers Darius Rucker
119 107 63 Take Me Home One Direction
120 New 1 Revelation Los Lonely Boys
121 New 1 From Water To War Nine Lashes
122 108 6 Church Clothes: Vol. 2 Lecrae
123 135 95 Up All Night One Direction
124 124 6 Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 2 / Volume 1 Soundtrack
125 112 199 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons

126 80 17 Three Kings TGT
127 196 31 Demi Demi Lovato
128 153 200 Thriller Michael Jackson
129 99 10 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 Nickelback
130 Re-Entry 91 Some Nights fun.
131 117 297 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers Bob Marley And The Wailers
132 100 40 To Be Loved Michael Buble
133 94 15 Lightning Bolt Pearl Jam
134 102 15 Bones Of What You Believe CHVRCHES
135 109 109 Megalithic Symphony AWOLNATION
136 125 150 The Legend Of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
137 115 43 Global Warming Pitbull
138 95 12 Loved Me Back To Life Celine Dion
139 152 6 Austin & Ally: Turn It Up Soundtrack
140 92 149 The Eminem Show Eminem
141 131 49 God's Not Dead newsboys
142 New 1 Intolerance Throwdown
143 Re-Entry 82 Revolver The Beatles
144 140 25 NOW 47 Various Artists
145 145 13 The Acoustic Sessions {Volume One} Casting Crowns
146 120 15 See You Tonight Scotty McCreery
147 33 2 Cowboy Like Me Cody Johnson
148 116 21 Clarity Zedd
149 132 26 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1 Five Finger Death Punch
150 111 72 Best Days Tamela Mann

151 126 13 Southeastern Jason Isbell
152 119 129 Tailgates & Tanlines Luke Bryan
153 New 1 The Predator Becomes The Prey Ice Nine Kills
154 181 15 Zion Hillsong United
155 Re-Entry 3 Settle Disclosure
156 Re-Entry 20 Blak And Blu Gary Clark Jr.
157 173 290 Metallica Metallica
158 113 8 Days Of Gold Jake Owen
159 39 2 Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams
160 122 10 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Soundtrack
161 134 18 Stay Trippy Juicy J
162 Re-Entry 169 Number Ones Michael Jackson
163 Re-Entry 20 ...Like Clockwork Queens Of The Stone Age
164 130 289 Journey's Greatest Hits Journey
165 141 121 [Hybrid Theory] Linkin Park
166 193 40 Paramore Paramore
167 157 147 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
168 137 854 The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd
169 123 7 Feels Like Carolina Parmalee
170 Re-Entry 65 Rubber Soul The Beatles
171 New 1 Meet The Beatles! The Beatles
172 187 258 The Foundation Zac Brown Band
173 168 80 Overexposed Maroon 5
174 129 9 Danielle Bradbery Danielle Bradbery
175 New 1 Las Bandas Romanticas de America 2014 Various Artists

176 36 16 Closer To The Truth Cher
177 Re-Entry 311 Tapestry Carole King
178 148 28 Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies Volbeat
179 188 126 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton Blake Shelton
180 165 145 You Get What You Give Zac Brown Band
181 166 43 Pioneer The Band Perry
182 164 44 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection Chris Tomlin
183 110 3 Tribute John Newman
184 163 177 All The Right Reasons Nickelback
185 182 32 Yeezus Kanye West
186 162 29 Sempiternal Bring Me The Horizon
187 170 170 Mothership Led Zeppelin
188 Re-Entry 16 Louder R5
189 114 7 Live At The Cellar Door Neil Young
190 155 26 Born Sinner J. Cole
191 200 171 Rumours Fleetwood Mac
192 179 28 Teen Beach Movie Soundtrack
193 146 210 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem
194 158 120 Chief Eric Church
195 127 166 Recovery Eminem
196 Re-Entry 21 The Essential Billy Joel Billy Joel
197 180 102 FutureSex/LoveSounds Justin Timberlake
198 Re-Entry 7 To All The Girls... Willie Nelson
199 New 1 Despicable ME 2 Soundtrack
200 139 53 An Awesome Wave alt-J

[HolidayGuy]

Looks like Aloe Blacc's EP dropped right off the chart from No. 60. :o

I don't know why Cherilyn's label is reporting redemptions like it is- it's not like it had that many solely in last week's reporting period, for it to rank No. 36 (if tickets had gone on sale for another show during that time, that would explain it- but doesn't look like that's the case).

They should be more spread out, I'd think.

[cartman2002]

Here's this weeks BB200 awards

40.Sail out-Jhene Aiko (Gold)
55.WOW! Hits 2014-Various Artists (Gold)
73.Baptized-Daughty (Gold)
88.The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 2-Five Finger Death Punch (Gold)
93.I am-Yo Gotti (Gold)
160.The Hunger Games: Catching Fire-Soundtrack (Gold)
100.An Awesome Wave-Alt-J (Platinum)

[mluv]

Jan 30, 2014 15:47:02 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Looks like Aloe Blacc's EP dropped right off the chart from No. 60. :o

I don't know why Cherilyn's label is reporting redemptions like it is- it's not like it had that many solely in last week's reporting period, for it to rank No. 36 (if tickets had gone on sale for another show during that time, that would explain it- but doesn't look like that's the case).

They should be more spread out, I'd think.

Alec Blacc's  EP was removed from itunes last week and replaced with his upcoming album. That's probably why it's not on the charts. 

[HolidayGuy]

&Ahh- that would explain it. Thanks. :) Was the full-length Life Your Spirit already released?

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Jan 29, 2014 11:50:24 GMT -5 @yonkab said:

Yessss. Bey snuck ahead of a great big world and snatched the #3 spot.

God damn it. 4 is Bey(and my) favorite number anyways...

[areyoureadytojump]

4,282,000 albums were sold in the USA last week.

2,060,000 were digital albums.

2,222,000 were cds/vinyl albums/cassettes.

bboard.s3.amazonaws.com/TOP_40/TFMmw0130.pdf

Album sales are down -13.6% for 2014. (-13.8% last week)

[ListenToItTwice]

Jan 30, 2014 18:10:36 GMT -5 @yonkab said:

Jan 29, 2014 11:50:24 GMT -5 @yonkab said:

Yessss. Bey snuck ahead of a great big world and snatched the #3 spot.

God damn it. 4 is Bey(and my) favorite number anyways...

Positive outlook.. I wouldn't feel the same way about seeing Taylor Swift bumped down to #13 so early in her chart run

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Catalog Albums

1 3 6 + Ed Sheeran
2 New 1 Hey Jude The Beatles
3 New 1 Yesterday And Today The Beatles
4 2 8 21 Adele
5 4 83 Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars
6 23 426 1 The Beatles
7 Re-Entry 64 A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack) The Beatles
8 17 37 Teenage Dream Katy Perry
9 5 292 Wicked Original Broadway Cast Recording
10 15 17 Up All Night One Direction
11 7 14 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons
12 24 275 Thriller Michael Jackson
13 Re-Entry 12 Some Nights fun.
14 8 1096 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers Bob Marley And The Wailers
15 11 74 The Legend Of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
16 6 91 The Eminem Show Eminem
17 14 14 God's Not Dead newsboys
18 Re-Entry 48 Revolver The Beatles
19 9 10 Tailgates & Tanlines Luke Bryan
20 33 652 Metallica Metallica
21 1 2 Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams
22 Re-Entry 256 Number Ones Michael Jackson
23 13 944 Journey's Greatest Hits Journey
24 18 303 [Hybrid Theory] Linkin Park
25 25 216 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem

26 16 1097 The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd
27 Re-Entry 50 Rubber Soul The Beatles
28 New 1 Meet The Beatles! The Beatles
29 36 111 The Foundation Zac Brown Band
30 Re-Entry 241 Tapestry Carole King
31 37 63 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton Blake Shelton
32 28 58 You Get What You Give Zac Brown Band
33 27 14 How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection Chris Tomlin
34 31 117 All The Right Reasons Nickelback
35 32 162 Mothership Led Zeppelin
36 39 100 Rumours Fleetwood Mac
37 22 185 Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem
38 26 11 Chief Eric Church
39 12 92 Recovery Eminem
40 Re-Entry 16 The Essential Billy Joel Billy Joel
41 34 39 FutureSex/LoveSounds Justin Timberlake

^The above albums are on the BB200

42 30 506 Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys
43 29 846 Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty
44 21 2 Collide With The Sky Pierce The Veil
45 44 180 The Very Best Of The Eagles Eagles
46 38 178 Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits Simon & Garfunkel
47 Re-Entry 29 Take Care Drake
48 40 101 Super Hits Willie Nelson
49 42 724 Greatest Hits James Taylor
50 Re-Entry 38 One Of The Boys Katy Perry

[areyoureadytojump]

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

1 1 7 Beyonce Beyonce
2 2 13 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem
3 7 68 The Heist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
4 4 19 Nothing Was The Same Drake
5 3 7 Black Panties R. Kelly
6 8 17 The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2) Justin Timberlake
7 15 66 good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
8 5 3 My Own Lane Kid Ink
9 13 21 Love In The Future John Legend
10 10 11 Sail Out (EP) Jhene Aiko
11 9 7 Because The Internet Childish Gambino
12 6 2 Give The People What They Want Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings
13 New 1 Beach House (EP) Ty Dolla $ign
14 New 1 Lord Steppington Evidence x Alchemist: Step Brothers
15 17 27 Blurred Lines Robin Thicke
16 16 46 The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake
17 11 21 Love And War Tamar Braxton
18 14 6 Underground Luxury B.o.B
19 19 29 Magna Carta... Holy Grail Jay Z
20 12 10 I Am Yo Gotti
21 23 62 PSUnapologetic Rihanna
22 18 23 Three Kings TGT
23 20 22 Stay Trippy Juicy J
24 25 32 Yeezus Kanye West
25 22 32 Born Sinner J. Cole

^The above albums are on the BB200

26 21 8 Call Me Crazy, But... (EP) Sevyn Streeter
27 New 1 The Song Is For You Jennifer Holliday
28 27 54 Long.Live.A$AP A$AP Rocky
29 24 20 The Electric Lady Janelle Monae
30 28 21 Downtown: Life Under The Gun (EP) August Alsina
31 26 20 B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME 2 Chainz
32 29 16 My Name Is My Name Pusha T
33 33 63 Trilogy The Weeknd
34 30 24 Rebellious Soul K. Michelle
35 41 15 20 TLC
36 31 20 Kiss Land The Weeknd
37 39 10 Knock Madness Hopsin
38 32 21 Trap Lord A$AP Ferg
39 37 28 Hits Of The 90's Various Artists
40 35 43 I Am Not A Human Being II Lil Wayne
41 36 27 Watching Movies With The Sound Off Mac Miller
42 Re-Entry 24 Better Chrisette Michele
43 38 66 Kaleidoscope Dream Miguel
44 34 29 The Gifted Wale
45 40 21 Appreciation Day Jaheim
46 45 55 O.N.I.F.C. Wiz Khalifa
47 49 24 Something Else Tech N9ne
48 43 85 Our Version Of Events Emeli Sande
49 42 16 MMG: Self Made 3 Various Artists
50 44 11 Ellen's I'm Gonna Make You Dance Jams Various Artists

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Country Albums

1 1 2 That Girl Jennifer Nettles
2 4 60 Here's To The Good Times Florida Georgia Line
3 5 25 Crash My Party Luke Bryan
4 2 2 The River & The Thread Rosanne Cash
5 15 45 Same Trailer Different Park Kacey Musgraves
6 16 66 Red Taylor Swift
7 6 9 Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades Of Influences Garth Brooks
8 10 44 Based On A True Story ... Blake Shelton
9 New 1 NOW That's What I Call Country Ballads 2 Various Artists
10 9 67 Night Train Jason Aldean
11 19 120 Hunter Hayes Hunter Hayes
12 3 2 Write You A Song Jon Pardi
13 12 20 Fuse Keith Urban
14 14 38 Golden Lady Antebellum
15 17 13 It Goes Like This Thomas Rhett
16 13 81 Uncaged Zac Brown Band
17 18 19 Off The Beaten Path Justin Moore
18 24 36 True Believers Darius Rucker
19 23 7 Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 2 / Volume 1 Soundtrack
20 21 15 See You Tonight Scotty McCreery
21 7 2 Cowboy Like Me Cody Johnson
22 20 8 Days Of Gold Jake Owen
23 22 7 Feels Like Carolina Parmalee
24 25 9 Danielle Bradbery Danielle Bradbery
25 27 43 Pioneer The Band Perry

26 39 15 To All The Girls... Willie Nelson

^The above albums are on the BB200

27 28 17 Redneck Crazy Tyler Farr
28 29 16 Frame By Frame Cassadee Pope
29 38 92 Hard 2 Love Lee Brice
30 8 2 Crazy Life Home Free
31 32 19 A.M. Chris Young
32 30 37 Love Is Everything George Strait
33 31 14 Ready Set Roll (EP) Chase Rice
34 48 17 We Are Tonight Billy Currington
35 35 72 Tornado Little Big Town
36 33 10 Rubberband Charlie Worsham
37 37 18 The Bluegrass Album Alan Jackson
38 41 51 Two Lanes Of Freedom Tim McGraw
39 36 13 Drinks After Work Toby Keith
40 49 8 4 Album Collection Luke Bryan
41 43 51 Set You Free Gary Allan
42 44 36 Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 1: Volume 2 Soundtrack
43 34 7 The Grohl Sessions: Vol. I (EP) Zac Brown Band
44 42 42 Caught In The Act: Live Eric Church
45 New 1 Daylight / Dark Jason Eady
46 45 33 NOW That's What I Call Country Volume 6 Various Artists
47 46 48 How Country Feels Randy Houser
48 26 13 Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas The Robertsons
49 Re-Entry 42 Precious Memories: Volume II Alan Jackson
50 50 22 Bring You Back Brett Eldredge

[areyoureadytojump]

Top Rock Albums

1 3 17 Pure Heroine Lorde
2 New 1 Mind Over Matter Young The Giant
3 1 2 High Hopes Bruce Springsteen
4 4 73 Night Visions Imagine Dragons
5 5 21 Bad Blood Bastille
6 New 1 Transgender Dysphoria Blues Against Me!
7 New 1 Aer Aer
8 2 2 Fading West Switchfoot
9 8 26 All The Little Lights Passenger
10 7 20 AM Arctic Monkeys
11 6 11 Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Recording Soundtrack
12 New 1 Transpose (EP) Bad Suns
13 New 1 Warpaint Warpaint
14 New 1 Hard Working Americans Hard Working Americans
15 10 104 Born To Die Lana Del Rey
16 New 1 The U.S. Albums The Beatles
17 New 1 Plagues Of Babylon Iced Earth
18 9 9 Foreverly Billie Joe + Norah
19 New 1 Rave Tapes Mogwai
20 11 41 Save Rock And Roll Fall Out Boy
21 12 39 I Love You. The Neighbourhood
22 17 70 Babel Mumford & Sons
23 16 10 Baptized Daughtry
24 13 22 Hail To The King Avenged Sevenfold
25 22 31 Modern Vampires Of The City Vampire Weekend

26 49 26 Blood In This Moment
27 15 89 The Lumineers The Lumineers
28 14 10 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 2 Five Finger Death Punch
29 30 10 The 1975 The 1975
30 18 13 Reflektor Arcade Fire
31 19 8 Common Courtesy A Day To Remember
32 37 38 Miracle Third Day
33 24 16 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! Panic! At The Disco
34 New 1 Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son Damien Jurado
35 23 25 Rise Skillet
36 41 39 Paradise (EP) Lana Del Rey
37 27 18 Mechanical Bull Kings Of Leon
38 21 17 Days Are Gone HAIM
39 25 95 My Head Is An Animal Of Monsters And Men
40 New 1 REV Reverend Horton Heat
41 New 1 MTV Unplugged Scorpions
42 New 1 Revelation Los Lonely Boys
43 New 1 From Water To War Nine Lashes
44 31 10 The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1 Nickelback
45 26 15 Lightning Bolt Pearl Jam
46 28 17 Bones Of What You Believe CHVRCHES
47 32 104 Megalithic Symphony AWOLNATION
48 New 1 Intolerance Throwdown
49 36 26 The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell: Volume 1 Five Finger Death Punch
50 35 14 Southeastern Jason Isbell

^All these albums are on the BB200

[HolidayGuy]

Sales didn't reach a new low this week- but we'll see next week. Post-awards boosts should help.

[areyoureadytojump]

^Yes, there should be a slight sales bump next week.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/5893807/chart-moves-against-mes-highest-charting-album-sara-bareilles-grammy-gain

Chart Moves: Against Me!'s Highest Charting Album, Sara Bareilles' Grammy Gain
By Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles | January 31, 2014

This week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the "Frozen" soundtrack ruled for a third non-consecutive week at No. 1, while the "2014 Grammy Nominees" album entered at No. 2. Meanwhile, a number of albums saw early Grammy-related sales gains, including Katy Perry, who earned an 11% sales gain with her "PRISM" album (No. 9 with 25,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan).

As usual, there were a number of movers and shakers elsewhere on the Billboard 200 this week. Let's take a look at some of them...

-- Against Me!, "Transgender Dysphoria Blues" (No. 23): The rock band scores its highest charting album ever, and its first release on its own label, Total Treble Music. The No. 23 opening surpasses the No. 34 debut and peak of its previous high, set when 2010's "White Crosses" arrived.

-- Sara Bareilles, "The Blessed Unrest" (No. 24): Bareilles, who both performed on the Grammy Awards (Jan. 26) and got face time as an Album of the Year nominee, zooms 45-24 with "The Blessed Unrest" (up 92%), selling 11,000 for the week. It's the title's best sales frame since Sept. 21 (17,000) and highest rank since Aug. 11 (No. 11).

-- Various Artists, "Ultra Dance 15" (No. 66): The series, which launched in 2002, celebrates its 15th edition with this new set, boasting Lana Del Rey, Britney Spears, Linkin Park and One Direction. In total, the series has sold 1.4 million copies in the United States.

-- Reverend Horton Heat, "REV" (No. 111): The act's first release on Victory Records brings the rock trio back to the Billboard 200 for the first time since 1998's "Space Heater." Even better, "REV" is the Reverend Horton Heat's highest-charting album, surpassing the No. 165 peak of 1996's "It's Martini Time."

-- Los Lonely Boys, "Revelation" (No. 120): The trio's latest debuts at No. 120 -- its seventh charting album (3,000) and first since 2011's "Rockpango" debuted and peaked at No. 70. Their highest charting album came with 2006's "Sacred" (No. 2), which followed up their breakthrough self-titled major-label debut that spent 76 weeks on the list, peaking at No. 9.

-- Carole King, "Tapestry" (No. 177): King, the 2014 MusiCares Person of the Year, returns to the list with her landmark album "Tapestry" (2,000; up 27%). This is the album's first visit to the chart since June 15, 2013. King was celebrated at an all-star concert on Jan. 24 in Los Angeles, and also performed on the Grammys.

-- Soundtrack, "Despicable Me 2" (No. 199): As the album's single "Happy," by Pharrell, begins to take off at radio (debuting at No. 31 on Mainstream Top 40 this week) the set finally bows on the Billboard 200 (2,000; up 26%). This is its best sales week since its release last June.

[areyoureadytojump]

Current Albums

#1-#159 are on the Billboard 200

160 132 4 American Authors (EP) American Authors
161 127 15 Let's Be Still The Head And The Heart
162 168 27 Stars Dance Selena Gomez
163 97 5 The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty Soundtrack
164 138 17 Redneck Crazy Tyler Farr
165 New 1 Womanchild Cecile Mclorin Salvant
166 145 16 Frame By Frame Cassadee Pope
167 125 8 Call Me Crazy, But... (EP) Sevyn Streeter
168 186 28 The Struggle Tenth Avenue North
169 156 36 The Great Gatsby: Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film Soundtrack
170 197 26 Trouble Will Find Me The National
171 New 1 Love & The Outcome Love & The Outcome
172 New 1 The Song Is For You Jennifer Holliday
173 140 23 Paradise Valley John Mayer
174 141 19 From Here To Now To You Jack Johnson
175 162 62 The World From The Side Of The Moon Phillip Phillips

176 New 1 Gold Singer Frank Sinatra
177 142 12 PTX: Vol. II Pentatonix
178 130 7 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Soundtrack
179 Re-Entry 2 Everfound Everfound
180 183 15 New Paul McCartney
181 159 11 On Air: Live At The BBC Volume 2 The Beatles
182 161 17 Vessel Twenty One Pilots
183 151 12 Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne
184 133 28 Kidz Bop 24 Kidz Bop Kids
185 200 85 Hard 2 Love Lee Brice
186 163 46 Long.Live.A$AP A$AP Rocky
187 39 2 Crazy Life Home Free
188 172 19 A.M. Chris Young
189 Re-Entry 15 Greater Than Tye Tribbett
190 157 37 Love Is Everything George Strait
191 184 25 The Civil Wars The Civil Wars
192 144 18 The Electric Lady Janelle Monae
193 New 1 Fantasize Kye Kye
194 176 10 Downtown: Life Under The Gun (EP) August Alsina
195 New 1 The Best Of The Booth Brothers From The Homecoming Series The Booth Brothers
196 154 20 B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME 2 Chainz
197 185 26 In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery Capital Cities
198 173 8 1969 - Siempre: En Vivo Desde Monterrey: Parte 1 Jenni Rivera
199 166 11 Melophobia Cage The Elephant
200 190 9 Need You Now Plumb