Billboard 200: 1/12/13: Taylor Swift No. 1- 241K

[HolidayGuy]

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

5. T.I., Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head: 74,000 (253,000)

17. Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d city: 44,000 (584,000)

22. Wiz Khalifa,- O.N.F.I.C.: 37,000 (252,000)

32. Chief Kee, Finally Rich: 28,000 (79,000)

39. Game, Jesus Piece: 24,000 (146,000)

46. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Heist: 22,000 (214,000)

47. 2 Chainz, Based on a T.R.U. Story: 21,000 (478,000)

70. Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded The Re-Up: 13,000 (785,000)

73. Meek Mill, Dreams & Nightmares: 12,000 (295,000)

122. Big Boi, Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors: 7,000 (49,000)

[HolidayGuy]

Billboard.com:

www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat#/news/taylor-swift-s-red-les-mis-soundtrack-lead-1008067172.story

Taylor Swift's 'Red,' 'Les Mis' Soundtrack Lead Billboard 200 Chart
by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | January 03, 2013

As forecasted last week, Taylor Swift's "Red" album spends a seventh nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. In the sales week ending Dec. 30, 2012 -- the final frame of the year -- the Big Machine Records album sold 241,000 (down 12%) according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Last Friday (Dec. 28), industry sources had projected the set was aiming to sell at least 225,000 -- if not more.

Of "Red's" sales last week, a full 54% were from download sales. That number isn't too surprising, since Amazon MP3 discounted the title to $1.99 as part of a Gold Box promotion on Dec. 24. Sources suggest that the sales from just Amazon MP3 on that day alone amounted to nearly 30% of "Red's" entire week -- and 54% of its download sales.

("Red's" discounted sales count toward its weekly total because "Red" has been out for more than four weeks; Billboard does not count sales of albums priced below $3.49 in their first four weeks of release.)

"Red" was also certainly buoyed by the redemption of download gift cards received for Christmas. Many albums on the chart rise thanks to consumers quickly emptying their gift cards last week. This week's chart reflects the seven day tracking week that began with Christmas Eve (Monday, Dec. 24) and ended on Sunday Dec. 30.

"Red's" seventh week at No. 1 gives Swift a total of 24 weeks atop the Billboard 200 through her career -- tying her with Adele as the woman with most weeks at No. 1 since SoundScan began powering the Billboard 200 in May, 1991. Swift's "Fearless" album spent 11 weeks at No. 1, while 2010's "Speak Now" logged six weeks atop the list. (All 24 of Adele's weeks at No. 1 came from one album: "21.")

It seems likely that "Red" will hang around at No. 1 for at least another week (if not more), as no new major albums were released this week.

Below Swift this week on the chart is the fast-rising "Les Miserables" film soundtrack. The movie musical's companion album jumps from No. 33 to No. 2 with 136,000 sold and a whopping 218% sales gain. The set's 31-position jump is the largest to the top two since the Feb. 28, 2009 chart. That week, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' "Raising Sand" rebounded 67 rungs from No. 69 to No. 2 after it won the Grammy Award for album of the year.

The "Les Miserables: Highlights" soundtrack was released on Friday, Dec. 21 -- four days before the film arrived in U.S. movie theaters. In the week ending Dec. 23, the set sold 43,000 (with only two full days of sales). It was only natural for the album to see a big gain this week, after it had registered a full seven days' worth of availability and had the film's Christmas Day opening to help drive sales.

"Les Miserables" stars Hugh Jackman and is based on the hit stage musical of the same name. According to Playbill, the Broadway show ran for 6,680 performances between 1987 and 2003 and is the fourth-longest running show in Broadway history.

The last movie musical soundtrack to reach the top two on the Billboard 200 was "Hannah Montana: The Movie" album in May of 2009. It spent one week at No. 1 and seven weeks in the top two. The last adapted-from-a-stage-musical movie soundtrack to climb this high was "Mamma Mia!" in 2008, which rose to No. 1 for one week on Aug. 23 of that year.

Rounding out the top five on the Billboard 200 this week are One Direction's "Take Me Home" (up one to No. 3 with 120,000; down 32%), Bruno Mars' "Unorthodox Jukebox" (down a slot to No. 4, 110,000; down 38%) and T.I.'s "Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head" (falling 3-5 with 74,000; down 59%).

There's a lot of movement between Nos. 6-10 on the chart this week, all thanks to sale pricing by both Amazon MP3 and iTunes (and consumers redeeming gift cards).

Imagine Dragons' "Night Visions" zips from No. 46 to No. 6 with 70,000 sold (up 130%), earning its second-best sales frame after its debut at No. 2 with 83,000 in September. The album was marked down to $1.99 for one day only at Amazon MP3 (Dec. 24, like Swift's "Red") while iTunes offered it for $7.99 as part of its 2012 Chart Toppers year-end promotion. No surprise, downloads accounted for 88% of the effort's sales last week.

Like "Night Visions" and "Red," Rihanna's "Unapologetic" profits from Amazon's $1.99 sale. It rises from No. 19 to No. 7 with 68,000 (up 3%). Trailing Rihanna is Mumford & Sons' "Babel," holding at No. 8 with 68,000 (down 27%).

Amazon MP3's one day sale and an iTunes $7.99 sale tag also push the Lumineers' self-titled effort to its best rank and highest sales frame yet. The set climbs from No. 24 to No. 9 with 61,000 (up 10%). The group's breakout single "Ho Hey" also continues to make airplay gains, as it maintains its bullet at No. 3 on the Pop Songs chart (known as Mainstream Top 40 on Billboard.biz).

Closing out the top 10 is the soundtrack to "Pitch Perfect," which zooms 45-10 with 58,000 (up 84%). The musical movie was released to DVD on Dec. 18 and saw its soundtrack reenter the chart at No. 45 last week with 32,000. Its reentry last week -- and gain this week -- are powered by the DVD, a reissue of the album on Dec. 18 (with four bonus tracks) and a $6.99 sale tag at iTunes for the standard version of the album. In the past two weeks, the album has sold 90,000 copies -- 37% of its cumulative total. The set bowed on Sept. 25, three days before it arrived in U.S. theaters in limited release.

On the Digital Songs chart, the gift card redemption effect is inescapable, as a staggering 48 songs sold more than 100,000 downloads last week. The week previous, just 10 did.

Leading the charge is Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble," which returns to No. 1 (up one slot) with 582,000 sold (up 163%). It earns the fourth-largest sales week ever for a song, and the second-biggest for a tune that wasn't in its debut frame.

Flo Rida's "Right Round" continues to hold the all-time one-week digital sales record, when it debuted with 636,000 on the chart dated Feb. 28, 2009. Swift's own "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" is second with 623,000 (a debut on Sept. 1, 2012). Ke$ha's "TiK ToK" is third with 610,000 sold over the Christmas frame of 2009 (reflected in the chart dated Jan. 2, 2010). "TiK Tok" had debuted in October of 2009.

"I Knew You Were Trouble" is one of seven songs to sell more than 300,000 downloads last week. Bruno Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven" is pushed down to No. 2, despite a 120% sales increase. It sold 497,000.

PSY's "Gangnam Style" takes a tremendous leap as well, rising 8-3 with 400,000 (up 245%). Exposure from end-of-year chart countdown shows, New Year's Eve party playlist purchases and gift card redemptions helps PSY jump back up the tally.

Justin Bieber's "Beauty and a Beat" ascends 7-4 (372,000; up 212%), Rihanna's "Diamonds" holds at No. 5 (365,000; up 159%), the Lumineers' "Ho Hey" slips 3-6 (304,000; up 104%) and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" drops one rung to No. 7 (just over 304,000; up 116%).

As for the rest of the top 10: Ke$ha's "Die Young" rises 12-8 with 299,000 (up 228%), will.i.am & Britney Spears' "Scream & Shout" slides 4-9 with 285,000 (up 99%) and Phillip Phillips' "Home" falls a spot to No. 10 with 281,000 (up 157%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Dec. 30) totaled 9.77 million units, down 23% compared with the sum last week (12.71 million) and up 27% compared with the comparable sales week of 2011 (7.71 million). 2012 finishes the year with 315.96 million albums sold, down 4% compared to 2011's sum (330.57 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 55.74 million downloads -- the single largest week ever for digital track sales. That's up 119% compared with last week (25.50 million) and up 20% stacked next to the comparable week of 2011 (46.42 million). The previous largest frame on record was the week ending Dec. 28, 2008, when 47.73 million tracks were sold.

A record 1.336 billion tracks were sold overall in 2012, up 5% compared with the then-record total moved in 2011 (1.271 billion).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2012 when: Adele's "21" held at No. 1 with 124,000 (down 14%) while the chart's top debut came at No. 7: SafetySuit's "These Times" bowed with 26,000.

[areyoureadytojump]

Not bad:

2012 finishes the year with 315.96 million albums sold, down 4% compared to 2011's sum (330.57 million).

[carrieidol1]

Jan 3, 2013 11:11:04 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Not bad:

2012 finishes the year with 315.96 million albums sold, down 4% compared to 2011's sum (330.57 million).

Thank you Adele and Taylor.

[grandelf]

Jan 3, 2013 11:12:41 GMT -5 carrieidol1 said:

Jan 3, 2013 11:11:04 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Not bad:

2012 finishes the year with 315.96 million albums sold, down 4% compared to 2011's sum (330.57 million).

Thank you Adele and Taylor.

And all those $1.99 albums throughout the year.

[areyoureadytojump]

^And Whitney!

2013 may have a larger decrease, but let's worry about that in October! lol

This is the last chart of 2012.

SoundScan should out their Best Sellers list today.

[upsidedown]

Are we gonna get that chart that has the overall best selling artists, digital artists of all time etc.? Is that a thing Soundscan does every year?

[areyoureadytojump]

^Yes. It'll be out today.

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The Billboard 200
Issue Date: 2013-01-12

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Position
Chart
1 1 1 10 Red, Taylor Swift  1
2 33 - 2 Les Miserables: Highlights From The Motion Picture Soundtrack, Soundtrack  2
3 4 4 7 Take Me Home, One Direction  1
4 3 2 3 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars  2
5 2 - 2 Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head, T.I.  2
6 46 51 17 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons  2
7 19 15 6 Unapologetic, Rihanna  1
8 8 11 14 Babel, Mumford & Sons  1
9 24 33 39 The Lumineers  9
10 45 - 10 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack  10
11 7 7 6 The World From The Side Of The Moon, Phillip Phillips  4
12 13 17 28 Believe, Justin Bieber  1
13 10 12 8 NOW 44, Various Artists  2
14 14 23 15 The Truth About Love, P!nk  1
15 21 24 42 Up All Night, One Direction  1
16 17 21 97 21, Adele  (Diamond Certification) 10 1
17 41 42 10 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar  2
18 12 9 5 Girl On Fire, Alicia Keys  1
19 28 31 27 Overexposed, Maroon 5  2
20 18 18 11 Night Train, Jason Aldean  1
21 5 3 20 Christmas, Michael Buble  1
22 22 25 35 Blown Away, Carrie Underwood  1
23 44 26 4 O.N.I.F.C., Wiz Khalifa  2
24 RE-ENTRY 248 Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Bob Marley And The Wailers  (Diamond Certification) 10 18
25 59 60 29 +, Ed Sheeran  5
26 6 5 9 Merry Christmas, Baby, Rod Stewart  3
27 RE-ENTRY 9 Motown 1's, Various Artists  27
28 56 62 39 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men  6
29 39 40 45 Some Nights, fun.  3
30 31 27 4 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line  10
31 15 16 16 Tornado, Little Big Town  2
32 20 22 6 Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin  9
33 30 32 73 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan  2
34 23 - 2 Dogs Eating Dogs (EP), Blink-182  23
35 29 - 2 Finally Rich, Chief Keef  29
36 RE-ENTRY 129 Gold -- Greatest Hits, ABBA  36
37 26 28 6 Rebel Soul, Kid Rock  5
38 116 129 12 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding  9
39 35 37 46 Hunter Hayes  18
40 73 85 76 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton  1
41 38 38 3 La Misma Gran Senora, Jenni Rivera  38
42 92 93 15 Kiss, Carly Rae Jepsen  6
43 RE-ENTRY 7 The Best Of Simon & Garfunkel, Simon & Garfunkel  43
44 37 6 3 Jesus Piece, The Game  6
45 NEW 1 Singles: 1969-1981, Carpenters  45
46 49 35 4 Warrior, Ke$ha  6
47 36 39 75 Chief, Eric Church  1
48 34 14 3 Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 1: Volume 1, Soundtrack  14
49 52 58 145 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons  2
50 11 10 10 On This Winter's Night, Lady Antebellum  8
51 79 118 25 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean  2
52 83 77 12 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis  2
53 74 83 20 Based On A T.R.U. Story, 2 Chainz  1
54 72 72 7 Trilogy, The Weeknd  4
55 47 30 3 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Soundtrack  30
56 112 92 8 R.E.D, Ne-Yo  4
57 51 44 6 Woman To Woman, Keyshia Cole  10
58 48 49 25 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band  1
59 132 145 7 Paradise (EP), Lana Del Rey  10
60 97 117 48 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey  2
61 RE-ENTRY 9 The Very Best Of Daryl Hall John Oates, Daryl Hall John Oates  34
62 40 45 6 Greatest Hits: Chapter One, Kelly Clarkson  11
63 16 8 13 Cheers, It's Christmas, Blake Shelton  8
64 27 29 9 Cee Lo's Magic Moment, Cee Lo Green  25
65 RE-ENTRY 4 16 Biggest Hits, Johnny Cash  65
66 RE-ENTRY 87 Greatest Hits II, Kenny Chesney  3
67 RE-ENTRY 25 ...Little Broken Hearts, Norah Jones  2
68 68 70 115 Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars  3
69 100 105 13 Kaleidoscope Dream, Miguel  3
70 9 - 2 12-12-12 The Concert For Sandy Relief: To Benefit The Robin Hood Relief Fun, Various Artists  9
71 81 99 56 El Camino, The Black Keys  2
72 161 193 13 Sticks & Stones, Cher Lloyd  9
73 50 50 7 GRRR!, The Rolling Stones  19
74 61 57 6 Global Warming, Pitbull  14
75 90 95 114 Speak Now, Taylor Swift  1
76 75 82 21 NOW 43, Various Artists  1
77 128 148 9 Hello My Name Is..., Bridgit Mendler  30
78 RE-ENTRY 11 Push And Shove, No Doubt  3
79 57 13 3 Tre!, Green Day  13
80 77 78 24 Kidz Bop 22, Kidz Bop Kids  3
81 101 98 39 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj  1
82 64 54 7 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2, Soundtrack  3
83 84 100 13 The 2nd Law, Muse  2
84 105 94 209 Fearless, Taylor Swift  1
85 43 43 18 Under The Mistletoe, Justin Bieber  1
86 150 138 9 Dreams And Nightmares, Meek Mill  2
87 32 19 11 Christmas With Scotty McCreery, Scotty McCreery  4
88 78 182 15 Battle Born, The Killers  3
89 144 170 26 Wild Ones, Flo Rida  14
90 137 168 26 Living Things, Linkin Park  1
91 42 36 9 Dreams Of Fireflies (On A Christmas Night) (EP), Trans-Siberian Orchestra  9
92 69 79 28 Welcome To The Fishbowl, Kenny Chesney  2
93 197 - 14 Kanye West Presents GOOD Music Cruel Summer, Various Artists  2
94 95 101 123 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry  1
95 117 - 137 1, The Beatles  (Diamond Certification) 11 1
96 157 158 14 Austin & Ally (Soundtrack), Ross Lynch  27
97 71 68 3 Joyas Prestadas: Pop, Jenni Rivera  68
98 80 81 7 Lotus, Christina Aguilera  7
99 NEW 1 Django Unchained, Soundtrack  99
100 86 111 167 19, Adele  4
101 102 96 7 King Animal, Soundgarden  5
102 149 167 270 Taylor Swift  5
103 121 166 35 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes  8
104 70 75 9 Hope On The Rocks, Toby Keith  6
105 RE-ENTRY 47 Bangarang (EP), Skrillex  14
106 119 159 37 California 37, Train  4
107 53 47 14 WOW Hits 2013, Various Artists  35
108 171 188 13 Transit Of Venus, Three Days Grace  5
109 58 46 7 Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage, Susan Boyle  12
110 115 123 112 My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean  2
111 103 121 16 Away From The World, Dave Matthews Band  1
112 91 87 14 Uno!, Green Day  2
113 145 - 14 The Carpenter, The Avett Brothers  4
114 65 53 29 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack), Vince Guaraldi Trio  23
115 143 177 60 Ceremonials, Florence + The Machine  6
116 111 90 10 Viva Duets, Tony Bennett  5
117 167 108 30 Blunderbuss, Jack White  1
118 151 163 7 Koi No Yokan, Deftones  11
119 RE-ENTRY 9 Lace Up, MGK  4
120 96 71 7 Dos!, Green Day  9
121 126 142 72 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert  4
122 124 135 34 Hard 2 Love, Lee Brice  5
123 110 152 64 Own The Night, Lady Antebellum  1
124 RE-ENTRY 76 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites (EP), Skrillex  49
125 99 88 7 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston  14
126 60 59 55 Come To The Well, Casting Crowns  2
127 98 124 39 Changed, Rascal Flatts  3
128 RE-ENTRY 60 Nothing But The Beat, David Guetta  5
129 181 - 25 Fortune, Chris Brown  1
130 125 - 2 The Voice: The Complete Season 3 Collection, Cassadee Pope  125
131 RE-ENTRY 11 Coexist, The xx  5
132 RE-ENTRY 54 Take Care, Drake  1
133 RE-ENTRY 126 Recovery, Eminem  1
134 RE-ENTRY 34 Pluto, Future  8
135 108 74 4 Joyas Prestadas: Banda, Jenni Rivera  74
136 87 89 8 Music From Another Dimension!, Aerosmith  5
137 106 131 59 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert  3
138 82 86 18 Eye On It, tobyMac  1
139 154 173 34 Up All Night, Kip Moore  6
140 188 - 141 Mothership, Led Zeppelin  7
141 55 41 44 Noel, Josh Groban  1
142 RE-ENTRY 9 Album Title Goes Here, deadmau5  6
143 120 133 115 Hands All Over, Maroon 5  2
144 62 56 8 NOW That's What I Call Today's Christmas, Various Artists  34
145 136 189 109 The Band Perry  4
146 66 52 40 The Lost Christmas Eve, Trans-Siberian Orchestra  26
147 113 34 3 Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors, Big Boi  34
148 RE-ENTRY 141 Back In Black, AC/DC  (Diamond Certification) 22 4
149 RE-ENTRY 4 18 Months, Calvin Harris  19
150 63 48 35 My Christmas, Andrea Bocelli  2
151 172 - 166 Abbey Road, The Beatles  (Diamond Certification) 12 48
152 170 175 10 Blak And Blu, Gary Clark Jr.  6
153 RE-ENTRY 51 Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay  1
154 134 140 98 The Legend Of Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash  5
155 RE-ENTRY 6 If You Were A Movie, This Would Be Your Soundtrack (EP), Sleeping With Sirens  17
156 RE-ENTRY 59 Tha Carter IV, Lil Wayne  1
157 54 20 3 Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album: Volume 3, Soundtrack  20
158 RE-ENTRY 174 Curtain Call: The Hits, Eminem  1
159 RE-ENTRY 7 Lonerism, Tame Impala  34
160 146 190 81 Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton  18
161 RE-ENTRY 60 Megalithic Symphony, AWOLNATION  87
162 178 - 13 Gravity, Lecrae  3
163 RE-ENTRY 42 Unbroken, Demi Lovato  4
164 133 146 16 North, matchbox twenty  1
165 RE-ENTRY 14 Gossamer, Passion Pit  4
166 RE-ENTRY 3 An Awesome Wave, alt-J  134
167 89 66 37 Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey  3
168 139 155 125 My World 2.0, Justin Bieber  1
169 135 154 212 The Foundation, Zac Brown Band  9
170 184 - 33 Super Hits, Willie Nelson  98
171 NEW 11 Les Miserables, Original Broadway Cast Recording  171
172 RE-ENTRY 5 Until Now, Swedish House Mafia  14
173 RE-ENTRY 19 God Forgives, I Don't, Rick Ross  1
174 RE-ENTRY 5 House Of Gold & Bones: Part 1, Stone Sour  7
175 93 64 9 What Christmas Means, Kem  64
176 76 63 30 Christmas Eve And Other Stories, Trans-Siberian Orchestra  48
177 RE-ENTRY 16 Tis The Season: Kids Christmas Sing-Along, Various Artists  87
178 94 91 8 Miracle, Third Day  10
179 123 104 38 The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP), Taylor Swift  20
180 RE-ENTRY 21 Born And Raised, John Mayer  1
181 RE-ENTRY 9 Collide With The Sky, Pierce The Veil  12
182 RE-ENTRY 22 Project X, Soundtrack  12
183 182 - 127 Lungs, Florence + The Machine  14
184 RE-ENTRY 21 Strange Clouds, B.o.B  5
185 RE-ENTRY 76 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Kid Cudi  4
186 RE-ENTRY 17 We Cry Out: The Worship Project, Jeremy Camp  15
187 173 - 59 Stronger, Kelly Clarkson  2
188 RE-ENTRY 15 Chapter V, Trey Songz  1
189 194 - 64 Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, P!nk  5
190 RE-ENTRY 18 Rock Of Ages, Soundtrack  5
191 RE-ENTRY 7 Lindsey Stirling  81
192 RE-ENTRY 15 Kisses On The Bottom, Paul McCartney  5
193 148 156 9 Psychedelic Pill, Neil Young & Crazy Horse  8
194 RE-ENTRY 5 The Road, Aaron Lewis  30
195 122 116 13 Songs From The Silver Screen, Jackie Evancho  7
196 166 - 113 You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band  1
197 193 - 62 Outlaws Like Me, Justin Moore  5
198 RE-ENTRY 94 Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars  10
199 130 141 8 NOW That's What I Call Disney, Various Artists  34
200 NEW 1 UKF Dubstep 2012, Various Artists  200

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Top Current Albums
Issue Date: 2013-01-12

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Position
Chart
1 1 1 10 Red, Taylor Swift  1
2 31 - 2 Les Miserables: Highlights From The Motion Picture Soundtrack, Soundtrack  2
3 4 3 7 Take Me Home, One Direction  1
4 3 2 3 Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars  2
5 2 - 2 Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head, T.I.  2
6 43 47 17 Night Visions, Imagine Dragons  2
7 18 14 6 Unapologetic, Rihanna  1
8 7 10 14 Babel, Mumford & Sons  1
9 23 32 39 The Lumineers  9
10 42 165 14 Pitch Perfect, Soundtrack  10
11 6 6 6 The World From The Side Of The Moon, Phillip Phillips  4
12 12 16 28 Believe, Justin Bieber  1
13 9 11 8 NOW 44, Various Artists  2
14 13 22 15 The Truth About Love, P!nk  1
15 20 23 42 Up All Night, One Direction  1
16 16 20 97 21, Adele  (Diamond Certification) 10 1
17 39 40 10 good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar  2
18 11 8 5 Girl On Fire, Alicia Keys  1
19 26 30 27 Overexposed, Maroon 5  2
20 17 17 11 Night Train, Jason Aldean  1
21 21 24 35 Blown Away, Carrie Underwood  1
22 41 25 4 O.N.I.F.C., Wiz Khalifa  2
23 55 54 29 +, Ed Sheeran  5
24 5 4 9 Merry Christmas, Baby, Rod Stewart  3
25 52 56 39 My Head Is An Animal, Of Monsters And Men  6
26 37 39 45 Some Nights, fun.  2
27 29 26 4 Here's To The Good Times, Florida Georgia Line  9
28 14 15 16 Tornado, Little Big Town  2
29 19 21 6 Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin  9
30 28 31 73 Tailgates & Tanlines, Luke Bryan  2
31 22 - 2 Dogs Eating Dogs (EP), Blink-182  22
32 27 - 2 Finally Rich, Chief Keef  27
33 24 27 6 Rebel Soul, Kid Rock  5
34 98 98 12 Halcyon, Ellie Goulding  9
35 33 36 57 Hunter Hayes  18
36 64 72 77 Red River Blue, Blake Shelton  1
37 36 37 3 La Misma Gran Senora, Jenni Rivera  36
38 78 80 15 Kiss, Carly Rae Jepsen  6
39 35 5 3 Jesus Piece, The Game  5
40 46 34 4 Warrior, Ke$ha  5
41 34 38 75 Chief, Eric Church  1
42 32 13 3 Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 1: Volume 1, Soundtrack  13
43 49 52 150 Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons  2
44 10 9 10 On This Winter's Night, Lady Antebellum  7
45 69 92 25 Channel Orange, Frank Ocean  2
46 73 65 12 The Heist, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis  2
47 65 70 20 Based On A T.R.U. Story, 2 Chainz  1
48 63 61 7 Trilogy, The Weeknd  4
49 44 29 3 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Soundtrack  29
50 95 79 8 R.E.D, Ne-Yo  4
51 48 41 6 Woman To Woman, Keyshia Cole  10
52 45 45 25 Uncaged, Zac Brown Band  1
53 108 108 7 Paradise (EP), Lana Del Rey  10
54 83 91 48 Born To Die, Lana Del Rey  2
55 38 42 6 Greatest Hits: Chapter One, Kelly Clarkson  11
56 15 7 13 Cheers, It's Christmas, Blake Shelton  7
57 25 28 9 Cee Lo's Magic Moment, Cee Lo Green  24
58 172 - 28 ...Little Broken Hearts, Norah Jones  2
59 86 86 13 Kaleidoscope Dream, Miguel  3
60 8 - 2 12-12-12 The Concert For Sandy Relief: To Benefit The Robin Hood Relief Fun, Various Artists  8
61 71 83 56 El Camino, The Black Keys  2
62 125 139 13 Sticks & Stones, Cher Lloyd  9
63 47 46 7 GRRR!, The Rolling Stones  19
64 57 51 6 Global Warming, Pitbull  14
65 66 69 21 NOW 43, Various Artists  1
66 106 110 10 Hello My Name Is..., Bridgit Mendler  30
67 151 193 14 Push And Shove, No Doubt  3
68 53 12 3 Tre!, Green Day  12
69 67 66 24 Kidz Bop 22, Kidz Bop Kids  3
70 87 82 39 Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Nicki Minaj  1
71 59 48 7 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2, Soundtrack  3
72 74 84 13 The 2nd Law, Muse  2
73 118 103 9 Dreams And Nightmares, Meek Mill  2
74 30 18 11 Christmas With Scotty McCreery, Scotty McCreery  4
75 68 133 15 Battle Born, The Killers  3
76 115 123 26 Wild Ones, Flo Rida  14
77 110 121 27 Living Things, Linkin Park  1
78 40 35 9 Dreams Of Fireflies (On A Christmas Night) (EP), Trans-Siberian Orchestra  9
79 60 67 28 Welcome To The Fishbowl, Kenny Chesney  2
80 143 153 15 Kanye West Presents GOOD Music Cruel Summer, Various Artists  2
81 81 85 123 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry  1
82 122 115 16 Austin & Ally (Soundtrack), Ross Lynch  27
83 62 58 5 Joyas Prestadas: Pop, Jenni Rivera  58
84 70 68 7 Lotus, Christina Aguilera  7
85 NEW 1 85
86 88 81 7 King Animal, Soundgarden  5
87 101 120 38 Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes  8
88 61 64 9 Hope On The Rocks, Toby Keith  6
89 152 167 53 Bangarang (EP), Skrillex  14
90 100 116 37 California 37, Train  4
91 50 44 14 WOW Hits 2013, Various Artists  35
92 131 137 13 Transit Of Venus, Three Days Grace  5
93 54 43 7 Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage, Susan Boyle  12
94 89 94 16 Away From The World, Dave Matthews Band  1
95 77 74 14 Uno!, Green Day  2
96 116 145 16 The Carpenter, The Avett Brothers  4
97 114 129 61 Ceremonials, Florence + The Machine  6
98 94 77 10 Viva Duets, Tony Bennett  5
99 128 87 33 Blunderbuss, Jack White  1
100 119 119 7 Koi No Yokan, Deftones  11
101 181 180 12 Lace Up, MGK  4
102 82 60 7 Dos!, Green Day  9
103 105 105 74 Halfway To Heaven, Brantley Gilbert  4
104 103 102 36 Hard 2 Love, Lee Brice  5
105 93 112 67 Own The Night, Lady Antebellum  1
106 85 75 7 I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston  14
107 56 53 63 Come To The Well, Casting Crowns  2
108 84 96 39 Changed, Rascal Flatts  3
109 197 - 68 Nothing But The Beat, David Guetta  5
110 137 147 26 Fortune, Chris Brown  1
111 104 - 2 The Voice: The Complete Season 3 Collection, Cassadee Pope  104
112 149 182 16 Coexist, The xx  5
113 183 184 59 Take Care, Drake  1
114 146 141 37 Pluto, Future  8
115 92 63 8 Joyas Prestadas: Banda, Jenni Rivera  63
116 76 76 8 Music From Another Dimension!, Aerosmith  5
117 91 99 61 Four The Record, Miranda Lambert  3
118 72 73 18 Eye On It, tobyMac  1
119 120 125 36 Up All Night, Kip Moore  6
120 154 164 14 Album Title Goes Here, deadmau5  6
121 58 50 9 NOW That's What I Call Today's Christmas, Various Artists  32
122 96 33 3 Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors, Big Boi  33
123 RE-ENTRY 4 18 Months, Calvin Harris  19
124 130 127 10 Blak And Blu, Gary Clark Jr.  6
125 171 - 54 Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay  1
126 RE-ENTRY 8 If You Were A Movie, This Would Be Your Soundtrack (EP), Sleeping With Sirens  17
127 RE-ENTRY 65 Tha Carter IV, Lil Wayne  1
128 51 19 3 Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album: Volume 3, Soundtrack  19
129 147 - 10 Lonerism, Tame Impala  34
130 186 181 79 Megalithic Symphony, AWOLNATION  78
131 135 146 17 Gravity, Lecrae  3
132 187 - 58 Unbroken, Demi Lovato  4
133 109 109 17 North, matchbox twenty  1
134 RE-ENTRY 16 Gossamer, Passion Pit  4
135 163 162 6 An Awesome Wave, alt-J  120
136 RE-ENTRY 7 Until Now, Swedish House Mafia  14
137 RE-ENTRY 21 God Forgives, I Don't, Rick Ross  1
138 156 148 10 House Of Gold & Bones: Part 1, Stone Sour  7
139 79 57 11 What Christmas Means, Kem  57
140 80 78 8 Miracle, Third Day  10
141 178 - 23 Born And Raised, John Mayer  1
142 RE-ENTRY 10 Collide With The Sky, Pierce The Veil  10
143 RE-ENTRY 27 Project X, Soundtrack  10
144 RE-ENTRY 22 Strange Clouds, B.o.B  5
145 132 151 62 Stronger, Kelly Clarkson  2
146 174 174 19 Chapter V, Trey Songz  1
147 157 155 24 Rock Of Ages, Soundtrack  5
148 198 187 12 Lindsey Stirling  77
149 RE-ENTRY 17 Kisses On The Bottom, Paul McCartney  5
150 117 114 9 Psychedelic Pill, Neil Young & Crazy Horse  8
151 148 143 7 The Road, Aaron Lewis  29
152 102 90 13 Songs From The Silver Screen, Jackie Evancho  7
153 140 144 80 Outlaws Like Me, Justin Moore  5
154 107 104 8 NOW That's What I Call Disney, Various Artists  33
155 RE-ENTRY 2 UKF Dubstep 2012, Various Artists  155
156 121 97 5 Glee: The Music, Season 4: Volume 1, Soundtrack  31
157 RE-ENTRY 3 Punk Goes Pop: Volume 5, Various Artists  16
158 158 163 10 Make Your Mark: Ultimate Playlist, Various Artists  131
159 162 161 19 Blood, In This Moment  15
160 RE-ENTRY 7 #3, The Script  13
161 RE-ENTRY 59 American Capitalist, Five Finger Death Punch  3
162 189 199 31 Amaryllis, Shinedown  4
163 129 149 16 Tempest, Bob Dylan  3
164 176 168 37 The Strange Case Of..., Halestorm  15
165 RE-ENTRY 53 Lights, Ellie Goulding  21
166 124 89 9 Home For The Holidays, Andre Rieu  53
167 RE-ENTRY 55 Talk That Talk, Rihanna  3
168 123 100 12 The Piano Guys  44
169 136 49 3 Almeria, Lifehouse  49
170 RE-ENTRY 7 New Horizons, Flyleaf  16
171 139 117 37 Love Is A Four Letter Word, Jason Mraz  2
172 RE-ENTRY 6 Don't Panic, All Time Low  6
173 RE-ENTRY 10 Two Eleven, Brandy  3
174 180 - 17 The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than..., Fiona Apple  3
175 126 134 28 NOW That's What I Call Country: Volume 5, Various Artists  13
176 RE-ENTRY 38 The Lateness Of The Hour, Alex Clare  43
177 138 157 51 Clear As Day, Scotty McCreery  1
178 111 95 13 Glad Rag Doll, Diana Krall  6
179 RE-ENTRY 6 A War You Cannot Win, All That Remains  13
180 75 55 12 Home For Christmas, Celtic Woman  39
181 RE-ENTRY 11 The Midsummer Station, Owl City  7
182 90 62 9 A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years Bringing Joy To The World, Various Artists  49
183 RE-ENTRY 8 Shields, Grizzly Bear  7
184 RE-ENTRY 27 Looking 4 Myself, Usher  1
185 97 71 10 Christmas In The Sand, Colbie Caillat  37
186 200 - 7 If You Leave Me Now (And Other Hits), Chicago  166
187 134 130 6 Live At River Plate, AC/DC  61
188 145 150 20 Best Days, Tamela Mann  14
189 RE-ENTRY 11 Searching For Sugar Man (Soundtrack), Rodriguez  74
190 184 152 5 Disney Channel Ultimate Holiday, Various Artists  122
191 RE-ENTRY 63 Watch The Throne, Jay Z Kanye West  1
192 190 192 16 Dustin Lynch  13
193 168 154 6 The Greatest Hits, 3 Doors Down  81
194 166 188 35 Kidz Bop 21, Kidz Bop Kids  2
195 RE-ENTRY 25 Beyond Hell/Above Heaven, Volbeat  132
196 161 183 70 Hell On Heels, Pistol Annies  5
197 159 172 38 Tuskegee, Lionel Richie  1
198 142 122 6 We Are Love, Il Volo  79
199 150 171 12 Monster, KISS  3
200 RE-ENTRY 33 Careless World: Rise Of The Last King, Tyga  3

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Top Electronic Albums
Issue Date: 2013-01-12

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Position
Chart
1 1 1 26 Wild Ones, Flo Rida  1
2 2 3 53 Bangarang (EP), Skrillex  1
3 4 9 70 Nothing But The Beat, David Guetta  1
4 3 2 14 Album Title Goes Here, deadmau5  1
5 7 8 9 18 Months, Calvin Harris  1
6 6 7 10 Until Now, Swedish House Mafia  1
7 5 5 15 Lindsey Stirling  1
8 10 4 3 UKF Dubstep 2012, Various Artists  4
9 NEW 1 NOW That's What I Call A Workout, Various Artists  9
10 14 14 25 Electra Heart, Marina And The Diamonds  2
11 17 25 8 Clarity, Zedd  3
12 18 17 13 Step Up: Revolution, Soundtrack  3
13 8 10 21 NOW That's What I Call Party Anthems, Various Artists  1
14 RE-ENTRY 28 Rage Valley (EP), Knife Party  3
15 12 16 8 Crystal Castles (III), Crystal Castles  2
16 9 19 37 Visions, Grimes  8
17 13 15 63 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming., M83.  1
18 16 23 20 Shrines, Purity Ring  2
19 24 24 61 Welcome Reality, Nero  6
20 15 20 13 Until The Quiet Comes, Flying Lotus  2
21 RE-ENTRY 2 Play Hard (EP), Krewella  19
22 RE-ENTRY 34 UKF Dubstep 2011, Various Artists  3
23 21 13 5 Dance (RED) Saves Lives: Presented By Tiesto, Tiesto  1
24 NEW 1 35 Top Hits: Workout Mixes: Vol. 3, Various Artists  24
25 11 18 35 Dubbed & Freq'd: A Remix Project, tobyMac  3

[areyoureadytojump]

^Thanks so much, 2m!

[areyoureadytojump]

Only 4 new albums debut on the Billboard 200 this week.

45 albums re-enter.

Total: 49

[jj99$ - - LeLe]

When does an Album yet yanked from the Current Album Chart.

[ListenToItTwice]

Jan 3, 2013 18:27:15 GMT -5 jj99$ - - LeLe said:

When does an Album yet yanked from the Current Album Chart.

When it comes eligible for Catalog. More than 78 weeks on the chart and out of the top 100.

[G-Reg]

Sorry if I'm behind on this, but why is Flo Rida on the top of the Electronic chart?

[areyoureadytojump]

^Who knows? It's kind of stupid.

[kingofpain]

LOL I guess his label tries to slap him in every category they can... Rap, hip-hop, electronic, pop... Who knows, maybe even R&B too. Electronic is a joke. I guess Nicki Minaj is electronic too.

[jj99$ - - LeLe]

Jan 3, 2013 18:41:16 GMT -5 ListenToItTwice said:

Jan 3, 2013 18:27:15 GMT -5 jj99$ - - LeLe said:

When does an Album yet yanked from the Current Album Chart.

When it comes eligible for Catalog. More than 78 weeks on the chart and out of the top 100.

Would that be top100 of the BB200 or the current chart.

Im just enquiring regarding this:

94 95 101 123 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1

still being listed as Current

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks for posting the charts, 2m.

Flo Rida would be more electronic than Nicki Minaj- does he even have any straight-up hip-hop tracks?

[ListenToItTwice]

Jan 3, 2013 19:36:54 GMT -5 jj99$ - - LeLe said:

Jan 3, 2013 18:41:16 GMT -5 ListenToItTwice said:

When it comes eligible for Catalog. More than 78 weeks on the chart and out of the top 100.

Would that be top100 of the BB200 or the current chart.

Im just enquiring regarding this:

94 95 101 123 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1

still being listed as Current

Top 100 of the BB200.

I believe exceptions are made for albums that have a single rising on a radio format. "Wide Awake" is gaining on AC so maybe that's why?

[neverduplicated]

Jan 3, 2013 19:51:42 GMT -5 ListenToItTwice said:

Jan 3, 2013 19:36:54 GMT -5 jj99$ - - LeLe said:

Would that be top100 of the BB200 or the current chart.

Im just enquiring regarding this:

94 95 101 123 Teenage Dream, Katy Perry 1

still being listed as Current

Top 100 of the BB200.

I believe exceptions are made for albums that have a single rising on a radio format. "Wide Awake" is gaining on AC so maybe that's why?

That seems strange. It would make sense for it to be top 100 of the current album chart to stay consistent with charts in the past. Plus, I don't see how they could consider "Wide Awake" as a current or rising single seeing as it fell off the Hot 100 weeks ago.

[Deleted]

The TCA chart is independent of what happens on the BB200. The TCA has catalog rules identical to the BB200 of the 00s

The BB200 has no catalog rules

It is 78 weeks in the top 100 of the TCA chart not the BB200

[cartman2002]

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

1.Red-Taylor Swift (gold)
10.Pitch Perfect-Soundtrack (gold)
17.Good Kidd, M.A.A.D. City-Kendrick Lamar (gold)
50.On A Winter's Night-Lady Antebellum (gold)
84.Fearless-Taylor Swift (5x Platnium)
116.Viva Duets-Tony Bennett (gold)
117.Blunderbluss-Jack White (platnium)
152.Black And Blu-Gary Clark Jr. (gold)
176.Christmas Eve And Other Stories-Train Siberian Orchestra (gold)

[neverduplicated]

Jan 3, 2013 21:18:46 GMT -5 cartman2002 said:

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

1.Red-Taylor Swift (gold)
10.Pitch Perfect-Soundtrack (gold)
17.Good Kidd, M.A.A.D. City-Kendrick Lamar (gold)
50.On A Winter's Night-Lady Antebellum (gold)
84.Fearless-Taylor Swift (5x Platnium)
116.Viva Duets-Tony Bennett (gold)
117.Blunderbluss-Jack White (platnium)
152.Black And Blu-Gary Clark Jr. (gold)
176.Christmas Eve And Other Stories-Train Siberian Orchestra (gold)

Huh? What awards are these?

[Deleted]

his own creation - not sure how it works

[ListenToItTwice]

Jan 3, 2013 20:53:28 GMT -5 @2m said:

The TCA chart is independent of what happens on the BB200. The TCA has catalog rules identical to the BB200 of the 00s

The BB200 has no catalog rules

It is 78 weeks in the top 100 of the TCA chart not the BB200

Ohhhh okay that explains a lot. Thanks!

[Enigma.]

New peak for ABBA's Gold?

Does anyone know how much it has sold so far?

[areyoureadytojump]

9,767,000 albums were sold in the USA last week.

4,519,000 were digital albums.

5,248,000 were physical cds.

[areyoureadytojump]

keelyskorner.com/category/soundscan/

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 12/30/12)

1) Taylor Swift – Red – 241,202 (After 10 weeks – 3,107,249)
2) Les Miserables Soundtrack – 135,670 (After 2 weeks – 178,357)
3) One Direction – Take Me Home – 120,313 (After 7 weeks – 1,339,652)