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February 1, 2012
While Adele's 21 album maintains the #1 spot on the sales chart for an 18th non-consecutive week (moving another 116,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan), seven new albums still managed to debut in the Top 10 this week. Tim McGraw's latest, Emotional Traffic, bows at #2 with 68,000 sold, giving him the 14th Top 10 album of his career. Metal band Lamb of God's new effort, Resolution, opens at #3 with 52,000 sold, securing the band's third Top 10 release. Their last studio set, 2009's Wrath, bowed at a career-high #2 with 68,000 sold. The 2012 Grammy Nominees compilation enters the chart at #4 with about 52,000, just a few copies shy of Lamb of God's total. This marks the 11th Top 10 for the annual Grammy series since it launched in 1995. Meanwhile, singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson earns her best sales week and highest charting album ever as Human Again starts off at #5 with 40,000 sold. Until now, her best frame came with 2009's Everybody, which bowed at #18 by selling 23,000 units.
In the back half of the Top 10, Kidz Bop 21 falls to #6 with 33,000, and Kellie Pickler's 100 Proof opens at #7 with 27,000 sold. This gives the former American Idol contestant her third straight top 10 and her highest-charting album yet. Seal's Soul 2 release arrives at #8 by shifting just over 27,000, and Drake's Take Care sits at #9 with 26,000. Rounding out the Top 10 is Christian singer Kari Jobe, whose sophomore release Where I Find You bows at #10 with 25,000.
Also worth noting is the charity compilation Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan, as it debuts in two different slots this week. The 73-track version bows at #11 with 22,000 sold, while the Starbucks-exclusive 31-track version starts at #39 with 10,000. Sales of the albums and the individual song downloads benefit Amnesty International.
February 1, 2012
While Adele's 21 album maintains the #1 spot on the sales chart for an 18th non-consecutive week (moving another 116,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan), seven new albums still managed to debut in the Top 10 this week. Tim McGraw's latest, Emotional Traffic, bows at #2 with 68,000 sold, giving him the 14th Top 10 album of his career. Metal band Lamb of God's new effort, Resolution, opens at #3 with 52,000 sold, securing the band's third Top 10 release. Their last studio set, 2009's Wrath, bowed at a career-high #2 with 68,000 sold. The 2012 Grammy Nominees compilation enters the chart at #4 with about 52,000, just a few copies shy of Lamb of God's total. This marks the 11th Top 10 for the annual Grammy series since it launched in 1995. Meanwhile, singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson earns her best sales week and highest charting album ever as Human Again starts off at #5 with 40,000 sold. Until now, her best frame came with 2009's Everybody, which bowed at #18 by selling 23,000 units.
In the back half of the Top 10, Kidz Bop 21 falls to #6 with 33,000, and Kellie Pickler's 100 Proof opens at #7 with 27,000 sold. This gives the former American Idol contestant her third straight top 10 and her highest-charting album yet. Seal's Soul 2 release arrives at #8 by shifting just over 27,000, and Drake's Take Care sits at #9 with 26,000. Rounding out the Top 10 is Christian singer Kari Jobe, whose sophomore release Where I Find You bows at #10 with 25,000.
Also worth noting is the charity compilation Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan, as it debuts in two different slots this week. The 73-track version bows at #11 with 22,000 sold, while the Starbucks-exclusive 31-track version starts at #39 with 10,000. Sales of the albums and the individual song downloads benefit Amnesty International.
Miley Cyrus will perform "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" from the Chimes Of Freedom collection on The Ellen DeGeneres Show next Monday, February 6. It will be the first in a series of performances by artists from Chimes of Freedom, as Ellen pays tribute to the work of Amnesty International.
Posted by Paula Webster-Grant at 2/1/2012 5:26 PM 
Categories: February 2012
Tags: Adele Nielsen soundScan Tim McGraw 2012 Grammy Nominees Kerllie Pickler Seal Drake Kari Jobe Miley Cyrus Ellen DeGeneres
Categories: February 2012
Tags: Adele Nielsen soundScan Tim McGraw 2012 Grammy Nominees Kerllie Pickler Seal Drake Kari Jobe Miley Cyrus Ellen DeGeneres
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