‘Now 49′ Dethrones ‘Frozen’ Soundtrack, Bruno Mars’ Sales Increase 82%

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'Now 49: That's What I Call Music'

‘Now 49: That’s What I Call Music’

While the Hot 100 chart got a little shake up, it seems like the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 Albums chart got a major one. After ruling the #1 spot for four weeks, Disney ‘s soundtrack to the hit film Frozen has finally been removed.

The popular compilation album, Now 49 , has managed to debut at #1 with sales of 98,000 copies in its first week, causing Frozen ‘s 88,000 copies to take a seat at the #2 spot.

Now 49 serves as the 24th various-artists compilation to reach #1 since the Billboard 200 became a regularly published weekly chart in 1956, with a total of 17 of them being past Now compilations.

The debut of Now 49 comes almost exactly 15 years after the first Now album reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200 on the chart dated January 23, 1999.

As for Frozen , its cumulative sales increase to 952,000 this week, after 11 weeks in release. At its current sales rate, it should surpass 1 million next week.

The real shakeup comes with Bruno Mars ‘ second studio album and previous #1 spot holder, Unorthodox Jukebox jumping to the #3 spot with sales of 81,000 copies this week, thanks to his well-received Super Bowl Halftime show performance.

Doo-Wops & Hooligan s, his first studio album, misses re-entering the top 10 as it glides 19-11 with 26,000.

The last time a Super Bowl halftime performer was in the top 10 the week after the big game was in 2009 when Bruce Springsteen ‘s brand-new Working On a Dream fell from #1 to #2 in the week after the game, the album’s second week on the chart.

The album was released the Tuesday before the Super Bowl, and debuted at #1 with 224,000 and then sold 102,000 in the week after the game. Take a look at the full top 10 list below:

#1 Now 49 – 98,000
#2 F rozen Soundtrack – 88,000
#3 Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox - 81,000
#4 Toni Braxton & Baby Face – Love, Marriage & Divorce – 67,000
#5 Broken Bells – After the Disco 44,000
#6 Little Mix – Salute 43,000
#7 Beyoncé – BEYONCE 38,000
#8 Lorde – Pure Heroine 35,000
#9 2014 Grammy Nominees 35,000
#10 Katy Perry – PRISM 27,000

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