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BEYONCE RETURNS TO NUMBER ONE ON TOP ALBUMS CHART
CHART CONFIDENTIAL
By Paul Tuch
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After spending the last two weeks in the runner-up position, Beyonce’s self-titled album (Sony) returns to number one on the first Top Albums chart for 2014. The album, which sold close to 9,000 units, debuted at No. 1 three weeks ago. “XO,” the first single from the album, jumps 57-42 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 this week.
Lorde’s “Pure Heroine” (Universal) jumps 5-2 on the Top Albums chart with 7,800 units sold. It is the highest chart position the album has reached since spending its first three weeks on the list at No. 2 in October.
Katy Perry’s “Prism” edges 4-3 on the Top Albums chart with 7,200 units sold, the highest the album has reached since its second week on the chart in the last week of October.
Three albums in the top ten post sales increases over last week. Arcade Fire’s “Reflektor” (Universal) leaps 14-5 with a 1% gain. Avicii’s “True” (Universal) jumps 17-8 with a six percent gain, its first week in the top ten since the first week of October. With most of the country in a deep freeze this week, it is fitting that the soundtrack to the animated movie “Frozen” (Universal) lands its highest chart position and one week sales total to date. The album vaults 26-9 with a 29% sales increase.
Pitbull’s “Timber” (Sony) remains at number one on the Canadian Hot 100 for the sixth straight week. It matches the six week run that he reached with his only previous chart-topper as a main artist, “Give Me Everything,” in mid-2011.
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Canadian Top 25 Albums:
TW LW CHART ARTIST/LABEL TITLE
1 2 4 BEYONCE PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA /SONY MUSIC Beyonce
2 5 14 LORDE LAVA/REPUBLIC /UNIVERSAL Pure Heroine
3 4 11 KATY PERRY CAPITOL /UNIVERSAL PRISM
4 1 9 EMINEM WEB/SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE /UNIVERSAL The Marshall Mathers LP 2
5 13 10 ARCADE FIRE SONOVOX /UNIVERSAL Reflektor
6 8 55 IMAGINE DRAGONS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE /UNIVERSAL Night Visions
7 3 6 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA /SONY MUSIC Midnight Memories
8 16 8 AVICII PRMD/ISLAND /UNIVERSAL True
9 24 2 SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY /UNIVERSAL Frozen
10 7 8 LADY GAGA STREAMLINE/INTERSCOPE /UNIVERSAL ARTPOP
11 6 9 CELINE DION COLUMBIA /SONY MUSIC Loved Me Back To Life
12 10 12 MILEY CYRUS RCA /SONY MUSIC Bangerz
13 12 9 VARIOUS ARTISTS SONY MUSIC MuchDance 2014
14 11 8 HEDLEY UNIVERSAL Wild Life
15 4 ARCTIC MONKEYS DOMINO AM
16 21 7 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE RCA /SONY MUSIC The 20/20 Experience (2 Of 2)
17 RE 3 ONEREPUBLIC MOSLEY/INTERSCOPE /UNIVERSAL Native
18 17 16 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE /UNIVERSAL Crash My Party
19 18 4 BRITNEY SPEARS RCA /SONY MUSIC Britney Jean
20 RE 5 THE NATIONAL 4AD /BEGGARS GROUP Trouble Will Find Me
21 23 16 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE REPUBLIC NASHVILLE /UNIVERSAL Here's To The Good Times
22 6 PEARL JAM MONKEYWRENCH/REPUBLIC /UNIVERSAL Lightning Bolt
23 NEW 1 SOUNDTRACK STUDIOCANAL/MIKE ZOSS PRODUCTIONS/NONESUCH /WARNER Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Recording
24 RE 2 BILLIE JOE + NORAH REPRISE /WARNER Foreverly
25 RE 13 CITY AND COLOUR DINE ALONE /UNIVERSAL The Hurry And The Harm