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Chart Listings: Billboard 200 Albums (December 12-19, 2012)
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Billboard 200 Albums (December 12-19, 2012)
Taylor Swift returns to #1 with 'Red' on the Billboard 200 Chart
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Taylor Swift heads back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week as her "Red" set steps 2-1 with 167,000 (up 22%) according to Nielsen SoundScan. Last week's leader, Alicia Keys' "Girl On Fire," falls to No. 7 with 77,000 (down 52%).
This is "Red's" fourth non-consecutive week at No. 1. Its first three frames -- all in a row -- came upon its debut on the chart dated Nov. 10. Combined, Swift's three No. 1 albums have spent 21 weeks at No. 1. Swift is now tied with Whitney Houston and Jay-Z for the fourth-most weeks at No. 1 since SoundScan began powering the chart in May of 1991. Garth Brooks leads with 51 weeks at No. 1 in that span of time, followed by Eminem (29) and Adele (24 - all from her "21" album).
The new chart's highest debut comes in at No. 2, where Wiz Khalifa's second studio album "O.N.I.F.C." starts with 141,000. His first release, 2011's "Rolling Papers," also stepped in at No. 2, but with a bigger number: 197,000.
Rod Stewart's "Merry Christmas, Baby," holds at No. 3 with 127,000 (up 9%) while One Direction's "Take Me Home" is also steady at No. 4 with 107,000 (up 16%). Michael Buble's "Christmas" jumps 7-5 with the chart's largest unit gain (40,000), selling 106,000 for the week (up 61%).
At No. 6 is the second-biggest debut of the week, Ke$ha's "Warrior," starting with 85,000. It follows her debut studio set "Animal," second release "Cannibal," and a remix album "I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance." "Animal" -- her first and only No. 1 -- bowed atop the Billboard 200 in the dead of January 2010, selling 152,000 in its first week. The set dropped on Jan. 5 of that year and, unlike "Warrior," had a clear path to No. 1.
"Animal's" street date took advantage of a wide-open release schedule and an always-slow sales month. The week "Animal" debuted at No. 1, the next-highest new entry was way down at No. 27, where Katharine McPhee's "Unbroken" debuted with 15,000. They were two of only seven debuts on the entire Billboard 200.
Granted, "Animal's" 152,000 wasn't a jaw-dropping figure, but it was enough to bump Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" from the penthouse after a six-week run. Boyle's album fell to No. 2 that week with 93,000 -- down from 137,000 the week previous.
Back on this week's chart, though, we find Blake Shelton's "Cheers, It's Christmas" rising 9-8 with 68,000 (up 29%) and Phillip Phillips' "The World From the Side of the Moon" falling 5-9 with 65,000 (down 12%). Rounding out the top 10 is country duo Florida Georgia Line with its debut studio set "Here's to the Good Times." The album starts with 63,000 the same week its single "Cruise" spends its second week atop the Country Airplay chart.
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http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/...08046962.story
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Red 
Warrior  And it's such an excellent album
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I think Warrior will rebound with further hits
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so proud of my King Phillip Phillips
holding on in the top 10
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#7 is Alicia, it was mentioned at begining of article.
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At No. 6 is the second-biggest debut of the week, Ke$ha's "Warrior," starting with 85,000
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Is there a digit missing?
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Originally posted by Ulrihs
#7 is Alicia, it was mentioned at begining of article.
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Thank you!
Soundscan stays underestimating Lady A's final sales, they are at #8 on HDD and probably #11 this week on Soundscan..i guess sales-wise the #8-9-10-11 are close, still 
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will taylor block any more new releases next week? 
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will taylor block any more new releases next week? |
OMG please no. I need +200k for Bruno 
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next time i think Phillip will not be in the top 10
i hope he'll be though
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21 nr1 weeks for The Lord. More to come with 'Red' hopefully. 
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OMG please no. I need +200k for Bruno |
Are we going to get some predictions today?
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Taylor 
I hope K$ can recover. She should focus on the US and Australia and settle for being "local". But local in the biggest music marked isn't that bad.
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Ke$ha 
One Direction
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I'd rather have Ke$ha focus on the US and be huge in it. It's the biggest music market, nothing wrong with being local there.
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Thank you!
Soundscan stays underestimating Lady A's final sales, they are at #8 on HDD and probably #11 this week on Soundscan..i guess sales-wise the #8-9-10-11 are close, still |
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At No. 6 is the second-biggest debut of the week, Ke$ha's "Warrior," starting with 85,000.
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Giving me The Beginning teas.
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Soundscan is disgusting, these past few weeks it's happening the same ****, week after week. Oh well, i'm ready for the re-re-peak on Xmas week 
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YOUR ONE-DAYS: It's a fair bet that Taylor Swift's Red will inhabit the #1 spot yet again next week--and likely through the end of 2012, if we're shaking up our Magic 8 Ball properly. Meanwhile, here's a peek at the week's key debuts:
Bruno Mars (New Elektra) 140-160k
Game (Geffen) 75-80k
Green Day (Reprise) 55-60k
Music of Nashville (Big Machine) 40-45k
Glee Cast: Christmas, Vol. 3 (Columbia) 35-40k
Big Boi (Def Jam/IDJ) 25-30k
Jenni Rivera (Fonovisa) 25-30k
Lifehouse (Geffen) 15-20k
Now, if you'll excuse us, our morning mug of eggnog awaits. It's the only thing that makes the voices stop. (11/12p)
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