Disney's soundtrack to "Frozen" refuses to budge from the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200. The set spends a ninth nonconsecutive week atop the list, having sold 149,000 copies in the week ending April 6 (down 8 percent), according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The album is one week away from tying Disney's "The Lion King" for the longest run at No. 1 by an animated film soundtrack. "The Lion King" roared for 10 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in 1994 and 1995.
Australian pop/rock band
5 Seconds of Summer, debuting at No. 2 with its EP "She Looks So Perfect." The set, released by Capitol Records, sold 143,000 copies, with downloads comprising 75% of its first-week sales.
At No. 3 on the new Billboard 200 is rock band Chevelle with "La Gargola," debuting with 45,000. It's the highest-charting effort for the act (though not its best sales week), surpassing the No. 6 debut and peak of 2009's "Sci-Fi Crimes."
Singer-songwriter
Christina Perri notches the third debut in the top four, as her second full-length album, "Head or Heart," enters at No. 4 with 40,000. It matches her chart high with "Lovestrong.," set in 2011, though it falls short of that set's opening sales frame of 58,000.
Shakira's self-titled album falls three spots to No. 5 in its second week, selling 29,000 (down 66 percent).
Country duo Dan + Shay start at No. 6 with "Where It All Began," selling nearly 29,000. The set — the act's first album — is led by its hit single "19 You + Me," which rises 12-11 on the latest Country Airplay chart, dated April 19.
Bluegrass trio Nickel Creek returns to the chart, bowing at No. 7 with "A Dotted Line" with 27,000 — its first album in nearly nine years and its first top 10 effort. It last charted with 2005's "Why Should the Fire Die?," which debuted and peaked at No. 17.
Johnny Cash's "Out Among the Stars" slips 3-8 with 26,000 (down 52 percent), Pharrell's "G I R L" dips 5-9 with 25,000 (down 2 percent), and the
"Now 49" compilation rises 13-10 with 20,000 (up 24 percent).
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