@ the way his album and Happy moved the exact same amount of units. I wish that could happen in the US since he is predicted to have quite the boost thanks to the Oscars.
Midweek Charts update: Pharrell first 2014 album to hit 50,000 weekly sales
Chart-topping bound Pharrell Williams' G I R L has become the first artist album in the UK this year to sell more than 50,000 copies in a week.
The RCA-handled release surpassed 50,000 sales by the end of business on Thursday, according to the Official Charts Company, more than five times as many as its closest challenger Halcyon by Polydor's Ellie Goulding.
Prior to G I R L the highest weekly sales for an artist album this year were 48,620, achieved by Columbia act Bruce Springsteen's High Hopes in January, while the Williams album has an additional two days of trading to further boost its first-week tally.
Two albums make big climbs back into the Top 10 with Avicii's Positiva/PRMD debut True up 12-3 with sales increasing 95% and Virgin act Katy Perry's Prism is up 24-5 as sales rally 192%. Sitting between them is Virgin-signed Bastille with Bad Blood slipping 1-4.
Albums
1 Pharrell - G I R L (50.8k) *
2 Ellie Goulding - Halcyon (9.6k)
3 Avicii - True (8.8k)
4 Bastille - Bad Blood (7.9k)
5 Katy Perry - PRISM (7.7k) [99 cent discount]
6-10
9 Rick Ross - Mastermind *
10 Mike Oldfield - Man On The Rocks *
@ the way his album and Happy moved the exact same amount of units. I wish that could happen in the US since he is predicted to have quite the boost thanks to the Oscars.
