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Michael Buble's "Christmas" album holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for a second week, selling 293,000 (up 29%) according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its cumulative sales crossed the 1 million mark this week (1.03 million), marking the seventh album to sell a million in 2011.
The pop singer leads a rather quiet chart, where the highest debut comes in at No. 23 -- Trey Songz's "Inevitable" EP with 27,000. Only one other new album bows in the top 50: Hot Chelle Rae's "Whatever" at No. 48 with 18,000.
Adele's "21" jumps 7-2 with 144,000 (up 2%) and Justin Bieber's "Under the Mistletoe" skips 6-3 with 133,000 (down 11%). Only three albums sold in excess of 100,000 last week -- the sales frame following the busy Thanksgiving week.
Comparatively, a year ago this week, there were eight albums that moved at least 100,000, while a total of seven sets debuted in the top 50 (two in the top 10).
Next week we should see top 10 arrivals from the Black Keys' "El Camino" and Amy Winehouse's "Lioness: Hidden Treasures," as well as debuts from the "Glee: the Music, Volume 7" album T-Pain's "Revolver" and Robin Thicke's "Love After War."
But back in this week's top 10, Drake's "Take Care" holds at No. 4 (90,000; down 48%), Nickelback's "Here and Now" slips 2-5 (78,000; down 66%) and Mary J. Blige's "My Life II . . . The Journey Continues, Act I" slides 5-6 (72,000; down 54%). Rihanna's "Talk That Talk" falls 3-7 (68,000; down 66%), Andrea Bocelli's "Concerto" climbs 14-8 (61,000; down 6%), the "Now 40" compilation returns to the top 10, moving 13-9 (48,000; down 27%) and Lady Antebellum's "Own the Night" rallies 22-10 (48,000; up 3%).
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Billboard 200 Albums
1(1). Micheal Bublé "Christmas" - 293,000
Total: 1,038,000
2(7). ADELE "21" - 144,000
Total: 4,817,000
3(6). Justin Bieber "Under The Mistletoe" - 133,000
Total: 666,000
4(4). Drake "Take Care" - 90,000
Total: 894,000
5(2). Nickelback "Here And Now" - 78,000
Total: 305,000
6(5). Mary J.Blige "My Life II: The Journey Continues, Act I" - 72,000
Total: 227,000
7(3). Rihanna "Talk That Talk" - 68,000
Total: 266,000
8(14). Andrea Bocelli "Concerto" - 61,000
Total: 213,000
10(22). Lady Antebellum "We Own The Night" - 48,000
Total: 908,000
