Chart Listings: Billboard 200 Albums (January 9-16, 2013)

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'Les Miserables' Soundtrack Hits No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

The "Les Miserables" soundtrack album jumps to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart this week with 92,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan.

It's the first No. 1 soundtrack on the Billboard 200 since the "Hunger Games" album opened atop the April 7, 2012 list. To find the last musical film soundtrack to the lead the list, we have to look to "Hannah Montana: The Movie" on May 2, 2009. Finally, the last stage musical-turned-movie musical to see its companion album reach No. 1 was "Mamma Mia!" in 2008.

"Les Miserables" saw a 32% decline in sales in the week ending Jan. 6, but it was enough to beat a surging "Babel" from Mumford & Sons. That latter album zooms from No. 8 to No. 2 with 91,000 sold -- up a big 34%.

With a little more than 1,000 copies separating the top two titles on the chart, it's the smallest gap between Nos. 1 and 2 since the July 14, 2012-dated chart. That week, Linkin Park's debuting "Living Things" beat Maroon 5's also-debuting "Overexposed" by just a bit more than 1,000 as well.

When rounding sales figures to the nearest thousand -- as Billboard does with SoundScan figures -- it renders the difference between very small numbers sometimes indistinguishable. That said, the gap between Linkin Park and Maroon 5 was a few hundred units smaller than that of "Les Miserables" and Mumford & Sons.

This week also marks the first frame where no title sold over 100,000 since the chart dated Oct. 27, 2012, when "Babel" shifted 96,000 in its third week at No. 1. "Les Miserables'" 92,000 is the weakest week at No. 1 since the Sept. 15 chart, when tobyMac's "Eye On It" bowed atop the list with 69,000.

The soft sales at No. 1 this week are owed to the lack of major new releases and the usual post-Christmas slowdown in the marketplace. Overall album sales are down by 36% as compared to the previous frame.

As noted earlier, Mumford & Sons' former No. 1 album "Babel" scoots up six slots to No. 2 with 91,000 (up 34%). The title was sale priced for $6.99 in the iTunes Store last week for a limited time and received major promotion from the retailer. It touted "Babel" on the front page of its overall store and featured the album in its "new release" section (even though it's been out for months). Of its sales last week, 83% were downloads.

A few more titles in the top 10 benefit from iTunes promotions and sale pricing, including Phillip Phillips' "The World From the Side of the Moon" (11-4 with 63,000; up 8%), Alicia Keys' "Girl On Fire" (18-9 with 44,000; up 6%) and P!nk's "The Truth About Love" (14-10 with 41,000; down 22%). The latter moves up the chart despite its decline in sales as its erosion is relatively small compared to most of the titles near it on the tally.

Last week's No. 1 album, Taylor Swift's "Red," slips to No. 3 with 69,000 (down 72%). Its sales a week ago were pumped by a one day $1.99 sale tag on Dec. 24 in the Amazon MP3 store. So naturally, its sales fall apart this week.

As for the rest of the top 10, One Direction's "Take Me Home" drops 3-5 (61,000; down 49%), Bruno Mars' "Unorthodox Jukebox" slips 4-6 (55,000; down 50%), and the "Pitch Perfect" soundtrack rises to a new peak, moving 10-7 (despite a sales decline) with 52,000 (down 10%). The Lumineers' self-titled album also climbs to a new peak, 9-8, with 51,000 (down 17%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Jan. 6) totaled 6.26 million units, down 36% compared with the sum last week (9.77 million) and up 8% compared with the comparable sales week of 2012 (5.80 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2012 when: Adele's "21" stayed firm at No. 1 with 104,000 (down 16%) while David Crowder Band's "Give Us Rest" bowed at No. 2 with 51,000.

1 Soundtrack "Les Miserables" 92,000 (270,000) +32%
8 2 Mumford & Sons "Babel" 91,000 (1,554,000) +34%
1 3 Taylor Swift "Red" 69,000 (3,176,000) -72%
11 4 Phillip Phillips "The World From the Side of the Moon" 63,000 (596,000) +8%
3 5 One Direction "Take Me Home" 61,000 (1,401,000) -49%
4 6 Bruno Mars "Unorthodox Jukebox" 55,000 (535,000) -50%
10 7 Soundtrack "Pitch Perfect" 52,000 (264,000) -10%
9 8 The Lumineers "The Lumineers" 51,000 (744,000) -17%
18 9 Alicia Keys "Girl On Fire" 44,000 (460,000) +6%
14 10 P!nk "The Truth About Love" 41,000 (985,000) -22%

CountryFriedChick

HDD was really off this week. I can't say I'm too happy with the numbers anymore

Sept

According to BB
Les Miserables: 92k
RED: 69k

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CHART DATE: 01/07/2013
LAST UPDATE: 01/08/2013 13:07:08
NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 LES MISERABLES REPUBLIC 108,637 --
SOUNDTRACK
-- 3 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 83,380 --
RED

wut

CountryFriedChick

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Originally posted by Sept

According to BB
Les Miserables: 92k
RED: 69k

wut

We can't trust HDD anymore. There numbers were so far off this week it isn't even funny.

muddysquirrel

Bilolo

Phillip Phillips' "The World From the Side of the Moon" (11-4 with 63,000; up 8%)

Phillip Phillips' "Home" vaults 10-5 (196,000; down 30%)

Who's the King ?

HDD predicted the same numbers for Phillip

castle13

Wtf.

IVY

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Bruno Mars' "Unorthodox Jukebox" slips 4-6 (55,000; down 50%)

Rico Shameless v2

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Originally posted by Sept

According to BB
Les Miserables: 92k
RED: 69k

wut

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Originally posted by CountryFriedChick

We can't trust HDD anymore. There numbers were so far off this week it isn't even funny.

There's a reasonable larger than usual margin of error when it comes to post-Holidays, as HDD themselves warned in their predictions last week.

CountryFriedChick

Country Album Chart News For January 9, 2013: Taylor Swift Still #1; Carrie Underwood #2, Justin Moore's albums Gold
By: Matt Bjorke
Last Updated: January 9, 2013 9:01 AM
Album sales continue to slide in the post-Christmas sales period, as is the standard. Taylor Swift’s Red loses 72% of sales from previous week and slides to #3 on the SoundScan Top 200 Albums chart behind the “Les Miserables” soundtrack and Mumford & Sons “Babel”
Taylor swift’s “Red” continues to lead the Country Albums rundown with another 69,000 copies being sold, bringing her sales total to nearly 3.2 million. Carrie Underwood’s “Blown Away” slids up from #4-#2 this week barely outselling Florida Georgia Line’s “Here’s To The Good Times” by roughly 1,000 copies. “Blown Away” has moved 1.2 million while “...Good Times” has sold 202,000 copies. Jason Aldean slides from #2-#4 with “Night Train” now over 1.04 million. Luke Bryan “Tailgates & Tanlines” rounds out the Top 5 with nearly 1.8 million copies sold.

Little Big Town “Tornado”, “Nashville” Soundtrack in Top 10.
The soundtrack from ABC TV’s “Nashville” leads the second half of the SoundScan Top 10 Country Music Album charts. Little Big Town’s “Tornado” has sold 624,000 copies since being released while Eric Church’s “Chief” - which will release “Like Jesus Does” as the fifth single to radio soon - sits at #8. The #9 best-selling album this week is Hunter Hayes’ self-titled album with sales over 531,000 copies now. Rounding out the Top 10 is Zac Brown Band’s “Uncaged.”

Chesney’s “Welcome To The Fishbowl” Leads Notable Albums
Kenny Chesney’s “Welcome To The Fishbowl” has now surpassed the 600,000 sales mark while Lady Antebellum’s “Own The Night” is nearing the 1.8 million sold mark. Lee Brice’s “Hard 2 Love” has sold 308,000 copies (and likely will eventually land a Gold certification in 2013) while Justin Moore’s “Outlaws Like Me” is now Gold (as is his self-titled debut for The Valory Music Company). Jamey Johnson’s cricially-acclaimed “Livin’ For A Song” has moved 86,000 copies.

Next week’s a quiet sales week yet again but as always we’ll keep you up to date with this chart report as normal.

Top 10 Country Albums for This Week with Six Notable Albums (SoundScan Top 200 Current Albums Chart Placement)*

*Numbers rounded to nearest thousandth.

LW TW Artist Album Sales TW Sales Total

1 3 Taylor Swift Red 69,000 3,176,000

21 22 Carrie Underwood Blown Away 23,000 1,226,000

27 25 Florida Georgia Line Here's To The Good Times 22,000 202,000

20 26 Jason Aldean Night Train 20,000 1,044,000

30 27 Luke Bryan Tailgates & Tanlines 20,000 1,776,000

28 30 Music of Nashville Original Soundtrack Vol 1 19,000 139,000

33 35 Little Big Town Tornado 19,000 624,000

64 36 Eric Church Chief 18,000 1,326,000

34 41 Hunter Hayes Hunter Hayes 17,000 531,000

32 42 Zac Brown Band Uncaged 14,000 733,000

79 64 Kenny Chesney Welcome To The Fishbowl 9,000 601,000

105 65 Lady Antebellum Own The Night 8,000 1,796,000

104 86 Lee Brice Hard 2 Love 6,000 308,000

153 157 Justin Moore Outlaws Like Me 3,000 513,000

R/E 178 Jamey Johnson Livin' For A Song 2,000 86,000

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evan93

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105 65 Lady Antebellum Own The Night 8,000 1,796,000

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Imogene

Nope this week was the 1st time HDD got Bruno's numbers right

He sold exactly what they predicted.

YM8

Bruno selling well

Manchs

Carrie back to #2 on Country Albums

iamvladd

Bruno & Phillip are doing great.
Alicia is going gold soon.

Tylerbv

Carrie

Les Mis

They were so off though

Cap10Planet

This isn't the first time HDD and Soundscan weren't close. Things like after-Christmas deals play a part in these larger-than-normal differences.

Manchs

Christian Contemporary Act Could Hit #1 Next Week; Hollywood Undead, Black Veil Brides Among Other Debuts

January 9, 2013

It's entirely possible that Christian contemporary aritst Chris Tomlin could score the #1 spot next week with his sixsteps/Sparrow release Burning Lights, which looks set for at 60-65k bow. Does any current release have a prayer of surpassing him on next week's chart? Uh, ask us later.

What about the week's other debuts? We're glad you asked. Hollywood Undead (A&M/Octone) should scare up 50-55k, while Black Veil Brides (Republic) are expected to conjure 45-50k. Celt-punk stalwarts Dropkick Murphys (Dropkick Murphys) are on track for a mosh-worthy 28-33k, while Conor Maynard (Capitol) is looking to start in the 12-15k range.

Stay tuned for more numbers and boldfaced names very soon. Love you. Mean it.

Cap10Planet

Sales will suck next week. Taylor will be under 60k.

zzmyth

Unapologetic #19 - 27,100