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Mumford & Sons' 'Babel' No. 1 for Fifth Week on Billboard 200 Chart
Alabama Shakes, Rihanna jump back into Top 10 during slow sales week
While there was a lot of excitement on last week's Billboard 200 chart thanks to impact from the Grammy Awards, things get back to a (dreary) normal on this week's tally.
Mumford & Sons' "Babel" remains at No. 1 for a fifth non-consecutive week, but
sells just 63,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's down 66% compared to last week, when it jumped back to the top of the list with 185,000.
"Babel's" sum this week is the lowest sales week for a No. 1 album since Zac Brown Band's "Uncaged" moved a light 48,000 on the list dated Aug. 11, 2012.
On the bright side,
"Babel" marks the longest run at No. 1 for an album by a duo or group since 2004. That year, OutKast's "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" wrapped a seven-week non-consecutive rule at No. 1 on the chart dated Feb. 7.
The last group to reign for more than five weeks at No. 1 was Creed, with "Weathered" in late 2001 and early 2002. The album tallied eight consecutive frames at No. 1 between Dec. 8, 2001 and Jan. 26, 2002.
The rest of this week's top 10 is pretty ho-hum, without a single debut in the region (the highest debut is down at No. 20, where Buckcherry's "Confessions" starts with 18,000.)
Though the top 10 is pretty sleepy, there are a few bright spots:
Rock band Alabama Shakes returns to the top 10 for the first time in almost a year, as
"Boys & Girls" jumps 20-6 with 33,000 (up 10%). It's the set's second-largest sales week yet, and comes in the wake of the act's performance on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" on Feb. 16 (the show was given an encore airing, although in an edited form, a week later on Feb. 23.)
The band last sold more in a week way back on the April 28, 2012 chart, when the album vaulted 16-8 with 43,000 in its second week. It debuted at No. 16 an a digital-exclusive title, before then jumping to No. 8 with both digital and physical sales.
One more album returns to the top 10 this week, as
Rihanna's "Unapologetic" zips 15-9 with 29,000 (though it's down 29% in sales). The effort was last in the top 10 on the Jan. 12-dated chart.
As for the rest of the top 10:
Bruno Mars' "Unorthodox Jukebox" returns to its No. 2 peak by climbing one spot with 48,000 (down 44%).
Josh Groban's "All That Echoes" rises 5-3 (41,000; down 43%) and the "Now 45" album jumps 8-4 (38,000; down 41%). The Lumineers' self-titled album is up one rung to No. 5 (35,000; down 47%), the
"2013 Grammy Nominees" album falls 2-7 (30,000; down 66%) and
fun.'s "Some Nights" slips 7-8 (just under 30,000; down 55%). T
aylor Swift's "Red" closes out the top 10, down six slots to No. 10 (28,000; down 61%).
Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Feb. 24) totaled 5.46 million units, down 20% compared with the sum last week (6.81 million) and down 13% compared with the comparable sales week of 2012 (6.31 million). Year to date album sales stand at 44.58 million, down 7% compared to the same total at this point last year (48.01 million).
Digital track sales this past week totaled 26.86 million downloads, down 9% compared with last week (29.43 million) and down 5% stacked next to the comparable week of 2012 (28.13 million). Year to date track sales are at 227.26 million, down 2% compared to the same total at this point last year (230.92 million).
Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2012 when: Adele's "21" was No. 1 for a 23rd non-consecutive week (247,000; down 17%). The highest debut was WZRD's self-titled album, starting at No. 3 with 66,000.
Billboard Top 200 Albums chart 09.03.2013
TW Artist Title TW Sales % Ch LW Sales RTD Sales
1 MUMFORD & SONS BABEL 62756 -66 184957 1984608
2 MARS*BRUNO UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX 48238 -44 86327 865217
3 GROBAN*JOSH ALL THAT ECHOES 41341 -43 71903 258579
4 VARIOUS NOW 45 37680 -41 63374 187739
5 LUMINEERS LUMINEERS 35014 -47 66689 1042377
6 ALABAMA SHAKES BOYS & GIRLS 32676 10 29798 458881
7 VARIOUS 2013 GRAMMY NOMINEES 30174 -66 87561 220595
8 FUN. SOME NIGHTS 29584 -55 66074 1119075
9 RIHANNA UNAPOLOGETIC 28773 -29 40528 748838
10 SWIFT*TAYLOR RED 27952 -61 71953 3463700
11 PITCH PERFECT SOUNDTRACK 25558 -31 37146 530542
12 IMAGINE DRAGONS NIGHT VISIONS 24498 -14 28532 606032
13 MCGRAW*TIM TWO LANES OF FREEDOM 24383 -48 46598 177696
14 ADELE 21 23528 -25 31423 10419126
15 BOCELLI*ANDREA PASSIONE 22318 -54 48201 216196
16 MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS THE HEIST 21988 4 21110 378840
17 P!NK TRUTH ABOUT LOVE 20576 -56 46813 1152461
18 KEYS*ALICIA GIRL ON FIRE 20529 -13 23581 585523
19 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE HERE'S TO THE GOOD TIMES 19073 -18 23306 337787
20 BUCKCHERRY CONFESSIONS 17868 999 686 18550
21 MAROON 5 OVEREXPOSED 17746 -63 47889 1173154
22 BLACK KEYS EL CAMINO 17096 -60 42782 1208743
23 ONE DIRECTION TAKE ME HOME 16715 -26 22650 1547209
24 HAYES*HUNTER HUNTER HAYES 16063 -52 33428 651179
25 BIEBER*JUSTIN BELIEVE ACOUSTIC 15771 -52 32733 303055
26 KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP 23 15670 -40 26200 214367
27 LITTLE BIG TOWN TORNADO 15561 -37 24610 741405
28 ALLAN*GARY SET YOU FREE 15387 -38 24627 205508
29 CAVE*NICK & THE BAD SEEDS PUSH THE SKY AWAY 15338 999 221 15560
30 LAMAR*KENDRICK GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY 14937 -19 18349 745685
31 MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 14853 -34 22426 2799246
32 A$AP ROCKY LONG.LIVE.A$AP 14371 -41 24201 259567
33 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE BLOWN AWAY 14201 -40 23802 1322597
34 ATLAS GENIUS WHEN IT WAS NOW 14082 999 49 14131
35 SOUNDTRACK LES MISERABLES 14069 -19 17380 455299
36 TEMPER TEMPER BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE 13420 -69 43477 58287
37 SHEERAN*ED + 12936 -55 28650 465946
38 CLARKSON*KELLY GREATEST HITS-CHAPTER 1 12828 -18 15621 297672
39 ALDEAN*JASON NIGHT TRAIN 12805 -28 17801 1148767
40 PHILLIPS*PHILLIP WORLD FROM THE SIDE OF THE MOO 12687 -32 18564 725299
41 ELEVATION WORSHIP NOTHING IS WASTED 11780 999 49 11829
42 BRYAN*LUKE TAILGATES & TANLINES 11728 -32 17338 1863702
43 T.I. TROUBLE MAN: HEAVY IS THE HEAD 11615 -23 15002 400614
44 WILSON*CHARLIE LOVE, CHARLIE 10828 -31 15775 90526
45 MIGUEL KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM 10784 -38 17374 332189
46 VARIOUS NOW 44 10565 -26 14217 662382
47 OF MONSTERS AND MEN MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL 10263 -8 11214 683308
48 CHURCH*ERIC CHIEF 10145 -34 15266 1397077
49 RED RELEASE THE PANIC 9997 -28 13843 65572
50 KID ROCK REBEL SOUL 9483 -23 12303 432504
51 CELTIC THUNDER MYTHOLOGY 8939 999 14 8953
52 THE WEEKND TRILOGY 8714 -14 10162 269914
53 BROWN*ZAC BAND UNCAGED 8386 -50 16814 794764
54 ONE DIRECTION UP ALL NIGHT 8208 -24 10770 1701262
55 MUSE 2ND LAW 8126 -30 11564 316228
56 BIEBER*JUSTIN BELIEVE 8101 -30 11597 1438785
57 PUSCIFER DONKEY PUNCH THE NIGHT EP 7976 999 122 8468
58 VARIOUS WOW GOSPEL 2013 7967 -21 10138 40256
59 MARS*BRUNO DOO - WOPS & HOOLIGANS 7703 -23 9951 1889163
60 2 CHAINZ BASED ON A T.R.U STORY 7640 -23 9875 550438
61 CAMP*JEREMY RECKLESS 7531 -67 22546 30182
62 BEYONCE 4 7241 -1 7335 1309856
63 COLE*KEYSHIA WOMAN TO WOMAN 7136 -31 10349 297380
64 SANDE*EMELI OUR VERSION OF EVENTS 7134 72 4142 101613
65 WIZ KHALIFA O.N.I.F.C. 6832 -23 8855 329995
66 TOMLIN*CHRIS BURNING LIGHTS 6720 -26 9076 135899
67 OCEAN*FRANK CHANNEL ORANGE 6707 -59 16357 514909
68 PITBULL GLOBAL WARMING 6571 -15 7718 215523
69 R5 LOUD EP 6307 0 0 6307
70 BUDDEN*JOE NO LOVE LOST 6281 -43 11061 47312
71 JACKSON*MICHAEL THRILLER 6234 -4 6494 6219943
72 RIVERA*JENNI LA MISMA GRAN SENORA 6026 -2 6137 151942
73 WOW HITS WOW HITS 2013 6019 -23 7811 233682
74 SMASH CAST BOMBSHELL 5956 -63 16233 22201
75 TEGAN & SARA HEARTTHROB 5831 -30 8279 75800
76 LAMBERT*MIRANDA FOUR THE RECORD 5671 -36 8928 742038
77 DEL REY*LANA BORN TO DIE 5658 -9 6251 541241
78 RIVERA*JENNI JOYAS PRESTADAS (POP VERSION) 5611 -12 6384 147950
79 TOBYMAC EYE ON IT 5504 -14 6393 293137
80 MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 5356 -73 19697 11268781
81 CASH*JOHNNY LEGEND OF JOHNNY CASH 5180 -14 6013 2879251
82 HOUSER*RANDY HOW COUNTRY FEELS 5146 -34 7816 55221
83 MUSIC OF NASHVILLE SOUNDTRACK 5116 -40 8540 217572
84 DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS GOOD LIGHT 5073 0 0 5073
85 CHIEF KEEF FINALLY RICH 4935 -23 6409 134366
86 WHITE*JACK BLUNDERBUSS 4848 -60 12090 488318
87 JERRY GARCIA BAND*THE GARCIALIVE VOL. 1 CAPITOL THEA 4783 999 23 4875
88 MANN*TAMELA BEST DAYS 4709 -3 4830 169884
89 FUTURE PLUTO 4708 -15 5527 281335
90 AVANT FACE THE MUSIC 4672 -44 8373 27090
91 BRICE*LEE HARD 2 LOVE 4670 -30 6666 344637
92 KE$HA WARRIOR 4633 -19 5700 230272
93 GILBERT*BRANTLEY HALFWAY TO HEAVEN 4502 -15 5280 826575
94 RODRIGUEZ COLD FACT 4465 -6 4731 103068
95 LED ZEPPELIN CELEBRATION DAY 4464 -42 7722 371179
96 KID ROCK COCKY 4321 -9 4724 5228824
97 ADELE 19 4254 -32 6285 2493837
98 VARIOUS ARTISTS 100 HITS 60'S 4188 999 97 4928
99 GAME JESUS PIECE 4147 -23 5389 201346
100 SONGZ*TREY CHAPTER V 4145 -2 4237 343083
101 SAFE HAVEN SOUNDTRACK 4137 -3 4274 10562
102 DRAKE TAKE CARE 4088 -11 4572 1975294
103 JAMES*TRINIDAD DON'T BE S.A.F.E. 4062 348 906 11385
104 EAGLES VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES 4058 54 2627 3047037
105 FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS 3996 -47 7509 3156204
106 ALT-J AWESOME WAVE 3979 -10 4433 76826
107 CLARKSON*KELLY STRONGER 3970 -53 8431 1034941
108 DIXON*COLTON A MESSENGER 3967 -40 6643 42366
109 STIRLING*LINDSEY LINDSEY STIRLING 3910 6 3697 80410
110 AWOLNATION MEGALITHIC SYMPHONY 3813 -7 4111 360166
111 COHEED & CAMBRIA AFTERMAN: DECENSION 3783 -50 7520 52160
112 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE CEREMONIALS 3780 -69 12376 871055
113 RIVERA*JENNI JOYAS PRESTADAS (BANDA VERSION 3775 -2 3837 135371
114 USHER CONFESSIONS 3762 11 3382 10074150
115 BROWN*ZAC BAND FOUNDATION 3746 -73 13929 3109820
116 FLO RIDA WILD ONES 3729 -21 4746 242409
117 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU: THE BE 3658 -35 5661 149673
118 WEST*MATTHEW STORY OF YOUR LIFE 3654 -16 4350 202214
119 VARIOUS 12-12-12 THE CONCERT FOR SANDY 3645 -36 5662 147335
120 PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 3596 -19 4436 2676158
121 WEST*MATTHEW INTO THE LIGHT 3586 88 1911 53654
122 GOULDING*ELLIE HALCYON 3585 -25 4794 208626
123 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 3581 -19 4446 2886727
124 DROPKICK MURPHYS SIGNED & SEALED IN BLOOD 3569 -23 4645 63593
125 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA UNTIL NOW 3516 -17 4235 87185
126 RODRIGUEZ SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN SOUNDT 3495 1 3465 79020
127 JAMES*JIM REGIONS OF LIGHT & SOUND OF GO 3487 -40 5811 26198
128 BLACK VEIL BRIDES WRETCHED AND DIVINE 3470 -24 4576 75423
129 DEL REY*LANA PARADISE 3462 -11 3890 173547
130 ULTRA DANCE 14 ULTRA DANCE 14 3450 -69 11146 14600
131 KUTLESS BELIEVER 3446 6 3265 78893
132 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND 3441 -28 4803 89691
133 SKRILLEX BANGARANG 3438 -31 4986 483852
134 JOURNEY GREATEST HITS 3428 -78 15521 8289346
135 SHELTON*BLAKE RED RIVER BLUE 3416 -47 6462 935520
136 RIVERA*JENNI LA GRAN SENORA 3397 -3 3493 167912
137 P!NK GREATEST HITS SO FAR 3363 -15 3947 1105614
138 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY...ROMAN RELOADED 3334 -26 4494 819638
139 PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (O PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (O 3309 -3 3429 32589
140 BLACK KEYS BROTHERS 3288 -38 5263 1228568
141 HALESTORM STRANGE CASE OF 3261 -21 4128 189294
142 HARPER/MUSSEL WHITE GET UP! 3245 -31 4724 30116
143 EAGLES GREATEST HITS '71-75 3237 34 2414 5537129
144 RASCAL FLATTS CHANGED 3234 -26 4394 483508
145 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL VOL. 1-CHRONICLE-20 GREATEST H 3226 -32 4710 6307598
146 EMINEM RECOVERY 3212 -29 4543 4404648
147 BUBLE*MICHAEL MICHAEL BUBLE 3211 -10 3570 2676249
148 TENTH AVENUE NORTH THE STRUGGLE 3200 42 2247 101526
149 SOFIA THE FIRST SOUNDTRACK 3189 11 2867 6063
150 CLAPTON*ERIC BEST OF ERIC CLAPTON-MILLENNIU 3184 -19 3931 1209518
151 NE-YO R.E.D 3177 -25 4209 222146
152 SUFFOCATION PINNACLE OF BEDLAM 3171 999 42 3344
153 MEEK MILL DREAMS & NIGHTMARES 3159 -20 3947 328182
154 LOCAL NATIVES HUMMINGBIRD 3130 -25 4198 40069
155 BROWN*ZAC BAND YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 3113 -24 4070 1680593
156 MCCREADY*MINDY SUPER HITS 3109 718 380 142610
157 RIVERA*JENNI PARRANDERA REBELDE Y ATREVIDA 3050 -26 4122 14823
158 RIHANNA LOUD 3046 42 2139 1720243
159 CLARK*GARY JR. BLAK & BLU 3045 -18 3695 133131
160 BAND PERRY*THE BAND PERRY 3026 -28 4180 1466821
160 SHINEDOWN AMARYLLIS 3026 -19 3724 371966
162 SEGER*BOB & THE SILVER BULLET ULTIMATE HITS: ROCK & ROLL NEV 3007 -52 6208 413570
163 TAME IMPALA LONERISM 3004 7 2803 81905
164 NEWSBOYS GOD'S NOT DEAD 2998 122 1350 258496
165 TRAIN CALIFORNIA 37 2994 -27 4126 429974
166 DESTINY'S CHILD LOVE SONGS 2991 -25 4001 16621
167 ROLLING STONES GRRR! GREATEST HITS 2986 -8 3240 171312
168 VARIOUS NOW DISNEY 2976 -15 3493 88091
169 BOCELLI*ANDREA PASION 2972 -57 6891 22788
170 DEFTONES KOI NO YOKAN 2964 -14 3446 149554
171 MUMFORD & SONS ROADS TO RED ROCKS 2963 -51 6020 18857
172 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 2959 -24 3898 6713555
173 BROWN*CHRIS FORTUNE 2952 -18 3580 430179
174 GRACE*JAMIE ONE SONG AT A TIME 2950 19 2471 198861
175 VOLBEAT BEYOND HELL/ABOVE HEAVEN 2948 -9 3235 204967
176 TLC CRAZYSEXYCOOL 2945 10 2680 7412613
177 SKRILLEX SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITE 2943 -17 3564 531000
178 LYNYRD SKYNYRD BEST OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD-MILLENN 2919 -23 3779 2847087
178 STRFKR MIRACLE MILE 2919 999 3 2925
180 GOTYE MAKING MIRRORS 2907 -59 7117 737830
180 SKILLET AWAKE 2907 12 2607 1052717
182 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS 2881 -20 3588 4406890
183 BEYONCE I AM...SASHA FIERCE 2863 -20 3581 3058406
183 XX COEXIST 2863 -14 3316 206929
185 P!NK FUNHOUSE 2862 -8 3100 2041323
186 THREE DAYS GRACE TRANSIT OF VENUS 2852 -14 3328 167722
187 VARIOUS NOW LOVE SONGS 2850 -49 5613 20673
188 STONE SOUR HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES PART ONE 2849 -22 3675 112473
189 GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 2837 -46 5262 5415857
189 VARIOUS ARTISTS TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN-P 2837 -12 3206 257952
191 HARRIS*CALVIN 18 MONTHS 2822 -8 3057 79387
192 MAROON 5 HANDS ALL OVER 2820 -30 4012 1281059
193 IMAGINE DRAGONS THE ARCHIVE - EP 2809 -34 4256 7065
194 FUN. AIM AND IGNITE 2797 -43 4919 204103
195 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 2780 -33 4134 9451516
196 IN THIS MOMENT BLOOD 2778 -13 3208 127713
197 BEASTIE BOYS LICENSED TO ILL 2751 -7 2973 5711135
197 LAMBERT*MIRANDA CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 2751 -18 3349 1236279
199 JEPSEN*CARLY RAE KISS 2744 -31 3986 238605
200 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 2734 -39 4492 4314632
200 LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP 2734 -5 2865 1806838
