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Chart Listings: Billboard 200 Albums (February 5-12, 2014)
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Billboard 200 Albums (February 5-12, 2014)
'Frozen' Longest-Running No. 1 Film Soundtrack Since 2003
The soundtrack to "Frozen" holds steady at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a fourth nonconsecutive week, fending off the surging "2014 Grammy Nominees" album at No. 2. The last theatrical film soundtrack to spend four weeks atop the chart was "Bad Boys II," which ruled for four consecutive frames in August 2003.
"Frozen" sold another 94,000 copies in the week ending Feb. 2 (for a gain of 1%), while the "Grammy Nominees" compilation album sold 87,000 (up 47%), according to Nielsen SoundScan. A week ago, it debuted at No. 2 with 59,000. The latest chart week's tracking frame was the first full week after the Grammy Awards, which were held on Sunday, Jan. 26.
"Frozen" has now sold 863,000 copies to date. It has not sold fewer than 81,000 in a week since mid-December.
Two new albums arrive in the top 10 this week, from Of Mice & Men and Casting Crowns. The former's "Restoring Force" opens at a career-high No. 4 with its best sales week yet: 51,000. (The band had previously never gone higher than No. 28, in 2011, with "The Flood.") Casting Crowns, meanwhile, starts at No. 6 with "Thrive," which sold 43,000. It’s the band's fifth top 10 effort, and it also enters at No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart, its sixth leader on that tally.
Lorde, who won two Grammy Awards (both of which were presented during the broadcast) and performed on the show, sees her "Pure Heroine" album jump from No. 5 to No. 3 with 68,000 (up 86%).
Beyoncé, who opened the Grammy Awards with the single "Drunk in Love," is pushed back a position to No. 5, with 48,000 (up less than 1%). "Unorthodox Jukebox" by Bruno Mars -- who won the best pop vocal album award -- flies 18-7 (42,000; up 180%).
Of course, Mars also played the Super Bowl Halftime Show on Feb. 2 (the final day of the most recent tracking week), so he profits from that exposure as well. His Super Bowl show was the most-watched halftime performance ever, with an audience of 115.3 million U.S. TV viewers, according to Nielsen. Outside the top 10, Mars' first album, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans," zooms from No. 82 to No. 19 with 16,000 and a 303% gain.
Imagine Dragons' "Night Visions" rises 11-8 with 39,000 (up 65%). The band had the good fortune of performing on both the Grammy Awards and on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" (Feb. 1) within the same week. Both appearances rock the band’s chart placing this week, as "Night Visions" logs its best sales week outside of the Christmas shopping season since last March.
Katy Perry and Daft Punk -- who both also played the Grammy Awards -- round out the top 10 at Nos. 9 and 10, with "PRISM" and "Random Access Memories," respectively.
Perry performed her current hit "Dark Horse" on the Grammy show, and was nominated for multiple awards. "PRISM" is steady at No. 9 with a little more than 30,000 (up 22%). As for Daft Punk, the duo's album of the year winner rises 39-10 with 30,000 (up 300%). Daft Punk also performed on the show, singing record of the year winner "Get Lucky" with Pharrell and Nile Rodgers. This is the first visit to the top 10 for "Random Access Memories" since last July. It's also the former No. 1 album's best sales week since that same month, when it was in its sixth week on the chart and sold 31,000.
1 1 SOUNDTRACK Frozen 94,000 +1%
2 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS 2014 Grammy Nominees 87,000 +47%
5 3 LORDE Pure heroine 68,000 +86%
-- 4 MICE & MEN Restoring Force 51,000 --
4 5 BEYONCÉ BEYONCÉ 48,000 +1%
-- 6 CASTING CROWNS Thrive 43,000 --
18 7 BRUNO MARS Unorthodox Jukebox 42,000 +180%
11 8 IMAGINE DRAGONS Night Visions 39,000 +65%
9 9 KATY PERRY PRISM 30,000 +22%
39 10 DAFT PUNK Random Access Memories 30,000 +300%
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Wow, get those sales Frozen Soundtrack.
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Frozen effortlessly batting down all the Grammy nominees/performers 
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As for Daft Punk, the duo's album of the year winner rises 39-10 with 30,000 (up 300%). Daft Punk also performed on the show, singing record of the year winner "Get Lucky" with Pharrell and Nile Rodgers.
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Beyoncé still Top5 
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PRISM still Top10
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Frozen is frozen the #1 
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Katy
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Beyonce up by a bit when people barely started talking about her decrease 
Katy steady in the top 10 exceeding predictions
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"PRISM" is steady at No. 9 with a little more than 30,000 (up 22%)
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So happy for Bobby Lopez.
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The cold never bothered it anyway.
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"Unorthodox Jukebox" by Bruno Mars -- who won the best pop vocal album award -- flies 18-7 (42,000; up 180%).
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Mars' first album, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans," zooms from No. 82 to No. 19 with 16,000 and a 303% gain.
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Chart News @chartnews 3m
US album sales: #3 @lordemusic, Pure Heroine 68,000 (902,000 total).
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I think she will outsell PRISM soon.
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Imagine Dragons still slaying 
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yes katy get those album sales
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omg Bey
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It looks like BEYONCE's drop was going to be a bit huge, but Grammy performance saved it. Still top 5 and it has yet to peak.
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Night Visions 39,000 (1,940,000 total)
2 Million in the next two weeks
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