After more than 30 years in the game, Weird Al Yankovic has earned his first number 1 album on the Billboard 200, as Mandatory Fun debuted with 104k copies sold this week! The album is the first comedy set to top the chart since 1963, and logs the largest sales week for a comedy album since January 1994, when The Beavis & Butt-Head Experience sold 118k copies. Crazy! Check out the full top 10 below.
Billboard’s Top 10 Album Sales, Week Ending 7/20/14 … Weird Al Yankovic Gets His First #1 Album Ever!
Billboard’s Top 10 Album Sales, Week Ending 7/13/14 … Sia Earns Her First #1!
Singer/songwriter Sia has earned her first number one on the Billboard 200, with her new album 1000 Forms of Fear coming in at number 1 with 52k copies sold. Sia previously charted twice on the Billboard 200, with 2008’s Some People Have Real Problems peaking at 26, and 2010’s We Are Born at number 32. Sia is probably best-known as the female voice heard on David Guetta’s “Titanium” and Flo Rida’s “Wild Ones.” She also co-wrote Rihanna’s “Diamonds,” Ne-Yo’s “Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself),” Beyonce’s “Pretty Hurts” and more! Get the full top 10 list below.
Billboard’s Top 10 Album Sales, Week Ending 5/25/14 … Coldplay Makes Biggest Debut Of 2014!
Coldplay’s new album Ghost Stories marks the group’s fourth number one album…as well as the biggest sales week of 2014 thus far! The project sold 383,000 copies in the week ending May 25, easily taking Eric Church’s crown, who previously held the title with “The Outsiders” moving 288k units in the week ending February 16. Check out the full top 10 below!
Billboard’s Top 10 Album Sales, Week Ending 5/4/14 … Iggy Azalea Moves In Front Of Future & Pharrell!
The Frozen soundtrack continues its reign once again this week, marking its 13th week at number one with an additional 106,000 units sold. Will it ever be knocked out of its post? Meanwhile, Iggy Azalea gained some steam for her second week on the charts, moving ahead of Future (who beat her by less than 1000 units sold on their respective chart debuts last week) as well as Pharrell, who’s been on the charts with G I R L for quite some time. Check out the official numbers below!
