Adele finds herself in a familiar place as she continues her reign of the music world by extending her rule at the top of the Billboard 200 chart for the fifth week in a row. The British singer’s album “25” moved 1.16 million albums for the week ending December 24.
“25,” already the biggest selling album in the U.S. for 2015, has sold more than 7 million copies since its November 20 release. According to Billboard, the album “was already the first album to sell a million copies in two different weeks, and now it’s the first to score three million-selling frames.”
As for the rest of the Billboard 200, Justin Bieber’s “Purpose” remained postioned at No. 2 spot with a very respectable 229,000 units, while Chris Brown’s lated effort “Royalty” opened at No. 3 with 184,000. This marks Brown’s largest sales week since 2011 when his F.A.M.E. album debuted at No. 1 with 270,000 units sold. This the American recording artist’s seventh studio album and was named for his daughter whose picture is featured on the album’s cover art.
Pentatonix’s “That’s Christmas to Me” fell one spot to No. 4 with140,000 units sold. The box office titan Star Wars joined the music charts with the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” soundtrack rounding out the top 5 with 100,00 units.
The Billboard 200 chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album). (Reuters)