With another 344,200 copies sold, Taylor Swift's Red remains atop the Billboard 200 for a 2nd week. Starting off at #2 is Meek Mill's Dreams & Nightmares, which sold 164,800 copies in its first week. Kendrick Lamar's Album of the Year contender, good kid, m.A.A.d. city, slides 3 spots to #5 with 62,800 copies sold.
Same ol' same ol' over on the Hot 100, nothing to see over there.
The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold
1. Taylor Swift - Red (1-1)
2. Meek Mill - Dreams & Nightmares (2)
3. Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas, Baby (3)
4. Jason Aldean - Night Train (3-4)
5. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city (2-5)
6. Toby Keith - Hope On The Rock (6)
7. Mumford & Sons - Babel (4-7)
8. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill (8)
9. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Dreams Of Fireflies (On Christmas Night) EP (9)
10. Little Big Town - Tornado (10)
- Tech N9ne's Boiling Point (K.O.D. Collection) debuts at #30 with 13,000 sold.
- Sean Price's Mic Tyson debuts at #59 with 7,000 sold.
The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold
1. Maroon 5 - One More Night (1-1)
2. Psy - Gangnam Style (2-2)
3. fun. - Some Nights (3-3)
4. Rihanna - Diamonds (5-4)
5. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (11-5)
6. Ke$ha - Die Young (4-6)
7. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven (7-7)
8. Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (6-8)
9. Alex Clare - Too Close (8-9)
10. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (9-10)
- Justin Bieber's Beauty And A Beat featuring Nicki Minaj jumps 16 spots 70-54.
- Macklemore's Thrift Shop hopped 11 spots 77-66.
- Nicki Minaj's Va Va Voom soars 29 spots 98-69.
- A$AP Rocky's Fuckin Problems with Drake, 2 Chainz, & Kendrick Lamar debuts at #73. Still not sure how or why 2 Chainz was brought into the mix, but whatever.
- Chris Brown's Don't Judge Me debuts at #95.
- The Weeknd's Wicked Games debuts at #96.
