BILLBOARD: 'Frozen' Aiming for 10th Week Atop Billboard 200

 

Billboard (April 9th 2014):

 

Disney's "Frozen" movie soundtrack is about to enter rare air on the Billboard 200 chart. The hit soundtrack, which has spent nine nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, is heading for a 10th week atop the list -- so suggest industry forecasters. It would seem likely for the set to sell more than 100,000 in the week ending April 13.

 

Next week's Billboard 200 chart won't likely see a new No. 1, but there could be some notable debuts in the top 10. Rock band Black Label Society's "Catacombs of the Black Vatican" might sell 25,000 to 30,000 to debut in the top 10, while singer SoMo may start with around 25,000 of his self-titled album. MercyMe's new "Welcome to the New" could sell 20,000 or so, as could Martina McBride's covers album "Everlasting."

 

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/604...p-billboard-200

 

 

 

HITS DAILY DOUBLE: WEEKEND CHART PREVIEW

 

HDD (April 10, 2014)

 

"Disney’s Frozen soundtrack will spend a tenth non-consecutive week at #1 when it tops our next Album Sales Chart. No title has logged that many weeks in the top spot since Adele's 21 ruled 2011-2012 with an astounding 24 weeks at #1."

• Frozen (Walt Disney) 125-135k
• 5 Seconds of Summer (Capitol) 27-30k
• Black Label Society (eOne) 24-27k (NEW)
• Pharrell Williams (Columbia) 23-26k
• SoMo (Republic) 23-26k (NEW)
• MercyMe (Fair Trade) 23-26k (NEW)
• Martina McBride (Sharon's Rose/Vinyl Recordings) 20-22k (NEW)
• Johnny Cash (Sony Legacy) 18-20k
• Now 49 (NOW) 17-19k
• Shakira (RCA/Sony Latin) 17-19k
• Luke Bryan (Capitol Nashville) 16-18k
• Florida Georgia Line (Republic Nashville) 15-17k
• Lorde (Lava/Republic) 15-17k
• Eric Church (EMI Nashville) 13-15k
• John Legend (Columbia) 13-15k

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/rumormill.cgi

 

 

 

Nielsen SoundScan Building Chart

 

01 01 Frozen Soundtrack

** 02 SoMo - SoMo (NEW)

02 03 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect

** 04 Black Label Society - Catacombs of the Black Vatican (NEW)

** 05 Martina McBride - Everlasting (NEW)

09 06 Pharrell Williams - G I R L

05 07 Shakira - Shakira

15 08 Jason Aldean - Crash My Party

** 09 MercyMe - Welcome to the New (NEW)

19 10 Florida Georgia Line - Here's to the Good Times

 

Reflects first 4 days (Monday - Thursday) reported by six merchants (iTunes, Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Starbucks, Target & Anderson Merchandisers), estimated to account for 85% of album sales.

 

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/...oard-200-frozen

 

 

Very small sales drop for Frozen, could be over 100k next week too. Good for Shakira getting a third week top 10!

 

Looking at the pre-order albums on iTunes, the only other album that I can see dethroning Frozen is Coldplay - and that's all the way in May!!

 

 

What's the longest a Soundtrack has spent at #1? I'm guessing it's Titanic?

Not sure whether this is referring to all soundtracks in general or just Disney, but the 'Lion King' soundtrack spent 10 weeks at the top if I remember reading that right last week. :lol: (I can't remember whether they stated it was the last soundtrack to do it, or whether they meant just Disney)

Not sure whether this is referring to all soundtracks in general or just Disney, but the 'Lion King' soundtrack spent 10 weeks at the top if I remember reading that right last week. :lol: (I can't remember whether they stated it was the last soundtrack to do it, or whether they meant just Disney)

soundtrack to an animated film.

 

 

What's the longest a Soundtrack has spent at #1? I'm guessing it's Titanic?

There's also The Bodyguard, but I'm not sure if that's comparable.