Billboard: Kelly Clarkson Enters the Top 5 With 'Wrapped In Red'
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With Halloween now a distant memory, it's time to bust out the Christmas albums! Kelly Clarkson's Wrapped in Red took the No. 3 spot with 70,000 copies sold. The album not only includes beloved holiday standards, but it also features appearances by country music superstars such as Reba McEntire and Trisha Yearwood.
Followed by Duck Dynasty's Robertson family, whose Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas debuted at No. 4 with 69,000 copies. The album includes collaborations with big name country singers such as George Strait, Luke Bryan, Josh Turner and Alison Krauss.
The success of these two holiday-themed releases marks the first time that two Christmas albums have debuted in the top five concurrently.
Yet while it's been a great week for holiday enthusiasts, it's been a better week for Arcade Fire. The band is back at No. 1 with Reflektor, their second chart-topping album after 2010's Grammy-winning opus, The Suburbs.
Reflektor sold 140,000 copies, which is less than the 156,000 copies sold in The Suburbs' first week, but it was still enough to secure the top spot, and its sixth top 10 release.
Meanwhile, last week's No. 1 falls to No. 2. Katy Perry's PRISM saw a 68% sales decline, selling 92,000 copies this week. However, that's not necessarily bad news, as that number is the smallest second-week decline for a No. 1 debut since The Civil Wars' self-titled album dropped just 66% in August.
In other top 10 developments, Drake's Nothing Was the Same fell to No. 5 in its sixth week with 38,000 copies sold. The album is showing impressive staying power considering how other, more high-profile releases have fallen farther and in less time. Last week's No. 5, Lorde's "Pure Heroine, has fallen to No. 8 with 34,000 copies sold, while Miley Cyrus' Bangerz hangs on in the top 10, taking the No. 9 spot with 33,000 copies sold.?
Perhaps Cyrus might have been better served further exploring country music, as the top 10 was populated with Southern crooners. In addition to the Robertson clan, the top 10 featured the debut of Thomas Rhett’s first full-length album, It Goes Like This, which enters the chart at No. 6 with 36,000 copies sold. Following right behind at No. 7 is Toby Keith, whose Drinks After Work album sold 35,000 copies this week, making this his 14th top 10 album on the Billboard 200 ??
Rounding out the top 10 is Linkin Park, whose remix album Recharged debuts on the chart at No. 10 with nearly 33,000 copies sold.
The full top 10:
1. Arcade Fire, Reflektor (140,000 copies)
2. Katy Perry, PRISM (92,000 copies)
3. Kelly Clarkson, Wrapped in Red (70,000 copies)
4. Various Artists, Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas (69,000 copies)
5. Drake, Nothing Was the Same (38,000 copies)
6. Thomas Rhett, It Goes Like This (36,000 copies)
7. Toby Keith, Drinks After Work (35,000 copies)
8. Lorde, Pure Heroine (34,000 copies)
9. Miley Cyrus, Bangerz (33,000 copies)
10. Linkin Park, Recharged (just under 33,000 copies)
Via: Billboard