Frozen tops Billboard chart for fourth consecutive week
LOS ANGELES: “Frozen,” the soundtrack to Disney’s US$ 1 billion grossing animated fi lm, spent its fourth consecutive week atop the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, edging Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer for the top spot.
“Frozen,” which has ridden the popularity of the fi lm and its hit song “Let It Go” by Broadway actress Idina Menzel, sold 149,000 copies last week to reach 1.9 million in US sales since its release in November 2013, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
It is 2014’s biggest- sel l ing album so far with about 1.6 million copies sold this year. “She Looks So Perfect,” an EP (extended play) from 5 Seconds of Summer, so ld 14 3 , 0 0 0 copies in its opening week. The Aussie quartet, which developed a strong following on YouTube, gained international exposure as the opening act of popular boy band One Direction.
Album “La Gargola” from rock group Chevelle entered the chart at No. 3 with 45,000 in sales and singer-songwriter Christina Perri’s “Head or Heart” debuted at No. 4 with 40,000 in sales. Other new releases in the top 10 include country duo Dan + Shay’s debut album “Where It All Began” at No. 6 with 29,000 in sales and bluegrass group Nickel Creek’s “A Dotted Line” at No. 7 with 27,000 in sales.
Last week’s No. 2 album, the self-titled release from Colombian pop star Shakira, fell to fi fth with 29,000 in sales, a 66 per cent drop. — Reuters