Thursday, April 17, 2014

MercyMe's New Release Is Welcomed to the Top 5

The unstoppable soundtrack to Disney's "Frozen" continues its run atop the Billboard 200 a 10th nonconsecutive week at No. 1. It sold 133,000 copies in the week ending April 13 down 11 percent.

The album’s cumulative sales also climb past the 2 million mark, as its additional 133,000 copies bring its to-date sum to 2.1 million.

"Frozen" is now one of just 11 albums to have spent at least 10 weeks at No. 1 since the chart started using SoundScan's point-of-sale data on May 25, 1991. Four of those 11 albums also happen to be soundtracks: “Frozen,” Whitney Houston's "The Bodyguard" (20 weeks at No. 1), "Titanic" (16 weeks) and "The Lion King" (10 weeks).

In addition, "Frozen" now ties "The Lion King" for the most weeks at No. 1 for an animated film soundtrack.

At No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200 is Pharrell's "G I R L," which rebounds seven slots with 29,000. During the week, Pharrell performed on ABC's "Good Morning America," was profiled on CBS' "Sunday Morning" and he performed on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" on April 5.

MercyMe earns the chart's highest debut, as the group's "Welcome to the New" arrives at No. 4 with 26,000. It's the third top 10 effort for the act — and third in a row — following "The Hurt & the Healer" (No. 7 in 2012) and "The Generous Mr. Lovewell" (No. 3 in 2010).

On the Christian Albums chart, the new album gives MercyMe its eighth No. 1.