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 The pop star's "1989" notched its 11th week atop the weekly
Billboard 200 album chart, tying her record for weeks at No. 1
from her second studio album "Fearless," Billboard said on
Wednesday.
"1989" tallied 108,000 sales units, including 77,000 albums and
308,000 song downloads, according to figures from Nielsen
SoundScan for the week ended Feb. 8, and has occupied the top
two spots in the 15 weeks since its release.
Only her hit single "Shake It Off" competed at the Grammys since
"1989" was released too late in the year for consideration.
The reformulated Billboard 200 considers album sales, song
downloads and online streaming to compile an album's total sales
units, but Swift does not give her work to streaming services.
The Now That's What I Call Music compilation, "Now 53," debuted
at No. 2, coming in ahead of albums from British singers Ed
Sheeran and Sam Smith, the big winner at Sunday's Grammy Awards.
Grammy winners and performers will likely see a bump in sales
that will be reflected in next week's chart.
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"Now 53" was on Swift's heels with 99,000 sales units - only albums
since it has no song sales and no streaming activity.
Another newcomer to the top ten of the Billboard 200 was girl group
"Fifth Harmony," debuting at No. 5 with 80,500 units sold, including
a heavy streaming component.
Singer Bruno Mars and producer Mark Ronson's hit "Uptown Funk!" was
the top downloaded song for the sixth consecutive week with 319,000
in sales, a 12 percent decline from last week.
(Reporting by Mary Milliken; Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy and David
Gregorio)
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