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"Platinum," the fifth album from Lambert, sold 180,000 copies
in its first week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
She held off "Frozen," which sold 52,000 copies in its 28th week
on the chart and notched No. 2. The soundtrack, which features
the Oscar-winning song "Let It Go," has sold 2.9 million copies
in the United States since its November release.
Country singer Brantley Gilbert's "Just As I Am" dropped one
spot to No. 3 this week, while 50 Cent's "Animal Ambition: An
Untamed Desire to Win" opened at No. 4. Last week's chart-topper
Coldplay's "Ghost Stories" dropped to No. 5.
Rockers Led Zeppelin landed in the top 10 this week after
releasing expanded versions of three of its first albums: "Led
Zeppelin," "Led Zeppelin 2" and "Led Zeppelin 3." The records,
which were originally released between 1969 and 1970, clocked in
at No. 7, No. 9 and No. 10 respectively.
The soundtrack to teen romance film "The Fault in Our Stars"
debuted at No. 8.
For the week ending June 8, overall album sales totaled 4.5
million units, down 7 percent from the comparable week in 2013,
Billboard said.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Eric Kelsey)
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