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Maroon 5's fifth studio album sold 164,000 copies in its first
week according to sales figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
It is the Los Angeles band's second No. 1 album on the Billboard
200, after its 2007 record "It Won't Be Soon Before Long"
debuted at No. 1, albeit with significantly higher sales figures
of 429,000 copies.
Maroon 5, fronted by lead singer Adam Levine, has enjoyed a
popularity surge in mainstream pop music after Levine became a
judge on NBC's TV singing talent competition "The Voice." The
band has often collaborated with other judges, such as Christina
Aguilera on "Moves Like Jagger," which became a hit song.
"V" includes another collaboration with new "Voice" judge Gwen
Stefani on the single "My Heart is Open."
Rapper Jeezy's fifth studio album "Seen it All" entered the
chart at No. 2 with sales of 121,000 copies. Last week's
chart-topper, Ariana Grande's "My Everything," dropped to No. 4.
Alt-rock band Counting Crows was the only other new album in the
top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart this week, as its latest
record "Somewhere Under Wonderland" clocked in at No. 6.
For the week ending Sept. 7, total album sales measured at 4.13
million units, down 18 percent from the comparable week in 2013,
while year-to-date album sales are at 162.79 million units, down
15 percent from the same point last year, Billboard said.
On the Digital Songs chart, which measures downloaded sales of
singles, newcomer Meghan Trainor reclaimed the top spot after
ousting pop star Taylor Swift with her catchy hit "All About
That Bass," selling 312,000 copies in its 10th week on the
chart. Swift's "Shake It Off" dropped to No. 2, with 281,000
downloads.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Patricia Reaney and
Grant McCool)
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