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In the nine weeks since its release, "1989" sold 3.66 million
copies, clipping the 3.53 million in sales for the soundtrack of
the Disney blockbuster, which was the top-selling album of the
year every week except the final one.
"1989" held the No. 1 spot in the weekly U.S. Billboard 200
chart for the seventh time, selling 430,000 units in the week
ending Dec. 28, including 326,000 album copies and over 1
million songs, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
The album, Swift's fourth No. 1, first launched on the back of
"Shake It Off," but the single "Blank Space" has taken over and
is the top song downloaded digitally, according to Nielsen.
Swift, 25, does not have any streaming sales in a newly
configured Billboard formula. She is one of a handful of top
artists protesting some streaming sites like the popular Spotify.
In its second week, rapper Nicki Minaj's "The Pinkprint"
retained its No. 2 position in the chart with 156,000 total
units sold, from 105,000 albums, 405,000 songs and 1.4 million
hits on streaming.
A cappella quintet Pentatonix held at No. 3 with "That's
Christmas to Me" registering 131,000 total sales units.
The revamped Billboard 200 counts 10 songs downloaded as equal
to one album unit, while 1,500 online streams equals one album
unit.
The new chart formula unveiled this month is an effort to better
represent current music consumption, Billboard said. Album sales
have been in steady decline with the rise of individual song
downloads and Internet streaming.
(Reporting by Mary Milliken; Editing by Eric Kelsey and Leslie
Adler)
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