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"Pitch Perfect 2," featuring Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson
as the sassy stars of a women's acapella choir, sold 92,000
albums, 134,000 songs and was streamed 3.3 million times, for a
total of 108,000 sales units, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
In its opening last weekend, the sequel to the 2012 hit earned
$70.3 million at the U.S. and Canadian box office, more than the
first film's $65 million take from its North American theatrical
run.
The "Pitch Perfect 2" soundtrack knocked British folk band
Mumford & Sons down to No. 2 from last week's top position.
"Wilder Mind," the group's third studio album, sold 58,000 units
in the week ending May 17.
Another soundtrack, for "Fifty Shades of Grey," moved into the
third spot, up from No. 6, with 49,000 units. The musical
companion for blockbuster "Furious 7" bumped up two places into
No. 5, placing three soundtracks into the Top 5 for the first
time since 2007, according to Billboard.
The Billboard 200 chart tallies album sales, song sales (10
songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams
equal one album).
French DJ David Guetta jumped from No. 30 to No. 4, his highest
position in the Billboard 200, with "Listen," released last
November.
Rock band Incubus also made it into the Top 10, with its
just-released "Trust Fall (Side A)," snagging the No. 6 slot.
On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online sales, Wiz
Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again" from the "Furious 7"
soundtrack continued its hold at No. 1, with 229,000 downloads.
(Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon; Editing by Mary Milliken and
Jonathan Oatis)
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