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'Frozen' Earns Its Biggest Sales Week Yet, Tops Billboard 200 a Seventh Time
Thanks to the March 18 release of "Frozen" on DVD and Blu-ray, its soundtrack has scored its best sales week yet. The album spends a seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 202,000 copies in the week ending March 23 (up 104 percent), according to Nielsen SoundScan. That easily trumps its previous high-water mark, when it shifted 165,000 in the week ending Jan. 5. A week ago, it was No. 1 with 99,000 copies sold.
The "Frozen" album's sales are red hot, owed to buzz generated by the fast-selling home video version of the film. Disney said that 3.2 million units of the DVD and Blu-ray were sold during its first day of release.
It's unusual for an album to log its best sales week so far into its chart life. "Frozen," which was released Nov. 26, 2013, is currently in its 17th week on the chart. Generally, albums start big and then taper off as the weeks tick by.
For example, the last album that was as old as "Frozen" to sell more than 200,000 in a week was Adele's "21," a little over two years ago. In the wake of the 2012 Grammy Awards — where Adele performed and won multiple trophies — "21" sold 730,000 copies (in the week ending Feb. 19). The set had debuted at No. 1 a year earlier, shifting 352,000 copies in the week endingFeb. 27, 2011.
Though "Frozen" just reached DVD and Blu-ray, it's also still in movie theaters. It ranked as the No. 13 highest-grossing film at the U.S. and Canada box office during the March 21-23 weekend (according to Box Office Mojo). Through March 23, it has earned $397 million — the third-highest-grossing film of 2013.
With the soundtrack's additional 202,000 sold, its total sales rise to 1.6 million. Its breakout hit single, Idina Menzel's "Let It Go," recently reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the Academy Award for best original song.
While "Frozen" continues to be all the rage at the top of the chart, the top 10 also welcomes six new entries.
Menzel's "Let It Go" surges 5-4 with a 37-percent gain to 167,000.
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Billboard'Frozen' May Chill for 8th Week at No. 1, Shakira Aiming for No. 2
Soundtrack is coming off best sales week yet in wake of film's home video release
The "Frozen" soundtrack should continue to loom large at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart next week -- securing its eighth week atop the list.
Industry sources suggest the album will easily outpace the likely No. 2 album, Shakira's new self-titled set, which was released on Tuesday, March 25. "Shakira" might sell around 70,000 to 75,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, March 30.
The new Billboard 200's top 10 will be revealed on April 2.
If "Frozen" rules for an eighth week, it will become only the fourth album in the last 10 years to spend at least eight weeks at No. 1. (Adele's "21" spent 24 weeks at No. 1 in 2011 and 2012, Taylor Swift's "Fearless" racked up 11 chart-topping weeks in 2008 and 2009, and Usher's "Confessions" ruled for nine frames in 2004.)
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