{"id":367,"date":"2017-01-02T12:50:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T20:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=367"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:49:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:49:35","slug":"pentatonixs-christmas-album-spends-second-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"Pentatonix&#8217;s &#8216;Christmas&#8217; Album Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/1490043\/pentatonix\/chart\">Pentatonix<\/a> spends a second week atop the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\">Billboard 200<\/a> with <em>A Pentatonix Christmas<\/em>, as the set earned 101,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Dec. 29, 2016 &#8212; the final tracking week of the calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/chart-beat\/6320099\/billboard-200-makeover-streams-digital-tracks\">multi-metric consumption<\/a>, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Jan. 14, 2017-dated chart (where Pentatonix holds at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard\u2019s websites on Wednesday, Jan. 4 (one day later than normal, due to the New Year\u2019s Day holiday on Jan. 1).<\/p>\n<p>The closing tracking frame of 2016 includes the two days leading up to Christmas Day and the holiday itself, so it\u2019s fitting that a Christmas album leads the tally. While <em>A Pentatonix Christmas<\/em>\u2019 total units earned for the week were down by 51 percent, its traditional album sales were greater than any other album: it sold 82,000 copies (down 55 percent), far ahead of the No. 2 selling set of the week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/298455\/bruno-mars\/chart\">Bruno Mars<\/a>\u2019 <em>24K Magic<\/em>, with 55,000 copies (down 39 percent).<\/p>\n<p><em>A Pentatonix Christmas<\/em>&#8216; handsome sales, along with small declines in SEA and TEA (down 12 and 10 percent, respectively), helps keep the album ahead of the No. 2 set on the Billboard 200, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/419413\/weeknd\/chart\">The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s former No. 1 <em>Starboy<\/em>. The latter climbs one rung with 94,000 units (down only 7 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Mars\u2019 <em>24K Magic<\/em> dips one slot to No. 3 with 81,000 units (down 29 percent), while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/276541\/j-cole\/chart\">J. Cole<\/a>\u2019s <em>4 Your Eyez Only <\/em>is steady at No. 4 with 75,000 units (down 16 percent).<\/p>\n<p>The original Broadway cast recording of <em>Hamilton: An American Musical<\/em> climbs two positions to No. 5 with 54,000 units (down 7 percent). This is the highest rank for the title in five months, since it also placed at No. 5 on the Aug. 6, 2016-dated list. The album has so far peaked at No. 3 (July 2, 2016), following its 11 Tony Award wins on June 12.<\/p>\n<p>The soundtrack to the animated film <em>Moana<\/em> jumps 10-6 on the new chart with 53,000 units (up 4 percent), while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/430557\/twenty-one-pilots\/chart\">Twenty One Pilots<\/a>\u2019 <em>Blurryface<\/em> vaults 15-7 with 52,000 units (up 37 percent). The latter album benefits from a $5.99 sale price in the Apple iTunes store, as well as promotion generated by the release of Twenty One Pilots\u2019 new EP with MuteMath, <em>The MuteMath Sessions<\/em>, on Dec. 20. Overall sales of <em>Blurryface<\/em> were up by 23 percent to 33,000, while its download sales increased by a whopping 268 percent to 20,000.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/1490118\/drake\/chart\">Drake<\/a>\u2019s <em>Views<\/em> also rises, thanks to sale pricing, as it steps 19-8 with 49,000 units (up 48 percent). The album was discounted to $6.99 in the iTunes Store.<\/p>\n<p>Pentatonix\u2019s first full-length holiday album, 2014\u2019s <em>That\u2019s Christmas to Me<\/em>, retreats 5-9 with 42,000 units (down 45 percent). In the previous tracking week, the album surpassed 2 million in U.S. sales. Its total sales now stand at 2.05 million.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the top 10 is the <em>Suicide Squad<\/em> soundtrack, as it rises 21-10 with 42,000 units (up 25 percent). The set is goosed by sales of the album\u2019s hit single \u201cHeathens\u201d by Twenty One Pilots, which is bolstered by Christmas-related purchases (consumers redeeming digital gift cards and filling up newly acquired devices, etc.), as well as a just-released version of the track (found on <em>The MuteMath Sessions EP<\/em>). Track equivalent album units for the <em>Suicide Squad<\/em> soundtrack rally by 164 percent to 14,000.<\/p>\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-367\" data-postid=\"367\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-367 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentatonix spends a second week atop the Billboard 200 with A Pentatonix Christmas, as the set earned 101,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Dec. 29, 2016 &#8212; the final tracking week of the calendar year. 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