Taylor Swift's 1989 moved back into the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200, bringing its total, nonconsecutive weeks at the top to six. It sold 375,000 copies last week, bringing the total for the year to 3.34 million. The record is on pace to overtake the Frozen soundtrack, which sold 3.46 million so far. Nicki Minaj's The Pinkprint sits comfortably at the No. 2 spot, Billboard notes.
Swift is tied with Mariah Carey for total weeks at No. 1 with 30. Only one other woman has them beat with 46: Whitney Houston. The Beatles are still in first for all artists with 132 weeks at No. 1.
Pentatonix has the No. 3 spot with That's Christmas to Me. Minaj was able to crack the top 10 recently, and D'Angelo's new Black Messiah hit No. 5. The Pinkprint did not perform as well as the artist's previous effort Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. The former sold 244,000 in its first week while the latter hit 253,000 — it also debuted at No. 1.
J. Cole, whose 2014 Forest Hills Drive was at No. 1 last week, dropped to No. 4. D'Angelo's Black Messiah had a strong showing at No. 5. Voodoo made it to No. 1, but that was 15 years ago. It is still impressive that the R&B singer could bring so much heat after a lengthy hiatus.
Here is what the rest of the list looks like before the end of the year:
10. AC/DC: Rock or Bust
09. Garth Brooks: Man Against Machine
08. Ed Sheeran: x
07. One Direction: Four
06. Sam Smith: In the Lonely Hour
Smith and Swift are the only two artists in the current Billboard 200 list who pulled off platinum albums this year. Ariana Grande, Jason Aldean and Eric Church also received the honor. Disney's Frozen soundtrack was the first compilation to get there for 2014.
