Taylor Swift and 1989 is at no. 1 in the Billboard 200 for the 11th time, tying Fearless for the performer's most weeks at the top of the charts with one album. The record shifted 108,000 equivalent units, a slight uptick from last week. 1989 is one of four albums that have spent at least ten weeks at no. 1 since 2010, the others being Fearless, the Frozen soundtrack as well as Adele's 21. Swift's album is followed this week by Now 53, the newest edition of the hits collection, at no. 2 with 99,000 units moved.
A pair of British performers take the no. 3 and no. 4 spots this week, in part thanks to a Grammys-propelled boost. Ed Sheeran and x moved 97,000 copies after appearing on the show, while Sam Smith and In The Lonely Hour stays at no. 4 with 86,000 equivalent units. Expect the latter to see a big boost next week thanks to his four Grammy wins. This week's count was only partially affected by the ceremony, which occurred in Sunday evening, right before the final Nielsen numbers were tallied.
The first totally new collection of music to appear on this week's Billboard 200 was Reflection by Fifth Harmony, the act's first full length album, which moved 80,000 equivalent albums, about 75 percent of which were accounted for by actual album sales.
Meghan Trainor and Title come in at no. 6 with 50,000 equivalent units moved. Bob Dylan places at no. 7 with his 21st Top 10 album, although Shadows In The Night is a collection of Frank Sinatra covers. The compilation accounts for 50,000 units, more than 99 percent of which were actual album sales.
Nicki Minaj comes in at no. 8 for the second time with The Pinkprint, which moved 48,000 copies for the second week. It's an interesting place for the album, being at no. 8 during the album's eighth week on the charts. It also placed at no. 6 during its sixth week on the chart, no. 4 during its fourth week and no. 2 during its second week. We'll see if it can grab no. 9 next week (or perhaps actually rise).
Maroon 5 also keeps last week's spot with V, which rose with 47,000 units. Diana Krall takes no. 10, joining Dylan with a new covers album of her own, as Wallflower moved 44,000 units.
