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Justin Bieber, Kenny Chesney, Fiona Apple Lead Billboard 200 Debuts



As previously reported, Justin Bieber's "Believe" arrives, as expected, at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The singer's set sold 374,000 in its debut week according to Nielsen SoundScan, marking the largest bow of the year and Bieber's highest sales frame.

"Believe" is Bieber's fourth No. 1 album, following 2010's "My World 2.0" and 2011's "Never Say Never: The Remixes" and "Under the Mistletoe."

He leads a debut-filled top four on the Billboard 200 this week, where all four of the top slots are occupied by new arrivals. It's the first time we've had the entire top four be debuts since the chart dated Nov. 19, 2011, when Bieber's "Under the Mistletoe" started at No. 1.

At No. 2 this week, Kenny Chesney bows with "Welcome to the Fishbowl," moving 193,000 copies. It's Chesney's best sales week since 2007's "Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates" started with 387,000 at No. 3. The country star's last album, 2010's "Hemingway's Whiskey," debuted with 183,000 at No. 1. All told, "Welcome to the Fishbowl" marks his 10th top 10 album on the Billboard 200. Over on the Top Country Albums chart, the new effort enters at No. 1 -- his 11th leader on that tally.

After a nearly seven-year hiatus, singer/songwriter Fiona Apple is back on the Billboard 200. The artist nets her highest-charting album ever, and second top 10, as "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser . . ." debuts at No. 3, moving 72,000. Apple was last on the chart in 2005 with "Extraordinary Machine," which debuted and peaked at No. 7 with 94,000. Her first two albums, 1997's "Tidal" and 1999's "When the Pawn. . ." peaked at Nos. 15 and 13, respectively.

Rounding out the top four is the top 10's final debut this week, the Smashing Pumpkins' "Oceania," at No. 4 with 54,000. Like Apple, the Pumpkins are making a return to the list after a lengthy vacation. The act was last on the chart with 2007's "Zeitgeist," which debuted and peaked at No. 2 with a 145,000 start. The Pumpkins first appeared on the Billboard 200 almost 21 years ago, when "Gish" bowed way down at No. 195 on Sept. 7, 1991.

The "Rock of Ages" soundtrack rallies up four slots to No. 5 with 49,000 and a 34% gain in sales. It debuted three weeks ago at No. 15 with 18,000 and then jumped to No. 9 last week with 36,000 after the film opened in theaters.

Last week's No. 1, Usher's "Looking 4 Myself," slips 62% in its second week, falling to No. 6 with 48,000.

Adele's "21" falls out of the top five for only the second time in its 70 weeks on the chart, as it drops 3-7 with just under 47,000 (down 24%). Its lone other non-top five week was on Dec. 10, 2011.

One Direction's "Up All Night" descends two spots to No. 8 with 41,000, marking the album's 15th straight week in the top 10 (its entire chart run). The last set to earn its first 15 frames in the top 10 was Adele's "21." Previous to Adele, Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" racked its first 15 weeks in the top 10 between Nov. 13, 2010 and Feb. 19, 2011.

Rounding out the top 10: Luke Bryan's "Tailgates & Tanlines" rises four rungs to No. 9 (28,000; up 4%) and Rush's "Clockwork Angels" drops 2-10 with 27,000 (down 74%).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" is again No. 1, selling another 263,000 downloads (down 10%). Moving up a slot to the No. 2 position is Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" with 221,000 (up 12%).

Maroon 5's "Payphone" (featuring Wiz Khalifa) slips 2-3 with 218,000 (down 5%) while Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" is steady at No. 4 with 176,000 (down 10%).

Making a big jump up four rungs is Ellie Goulding's "Lights" with 149,000 (up 23%) while David Guetta's "Titanium" (featuring Sia) sizzles 13-6 with 126,000 (up 24%).

Rihanna's "Where Have You Been" climbs one to No. 7 (122,000; down less than 1%), Usher's "Scream" falls a slot to No. 8 (119,000; down 3%) and Pitbull's "Back in Time" slides three to No. 9 (113,000; down 10%). Closing out the top 10 is Nicki Minaj's "Starships," rising two positions to No. 10 with 101,000 (down 9%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending June 24) totaled 5.94 million units, up 2% compared with the sum last week (5.81 million) and up less than 1% compared with the comparable sales week of 2011 (5.92 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 144.71 million, down 3% compared with the same total at this point last year (149.12 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 25.17 million downloads, down 1% compared with last week (25.38 million) and down less than 1% stacked next to the comparable week of 2011 (25.29 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 672.73 million, up 6% compared with the same total at this point last year (635.35 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2011 when: Beyonce's "4" bowed at No. 1 with 310,000 and Big Sean's "Finally Famous" started in the No. 3 slot with 87,000. Adele's "21" rose one rung to No. 2 with 92,000 (down 10%) while the previous week's leader, Jill Scott's "The Light of the Sun," fell to No. 5 with 55,000 (down 60%).

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flinkkamingo3 27th-Jun-2012 03:38 pm (UTC)
1D IS TAKING OVER EVERYTHING, HERE'S YOUR WARNING
evridis 27th-Jun-2012 03:48 pm (UTC)
NO NEED FOR A WARNING

THE WORLD SHOULD WELCOME IT
flinkkamingo3 27th-Jun-2012 04:11 pm (UTC)
JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND ENJOY THE RIDE AHA :) X
dwightk_schrute 27th-Jun-2012 04:12 pm (UTC)
flinkkamingo3 27th-Jun-2012 04:19 pm (UTC)
elliecam 27th-Jun-2012 03:40 pm (UTC)
Doesn't 374,000 seem low, I thought all his fans would rush out and buy it. Maybe I just thought he had more fans.
omg1814 27th-Jun-2012 03:45 pm (UTC)
Well, it's of course incompareable to "No Strings Attached" (2.4 m) and Oops I Did It Again (1,319,193) in 2000.
elliecam 27th-Jun-2012 03:48 pm (UTC)
I guess I pictured him with like a Taylor Swift size fan base and maybe 1 million units sold. They all buy it first week then a huge drop in the 2nd.
ugotnothinonme 27th-Jun-2012 03:58 pm (UTC)
mte i expected at least 500,000
jeugd1 27th-Jun-2012 04:33 pm (UTC)
with all the promotions he was doing and all the hype (including his fans and media calling him the new King of Pop) that's a very low number
According to billboard he was gone sell around 500,000

his stans go crazy for him online but they're not crazy enough to buy his stuff

Edited at 2012-06-27 04:35 pm (UTC)
caulifloral 27th-Jun-2012 05:13 pm (UTC)
well, they buy - just not music or magazines. his fragrance and movie set sales records last year and his US tour sold out in an hour earlier this month, etc...but yeah, his demo wants its multimedia for free.
caulifloral 27th-Jun-2012 05:09 pm (UTC)
nah, it's his best debut yet by over 100k (his previous best was 210k for UTM) and he's always been more of a steady seller than a first week peaker. most of his previous albums didn't get their highest sales until week 4 or so.
infinite_drag 27th-Jun-2012 03:44 pm (UTC)
surprised that people are actually buying 'the smashing pumpkins' lol

but whatever...

Yay for Fiona! such a fucking awesome album :D
evridis 27th-Jun-2012 03:46 pm (UTC)
One Direction's "Up All Night" descends two spots to No. 8 with 41,000, marking the album's 15th straight week in the top 10 (its entire chart run)

BOW IMO
evridis 27th-Jun-2012 03:47 pm (UTC)
also they still sold more than last week despite going down two spots
cigarettelover 27th-Jun-2012 03:49 pm (UTC)
I need to listen to that damn album in its entirety again tbh.
evridis 27th-Jun-2012 03:51 pm (UTC)
i had it on repeat for 4 hours yesterday

(i was on a train ok!!!)
cigarettelover 27th-Jun-2012 03:54 pm (UTC)
I am afraid to listen to it in its entirety because I am afraid I'll never be able to stop D:
evridis 27th-Jun-2012 03:55 pm (UTC)
that is definitely a legit concern imo
lovebum4life 27th-Jun-2012 05:41 pm (UTC)
it's such lame music tho. I try and listen to the whole album on spotify and i love 1D(minus Louis lol) but they only have like three good songs. I don't think anybody would be stanning their subpar music if the boys weren't so awesome themselves lbr

evridis 27th-Jun-2012 05:43 pm (UTC)
well thank god not everyone has the same taste is music.

i love their album actually, i think it's much better than 99% of the crap in the charts at the moment.

however, i cannot stand anything by Rihanna, i seriously cannot believe how people pay for her shitty music.
harleenfrances 27th-Jun-2012 08:54 pm (UTC)
ia tbh. i love them and bought their album but i skip a lot of songs on it. i saw them live this past saturday and it was a good time but i wasn't going insane and knew all the words like everyone else.

Edited at 2012-06-27 08:55 pm (UTC)
vanishingbee 27th-Jun-2012 03:47 pm (UTC)
oh no~, adele out of the top 5? WHATEVER SHALL SHE DO




/dead


also, titanium's popularity is physically painful to me.

Edited at 2012-06-27 03:48 pm (UTC)
luvherbones 27th-Jun-2012 03:48 pm (UTC)
i'm impressed adele is still going strong.
cigarettelover 27th-Jun-2012 03:49 pm (UTC)
THE BEST THING I EVER DID WAS START TRACKING THE 1D TAG TBH
demembers 27th-Jun-2012 04:08 pm (UTC)
I feel like whenever I do follow it (which lbr will be pretty soon) it'll all just be downhill from there.
katyperry 27th-Jun-2012 04:02 pm (UTC)
Lights? What even
lovedforaday 27th-Jun-2012 04:31 pm (UTC)
i'm sort of interested in the new ~Smashing Pumpkins~ album, but not enough to look for it or buy it. :/
ride_the_jitney 27th-Jun-2012 04:42 pm (UTC)
Go Fiona!! The album is so good -- it was worth waiting seven years.
nachomuchacho 27th-Jun-2012 05:02 pm (UTC)
Agree. Can't wait to see her in October.
bees_beads 28th-Jun-2012 05:08 am (UTC)
I just got back from seeing her and you are in for SUCH a treat. She was absolutely unbelievable.
hauntao 28th-Jun-2012 08:29 pm (UTC)
ngl I bawled like a baby
lovebum4life 27th-Jun-2012 05:42 pm (UTC)
Fiona <3 <3
dirtysidedown 27th-Jun-2012 06:33 pm (UTC)
here for princess fiona
crashh_world 27th-Jun-2012 09:10 pm (UTC)
I'm surprised Bieber debuted that low tbh. With the Promo and overload of hype I thought he'd get at least 450,000. For how big his name is that seems pretty low.
boneshelp 1st-Jul-2012 05:22 pm (UTC)
im a huge fiona apple fan but, am i the only one that thinks the album BLOWS??
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