Chart Listings: BB200: Pentatonix #1; Weeknd #2; Bruno #3; Drake #8
Pentatonix’s ‘Christmas’ Album Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200
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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 — the final tracking week of the calendar year.
A Pentatonix Christmas’ 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, The Weeknds former No. 1 Starboy. The latter climbs one rung with 94,000 units (down only 7 percent). Mars 24K Magic dips one slot to No. 3 with 81,000 units (down 29 percent), while J. Coles 4 Your Eyez Only is steady at No. 4 with 75,000 units (down 16 percent). |
POSITION | ARTIST | ALBUM | UNITS (Pure) [Streams] | CHANGE |
#1 | Pentatonix | A Pentatonix Christmas | 101,000 (82,000) | -51% |
#2 | The Weeknd | Starboy | 94,000 | -7% |
#3 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | 81,000 | -29% |
#4 | J. Cole | 4 Your Eyez Only | 75,000 | -16% |
#5 | Cast of Hamilton | Hamilton | 54,000 | -7% |
#6 | Soundtrack | Moana | 53,000 | +4% |
#7 | Twenty One Pilots | Blurryface | 52,000 | +37% |
#8 | Drake | Views | 49,000 | +48% |
#9 | Pentatonix | That’s Christmas to Me | 42,000 | -45% |
#10 | Soundtrack | Suicide Squad | 42,000 | +25% |