Nas Bows at No. 1 with ‘Life is Good’ Frank Ocean Holds Strong,Chris brown Tumbles

July 25, 2012 | Filed under: Entertainment,Music | Posted by:


Hip-hop veteran Nas achieves his sixth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as “Life Is Good” bows with 149,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That surpasses initial forecasts for the set by industry prognosticators, which had pegged it to begin with around 125,000.
Last week’s No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, Zac Brown Band’s “Uncaged,” falls to No. 2 with 78,000 (down 67%). The new “Kidz Bop 22″ collection starts at No. 3 with 64,000 — marking the 15th top 10 for the long-running series. The latest entry in the franchise offers up kid-friendly covers of such Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles as the Wanted’s “Glad You Came,” Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend” and Nicki Minaj’s “Starships.”

The last regular “Kidz Bop” title, “Kidz Bop 21,” bowed at No. 2 earlier this year with 59,000. A No. 1 set still eludes the “Kidz” — as the line has launched a total of four No. 2-peaking albums.

In its second week, Frank Ocean’s “Channel Orange” slips two spots down to No. 4 with 54,000 (down 59%) after becoming widely available to all retailers last week. (That number does not include sales from Amazon MP3, as it sold the title for $2.99 last week. Per Billboard policy, that is below the minimum price of $3.49 required for sales to count towards chart placement during an album’s first four weeks of release.)

Top 10
1. Nas, “Life Is Good” (149,000) [DEBUT]
2. Zac Brown Band, “Uncaged” (78,000) [312,000]
3. Kidz Bop Kids, “Kids Bop 22″ (64,000) [DEBUT]
4. Frank Ocean, “Channel Orange” (54,000) [185,000]
5. Justin Bieber, “Believe” (45,000) [650,000]
6. Phil Collins, “Hits” (40,000) [???]
7. One Direction, “Up All Night” (36,000) [1,007,000]
8. Hans Zimmer, “Dark Knight Rises” (33,000) [DEBUT]
9. ADELE, “21″ (33,000) [9,601,000]
10. Maroon 5, “Overexposed” (29,000) [364,000]
11. Bruno Mars, “Doo Wops & Hooligans” (27,000) [???]
12. Chris Brown, “Fortune” (27,000) [206,000]
26. Carrie Underwood, “Blown Away” (13,000) [644,000]
27. Demi Lovato, “Unbroken” (13,000) [???]
57. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger” (7,000) [870,000]
185. Adam Lambert, “Trespassing” (3,000) [144,000]

souce : billboard