Glee's Madonna tribute knocks Justin Bieber off No. 1 Spot
A little Glee appears to be the cure for Bieber fever. Glee‘s The Power of Madonna soundtrack nabbed the No. 1 spot from Justin Bieber this week on the Billboard 200 album chart this week, selling 98,000 copies. It’s the highest debut yet for a Glee-related album, but also the lowest first-week sales: Glee Season One: The Music Volume 1 sold 113,000 copies its first week, while Volume 2 did 173,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Additionally, the "Glee" cast's version of Madonna's 1989 No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit "Like a Prayer" was the biggest selling individual track from the show last week, debuting at No. 10 on the Digital Songs chart with 87,000 downloads sold. "Prayer" will debut at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart tomorrow when it's unveiled on billboard.com.
But the party also extends to the diva's own catalog of her original recordings as well. For example, her appropriately titled "Celebration" greatest hits album re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 86 with 6,000 (up 219%). That's the package's best sales week since Christmas. (In the show last week, "Glee" character Sue Sylvester gave the title some ridiculous product placement when she held the CD in her hand during an appeal to have Madonna's music blasted through the school's intercom.)
All told, Madonna's catalog of albums saw a 44% jump in sales, selling 17,000 this past week (up from 12,000).
Her digital song download tally this week also got a big bump. Her total track sales totaled 108,000 for the week ‹ up 169% compared to the week previous (40,000). Her two biggest-selling songs of the week were "4 Minutes" and "Like a Prayer" (each selling 12,000 with gains of 183% and 267%, respectively).
This marks the first time in the Billboard 200 chart's nearly 54-year history that two soundtracks have simultaneously debuted in the top five.
via: billboard.com, abcnews.com, ew.com
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