Justin Bieber performs at the
Jingle Ball 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia December 12, 2012. - Reuterspic
LOS ANGELES: Canadian pop star
Justin Bieber became the youngest artist to land five chart-topping albums in
the United States on Wednesday when his latest record, Believe
Acoustic, debuted atop the Billboard 200 album chart.
Believe Acoustic,
which features stripped down versions of Bieber's songs from his fourth No. 1
album, Believe, released last June, as well as three new songs,
sold 211,000 copies in its first week according to figures from Nielsen
SoundScan.
The album also topped iTunes
downloads charts in 63 countries, and became a hot topic on social media
platforms as the singer's 34 million-strong followers on Twitter raced to
purchase the record as soon as it was released.
Bieber was previously tied with
former Disney star Miley Cyrus with four chart-topping albums before turning
19, and he is only one of nine artists in Billboard history to have a No. 1
album for four consecutive years.
Bieber's 19th birthday is March
1.
The singer, who failed to pick up
a Grammy nomination this year despite having a top-selling album and sold-out
world tour in 2012, will be hosting and performing on NBC's Saturday
Night Live this week, the night before the Grammy awards.
Four new albums debuted in the
top five of the Billboard 200 chart this week, led by Believe
Acoustic.
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's
14th studio album, Passione, landed at No. 2 with sales of 93,000,
while Canadian sister duo Tegan & Sara notched No. 3 with their seventh studio
album, Heartthrob, selling 49,000 copies.
R&B singer Charlie Wilson
came in at No. 4 with his latest record, Love, Charlie, selling
44,000 copies in its first week.
Singer Beyonce saw a boost in
sales following her widely praised performance at the Super Bowl in New Orleans
on Sunday, which was watched by more than 108 million people.
For the week ending Sunday,
February 2, digital sales of Beyonce's songs Halo, Crazy In
Love and Single Ladies saw the biggest bumps.
There were
19,000 digital copies of Halo sold, a 338% increase from the
previous week.
The new Destiny's Child
compilation album, Love Songs, didn't see as big a bump, selling
under 6,000 copies last week. - Reuters
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