adminHip hop artist ScHoolboy Q knocked Disney’s juggernaut soundtrack “Frozen” from the top spot of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday. “Oxymoron,” the third studio album from ScHoolboy Q and the first to be released through a major label, Universal Music Group’s Interscope Records, sold 139,000 copies in its first week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
The “Frozen” soundtrack, which features the hit Oscar-winning song “Let It Go” and previously topped the Billboard chart for five non-consecutive weeks, dropped to number two this week with 91 000 copies.
The Walt Disney Co film still performs strongly at the global box office, recently crossing the US$1 billion mark in ticket sales worldwide.
ScHoolboy Q led six new entries in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart this week.
Los Angeles alt-rocker Beck landed at number three with his latest studio album “Morning Phase.” Rapper Kid Cudi notched number four after the release of “Kid Cudi Presents Satellite FL” last week.
Latin music star Romeo Santos came in at number five with “Formula Volume 2.”
Country music star Dierks Bentley’s “Riser” debuted at number six, while pop-rock group The Fray rounded out the new entries with “Helios” at number eight.
Overall album sales for the week ending March 2 totalled 5,1 million, down 12 percent from the comparable week in 2013, Billboard said. — Reuters
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