J-pop rock band Bump Of Chicken’s eighth studio album “Ray” debuts at no.1 and is the World’s best-selling Album with sales of 182.000 copies in its first week accoring to Oricon. Close behind is Atsushi, from the legendary boy band Exile, with his new solo effort “ usic" at no.2 after selling 174.000 copies.

Pharrell Williams' "G I R L” slips fromm no.1 to no.3 this week, after a 48% sales decline to 164.000 copies. After two weeks on the tally the album has moved a total of 482.000 units.

Down from no.2 to 4 is Walt Disney's soundtrack “ Frozen" with sales this week of 142,000 and a total of 1,71 million sales in 2014. Beyoncé's self-titled album now ranks now at no.2 with a total of 1,7 million sales in 2014. Beyoncé's album slides at no.11 with 48.000 copies sold. At no.5 the 3rd highest debut this week comes from French Musicians Les Enfoires with sales of 109,000 of the Album "Bon Anniversaires Les Enfoirés”.

New Entry at no.6 for Luke Bryan and “Spring Break 6: Like We Aint Ever” and sales of 82,000. Fifth New Entry in this week’s Top 10 is Elbow’s “the Take Off And Landing Of Everything” and sales of 72,000.

Lorde slips from no.7 to 8 with “Pure Album” and sales of 63.000 and the Sixth New Entry of the week in this week’s top 10 is Man With A Mission’s “Tales Of Purefly” which sold 62,000 copies. Closing this week’s Top 10 is Rick Ross’s “Mastermind”.

Aloe Blacc debuts at no.12 with “Life Your Spirit” and sales of 48.000.

So far Pink’s "The Truth About Love’” has sold 5,51 million in total, Drake’s "Nothing Was The Same” has sold 1,96 million, Avril Lavigne's self-titled album 538.000 copies, 'Plus' by Ed Sheeran 3,6 million, 'Unapologetic' by Rihanna 3,48 million, 'The 20/20 Experience, Part 1' by Justin Timberlake 3,91 million, 'Part 2' 1,3 million, 'Take Me Home' by OneDirection 5,38 million and 'Loved Me Back To life' by Celine Dion 1,35 million.

Helped by the huge success of the track “ Happy", Pharrell's new album "G I R L” jumps atop the World’s best-selling album chart with sales of 318.000 copies in its first week, 112.000 of those in the US, 69.200 in the UK and 56k in France.

At no.2 is “ Tree", the 7th release of the K Pop idol group Tohoshinki. American rapper Rick Ross is no.3 globally with “Mastermind” which is top of this week's Best 200 albums in the US chart. At no.4 is the Soundtrack to “Frozen” and at no.5 is Lea Michele, best known for her performance as Rachel Berry on the US TV series “ Lee". Her first album 'Louder' debuts with 82.000 sales.

Beyonce’s self-titled album is still the Worlds best-selling album in 2014 with 1,65 million copies sold after january 1st, Disney's soundtrack to the blockbuster “Frozen” is still the second best-selling with 1,57 million sales in 2014. AKB’s "Tsugi No Ashiato” is in 3rd position of the 2014 annual chart with 1,03 million copies sold and One Direction is 4th with 1.02 million copies of "Midnight Memories”. "Pure Heroine" by Lorde comes in fifth with 903.000 Albums sold internationally.

Adele sold another 12.000 copies last week of “21” bringing the Albums Grand total to 26,32 million so far.

European Albums leading in sales are "Racine Carrée” by Stromae which has sold a grand total of 1,92 million copies since its release, "Swings Both Ways” by Robbie Williams which has sold 1,6 million, “Farbenspiel" by Helene Fischer 908.000 copies and “Hydra" by Within Temptation 158.000.

Pharrells’ “Happy’” reigns on the World’s Best Singles chart for the 7th week. "Dark Horse" by Katy Perry feat. Juicy J moves up again from third to second position.

John Legend’s "All Of Me", the marvellous, heartbreaking love-ballad rises to a new peak at no.3, and Pitbull stays put with “Timber” featuring Ke$ha at No.4. At no.% up from 7 is Jason Derulo’s smash hit “Talk Dirty” featuring 2 Chainz and at no.6 is A Great Big World’s “Say Something” featuring Christina Aguilera.

New Entries this week include the Oscar winning Song "Let It Go" by Idina Menzel from the 'Frozen’ soundtrack which jumps from no.18 to no.7, Coldplay’s first Single “Magic” from their new Album “ Ghost Stories” which debuts at no.8 and "Rather Be” by Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne, a former no.1 smash in the United Kingdom, which moves from no.13 to no.9. And to close this week’s Top 10 is Shakira’s “Cant Remember to forget you” featuring Rihanna.

New at no.1 in Japan and at no.16 globally is "Hikari No Signal” by Kis-My-Ft2.

New at no.1 in United Kingdom and at no.25 globally is "My Love", a Song by Route 94 with Jess Glynne. DJ / producer duo The Chainsmokers debuts at no.31. Avicii's new track "Addicted To You" opens at no.34 and Dutch DJ Tiësto debuts at no.40 with "Red Lights".

Shakira is about to release her first album in four years and first since her son, Milan was born in January 2013. The Masterpiece will be released in five weeks, and it's not finished. Shakira is in the studio, listening to the final mixes, taking notes and making last-minute tweaks.

Shakira has labored over albums since she was 18, when she put behind the bland pop she had been releasing since 13 to make her breakthrough record, 1996's "Pies Descalzos." Since then, she has achieved global stardom and recognition unprecedented for a Latin-born act. This next Album ‘Shakira' is of utmost importance, the first under a Live Nation deal signed in 2012 for a reported $30 million  with Sony RCA and Sony Latin Iberia.

"It's been two-and-a-half years of making songs, trashing them, doing them again, doing eight versions of each song, having a baby, doing "The Voice," coming back to the studio, reconnecting with my songs,” Shakira says.

There are splits between her Latin roots and her mainstream stardom, her Spanish and her English (which she learned specifically to make her first U.S. album in 2001), her sex appeal and her activism (education is her issue. She has met with President Obama at the White House and spoken at Harvard and Oxford, not stops for dilettantes. In three days, she will fly to her native Colombia to inaugurate a sixth school funded through her Pies Descalzos (Barefoot) Foundation. Then, after nearly two months away, she will return to Barcelona, Spain, where she lives with Pique.

"Sometimes I yearn to stay at home with Gerard and Milan," she says. "For so long I decided to have what I have now, this family, that it's logical for me to feel divided. A part of me - well, all of me - wants to be with them all the time and be a housewife. But there's another part of me that still wants to make music and that's still pleased with success. I won't deny it. I know it sometimes sounds almost immoral to admit you like success, but I like it -- I like it."

Shakira is pursuing new fans, even as she strives to remain faithful to the Latin base that has stood by her through the years.

In November 2012, while pregnant, she began filming her first turn as a coach on NBC's "The Voice." She returns for the current season. The first two episodes, Feb. 24 and March 3, attracted an average of 15.7 million viewers and her album will launch a few weeks before Voice goes to live shows. She has recently collaborated with Rihanna (both are managed by Roc Nation) for the first single from Shakira, "Can't Remember to Forget You," which is No.8 on the World’s best Singles chart this week and has received 172 million worldwide views on YouTube.