The soundtrack to 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' debuted 2 weeks ago on the Global Chart at no.2 with 319.000 copies sold. Drake's album 'If You're Reading This, It's Too Late' was no,1 with 559.000 sales. 'Fifty Shades' remained at no.2 in its second week with another 242.000 Albums sold. That week Imagine Dragon's new album 'Smoke+Mirrors' debuted at no.1 with sales of 269.000. In its 3rd week on the charts, 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' finally reaches no.1 after selling 175,000 copies.
This week, 18 albums debut on the World's Top 20 best-selling Albums chart. Kid Rock debuts at no.2 with his tenth studio album 'First Kiss' and world sales of 158.000 copies, mostly in the USA. Kid Rock's last album 'Devil Without A Cause' released in 1998, sold over 12 million copies. His biggest single smash was much later in the year of 2008, when 'All Summer Long' went to the top of the charts globally. That year he received the 'World's Best-selling Pop Rock Male Artist" Award in Monte-Carlo at the 2008 World Music Awards.
Rapper Big Sean debuts at no.3 with his third album 'Dark Sky Paradise' and sales of 157.000 this first week. His former album 'Hall Of Fame' debuted at no.6 with 76.000 units in 2013.
Some additional sales stats: 'Cheek To Cheek' by Tony Bennett & Lady GaGa sold 15.000 copies last week and reaches a total of 964.000 so far. 'Uptown Special' by Mark Ronson sold 18.000 units last week, with a global tally of 250.000 copies so far. Beyoncé's self-titled album sold 8.000 units last week and has a total of 3.776.000 copies. 'AM' by the Arctic Monkeys sold 2.374.000 copies so far, '1989' by Taylor Swift is at 6.506.000, and '21' by Adele is at 26.758.000.
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