It was the biggest chart-battle of the year! Canadian Superstar and idol Justin Bieber versus British boygroup sensation One Direction. And the winner is: Justin Bieber. His fourth studio-album 'Purpose' debuted with sales of 863,000 globally, 521,500 of which were sold in the USA according to Nielsen Soundscan. Another 77,000 copies are from his native country, Canada, 90,600 were sold in the UK 35,000 in Germany, 19,000 in Italy, 13,600 in Japan and 12,200 in France. Justin's 3rd Album 'Believe' opened also at the top position in the week 27, 2012 with 589,000 copies.
Almost exactly one year ago, One Direction's LP 'Four' shot in at no.1 with 881,000 sales. The band's new Album 'Made In The A.M.' sold 764,000 copies in its initial week and lands at no.2 on the Global Chart. The Album generated it biggest sales in the USA with 401,800 units, 93,200 in the UK, 44,000 in Canada, 42,300 in Japan, 35,000 in Germany, 29,000 in Italy and 24,300 in France. 'Purpose' and 'Made In The A.M.' are huge sellers, but noone has a chance against next week's monster release, Adele's '25'. Latest forecasts suggest over 5 million copies in its initial week, a unique record in the music-history! Back to this week's hitlist, new at No.1 in Japan and at No.3 globally is Japanese boygroup Kanjani 8 with their seventh studio set 'Kanjani 8 No Genki Ga Deru CD!!' and sales of 316,000. New at no.1 in Germany is the Xmas effort by Helene Fischer. Her last studio-album 'Farbenspiel' from 2013 sold almost 2,5 million copies so far, this new album 'Weihnachten' debuts at no.4 globally with sales of 130,000. French rock-legend Johnny Hallyday released his 50th studio-album.'De L'amour'debuts at No.1 in France and No.9 on the Global Chart with sales of 88,000. Johnny's debut album 'Nous Les Gars, Nous Les Filles' was released 54 years ago in 1961!
Some additional sales stats: 'Revival' by Selena Gomez sold 19,000 copies last week and reaches a total of 292,000 so far, 'Confident' by Demi Lovato sold 18,000 units last week, 322,000 so far, 'Honeymoon' by Lana Del Rey sold 17,000 units last week and has a total of 468,000 copies so far, the soundtrack to 'Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol.1' sold 2,356,000 copies so far, 'Rebel Heart' by Madonna 842,000 and 'My Everything' by Ariana Grande 1,694,000.
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