The White Stripes mastermind and rock icon Jack White manages a clear global no.1 with his second solo effort 'Lazaretto'. The album sold 227.000 copies in its initial week, 137.700 of it in the USA and 25.300 in United Kingdom. Jack's first solo set, 'Blunderbuss', started also at no.1 on the global chart with 254.000 units in the week 19, 2012. His former band The White Stripes was one of the most exciting rock acts of the last decade, especially the epochal album 'Elephant' from 2003 and the single lift-off 'Seven Nation Army'. The song with the clear-cut guitar riff mutated over the years to a great soccer and stadion hymn. Last week's chart-topper, Namie Amuro's 'Ballada' throws down at no.9 after a 74% sales decline to 67.000 sales. Unchanged at no.2 ranks Coldplay's 'Ghost Stories' with another 166.000 sales, a total of 1,72 million after four weeks on the tally. The 'Frozen' soundtrack climbs back at no.3 with 124.000 sales. After 29 weeks the album cracks the 5 million border with its total sales.
The last album with sales more than 5 million was Bruno Mars' 'Unorthodox Jukebox', released in December 2012. Back to this week's hitlist, where Michael Jackson's posthumous set 'Xscape' rises one slot at no.4 with 93.000 sales, a total of 923.000 after five weeks on the hitlist. Miranda Lambert's second album 'Platinum' slides five spots at no.8, triggered by a 63% sales loss to 70.000 copies. Sandwiched between Michael Jackson and Miranda Lambert there are three very different new entries. British rock duo Kasabian bows at no.5 with their fifth studio album '48:13' and 91.000 sales, German fun rapper Cro lands close behind at no.6 with his second effort 'Melodie' and 87.000 sales and British folk-rcok singer / songwriter Passenger opens at no.7 with his fifth album 'Whispers' and 84.000 sales. Rounds out the top ten is a hommage compilation to the French chanson legend Renaud. 'La Bande Á Renaud' jumps easily at no.1 in France this week and at no.10 globally with 54.000 sales. Some additional sales stats: 'Random Access Memories' by Daft Punk sold 9.000 copies last week and 3,82 million in total, 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2' by Eminem sold 12.000 units last week, 4,08 million so far, Beyoncé's self-titled album sold 8.000 units last week and has a total of 3,33 million units so far, 'Sex And Love' by Enrique Iglesias sold 205.000 copies so far, 'Midnight Memories' by One Direction 3,94 million and 'Pure Heroine' by Lorde 2,47 million.
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