'Beyoncé' and One Direction 'Midnight Memories' surpass one million in sales in new Billboard 200 week

Beyoncé is back on top. The pop superstar's most recent self-titled album notches a third week on top of the Billboard 200, selling 310,000 copies. That means in just a little over two weeks, Queen Bey has moved over 1.3 million copies of Beyoncé.

According to Billboard, Beyoncé easily bested other album releases in the notoriously slow December release market. And it's not just that she's topping the charts by a slight margin, Beyoncé is slaying the competition. Her new album is the first record to move more than 300,000 copies in its first three weeks since Susan Boyle's 2009 album I Dreamed A Dream.

The Christmas spirit helped boost sales for One Direction's Midnight Memories and Eminem's MMLP2, which sit at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively. 1D sold 142,000 copies of its latest album while Eminem moved up three spots on the Billboard 200 with 122,000 units of his record sold. Billboard attributes these acts rise in album sales to the Christmas gift tradition of the iTunes gift card.

This week also helped One Direction's Midnight Memories to pass the one million album marks, selling 1.1 million units since November.

Disney's Frozen soundtrack climbed a massive four spots to No. 4 on the chart this week, with 106,000 copies sold, becoming the best-selling Disney movie set since the soundtrack to Pocahontas.

Katy Perry can also celebrate the new year with a smile as Prism rises to No. 5, selling 99,000 copies, likely thanks to a $6.99 iTunes sale.

Meanwhile the Walmart exclusive Garth Brooks' Blame It All On My Roots tumbled down four spots to No. 6.

Lorde's Pure Heroine (No. 7, 78,000 copies), Miley Cyrus' Bangerz (No. 8, 63,000 copies) and Imagine Dragons' Night Visions (No. 9, 62,000 copies) also benefitted from year-end sales like Perry did, as all were on sale for less than $8 this week.

Finally, Kelly Clarkson's sparkling Christmas album Wrapped in Red rounded things out with 62,000 copies and the No. 10 spot.

Oh, and there were no new debuts in the Billboard 200 top 50 this week.