'Frozen' soundtrack dethroned as 'Now 49' rises to top of Billboard 200: Toni Braxton, Little Mix debut near top

By Carolyn Menyes (c.menyes@mstarsnews.com) | Feb 12, 2014 12:11 PM EST

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The wintery musical storm from Arendelle has finally passed - after four non-consecutive weeks at the peak of the Billboard 200, the soundtrack to Frozen has been bumped from the No. 1 spot by another various artists album: Now 49.

According to Billboard, the 49th version of the Now CD collection, which puts together the top hits of the past few months, debuted at No. 1 on the US with 98,000 copies. Featuring hits like "Timber," "Wrecking Ball," "Royals" and "Counting Stars," the Now series still somehow manages to rise about the singles sales market of the 2010s.

Though it slipped down to the No. 2 spot for the second time (previously being eclipsed by Bruce Springsteen's High Hopes), the Frozen soundtrack sold 88,000 albums this week, edging ever closer to that coveted one million albums sold mark. Thus far, the album set has sold 952,000 units, and Billboard predicts it will cross the million sales number next week.

A big post-Super Bowl bump gave Bruno Mars' Unorthodox Jukebox a four spot rise, landing the singer at No. 3 with 81,000 albums. The previous week, thanks to the Grammys and pre-Super Bowl hype, he sold 42,000 copies of the 2012 album.

The massive increase in Unorthodox Jukebox sales come courtesy of Mars' Super Bowl performance, which was the most watched halftime show in history, and gave him unprecedented sales bumps.

Though that album is old, the No. 4 record went to another new release, Toni Braxton and Babyface's Love, Marriage & Divorce, which started its sales journey with 67,000 copes, a best for Braxton since 2005.

More debuts litter the top 10 of the Billboard 200. Broken Bells' After The Disco debuted with 44,000 copies, not quite reaching the best-selling week of its 2010 debut but managing a better position at No. 5.

Right behind Broken Bells, Little Mix's latest set Salute debuted at No. 6 with 43,000 copies. The UK girl group also failed to best its first album sales; its debut album DNA sold 50,000 last year.

Though there were four debuts in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 this week, the bottom features familiar material. Beyoncé's self-titled album slipped to No. 7 with 38,000 albums, Lorde's Pure Heroine stumbled down five spots to No. 8 with 35,000 albums sold. The 2014 Grammy Nominees compilation and Katy Perry's Prism round things out, with 35,000 and 27,000 albums sold, respectively.

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