{"id":52821,"date":"2015-12-18T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=52821"},"modified":"2015-12-19T12:40:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-19T17:40:25","slug":"chris-browns-royalty-claims-1-on-itunes-sales-chart-star-wars-pusha-t-cage-the-elephant-in-top-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2015\/12\/18\/chris-browns-royalty-claims-1-on-itunes-sales-chart-star-wars-pusha-t-cage-the-elephant-in-top-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Brown&#8217;s &#8220;Royalty&#8221; Now #2 on iTunes Sales Chart; Ariana Grande, Star Wars, Pusha T in Top 5 (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Update:<\/b> By Saturday morning, Adele&#8217;s &#8220;25&#8221; had regained the top spot on the US iTunes Album Sales chart.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Brown&#8217;s new &#8220;Royalty&#8221; is #2, while the &#8220;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&#8221; soundtrack (#3), Ariana Grande&#8217;s &#8220;Christmas &#038; Chill&#8221; EP (#4), and Pusha T&#8217;s &#8220;King Push &#8211; Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude&#8221; (#5) complete the Top 5.<br \/>\n=============<\/p>\n<p><b>Update:<\/b> As of 9:45AM ET, Chris Brown&#8217;s new album &#8220;Royalty&#8221; remains #1 on the iTunes US album sales chart.  Adele&#8217;s &#8220;25&#8221; holds at #2.<\/p>\n<p>Ariana Grande&#8217;s &#8220;Christmas &#038; Chill&#8221; EP, which was at the bottom of the Top 10 at midnight, is up to #3.  The &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; soundtrack follows at #4, while Pusha T&#8217;s &#8220;King Push &#8211; Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude&#8221; is #5.<br \/>\n==============<\/p>\n<p>While it has no chance of outperforming &#8220;25&#8221; in terms of overall weekly sales, Chris Brown&#8217;s new &#8220;Royalty&#8221; presently leads Adele&#8217;s juggernaut on the US iTunes album sales chart.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Royalty&#8221; was made available late Thursday night, and it quickly ascended to the digital retailer&#8217;s #1 position. Adele&#8217;s &#8220;25,&#8221; which had previously led, is currently #2 on the chart.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Royalty&#8221; is one of four December 18-dated releases presently in the Top 5.  John Williams&#8217; &#8220;Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)&#8221; is up to #3 on iTunes, while Pusha T&#8217;s new &#8220;King Push &#8211; Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude&#8221; and Cage The Elephant&#8217;s new &#8220;Tell Me I&#8217;m Pretty&#8221; are #4 and #5, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Pentatonix&#8217;s 2014 release &#8220;That&#8217;s Christmas To Me,&#8221; which is still selling like hotcakes, is #6 on the chart.  Justin Bieber&#8217;s smash &#8220;Purpose&#8221; is #7, while Ariana Grande&#8217;s new &#8220;Christmas &#038; Chill&#8221; EP is #8.  Monica&#8217;s &#8220;Code Red&#8221;  (#9) and Jordan Smith&#8217;s &#8220;The Complete Season 9 Collection (The Voice)&#8221; (#10) complete the Top 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[183,1047,206],"tags":[692,2046,45,5275,96,5483,1142,953,5484,1028,5482],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chris Brown&#039;s &quot;Royalty&quot; Now #2 on iTunes Sales Chart; Ariana Grande, Star Wars, Pusha T in Top 5 (Updated)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Update: By Saturday morning, Adele&#039;s &quot;25&quot; had regained the top spot on the US iTunes Album Sales chart. 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