One Direction Finds 'Home' At #1 Spot
Earlier this year One Direction debuted on the Billboard 200 chart with 176,000 copies of their first album sold in week one, and months later their follow-up Take Me Home has clocked in the third-largest first week sales of the year with 540, 000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
This means that One Direction is now tied with Justin Bieber as the only artists todebut two #1 albums within the past 12 months.
Taylor Swift remained at #2 with an additional 144,000 copies of Red sold and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Soundtrack debuted at #3 with 93,000.
Toronto singer the Weeknd breached the top five, pulling in at #4 with his major-label debut Trilogy, but Christina Aguilera had a disappointing first week, charting at #7 after moving only 73,000 copies of Lotus. Green Day's ¡Dos! landed at #9 with 69,000 sold, followed by Lana Del Rey's Paradise closing out the top 10.
Over on the iTunes album charts, "American Idol" winner Phillip Phillips commanded the #1 spot with The World from the Side of the Moon, while Swift's Red held at #2 and the "Twilight" soundtrack completed the top three. AC/DC's re-release of Back in Black and Led Zeppelin's Celebration Day managed to trump One Direction however, pushing Take Me Home to #7.
Cassadee Pope's "Over You (The Voice") had a big showing at #1 on the song's charts, with PSY's "Gangnam Style" holding tight at #2 and Ke$ha's "Die Young" at #3. Bruno Mars' "Locked Out Of Heaven" pulled in at #4 while Rihanna's "Diamonds" rolled in at #8, topping Pink's "Try" at #9 and another offering from "The Voice" at #10.
