“The Hamilton Mixtape” debuts atop Billboard 200 chartDecember 12, 2016 - 12:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The Hamilton Mixtape" debuts atop the Billboard 200 chart. The record has a total of 187,000 units sold this week, including 169,000 in traditional album sales, AceShowbiz reports citing Nielsen Music. The star-studded compilation album, which was inspired by the runaway hit stage show "Hamilton: An American Musical", features covers of songs performed by artists like Sia Furler, John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, Andra Day, Wiz Khalifa and others. At No.2 on this week's Billboard 200 is The Weeknd's "Starboy" with 151,000 units. Pentatonix's "A Pentatonix Christmas" slips to No. 3 with 128,000 units, while The Rolling Stones has its new album "Blue & Lonesome" landed at No. 4 with 123,000 units. Childish Gambino a.k.a. Donald Glover notches his highest charting album ever with "Awaken, My Love!", which debuts at No. 5 with 101,000 units. Bruno Mars' "24K Magic" plunges to No. 6 with 58,000 units, while the "Moana" soundtrack and Pentatonix's "That's Christmas to Me" descend to No. 7 and No. 8 respectively with 53,000 units sold. Rounding out the new top 10 are two new entries Grace VanderWaal's "Perfectly Imperfect" EP, which debuts at No. 9 with 52,000 units, and Kane Brown's self-titled album, which bows at No. 10 with 51,000 units. Photo: Getty Images Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan’s spokesperson denies intention to visit Baku for COP29 Pashinyan’s agenda doesn’t include a trip to Baku for the COP29 conference, his press secretary Nazeli Baghdasaryan has said. Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. |