Music

The singer's '1989' album climbs back to the top slot with 281,000 copies of the record, 580,000 tracks purchased and 36,000 songs streamed.

• Dec 4, 2014

AceShowbiz - Taylor Swift makes a triumphant return to No. 1 of Billboard 200 this week. After spending one week at the runner up slot, the country/pop superstar's latest album "1989" climbs back atop the chart with a total of 339,000.

As previously reported, this week's Billboard 200 marks the chart's first time to include streaming and digital track sales in addition to the sales of an album. Billboard made the change, the biggest makeover since it announced partnership with SoundScan in 1991, as a response to people's new habit of enjoying music. Now, every 10 song downloads count as one album sale. Every 1,500 streams on Spotify and other services equal one album copy.

For Swift, she tops the revamped chart with additional 281,000 copies of her album. The rest comes from the 580,000 tracks purchased individually and 36,000 streams of "1989" songs.

Trailing behind the 24-year-old songbird is a capella group Pentatonix whose Christmas set "That's Christmas to Me" reaches a new peak, rising from last week's No. 3 to this week No. 2 with 227,000.

Eminem's "ShadyXV" compilation becomes the first new entry on the top 10. Featuring new and old songs by the rapper and artists signed to his record label, the album sits at No. 3 with 148,000. Last week's first placer, One Direction's "FOUR", slips to No. 4 with another 125,000 copies sold in its second week. Sam Smith closes out the top 5 as his "In the Lonely Hour" jumps from No. 11 with 123,000.

At No. 6, Rick Ross collects his seventh consecutive top 10 effort as his "Hood Billionaire" starts with 74,000. That's the MMG boss' second album to be released this year, following "Mastermind" which debuted at No. 1 back in March.

Clearly benefited by Billboard 200's new ranking system, Ariana Grande's "My Everything" soars from No. 39 to No. 7 with 72,000 copies that include 47,000 album sales, 19,000 track purchases and 6,000 streams.

Beyonce Knowles' EP "Beyonce: More Only" arrives at No. 8 with 71,000. The set features only new material including songs, remixes and videos from the deluxe edition of Bey's 2013 self-titled effort. The last spots on the top 10 belong to the "Frozen (2013)" soundtrack (No. 9 with 71,000) and Maroon 5's "V" (No. 10 with 68,000).

1. "1989" - Taylor Swift (339,000)
2. "That's Christmas to Me" - Pentatonix (227,000)
3. "ShadyXV" - Eminem (148,000)
4. "FOUR" - One Direction (125,000)
5. "In the Lonely Hour" - Sam Smith (123,000)
6. "Hood Billionaire" - Rick Ross (74,000)
7. "My Everything" - Ariana Grande (72,000)
8. "Beyonce: More Only" - Beyonce Knowles (71,000)
9. "Frozen (2013)" Soundtrack - Various Artists (71,000)
10. "V" - Maroon 5 (68,000)