'Descendants' Soundtrack Takes No. 1 Spot on Billboard 200
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With 30,000 pure album sales, the compilation set logs the lowest sales week for a No. 1 record since Nielsen Music began supporting Billboard 200 in 1991.

AceShowbiz - The soundtrack to "Descendants" has come out at No. 1 of Billboard 200. The album, which accompanies the Disney Channels TV movie premiering on July 31, becomes the fourth chart-topping soundtrack in 2015 as it opens with 42,000 equivalent album.

With only 30,000 in pure album sales, the compilation logs the lowest sales week for a No. 1 record since Nielsen Music began supporting Billboard 200 in 1991. The previous low came in January 2011 when Amos Lee's "Mission Bell" debuted atop the list with just over 40,000 copies.

Next on Billboard 200, Future's "DS2" stays at No. 2 with another 37,000. Taylor Swift's "1989" jumps one rung to No. 3 with another 35,000 equivalent units. Her BFF Ed Sheeran's "X" rises from last week's No. 6 to this week's No. 4 with 30,000. Sam Hunt's "Montevallo" closes out the top 5 with 27,000.

At No. 6 is last week's first placer, Jill Scott's "Woman", which sells additional 27,000 units in its second week. Lil Dicky becomes the second and the last newcomer in the top 10 as his "Professional Rapper", which was funded via a Kickstarter campaign, arrives at No. 7 with 26,000.

Twenty One Pilots' "Blurryface" soars from No. 20 to No. 8 with 25,000 following the set's vinyl release on July 31. Behind the former No. 1 is the re-issue of Led Zeppelin's "In Through the Out Door" which bows at No. 9 with 24,000. The record's original version spent seven weeks at No. 1 upon its release back in 1979.

Claiming the last spot in the top 10 is Drake's "If You're Reading This It's Too Late", which rises three rungs with 23,000 amid the rapper's highly-publicized feud with Meek Mill.

  1. The "Descendants" Soundtrack - Various Artists (42,000)
  2. "DS2" - Future (37,000)
  3. "1989" - Taylor Swift (35,000)
  4. "X" - Ed Sheeran (30,000)
  5. "Montevallo" - Sam Hunt (27,000)
  6. "Woman" - Jill Scott (27,000)
  7. "Professional Rapper" - Lil Dicky (26,000)
  8. "Blurryface" - Twenty One Pilots (25,000)
  9. "In Through the Out Door" - Led Zeppelin (24,000)
  10. "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" - Drake (23,000)

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