Taylor Swift's '1989' Spends Fifth Week Atop Billboard 200

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The pop superstar has now spent a total of 29 weeks at No. 1 on the chart, following Whitney Houston (46) and Mariah Carey (30).

December 11, 2014

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Taylor Swift's "1989" continues its domination on Billboard 200. The album is now spending its fifth non-consecutive week at No. 1 on the chart after selling additional 274,000 units consisting of 230,000 pure album sales and 44,000 in track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

Swift has now spent a total of 29 weeks atop Billboard 200 with her four chart-topping albums. Among female artists, only Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey have more weeks at the chart's No. 1. The former has 46 weeks while the latter has 30.

Pentatonix's "That's Christmas to Me" is also a non-mover, holding its position steady at No. 2 with 221,000. Behind the a capella group's holiday set is AC/DC's "Rock or Bust" which arrived at No. 3 with 174,000.

At No. 4, Sam Smith's "In the Lonely Hour" rises from last week's No. 5 with 81,000. Meanwhile, One Direction's "FOUR" slips one rung to No. 5 with 74,000.

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Idina Menzel and Michael Buble are other acts to have their Christmas collections in the top 10. The Broadway star's "Holiday Wishes" jumps from No. 13 to No. 6 with 66,000 while her "Baby It's Cold Outside" collaborator's "Christmas" soars to No. 7 with 66,000.

Garth Brooks also makes a return to the top 10 as his comeback album "Man Against Machine" lands at No. 8 with 57,000 copies. The number comes purely from the record's sales as the country superstar doesn't allow the effort on streaming services and its tracks to be sold individually in digital stores.

Closing out the top 10 are Mary J. Blige's "The London Sessions" that starts at No. 9 with 57,000 units and the "Frozen (2013)" sountrack which slips from last week's No. 9 with 43,000.