24 February 2011

Justin Bieber Scores Second No. 1 Album with 'Never Say Never' Remixes.

Justin Bieber notches his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with "Never Say Never: The Remixes" opening in the top slot with 165,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
His first topper came with "My World 2.0," which debuted at No. 1 as well, on the April 10, 2010, chart, with 283,000. Overall, "Never Say Never: The Remixes" is Biebs' fourth top 10 album on the tally, joining previous hits "My World" (No. 5) and "My Worlds Acoustic" (No. 7).

More stunning: All four of Bieber's albums are in the top 40 this week, the first time an artist has managed the feat since 1993. ("Mhy World 2.0" is No. 8, "My Worlds Acoustic" is No. 18, and "My World" is No. 31.) The last artist to concurrently chart as many in the top 40 was Garth Brooks on Jan. 23, 1993. The country king -- at the height of Garth Mania -- held down the Nos. 2, 23, 26 and 29 slots that week with "The Chase," "Beyond the Season," "Ropin' the Wind" and "No Fences," respectively.

Bieber's "Never Say Never: The Remixes" is the first remix album to top the Billboard 200 in almost a decade. The last to do so was Jennifer Lopez's "J to tha L-O! The Remixes," which reigned for two weeks beginning Feb. 23, 2002.

Bieber's mini-album includes four remixes, a live version of "Overboard" and two studio tunes that weren't previously on an album: the title track and "Born to Be Somebody." The latter, written by Diane Warren, plays over the end credits to the Bieb's documentary film of the same name, which has racked up $48 million at the U.S. and Canada box office since it opened on Feb. 11.
Source: Billboard website

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