Billboard 200 (12/24/11)

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Mr. Whiz Dominates the Billboard 200

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Mr. Whiz dominated the Billboard 200, issue dated December 24, 2011, with first week sales of 795,000 copies. This marks not only the biggest debut for a rapper and male solo artist, but the best sales week of all time. The previous record was 538,000 copies sold of Nate Nash's Words I Couldn't Say back when the album was released in July 2011. Mr. Whiz previously ruled the Billboard 200 in April 2011 with his debut EP The Whiz Beatz which sold 106,000 copies in its first frame.

British singer-songwriter Kate McGill landed at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with her first holiday album Merry. The set sold 221,000 copies in its first week. Merry's debut matches the No. 2 start for McGill's debut album McThrill which sold 204,000 copies in its opening week. A special edition will be released on February 7, 2012.

Merry led a top ten full of holiday fare with joining Nashville Records' holiday set A Nashville Christmas selling 125,000 copies (No. 4, +23%), Justin Pratt's Merry Christmas (No. 6, +21%) with 101,000 copies, and the second week of Ozark Sunset Records' Christmas in the Country (No. 10, +7%) rising to 69,000 copies sold in its sophomore frame.

Other debuts this week included: DeRinna Davis' Lasting Impressions at No. 3 selling 132,000 copies, Milton Junction's Under Fire at No. 7 with 90,000 sold, Aurora's Perfectly Flawed selling 65,000 at No. 11 and Robyn's Drama Queen at No. 24 with 22,000 copies sold in its first week.

The full Billboard 200 will be posted shortly.

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1 -- 1 MR. WHIZ DOMINATION 794880 999 0 794880
2 -- 1 KATE MCGILL MERRY 221369 999 0 221369
3 -- 1 DERINNA DAVIS LASTING IMPRESSIONS 132405 999 0 132405
4 2 6 NASHVILLE RECORDS A NASHVILLE CHRISTMAS 125099 23 102100 560113
5 1 32 RADIOACTIVE NOTHING BUT DUST 107183 -18 131056 2457179
6 4 5 JUSTIN PRATT MERRY CHRISTMAS 101165 21 83314 359306
7 -- 1 MILTON JUNCTION UNDER FIRE 90217 999 0 90217
8 3 21 NATE NASH WORDS I COULDN'T SAY 82210 -9 90438 2532478
9 5 12 HAYLEY DUNN BEAUTIFUL NIGHTMARE 71056 -12 80906 1598294
10 7 2 OZARK SUNSET RECORDS CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY 69281 7 65014 134295
11 -- 1 AURORA PERFECTLY FLAWED 65139 999 0 68339
12 6 45 ANNA THOMAS IN THE ZONE 58350 -23 76095 3235029
13 9 34 KYLE CARTER YELLOW 58125 2 56990 2559613
14 8 3 SASHA FIERCE FIERCE FIXATION 39502 -39 64281 275917
15 11 41 SLIM SHADY MASTERMIND 36692 -24 48102 2320787
16 10 3 THE ACADEMY AGAINST ALL ODDS 33050 -38 53300 214669
17 18 22 MARLEY GROVES PAPER PLANES 30008 19 25144 307112
18 12 44 JAKE SUTHERLAND JAKE SUTHERLAND 29100 -26 39500 3351783
19 13 40 RYAN COHEN FALLING TO PIECES 28347 -6 30196 1090994
20 55 36 MR. WHIZ THE WHIZ BEATZ 26012 160 10003 936036
21 15 37 RACHEL TAYLOR FEARLESS 24368 -7 26177 1364995
22 40 34 KATE MCGILL MCTHRILL 23485 48 15859 1401409
23 17 41 LEADERS OF THE MISLED WITH HOPES HIGH, BUT HEADS LOW 22314 -12 25481 1501149
24 -- 1 ROBYN DRAMA QUEEN 21658 999 0 21658
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26 19 16 BELLE MEADE ONE OF THOSE DAYS 21304 -13 24569 1169783
27 28 25 KATY SMITH THE PARTY NEVER ENDS 21127 7 19658 1273424
28 14 6 HYBRID THEORY UNDERGROUND 20401 -28 28305 343057
29 25 18 SHEKI LOVE ATTACK 19600 -7 21096 663949
30 21 5 ADAM ALEXANDER THE DEFAMATION 18853 -18 23048 187478
31 39 37 KYMBYRLY CREEK MISSOURI IN ME 18440 14 16169 806132
32 24 23 DAVID BARKLEY ALL REVOLUTIONS 18315 -17 22100 534137
33 22 42 SERENA BREAKTHROUGH 17784 -21 22385 1965498
34 32 45 SHAWN DAVIES THINGS THAT MATTER 17390 2 16985 1977020
35 34 9 KALEY ABRAMS THE GIRL NEXT DOOR 17050 1 16932 235178
36 38 13 CASSIE DUNDRUM 22 16988 3 16500 448465
37 31 14 KASSIDY MANNING THE LUCKY ONE 16987 -6 18004 641088
38 16 3 GREG WHITE AT WORLD'S END 16986 -35 26158 98667
39 29 7 DEAD LETTERS THIS IS A WARNING 16958 -13 19406 355799
40 27 21 LIL FRY LIL FRY, BIG LIFE 16950 -15 19927 233656
41 37 30 JOSH SPEARS THE BLACK ALBUM 16021 -3 16538 812364
42 43 23 YOUNG TREV THE THRILL 15428 4 14850 817505
43 44 31 ASHLEY ROBERTS DIRTY LAUNDRY 14800 4 14221 654437
44 26 4 GISELLE INTUITION 14583 -27 20016 125748
45 33 27 SAM TSUI SAM TSUI 14534 -14 16952 944637
46 47 10 GLEN HANSARD & MARKETA IRGLOVA THE SWELL SEASON 13916 0 13869 245321
47 41 17 CORE FOUR CORE FOUR 13891 -8 15099 948396
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49 42 40 AVRIL PEYTON ANYTHING BUT ORDINARY 12315 -18 15022 1024643
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52 49 20 CAMERON CADE C'EST LA MORT 12001 -10 13304 276858
53 51 28 JAMIE ALDEON BRING IT ON 11996 -2 12201 451208
54 30 2 SWEET GRASS COUNTY AFTERTHOUGHTS 11895 -38 19128 31023
55 50 26 FAHRENHEIT 451 BURN 11845 -10 13206 470472
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57 53 41 RACHEL SIMPSON I AM… RACHEL SIMPSON 10295 -8 11231 1337744
58 20 2 THE KLIQ THE KLIQ 10060 -58 24165 34225
59 60 19 X-HAUS GET MONEY 9121 11 8203 274929
60 36 3 ANNA THOMAS IN THE REMIX 9097 -45 16609 75810
61 56 14 THE KELLIES PICTURE PERFECT 8823 -2 9005 131800
62 59 40 ERICA POSEY ERICA POSEY 8690 5 8238 1108785
63 58 28 KATRINA WILD MAKE ME WANNA DIE 8488 2 8288 430983
64 57 27 FAMOUS MISSION STATEMENTS DEFINE WHO YOU ARE 8305 -6 8827 518049
65 54 3 PATRICIA VELASQUEZ SENSUAL 6957 -34 10584 45561
66 61 37 THIRD STRIKE SHACKLES & CHAINS 6957 -13 8002 772995
67 63 11 WINSTON BARRETT VOICES 6950 -6 7360 319957
68 65 16 JESSICA KING JESSICA KING 6690 -4 6985 176429
69 35 2 RACHEL SIMPSON I JUST WANT MORE: THE REMIXES 6213 -63 16850 23063
70 64 18 JACKSON PRICE ABNORMALITY 6155 -14 7169 297153
71 67 13 KATIE DAVIS SHOUT IT OUT 5809 -5 6134 285077
72 62 4 FAYTH GHETTO GOSPEL 5658 -26 7605 46305
73 69 42 JENNIFER ANDREWS SMALL TOWN GIRL 5628 -4 5839 905865
74 73 23 THORN WASTELAND 5292 1 5238 340269
75 77 25 MARSHA FOXX SKIN 5281 7 4918 346574
76 68 17 ICUBE HOLLYWOOD 5215 -11 5853 259658
77 70 24 BETWEEN INSECTS & ANGELS BETWEEN INSECTS & ANGELS 5100 -7 5492 300574
78 72 11 ALEX TRISCO GROWNING PAINS 4988 -6 5300 88891
79 75 19 FIONA HARRIS DEVIL IN ME 4690 -6 5005 182423
80 79 17 H(ED)BRID SYMBOLS 4690 -3 4841 104903
81 66 42 NICKI LEE GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 4658 -24 6150 979283
82 78 10 BRITTANY BRIMONE BRITTANY BRIMONE 4538 -7 4900 101847
83 83 39 DJ-O DJ-O 4519 2 4420 586472
84 81 32 HEATHER FAIRBANKS HEATHER FAIRBANKS 4510 0 4490 778341
85 71 31 THE SAVAGES RATHER HURT (THAN FEEL NOTHING AT ALL) 4384 -20 5481 217458
86 74 45 THE RECKLESS HALLELUJAH 4339 -15 5120 858204
87 82 28 EPIC COLLAPSE THIS IS REAL 4328 -3 4444 226187
88 84 33 A HIGH LOW LOOKING DOWN ON THE SKY 4288 3 4160 414396
89 80 30 BUDDY LUKE RHYTHM, BLUES, AND SWINGIN' TUNES 4120 -10 4582 269081
90 76 12 TORASHA MILDY WILD 4100 -17 4938 78562
91 87 36 PETER NELSON THE OLD GREEN TRACTOR 4015 0 4016 525639
92 86 26 FAT CATS HEART ATTACK 3835 -7 4106 341077
93 91 25 JAMES BRADFORD FEVER ON THE DANCEFLOOR 3705 12 3300 166560
94 85 8 LADY STARLIGHT MAKE SOME NOISE 3690 -11 4156 66123
95 88 21 NASHVILLE RECORDS NASHVILLE ORIGINALS 3250 -12 3696 507560
96 90 15 MELODY BLUE MELODY BLUE 3208 -5 3388 60521
97 94 18 AMP AMP 2991 5 2847 70652
98 89 35 WILD BERGAMOT WILD BERGAMOT 2867 -16 3400 401789
99 92 37 AMY STEWART WITH LOVE 2832 -9 3100 320107
100 95 24 GOLDEN HOOK RECORDS NEW & NOW VOL. 1 2735 1 2702 519959
101 97 40 SAMANTHA MARQUEZ ONE OF THE BOYS 2700 7 2528 963942
102 96 33 CONNOR ASHLYNNE SMALL TOWN STAR 2330 -14 2695 223103
103 93 43 JUSTIN PRATT NEVER SAY NEVER 2260 -25 3001 611846
104 98 32 L'INCROYABLE MACHINE MERCI 2058 -11 2316 234626
105 105 15 EVERGREEN LOVE DON'T COST A THING 2033 15 1772 45239
106 100 25 CALEEDRA SUMMERS TERRA FIRMA 2001 0 1998 103283
107 99 39 PAPA JOE GOOD LIFE 1933 -13 2222 636385
108 104 25 CAGE ME INSIDE 16 CANDLES 1750 -5 1850 180329
109 102 37 ISABELLA DAY DIVA 1722 -8 1869 500176
110 103 30 CRYSTAL MARX JUST BROKEN 1695 -9 1866 232626
111 106 9 LISA CORRELL SHIELD 1692 3 1650 33618
112 107 17 ALYSSA CANDYLAND 1689 20 1409 64177
113 101 36 KATIE BROWNE THIS IS ME 1685 -14 1948 452549
114 109 36 MELANIE BROWN MELANIE BROWN 1243 -8 1348 574205
115 111 26 CURTIS BYRIANI HOLY DAYS 1222 1 1213 83614
116 108 41 MARIE JACKSON MY FOOLISH HEART 1220 -12 1385 619365
117 110 36 DANIELLE LEWIS LET GO 1085 -15 1272 339391
118 113 29 EMMA SMITH GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT 1070 -3 1098 277650
119 112 39 JEN ATKINSON JEN ATKINSON 1069 -5 1125 331841
120 115 35 JASON FRAZ JASON FRAZ 1025 1 1015 566597
121 114 30 BECKETT O'CONNOR THE STORM 1013 -4 1054 349018
122 116 40 SCOTTY DYNAMO SCOTTY DYNAMO 1009 0 1006 530691