Billboard 200 (1/14/12)

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Anna Thomas Claims Best Selling Album Ever

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Pop superstar Anna Thomas' debut album "In the Zone" becomes the best selling album in history this week. "In the Zone" moves 9-7 with 38,000 (down 66%) bringing its total sales to 3,460,000 copies. This eclipses the sales of Jake Sutherland's self-titled debut of 3,450,000, the former best selling album. Sutherland moves 18-20 (19,000; down 57%) with "Jake Sutherland".

"In the Zone" propelled to Thomas to pop superstardom. It became the first album to spawn three No. 1 hits ("Hold It Against Me", "Not to Love You", and "Get Back"). Thomas also embarked on a successful world tour in 2011 and released a remix album "In the Remix" in November. To date, "In the Remix" has sold 99,000 copies making it the best selling remix album of all time.

Young Trev's "Capital Punishment" moves up a spot this week to reclaim the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200, selling 192,000 copies in its third week according to Nielsen SoundScan. Sales were down 49% in the the tracking week that concluded on January 1.

Last week's chart leader "Merry", the holiday set by British singer-songwriter Kate McGill descended 1-15 (22,000; down 95%). McGill led a group of holiday albums that collapsed in sales after Christmas had past: Justin Pratt's "Merry Christmas" dropped 11-51 (8,000; down 93%), Nashville's "A Nashville Christmas" fell 7-54 (7,000; down 94%), and Ozark Sunset's "Christmas in the Country" declined 6-64 (6,000; down 96%).

Quartzite rapper Mr. Whiz rose 3-2 with 89,000 (down 56%), Radioactive's "Nothing But Dust" moved 5-3 with 70,000 (down 52%) and Nate Nash's "Words I Couldn't Say" held at No. 4 with 63,000 (down 63%). Hayley Dunn's "Beautiful Nightmare" rounded out the top five moving 8-5 (59,000; down 51%). Kyle Carter's "Yellow" leads the Country album charts and moves 10-6 on the chart (54,000; down 50%).

DeRinna Davis and Ryan Cohen returned to the top ten with "Lasting Impressions" at No. 8 (29,000; down 58%) and "Falling to Pieces" at No. 10 (26,000; down 35%). Marley Groves made his first appearance in the top ten of the Billboard 200 with his debut album "Paper Planes". The set rose 16-9 in its 25th week with 29,000 (down 38%).

The current top ten best selling albums of all time are:

1. Anna Thomas, "In the Zone" 3,460,000
2. Jake Sutherland, "Jake Sutherland" 3,450,000
3. Nate Nash, "Words I Couldn't Say" 2,878,000
4. Radioactive, "Nothing But Dust", 2,795,000
5. Kyle Carter, "Yellow" 2,793,000
6. Slim Shady, "Mastermind" 2,437,000
7. Shawn Davies, "Things That Matter" 2,046,000
8. Serena, "Breakthrough" 2,043,000
9. Hayley Dunn, "Beautiful Nightmare 1,866,000
10. Lady Dee, "Delicious" 1,813,000

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2 3 4 MR. WHIZ DOMINATION 89341 -56 201103 1330460
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5 8 15 HAYLEY DUNN BEAUTIFUL NIGHTMARE 58821 -51 121164 1866322
6 10 37 KYLE CARTER YELLOW 54192 -50 108315 2793476
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11 19 3 ALEX WEST HELLO 25358 -42 44001 117654
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31 37 34 ASHLEY ROBERTS DIRTY LAUNDRY 12648 -50 25500 710815
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80 92 16 KATIE DAVIS SHOUT IT OUT 3547 -40 5922 300380
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83 76 14 WINSTON BARRETT VOICES 3425 -58 8231 338913
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87 91 20 ICUBE HOLLYWOOD 3199 -48 6103 274465
88 81 13 BRITTANY BRIMONE BRITTANY BRIMONE 3168 -59 7727 118801
89 104 18 EVERGREEN LOVE DON'T COST A THING 2697 -40 4516 55147
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92 93 34 THE SAVAGES RATHER HURT (THAN FEEL NOTHING AT ALL) 2583 -55 5690 229891
93 87 36 A HIGH LOW LOOKING DOWN ON THE SKY 2577 -63 6910 428421
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101 95 29 FAT CATS HEART ATTACK 2244 -60 5555 353120
102 105 35 L'INCROYABLE MACHINE MERCI 2225 -50 4444 244429
103 109 20 ALYSSA CANDYLAND 2130 -46 3950 73110
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105 108 21 AMP AMP 2096 -49 4140 80034
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112 110 36 CONNOR ASHLYNNE SMALL TOWN STAR 1605 -56 3650 231049
113 78 46 JUSTIN PRATT NEVER SAY NEVER 1528 -81 8054 625345
114 117 28 CAGE ME INSIDE 16 CANDLES 1459 -39 2391 186472
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117 114 33 CRYSTAL MARX JUST BROKEN 1400 -49 2771 238799
118 118 32 EMMA SMITH GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT 1302 -44 2318 282470
119 115 42 JEN ATKINSON JEN ATKINSON 1235 -54 2692 337455
120 119 43 SCOTTY DYNAMO SCOTTY DYNAMO 1035 -54 2248 535321
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123 125 39 DANIELLE LEWIS LET GO 835 -51 1690 343172
124 122 38 JASON FRAZ JASON FRAZ 811 -59 1985 570624
125 121 33 BECKETT O'CONNOR THE STORM 556 -72 2001 352735