Billboard 200 (3/3/12)

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Radioactive Surge After Grammy Wins

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After winning four Grammy Awards on Sunday night -- including Album of the Year and Song of the Year -- Radioactive's album sales continued to explode. The band's debut effort "Nothing But Dust" rose 81%, selling 511,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. This was easily enough for the band to land at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts, posting the fifth best sales week of all time and the best non-release week ever for an album.

Radioactive's "Nothing But Dust" also becomes the best selling album of all time this week. The set has moved 3,801,000 copies since its release in May 2011, exploding past the former best selling album, Anna Thomas' "In the Zone". "In the Zone" has sold 3,605,000 copies to date.

The top ten was full of albums that benefitted from Grammy exposure: the "2012 Grammy Nominees" compilation at No. 2 (95,000; up 197%), Kyle Carter's "Yellow" at No. 3 (85,000; up 60%), The Kellies' "Picture Perfect" at No. 6 (50,000; up 40%), Marley Groves' "Paper Planes" at No. 7 (48,000; up 37%) and Billie Jones' "Welcome to Me" at No. 8 (46,000; up 49%).

Samantha Marquez saw the biggest percentage increase after winning two Grammy Awards for her debut single "Whataya Want From Me" and her closing performance of the former song and new single "Let Me Down". Her debut set "One of the Boys" moved 35-10 with 41,000 sold (up 384%). The album reached the 1 million sales threshold this week.

Anna Thomas' live album "Get In the Zone: World Tour Live" was the sole debut this week at No. 4 on the chart. The live set moved 83,000 copies in its first week.

Also in the top ten were Young Trev's "Capital Punishment" down 3-5 with 72,000 (down 4%) and Mr. Whiz's "Domination" which fell 5-9 with 45,000 (up 7%).

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1 1 42 RADIOACTIVE NOTHING BUT DUST 511019 81 283500 3801386
2 10 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES 95100 197 31969 210930
3 4 44 KYLE CARTER YELLOW 85263 60 53289 3133065
4 -- 1 ANNA THOMAS GET IN THE ZONE: WORLD TOUR LIVE 83106 999 0 83106
5 3 10 YOUNG TREV CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 71658 -4 75008 2230545
6 7 24 THE KELLIES PICTURE PERFECT 50396 40 35880 337933
7 8 32 MARLEY GROVES PAPER PLANES 48231 37 35221 656653
8 11 37 BILLIE JONES WELCOME TO ME 45877 49 30834 1303995
9 5 11 MR. WHIZ DOMINATION 45157 7 42157 1636905
10 35 50 SAMANTHA MARQUEZ ONE OF THE BOYS 40806 384 8436 1034279
11 18 54 JAKE SUTHERLAND JAKE SUTHERLAND 36016 140 15016 3538789
12 15 55 ANNA THOMAS IN THE ZONE 35188 95 18003 3605195
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38 30 12 THE KLIQ THE KLIQ 8260 -16 9836 108557
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44 41 27 CORE FOUR CORE FOUR 6958 -13 7960 1049629
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53 52 17 DEAD LETTERS THIS IS A WARNING 6129 0 6122 444464
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57 69 37 SAM TSUI POPTARTS & LOVE SONGS 5888 34 4397 1025738
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60 53 11 MILTON JUNCTION UNDER FIRE 5347 -11 6006 255246
61 58 39 BEAUTY ATE THE BEAST CANNIBAL HEARTS 5276 -2 5388 637928
62 55 51 RACHEL SIMPSON I AM… RACHEL SIMPSON 5220 -5 5500 1410765
63 60 36 FAHRENHEIT 451 BURN 5197 1 5121 544744
64 62 34 BETWEEN INSECTS & ANGELS BETWEEN INSECTS & ANGELS 5122 1 5050 350575
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66 54 11 AURORA PERFECTLY FLAWED 4956 -10 5500 219317
67 68 28 JACKSON PRICE ABNORMALITY 4600 4 4440 347843
68 73 37 FAMOUS MISSION STATEMENTS DEFINE WHO YOU ARE 4566 11 4100 574888
69 64 15 ADAM ALEXANDER THE DEFAMATION 4499 -7 4831 277745
70 66 45 WILD BERGAMOT WILD BERGAMOT 4440 -1 4483 435187
71 65 19 LISA CORRELL SHIELD 4427 -3 4581 66925
72 56 11 ROBYN DRAMA QUEEN 4381 -19 5405 93474
73 45 5 CAGE ME INSIDE CMI 4344 -36 6805 69609
74 67 13 GREG WHITE AT WORLD'S END 4218 -5 4443 178308
75 74 55 THE RECKLESS HALLELUJAH 4212 8 3896 897733
76 72 33 THORN WASTELAND 4188 2 4121 384835
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79 75 10 ALEX WEST HELLO 3300 -10 3669 159637
80 90 9 JAMES BRADFORD REMIX 3300 94 1697 35944
81 76 27 ALYSSA CANDYLAND 3133 -13 3594 92790
82 78 14 GISELLE INTUITION 3105 -11 3491 193968
83 79 33 YOUNG TREV THE THRILL 2987 -14 3458 945307
84 80 11 DERINNA DAVIS LASTING IMPRESSIONS 2958 -11 3330 346410
85 81 47 THIRD STRIKE SHACKLES & CHAINS 2941 2 2885 817970
86 84 43 A HIGH LOW LOOKING DOWN ON THE SKY 2690 12 2401 444557
87 85 43 CONNOR ASHLYNNE SMALL TOWN STAR 2671 18 2260 244727
88 107 52 JENNIFER ANDREWS SMALL TOWN GIRL 2385 97 1211 939482
89 82 47 AMY STEWART WITH LOVE 2330 -7 2502 341057
90 101 31 NASHVILLE RECORDS NASHVILLE ORIGINALS 2251 61 1396 546295
91 83 18 LADY STARLIGHT MAKE SOME NOISE 2220 -8 2418 95090
92 106 40 BUDDY LUKE RHYTHM, BLUES, AND SWINGIN' TUNES 2110 74 1215 292375
93 86 17 BECKETT O'CONNOR THE RECOVERY 2105 0 2100 345317
94 91 13 ANNA THOMAS IN THE REMIX 2031 23 1650 115272
95 87 13 PATRICIA VELASQUEZ SENSUAL 1926 0 1921 77941
96 99 42 L'INCROYABLE MACHINE MERCI 1827 27 1438 254394
97 88 21 WINSTON BARRETT VOICES 1743 -8 1885 353433
98 98 36 FAT CATS HEART ATTACK 1600 11 1439 364039
99 97 28 AMP AMP 1592 11 1440 90361
100 89 35 CALEEDRA SUMMERS TERRA FIRMA 1577 -13 1813 120661
101 95 46 MR. WHIZ THE WHIZ BEATZ 1521 2 1497 984638
102 92 26 JESSICA KING JESSICA KING 1496 -6 1590 215296
103 94 27 H(ED)BRID SYMBOLS 1483 -4 1551 129852
104 93 23 KATIE DAVIS SHOUT IT OUT 1477 -6 1569 314990
105 105 22 TORASHA MILDY WILD 1469 14 1285 99059
106 102 38 EPIC COLLAPSE THIS IS REAL 1369 -1 1385 248499
107 104 25 MELODY BLUE MELODY BLUE 1330 2 1299 77052
108 109 41 THE SAVAGES RATHER HURT (THAN FEEL NOTHING AT ALL) 1305 22 1069 239140
109 103 39 EMMA SMITH GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT 1288 -2 1310 291109
110 96 47 ISABELLA DAY DIVA 1221 -16 1452 522470
111 108 29 FIONA HARRIS DEVIL IN ME 1092 -1 1099 202446
112 110 21 ALEX TRISCO GROWNING PAINS 1069 1 1056 117739
113 111 36 CURTIS BYRIANI HOLY DAYS 1011 0 1015 96195