Billboard 200 Chart Moves: 'A Pentatonix Christmas' Hits Half-Million in U.S. Sales

Oke News-On the latest Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Dec. 24), the-all star compilation set The Hamilton Mixtape debuted at No. 1 with 187,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 8, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 169,000 were in traditional album sales -- the biggest sales week for a compilation album since 2012, when the GOOD Music Cruel Summer set bowed with 205,000 sold.

Gilbert Carrasquillo

To compare, earlier in 2016, Fox’s Grease Live! bowed with 9,000 sold (and has sold 25,000 total). Before that, NBC’s previous live music production, The Wiz, launched with 6,000 sold back in December 2015 (19,000 sold to date). Peter Pan was a misfire, selling just 4,000 in total, after launching with 1,000 sold in its first week. The Sound of Music (bolstered by Carrie Underwood in its lead role) remains the biggest seller of the bunch, with 122,000 sold (38,000 in its first week!).

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