This week, the late Whitney Houston becomes the first woman to place three albums in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart at the same time.
“Whitney: the Greatest Hits” holds at No. 2 with 174,000 (down less than 1% according to Nielsen SoundScan), “The Bodyguard” soundtrack jumps 38-6 (47,000; up 176%) and “Whitney Houston” motors 37-9 (30,000; up 72%).
She’s also found at No. 16 (“I Look to You,” 19,000; up 109%), No. 30 (“My Love Is Your Love,” 15,000; up 312%), No. 39 (“I’m Your Baby Tonight,” 13,000; up 262%), No. 105 (“The Preacher’s Wife,” 5,000; down 30%), No. 126 (“Just Whitney,” 4,000; up 57%), No. 133 (“Whitney,” 4,000; down 43%). One more title is at No. 73. It’s a three-CD bundle of “Baby,” “My Love” and “Just Whitney.” It sold 7,000 (up 423%).
HOUSTON’S ALBUM SALES CLIMB
In total, for the week ending Feb. 26, Houston’s albums sold 320,000 (up up 29% compared to the previous week’s haul of 247,000). She also sold 373,000 tracks this week — down 75% compared to the week previous (1.5 million). Since her death, she has sold 668,000 albums and 2.76 million tracks.
As physical stock of Houston’s albums are finally reaching retail outlets, we see some of those older catalog sets make moves up the list. Since her death on Feb. 11, the bulk of her album sales have come from digital downloads, as most retailers didn’t have physical copies of her albums on-hand.
This past week, downloads made up 8.4% of her total album sales. That’s a steep drop from her digital share the week previous, when downloads were 54% of her overall album sum.
2. Snooki–Why I Lied About My Pregnancy
Snooki was LYING FOR TWO when she denied pregnancy rumors earlier this month … but sources tell TMZ the “Jersey Shore” star had a damn good reason — she didn’t want to jinx herself.
Sources close to the MTV star tell us … Snooks WAS already pregnant when she went on Sirius/XM radio on Feb. 1st and told everyone she was OUTRAGED by the suggestion that she had preggo belly.
But we’re told Snooki is taking the situation very seriously … especially the taboo about revealing the pregnancy before the 3rd month.
Now, it seems Snooki has crossed the 3-month threshold … and an official announcement could come any moment.
