Frozen's a juggernaut; Shakira and Johnny Cash can't stop Billboard 200's top-selling album

A cult character from the X-Men universe is villain Juggernaut, who gained a huge audience among non-comic book fans for his line "I'm the Juggernaut, b---h" during X-Men: The Last Stand. The Billboard 200 is dealing with an unstoppable force of its own, in the form of the Frozen soundtrack.

Frozen: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack continued its dominance of the top spot on the charts as the album sold another 161,000 copies last week. That brings the album's total sales for 2014 up to 1.5 million, nearly a million more than no. 2 (Beyoncé's self-titled album). It was Frozen's eighth week at no. 1. We'll see if it can pull a ninth week.

Shakira comes in at no. 2 with her own self-titled album, the first of seven albums to debut within the Top 10 this week. Shakira moved 84,000 copies, making it the songstress's highest charting album ever, if not her highest-selling debut. Johnny Cash's new collection, Out Among The Stars, debuts with 54,000 copies sold (although we highly recommend you check it out).

The third act debuting in the Top 10 this week is a bit more of a surprise. Rock band Memphis May Fire comes in at no. 4 by selling 27,000 copies of its album Unconditional. That's a 9,000 album sales boost from its last record. Pharrell Williams and G I R L gain one spot despite seeing a slight decrease in sales (an indication of this week's low sales total overall). The album moved an additional 25,000 copies in its fourth week.

Erica Campbell, a member of gospel group Mary Mary, debuts at no. 6. The performer's first solo album, Help, debuted with 23,000 copies sold. That's a higher chart spot than any of her previous group's albums were able to grab. YG sticks around for at least one more week, as his My Krazy Life sold just less than 23,000 in its second week.

Perhaps another indicator of last week's slow sales was Barry Manilow's debut at no. 8 with Night Songs. Its the performer's 14th Top 10 debut, but the first ten occurred between 1975 and '79. Regardless, the album moved 22,000 copies. My Chemical Romance scraped together 15 "hits" and added four new tracks for its greatest hits package May Death Never Stop You, which came in at no. 9 with 20,000 albums sold.

Lorde just barely stuck around this week as Pure Heroine rounded off the list with just less than 20,000 copies sold.

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Frozen, Shakira, Johnny Cash, Pharrell Williams, Erica Campbell, YG, Barry Manilow, My Chemical Romance, Lorde