Maroon 5 and Jeezy Revitalize Billboard 200 with New Releases, Bob Marley Finds Way into Top Five

After the all-time low sales week that occurred two weeks ago, we've been a little nervous when it comes to writing the Billboard 200 Top 10 sales roundup. Things seem to be going okay now as a pair of two big debuts top this week's chart.

Maroon 5 comes out on top in a battle with Jeezy, earning its second no. 1 finish. The pop rock band's album V sold 164,000 copies. That's far from its best effort ever but nonetheless it's good enough for the band's first no. 1 finish since 2007. Seen It All: The Autobiography sold 121,000 for Jeezy, which is a relatively huge drop off from his 2012 release, which moved nearly twice as many copies. The rapper has yet to score a no. 1 debut.

Awesome Mix Vol. 1 from Guardians of The Galaxy saw a slight sales rebound as it moved 53,000 copies and bounced back to no. 3 on this week's chart. That's enough to pass Ariana Grande and My Everything, which falls to no. 4 in its second week with 42,000 copies sold.

Music Times reported earlier this week that Bob Marley would be returning to the Top 10 for the first time since 1976 with his Legend greatest hits collection but we had no idea he'd make it all the way to no. 5. The album benefitted from a 99 cent sale on Google Play, which allowed the album to sell 41,000 copies and jump from no. 100 to the Top 5.

Counting Crows brings the last new debut to the Top 10 this week, as its Somewhere Under Wonderland allows the group to return to the Top 10 for the first time since 2008. The album sold 32,000 copies.

The rest of the Top 10 is made up of old names. Frozen remains on the list of course, selling another 30,000 copies and settling at no. 7. Sam Smith and In The Lonely Hour spends its 12th week on the chart, moving a few less than 30,000 and taking no. 8. Now 51 remains on the charts for at least one more week, selling 28,000 copies and taking no. 9. Wiz Khalifa will most likely see Blacc Hollywood's run in the Top 10 end at three weeks as the album barely kept the no. 10 place this week after moving 20,000 units.

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Maroon 5, Jeezy, Ariana Grande, Bob Marley, Sam Smith, Wiz Khalifa