Maroon 5 & Meghan Trainor Top The Charts

After weeks of surging up the Billboard Hot 100, Meghan Trainor has taken the #1 spot with her platinum track, ‘All About That Bass’. After Taylor Swift‘s 2 week  reign for ‘Shake It Off’, ‘All About That Bass’ takes over the spot after spending 9 weeks on the chart. She’s also released new music as well with her EP, Title. Of course her smash is featured along with three other tracks. That review will come soon.

Elsewhere on the Hot 100 Nicki Minaj’s, ‘Anaconda’ sits tight at #3 with another track of hers ‘Bang Bang’ (with Jessie J & Ariana Grande) in at #4. Holding the 5th slot is Iggy Azalea’s, ‘Black Widow’ featuring Rita Ora. In at #6 is Sam Smith’s, ‘Stay With Me’, which is followed by previous #1 spot ‘Rude’ (Magic!). Ariana Grande’s, ‘Break Free’, remains on the Hot 100 in at #8, with Maroon 5’s ‘Maps‘ moving back into the top 10. Closing out is Sia’s, ‘Chandelier’,in at #10.

Over on the Billboard 200 Maroon 5 scores their 2nd #1 album with their 5th studio album, V (CLICK HERE for review). The album sold 164,000 copies in its first week making sales less than its previous effort, Overexposed. 

In at #2 is Young Jeezy’s latest album, Seen It All: The Autobiography, with 121,000 copies sold. For 3-10:

• #3 – Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack
• #4 – Ariana Grande, My Everything
• #5 – Bob Marley, Legend
• #6 – Counting Crows, Somewhere Under Wonderland
• #7 – Frozen soundtrack
• #8 – Sam Smith, In The Lonely Hour 
• #9 – Now 51
• #10 – Wiz Khalifa, Blacc Hollywood 

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