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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Singer-songwriter Sia snags first No. 1 on U.S. Billboard chart

Sia performs at the DNC LGBT gala in New York City Singer-songwriter Sia, the writing talent behind several pop hits, on Wednesday grabbed her own No. 1 spot on the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 chart for the first time with the album "1,000 Forms of Fear," according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. British singer-songwriter Sam Smith retained his No. 3 spot with "In the Lonely Hour" selling 42,000 copies, while last week's No. 1 artist Trey Songz dropped to fourth place as "Trigga" sold 35,000 copies, around a third of the 105,000 sold in its debut week. Another British singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran, came in at No. 5 with 35,000 copies of "x" sold in its third week after debuting at No. 1. Total album sales for the week ended July 13 were 4.1 million, a 19 percent decline from the same week last year, Billboard said.




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