Four times of 'Christmas' on chart

Despite overall album sales that have been more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho since the Christmas sales season neared its conclusion, Michael Buble's "Christmas" continued to be put at No. 1 round the U.S. album chart now, commanding the very best chart for just about any fourth consecutive week. Crooner's Warner Bros. holiday set needed a 7% dip but nevertheless commanded sales of 448,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan data for your week ended 12 ,. 18. Yule package has totalled 1.96 million copies in eight days. Buble's album was almost the lone vibrant place in the comparatively flat December album market. While music shopping typically booms inside the immediate pre-Christmas and publish-Christmas days, the possible lack of truly potent new game game titles could erase the threePercent grow in album sales the biz observed using the finish of October. Just two other albums offered greater than 100,000 copies the other day, with no new releases developing a top-10 impression. Inching up one slot to No. 2, Adele's "21" (Columbia) leaped 48% and offered 277,000 within the 43rd chart week -- likely sparked with the fresh single "Set Fire for the Rain." Justin Bieber's "Beneath the Mistletoe" (Island) rose one pole to No. 3 with 171,000 moved (up 8%). Through the pre-Christmas stanza this season, seven albums, introduced by Taylor Swift's "Speak Now," offered a lot more than 100,000 copies. No such hurry is on view this year, though most game game titles round the chart observed percentage gains. Previous week's major entry, Akron duo the Black Keys' "El Camino," slips two positions to No. 4, selling 85,000 (lower 59%). 5 Best is completed by Lady Antebellum's "Own the Evening," which rose 10 slots and 60% to No. 5 by getting an 81,000-copy week, climbing behind a couple of high-profile TV looks. Rounding the very best ten are Nickelback's "PresentInch (No. 6, 80,000 offered, up 22%), Drake's "Be MindfulInch (No. 7, 77,000, up 5%), Andrea Bocelli's "Concerto: Live in Central Park" (No. 8, 76,000 offered, off 3%), Scotty McCreery's "Apparent as Day" (No. 9, 67,000, up 29%) and Amy Winehouse's "Lioness: Hidden Treasures" (No. 10, 65,000, off 43%). Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com