Reuters
LOS ANGELES-Hip hop artist ScHoolboy Q knocked Disney’s juggernaut soundtrack “Frozen” from the top spot of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday.
“Oxymoron,” the third studio album from ScHoolboy Q and the first to be released through a major label, Universal Music Group’s Interscope Records, sold 139,000 copies in its first week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. The “Frozen” soundtrack, which features the hit Oscar-winning song “Let It Go” and previously topped the Billboard chart for five non-consecutive weeks, dropped to No. 2 this week with 91,000 copies.
The Walt Disney Co film still performs strongly at the global box office, recently crossing the $1 billion mark in ticket sales worldwide.
ScHoolboy Q led six new entries in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart this week. Los Angeles alt-rocker Beck landed at No. 3 with his latest studio album “Morning Phase.”