Rapper Wale comes in at #2 with Ambition.
By Gil Kaufman
Justin Bieber in "Mistletoe"
Photo: Island Def Jam
<P>It's going to be a very Justin Christmas. <a href="/news/articles/1673955/justin-bieber-under-the-mistletoe-charts.jhtml">As predicted</a>, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/bieber_justin/artist.jhtml">Justin Bieber</a> will land his second #1 album in a row next week when his holiday disc, <a href="/news/articles/1672827/justin-bieber-under-the-mistletoe.jhtml"><I>Under the Mistletoe,</I></a> nabs the top spot on the <I>Billboard</I> 200. </p><div class="player-placeholder right" id="vid:700933" width="240" height="211"></div><p> And though in recent days he's been facing ongoing questions about the <a href="/news/articles/1673823/justin-bieber-paternity-test.jhtml">paternity suit</a> filed against him by a 20-year-old woman, Bieber has been promoting <I>Mistletoe</I> hard, which appears to have paid off with sales of 210,000 in its first week. That was more than enough to hold off the second effort from <a href="/news/articles/1673736/wale-ambition-attention-deficit-albums.jhtml">rapper Wale, <i>Ambition,</i></a> which will come in at #2 (164,000), according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan. Country singer <b>Miranda Lambert</b> is at #3 with <I>Four the Record</I> (133,000), edging out former "Britain's Got Talent" star <b>Susan Boyle</b>, whose second effort, <I>Someone to Watch Over Me,</I> scores a #4 bow thanks to 132,000 units moved. English act <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/florence_and_the_machine/artist.jhtml">Florence and the Machine</a> make it into the top 10 at #6 with <a href="/news/articles/1671810/florence-welch-billboard.jhtml"><I>Ceremonials</I></a> (105,000), while singer/actor <b>Tyrese</b> sneaks in at #9 with <I>Open Invitation</I> (76,000). The rest of the top 10: <a href="/news/articles/1673944/adele-throat-surgery-recovery.jhtml">Adele holds strong</a> at #5 (108,000), <b>Coldplay</b> fall six spots in week two to #7 as <I>Mylo Xyloto</I> sales dropped 77 percent to 104,000, <b>Michael Bublé</b> moved another 89,000 copies of <I>Christmas</I> (#8) and <b>Kelly Clarkson</b> falls eight spots to #10 in her second week with <I>Stronger,</I> which slipped 69 percent on sales of 51,000. Just outside the top 10, long-running metal act <b>Megadeth</b> come in at #11 with <I>Th1rt3en</I> (42,000), teen singer <b>Jackie Evancho</b> is at #16 with <I>Heavenly Christmas</I> (27,000) and Blink-182 offshoot <b>Angels & Airwaves</b> sneak in at #30 with <I>Love, Part Two</I> (16,000). Further down the line, a remastered version of <b>U2</b>'s <I>Achtung Baby</I> lands at #35 (13,000), just barely ahead of the much-derided <b>Lou Reed</b> and <b>Metallica</b> album, <I>Lulu</I> (#36, 13,000). Over on the iTunes charts, Wale wins the digital-album sales war, taking the #1 position over Bieber, with Florence and the Machine, Coldplay, Lambert and Adele coming in behind. Rounding out the albums list are Angels & Airwaves, Bublé, Tyrese and Clarkson. <b>Rihanna</b> lords over the iTunes singles chart with "We Found Love," followed by <b>LMFAO</b>'s "Sexy and I Know It," Adele's "Someone Like You," <b>Flo Rida</b>'s "Good Feeling," <b>David Guetta</b>'s "Without You" and <b>Foster the People</b>'s "Pumped Up Kicks." <b>Maroon 5</b>'s summer smash, "Moves Like Jagger," holds on at #7, beating out <b>T-Pain</b>'s "5 O'Clock," <b>Gym Class Heroes</b>' "Stereo Hearts" and <b>Bruno Mars</b>' "It Will Rain." We will see how strong <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/mac_miller/artist.jhtml">Mac Miller</a>'s pull is next week when his major-label debut, <a href="/news/articles/1673961/mac-miller-blue-slide-park-album.jhtml"><I>Blue Slide Park,</I></a> hits the charts, along with the <I>Now 40</I> collection and the "Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" soundtrack. <div style="background-color:#000000;width:460px;"><div style="padding:4px;"><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:702340/cp~id%3D1672718%26vid%3D702340%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A702340" width="460" height="268" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="." flashVars=""></embed></div></div></p>
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