Chris Willman Music WriterDemi Lovato wasn’t just dancing with the devil; she was dancing with the top spot on the album chart, as her new release had a late surge of support and nearly toppled Justin Bieber from atop the rankings.
Lovato’s “Dancing With the Devil… The Art of Starting Over” bowed at No. 2 with 68,600 album units, not too far behind the 69,800 for Bieber’s album.Lovato’s win came on the strength more of her album sales than her streams, suggesting a concentrated turnout of mega-fans for her project’s first week.
She had 37,000 full-album sales and 34.4 million song streams in week one. By comparison, Bieber appears to be all but done selling albums in his third week; he sold only 4,300 ones during the period.
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