Blog: Neon Limelight

While Zac Brown Band claims the No. 1 spot this week with their new album, it's the artist at No. 2 that is the real chart story. As expected, Frank Ocean 's critically-acclaimed new album "channel ORANGE" debuts at the runner-up position with 131,000 copies sold in its first week out according to Nielsen SoundScan as reported by Billboard.com. The album's final tally is higher than predicted-industry insiders expected the set to sell between 110,000 to 125,000 copies. Ocean's strong debut is made even more impressive by the fact that it was achieved with mostly iTunes sales. [...]