Selena Tops Billboard Album Chart for 1st time

American pop singer Selena Gomez topped the Billboard 200 album chart for the first time, besting rapper Jay-Z and the soundtrack to “Teen Beach Movie.” Backed by her hit single “Come & Get It,” 21-year-old Gomez’s fourth studio album, “Stars Dance,” sold 97,000 in the past week.
Jay-Z, whose album “Magna Carta Holy Grail” topped the chart for two weeks, fell to No. 2, selling 77,000 copies. The soundtrack to “Teen Beach Movie,” a Disney Channel film, rose to No. 3 from No. 8 with 57,000 in sales during the week.
Compilation album “Kidz Bop 24” of children singing pop hits fell one spot to No. 4, selling 39,000 copies, and Latin pop singer Marc Anthony’s Spanish-language album “3.0” debuted at No. 5, selling slightly fewer than 39,000 copies.