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"Pitch Perfect 2" poster.Universal Studios by [Keith Caulfield / Billboard](https://time.com/author/billboard/) ## Keith Caulfield / Billboard Contributor May 21, 2015 2:00 PM UTC The _Pitch Perfect 2_ soundtrack sings out at No. 1 on the [Billboard 200](http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200) albums chart, as the set debuts atop the list. The album, which was released on May 12 through Universal Music Enterprises, moved 107,000 units in the week ending May 17, according to Nielsen Music. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on [multi-metric consumption](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6320099/billboard-200-makeover-streams-digital-tracks), which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). _Pitch Perfect 2_ is the third soundtrack to reach No. 1 in 2015, following the companion albums from Fox TV’s _Empire_ series and the theatrical film _Furious 7_. That’s the most No. 1 soundtracks in a calendar year since 2010, when three _Glee_ albums topped the list. Of _Pitch Perfect 2’s_ launch, traditional album sales comprised 92,000 units, and the set also debuts at No. 1 on the [Top Album Sales chart.](https://www.billboard.com/charts/top-album-sales) The _Pitch Perfect 2_ film and album follows the first movie and its corresponding soundtrack, which were released in 2012\. The new film was released in theaters on May 15. _Pitch Perfect 2_ earned $70.3 million at the U.S. and Canada box office in its debut weekend (May 15-17), according to [Box Office Mojo](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pitchperfect2.htm) — out-grossing the entire domestic run of the first _Pitch Perfect_ ($65 million). The first film’s soundtrack peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and has sold 1.2 million copies. The _Pitch Perfect_ soundtrack spawned the fluke hit single “Cups,” performed by the star of both films, Anna Kendrick. The tune peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has sold 2.1 million downloads. Last week’s No. 1 album, [Mumford & Sons](https://www.billboard.com/artist/311935/mumford-sons/chart)’ _Wilder Mind_, slips to No. 2 in its second chart week with 58,000 units (down 77 percent). The _Fifty Shades of Grey_ soundtrack scoots 6-3 with 48,000 units (down 8 percent). [David Guetta](http://www.billboard.com/artist/300445/david+guetta/chart)’s _Listen_ album zooms into the top 10, jumping from No. 30 to No. 4 — a new peak for the album and artist — with 43,000 units (up 198 percent), as the album was deeply discounted to 99 cents in the Google Play store during the tracking week. _Listen_ sold 29,000 downloads (up 2,136 percent), re-entering at No. 2 on the [Digital Albums chart.](https://www.billboard.com/charts/digital-albums) The album initially debuted and peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 dated Dec. 13, 2014\. Guetta’s previous chart high came when his _Nothing But the Beat_ album debuted and peaked at No. 5 on Sept. 7, 2011. The _Furious 7_ soundtrack climbs 7-5 with 41,000 units (down 12 percent). Three soundtracks — _Pitch Perfect 2_, _Fifty Shades of Grey_ and _Furious 7_ — are in the top five. That’s the most soundtracks in the top five in a single week since the Sept. 8, 2007-dated chart, when _High School Musical 2_ was No. 1, _Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus_ was No. 3, and _Hairspray_ was No. 4. Rock band [Incubus](http://www.billboard.com/artist/303773/incubus/chart) is the second and final debut in the latest top 10, as its new EP _Trust Fall (Side A)_ bows at No. 6 with 40,000 units. It’s the sixth top 10 album for the group, which last visited the top 10 in 2011 with _If Not Now, When?_ _It_debuted and peaked at No. 2, selling 80,000 copies in its first week. Rounding out the top 10… Zac Brown Band’s former No. 1, _Jekyll + Hyde_, slips 5-7 with 39,000 units (down 41 percent). Josh Groban’s _Stages_ descends 2-8 with 38,000 (down 62 percent). Taylor Swift’s _1989_ holds steady at No. 9 with 37,000 (and a 3 percent gain). Sam Smith’s _In the Lonely Hour_ falls 8-10 with 36,000 (down 8 percent). _This_ [_article_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6568927/pitch-perfect-2-soundtrack-debuts-no-1-billboard-200) _originally appeared on_ [_Billboard.com_](http://www.billboard.com)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3892231/pitch-perfect-2-soundtrack-billboard/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3892231/pitch-perfect-2-soundtrack-billboard/"},"headline":"Pitch Perfect 2 Soundtrack Debuts Atop Billboard 200","datePublished":"2015-05-21T14:00:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:59:11.240Z","description":"Pitch Perfect 2 is the third soundtrack to reach No. 1 in 2015","url":"https://time.com/3892231/pitch-perfect-2-soundtrack-billboard/","keywords":["movies","Music","Pitch Perfect 2"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7abc443b9b2924b6/6988511ce20a878ca7a8b73d/942909_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Keith Caulfield / Billboard"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7abc443b9b2924b6/6988511ce20a878ca7a8b73d/942909_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"pitch-perfect-2-poster","caption":"pitch-perfect-2-poster","creditText":"Universal Studios","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3892231/pitch-perfect-2-soundtrack-billboard/","name":"Pitch Perfect 2 Soundtrack Debuts Atop Billboard 200"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"10 Most Iconic Movie Props Ever Sold","description":"With Premiere Props Hollywood Auction Extravaganza XIII set to sell some impressive Hollywood memorabilia, TIME looks back on how much some of the most iconic movie props have fetched.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/6TcJ3ReX/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-03-21T23:59:31.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6TcJ3ReX.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3892231/pitch-perfect-2-soundtrack-billboard/","duration":"PT2M48S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3892231/pitch-perfect-2-soundtrack-billboard/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```