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1. How ‘1989’ Edged Out ‘Frozen’ as the No. 1 Album of
2014, and Vice Versa
Richard Aquilone

2. • What do you think was the most popular album of 2014? The answer
depends on who you ask and what number they count.
• If you are a traditionalist, Taylor Swift’s “1989,” which has sold over
3.5 million copies in the US in formats like CDs and downloads,
which just beat Disney’s “Frozen” soundtrack, which sold 3.53 million
copies.
• But when you include streaming services such as YouTube and
Spotify changes the outlook. Under this view, “Frozen” was
consumed in 4.47 million “album equivalent units,” a new
measurement which was introduced late last year by Billboard and
SoundScan. By this method, “1989”, came in at 4.40 million.
• “There is definitely a consumer shift, as the digital consumer seems
to be moving away from downloads and toward streaming in massive
amounts,” said David Bakula, an analyst at Nielsen.