Album Sweep: December 21, 2013 - Part Two...

Part two of this week's 'album sweep' is up, sampling the records making their way on to the Top 200 Albums chart in Billboard magazine. You can check out the first half by clicking here, and as before I've included highlighted links to buy anything if possible.

The fourth volume of Christmas music from the cast of Glee sleighs in at #105. Their first two holiday sets made the top-ten, with the first reaching #3 in 2010...

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My favorite holiday album of the year so far, Leona Lewis' Christmas, With Love, arrives at #113. Her debut album Spirit topped the album chart in 2007...

British modern prog-rock band Muse enters at #115 with their second concert album Live At Rome Olympic Stadium. Their first, HAARP, went to #46 in 2010...

The repackaged Kidz Bop Christmas album by Razor & Tie Records lands at #143...

Indie-folk duo The Civil Wars come in at #148 with their Bare Bones EP. It's their second to reach the chart; their VH1 Unplugged set went to #34 at the beginning of the year..

The Sons Of Anarchy: Songs Of Anarchy Volume 3 collection rides in at #185. It contains tracks from Leonard Cohen, cast member Katey Sagal, and more...

Irish indie-folk singer/songwriter Glen Hansard, one of the musical forces behind the film and musical Once, is in at #188 with his Drive All Night EP. His debut album Rhythm & Repose went to #21 last year...

Country singer Martina McBride enters at #190 with The Classic Christmas Album, which is mostly a re-release of her White Christmas album, which went to #64 in 1998...

The final entry of the week is another holiday collection as The Classic Christmas Album by the late Andy Williams comes in at #191. His The New Andy Williams Christmas Album went to #137 in 1994...

That does it for the second round of the newbies...out of this nine the three I'd pick first are the Leona Lewis, Glen Hansard, and Muse records...