Elle Varner’s ‘Perfectly Imperfect’ album cover.

Elle Varner’s promotional efforts have resulted in an unexpected yet welcome high ranking of her ‘Perfectly Imperfect’ album on the US charts. In fact, the LP has locked a position in the top 5 of the Billboard 200 with sales exceeding initial expectations.

‘Perfectly Imperfect’ sold over 33K copies and debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200. Varner scored the second highest opening sales of any release in the US this week, behind only ‘Now 43′, which topped the Billboard 200 with 111K copies sold (the 16th chart-topper from the ‘Now That’s What I Call Music!’ series).

Meanwhile, on the Billboard Hot 100, Flo Rida has assumed the top slot on the chart with ‘Whistle’. The song is the club-friendly rapper’s 3rd #1 title on the lineup, following ‘Low (Ft. T-Pain)’ and ‘Right Round (Ft. Ke$ha)‘.

See the leading releases in the top 10 of both Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 below:

Billboard 200

1. Various Artists – ‘Now 43′ – 111K (debut)

2. Rick Ross – ‘God Forgives, I Don’t’ – ’60K (total: 279K)

3. Frank Sinatra – ‘Nothing but the Best’ – 40K (total unavailable)

4. Elle Varner – ‘Perfectly Imperfect’ – 33K (debut)

5. Colt Ford - ‘Declaration of Independence’ – 31K (debut)

6. Zac Brown Band – ‘Uncaged’ – 31K (total: 431K)

7. Justin Bieber – ‘Believe’ – 29K (total: 748K)

8. One Direction - ‘Up All Night’ – 29K (total: 1.10 M)

9. Adele – ’21′ – 26K (total: 9.69 M)

10. Various Artists – ‘Kidz Bop 22′ – 23K (total: 153K)

Billboard Hot 100

1. Flo Rida – ‘Whistle’

2. Ellie Goulding – ‘Lights’

3. Carly Rae Jepsen – ‘Call Me Maybe’

4. Katy Perry – ‘Wide Awake’

5. Maroon 5 – ‘Payphone (Ft. Wiz Khalifa)’

6. Gotye’s – ‘Somebody That I Used to Know (Ft. Kimbra)’

7. David Guetta – ‘Titanium (Ft. Sia)’

8. fun. – ‘Some Nights’

9. Phillip Phillips - ‘Home’

10. Rihanna – ‘Where Have You Been’

Watch the video for Flo Rida’s ‘Whistle’ below:

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