Justin Bieber may have been snubbed by the Grammy brass, but the Stratford, Ont. superstar was still feeling the love from his army of Beliebers.
The teen phenom's album, "Never Say Never: The Remixes," rocketed to No. 1 in Canada on sales on over 17,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan numbers.
The Biebs also grabbed the No. 1 spot stateside, selling 161,000 copies of "Never Say Never: The Remixes" in the U.S., according to Billboard.com.
The effort is the companion piece to his hit 3-D film, "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never," which has grossed over $51 milllion at the North American box office.
Back in Canada, several artists got a healthy post-Grammy boost in sales. Mumford & Sons' breakout disc "Sigh No More" (11,000) went from No. 7 to No. 2, Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs" (9,800), which took home the Album of the Year award, leapt up from No. 22 to No. 3, and Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" shot up ten positions to No. 10.
Elsewhere, the "2011 Grammy Nominees" slipped one notch to No. 4, the "NOW 17" collection, last week's top dog, sank to No. 5, and Bruno Mars' "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" moved down two to No. 6.
St John's orch-pop group Hey Rosetta! had the second best debut of the week at No. 7 with "Seeds," Pierre Lapointe's "Seul Au Piano" dropped six spots to No. 8, and Rihanna's "Loud" came down one to No. 9.
In the U.S. Mumford & Sons came in second, followed by "NOW 37" in third, Lady Antebellum in fourth, and Bruno Mars in fifth.
