Who Charted? Britney Spears atop the US Album Chart for 5th Time

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Who Charted? Britney Spears atop the US Album Chart for 5th Time  aside As expected, Britney Spears’ “Circus” makes a big bow at the top of The Billboard 200, becoming her fifth No. 1. The Jive set moved 505,000 copies in the United States, making Spears the only act in Nielsen SoundScan history to have four albums debut with 500,000 or more.

Previously, her second, third and fourth sets all racked up half-million weeks: 2000′s “Oops! I Did It Again” started with 1.3 million, 2001′s “Britney” debuted with 746,000 and 2003′s “In the Zone” entered the chart with 609,000. Among female artists, only four have earned more No. 1 albums: Barbra Streisand (eight), Madonna (seven) and Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson (both with six). [Billboard]

In other chart-related news, Kanye’s 808s and Heartbreak falls from the penthouse with a sales decrease of 67% to sell 145k (#4), the Killers’ Day & Age drops from 6-15 with a 68% decrease in sales and went to sell 61,227 copies. Guns N Roses’ Chinese Democracy plummetted 78% and dropped 3-17 with 56,230 copies sold. For the first time in a while, Coldplay’s Viva La Vida is outselling Lil Wayne’s Tha Chater 3. Viva is at No. 34 with sales of 31,352 and C3 is down 37-47 with sales of 22,076. [HITS]

This Week’s Top 20 Albums

LWTWartist / albumlabelpower index% change
1BRITNEY SPEARSJIVE/ZLG504,507
CIRCUS
2 2TAYLOR SWIFTBIG MACHINE182,517-29%
FEARLESS
4 3BEYONCECOLUMBIA148,546-42%
I AM… SASHA FIERCE
1 4KANYE WESTROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG145,041-67%
808S & HEARTBREAK
7 5NICKELBACKROADRUNNER135,952-20%
DARK HORSE
8 6TWILIGHTATLANTIC134,333-17%
SOUNDTRACK
7AKONSRC/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN106,626
FREEDOM
9 8NOW 29UME90,293-35%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
10 9DAVID COOK19/RCA/RMG88,424-19%
DAVID COOK
1110HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SENIOR YEARWALT DISNEY RECORDS84,051-16%
SOUNDTRACK
1211AC/DCCOLUMBIA82,922-8%
BLACK ICE
1912ENYAREPRISE67,470+3%
AND WINTER CAME
1713FAITH HILLWARNER BROS. NASHVILLE66,084-8%
JOY TO THE WORLD
1414IL DIVOCOLUMBIA64,250-23%
PROMISE
615KILLERSISLAND/IDJMG61,227-68%
DAY & AGE
516LUDACRISDTP/DEF JAM/IDJ60,812-71%
THEATER OF THE MIND
317GUNS N’ ROSESGEFFEN56,230-78%
CHINESE DEMOCRACY
2918ELVIS PRESLEYLEGACY55,344+45%
ELVIS PRESLEY CHRISTMAS DUETS
1819DAVID ARCHULETA19/JIVE/ZLG54,433-20%
DAVID ARCHULETA
3420CASTING CROWNSPROVIDENT/REUNION49,743+44%
PEACE ON EARTH

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Jennifer January 3, 2009 at 8:40 pm

She’s really awesome!

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Domitila Phillians August 15, 2010 at 7:28 pm

I love Britney’s music a lot and i like the new track rader and i love so much that i can not stop playing it all the time.

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