Meanwhile, Michael Jackson continues his posthumous sales binge with five of the Top 10, and eight of the Top 20, including two Jackson 5 collections.
Last week’s chart-topping Number Ones (#2), Essential (#3) and Thriller (#4) land in the Top 5, while Off the Wall (#8) and Bad (#9) remain in the Top 10. Dangerous continues just outside at #11, while Motown’s Jackson 5 Ultimate Collection (#17) and the debuting 20th Century Masters (#20) round out the late superstar’s still-incredible chart presence.
Columbia’s Maxwell (#5) and Sony Music’s Now 31 (#7) give SME all but two of the Top 10, which also includes Disney’s Hannah Montana 3 soundtrack (#6) and Interscope’s Black Eyed Peas (#10).
Other Top 50 bows include Kedar Entertainment/Fontana’s Joe (#12), Third Man/WB’s The Dead Weather (#13), Get Money Gang/EMI’s Twista (#14), Universal Republic’s iTunes alternative exclusive Owl City (#33), New Line’s Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince soundtrack (#37), Tooth & Nail Christian rockers August Burns Red (#38), RMR/Virgin’s Sick Puppies (#41), Roadrunner’s Devildriver (#44) and Weathermaker Music’s Clutch (#49).
RCA’s Kings of Leon, riding the breakout crossover smash, “Use Somebody,” is the week’s biggest gainer, moving #21-16, +12%.
Other positives are registered by Atlantic’s Zac Brown Band (#24, +9%), Roadrunner’s Nickelback (#26, +6%), Columbia’s Beyonce (#42, +6%), Mercury Nashville’s Billy Currington (#48, +6%), Big Machine’s Taylor Swift (#15, +2%) and Broken Bow’s Jason Aldean (#27, +2%).
This week’s releases include 19/Jive/JLG’s Jordin Sparks, Hollywood’s Demi Lovato and Pulse Recordings/Fontana’s Sugar Ray.
Now, please excuse us, while we get back to looking through ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews’ peephole.
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