1 JAY-Z - AMERICAN GANGSTER 424,959 898 999 425,861
2 EAGLES - LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN 359,261 710,946 -49 1,070,207
3 GARTH BROOKS - ULTIMATE HITS 351,793 394 999 352,242
4 CHRIS BROWN - EXCLUSIVE 294,498 522 999 295,034
5 CARRIE UNDERWOOD - CARNIVAL RIDE 120,771 170,100 -29 818,397
6 JOSH NOEL GROBAN 115,562 76,142 52 379,067
7 BRITNEY SPEARS - BLACKOUT 86,639 289,712 -70 376,687
8 TAYLOR SWIFT 67,555 26,386 156 1,517,737
9 ANGELS & AIRWAVES - I-EMPIRE 66,478 94 999 66,583
10 CASSIDY - B.A.R.S. THE BARRY ADRIAN REES 63,156 166 999 63,323
11 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 SOUNDTRACK 58,547 50,659 16 2,038,312
12 REBA MCENTIRE - REBA DUETS 55,385 38,546 44 775,546
13 SUGARLAND - ENJOY THE RIDE 55,285 26,087 112 1,424,474
14 WISIN VS YANDEL - 'LOS EXTRATERR 52,608 999 999 53,610
15 CAILLAT, COLBIE COCO 50,541 42,526 19 553,561
16 PLANT/KRAUSS - RAISING SAND 50,437 81,221 -38 244,314
17 RASCAL FLATTS - STILL FEELS GOOD 49,890 53,212 -6 1,042,450
18 ANDREA BOCELLI - BEST OF ANDREA BOCELLI-VIVERE 49,674 67,499 -26 117,253
19 JOSH TURNER - EVERYTHING IS FINE 45,076 83,562 -46 128,764
20 HANNAH MONTANA 2: MEET MILEY C SOUNDTRACK 42,579 36,962 15 1,583,039
21 KEYSHIA COLE - JUST LIKE YOU 38,528 34,741 11 577,994
22 KID ROCK - ROCK N ROLL JESUS 35,447 48,996 -28 395,200
23 PAUL POTTS - ONE CHANCE 35,303 7,321 382 127,970
24 LITTLE BIG TOWN - PLACE TO LAND 34,641 54 999 34,696
25 SOULJA BOY - TELL'EM SOULJABOYTELLEM.COM 32,396 34,129 -5 301,447
26 KANYE WEST - GRADUATION 31,636 35,092 -10 1,644,201
27 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - MAGIC 30,949 41,724 -26 671,297
28 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER - CHRISTMAS SONG 30,691 22,624 36 99,176
29 AVENGED SEVENFOLD 29,437 93,749 -69 123,619
30 NICKELBACK - ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 26,904 28,886 -7 6,181,582
31 FERGIE - DUTCHESS 25,946 25,822 0 2,902,762
32 JONAS BROTHERS 25,391 33,227 -24 383,757
33 TIMBALAND - PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE 24,016 24,586 -2 834,260
34 KENNY CHESNEY - JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES 23,578 20,407 16 736,951
35 J. HOLIDAY - BACK OF MY LAC' 21,285 21,239 0 241,632
36 AMERICAN GANGSTER SOUNDTRACK 21,047 77 999 21,124
37 DAUGHTRY 20,250 19,670 3 3,266,183
38 MATCHBOX TWENTY - EXILE ON MAINSTREAM 20,220 25,701 -21 320,082
39 SEETHER FINDING - BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE SPA 20,035 28,715 -30 105,817
40 BACKSTREET BOYS - UNBREAKABLE 19,050 81,123 -77 100,305
41 JILL SCOTT - REAL THING: WORDS & SOUNDS V3 18,766 22,317 -16 349,532
42 SANTANA - ULTIMATE SANTANA 18,662 23,007 -19 126,627
43 VARIOUS STOCKINGS BY THE FIRE 18,452 0 18,452
44 GARY ALLAN - LIVING HARD 18,311 28,602 -36 116,214
45 HANNAH MONTANA SOUNDTRACK 18,271 14,760 24 2,980,265
46 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL SOUNDTRACK 18,164 14,950 21 4,325,998
47 LINKIN PARK - MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 17,954 17,521 2 1,854,419
48 VAN MORRISON - STILL ON TOP-GREATEST HITS 17,897 36 999 17,934
49 50 CENT - CURTIS 17,482 20,142 -13 1,086,910
50 FOO FIGHTERS - ECHOES SILENCE PATIENCE & GRAC 17,374 19,306 -10 353,027
51 SERJ TANKIAN - ELECT THE DEAD 16,034 27,263 -41 109,494
52 CASTING CROWNS - ALTAR & THE DOOR 16,005 15,222 5 141,201
53 LEANN RIMES - FAMILY 15,436 15,692 -2 154,520
54 JIMMY BUFFETT*- LIVE IN ANGUILLA 15,348 226 999 15,575
55 CARRIE UNDERWOOD - SOME HEARTS 15,244 11,883 28 6,010,760
56 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (DLX) SOUNDTRACK 14,920 18,757 -20 157,919
57 JUANES LA VIDA...ES UN RATICO 14,659 23,120 -37 84,856
58 SIGUR ROS HVARF/HEIM 14,528 78 999 14,608
59 PARAMORE - RIOT! 14,361 14,533 -1 388,282
60 TOBY KEITH -A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS 13,916 11,142 25 53,917
61 RIHANNA - GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 13,648 14,739 -7 799,878
62 DISNEY CHANNEL HOLIDAY DISNEY CHANNEL HOLIDAY 13,587 9,021 51 31,221
63 ERIC CLAPTON - COMPLETE CLAPTON 13,313 16,219 -18 127,211
64 FEIST - REMINDER 12,950 11,090 17 346,154
65 BON JOVI - LOST HIGHWAY 12,910 10,803 20 896,199
66 NEIL YOUNG - CHROME DREAMS II 12,768 20,260 -37 87,131
67 BRAD PAISLEY - 5TH GEAR 12,691 8,816 44 672,968
68 MAROON 5 - IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 12,670 14,401 -12 1,387,740
69 VARIOUS NOW 25 12,485 13,276 -6 953,389
70 MICHAEL BUBLE - CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 12,463 14,674 -15 1,061,102
71 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS 12,391 14,349 -14 3,764,152
72 JONI MITCHELL - SHINE 11,814 10,044 18 126,113
73 LARRY THE CABLE GUY - CHRISTMASTIME IN LARRYLAND 11,768 8,282 42 20,226
74 COHEED & CAMBRIA - NO WORLD FOR TOMORROW 11,758 18,907 -38 92,863
75 SARA EVANS - GREATEST HITS 11,734 14,955 -22 144,648
76 BROOKS & DUNN - COWBOY TOWN 11,694 9,856 19 142,088
77 WOW HITS 2008 11,611 10,783 8 36,837
78 GEORGE STRAIT - IT JUST COMES NATURAL 11,374 4,772 138 1,167,130
79 PLAYAZ CIRCLE - SUPPLY & DEMAND 11,261 26,138 -57 37,529
80 BABY BASH - CYCLONE 11,250 25,810 -56 37,123
81 COMMON - FINDING FOREVER 11,035 11,145 -1 450,403
82 PUSCIFER - V IS FOR VAGINA 10,874 26,524 -59 37,535
83 JOHN FOGERTY - REVIVAL 10,758 15,202 -29 164,619
84 PLIES - REAL TESTAMENT 10,550 11,487 -8 330,854
85 DEMON HUNTER - STORM THE GATES OF HELL 10,429 121 999 8,700
86 FINGER ELEVEN - THEM VS. YOU VS. ME 10,370 9,720 7 277,471
87 AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK 10,150 9,835 3 1,283,192
88 FLYLEAF 10,111 13,469 -25 786,557
89 TREY SONGZ - TREY DAY 9,914 11,123 -11 148,395
90 TRANS-SIBERIAN - ORCHESTRA EP 9,879 5,826 70 15,709
91 MICHAEL W. SMITH - IT'S A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS 9,815 6,424 53 16,459
92 CHRIS BOTTI - ITALIA 9,760 11,407 -14 106,374
93 EDDIE VEDDER - MUSIC FOR THE MOTION PICTURE I 9,639 10,784 -11 128,471
94 HAIRSPRAY SOUNDTRACK 9,630 9,491 1 698,177
95 NAKED BROTHERS BAND 9,259 10,640 -13 88,067
96 KEITH URBAN - LOVE PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY T 9,133 4,718 94 1,500,169
97 BOB DYLAN 9,094 9,632 -6 75,761
98 JIMMY EAT WORLD - CHASE THIS LIGHT 9,057 12,086 -25 103,326
99 DWIGHT SINGS BUCK 8,960 11,390 -21 38,652
100 AVRIL LAVIGNE - BEST DAMN THING 8,917 9,246 -4 1,246,673
101 ANGIE STONE - ART OF LOVE & WAR 8,812 12,379 -29 82,227
102 METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK DETHALBUM 8,656 9,521 -9 100,700
103 ANNIE LENNOX - SONGS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 8,627 14,216 -39 180,913
104 RASCAL FLATTS - ME AND MY GANG 8,547 8,243 4 4,398,925
105 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE SOUNDTRACK 8,450 9,975 -15 118,170
106 DIANA KRALL - VERY BEST OF 8,447 10,482 -19 126,393
107 HURRICANE CHRIS 5150 RATCHET 8,283 13,276 -38 47,867
108 TIM MCGRAW - LET IT GO 8,253 9,590 -14 1,186,181
109 ALISON KRAUSS - HUNDRED MILES OR MORE: A COLLE 8,024 5,769 39 437,116
110 CHRISETTE MICHELE - I AM 8,009 7,973 0 211,626
111 PINK - I'M NOT DEAD 7,912 8,493 -7 1,056,788
112 T.I. - T.I. VS TIP 7,911 9,161 -14 1,154,443
113 RODNEY ATKINS - IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH HELL 7,881 4,856 62 1,110,014
114 WILL DOWNING - AFTER TONIGHT 7,842 21,456 -63 29,373
115 JAMES BLUNT - ALL THE LOST SOULS 7,828 9,980 -22 238,803
116 THREE DAYS GRACE - ONE-X 7,742 7,992 -3 954,588
117 QUEEN LATIFAH - TRAV'LIN' LIGHT 7,635 9,472 -19 143,105
118 PROJECT PAT - WALKIN BANK ROLL 7,520 17,229 -56 24,993
119 JENNIFER LOPEZ - BRAVE 7,199 10,439 -31 102,372
120 HALLOWEEN 6,988 16,802 -58 62,025
121 ALTER BRIDGE BLACKBIRD 6,975 8,984 -22 93,166
122 BIG & RICH BETWEEN RAISING HELL & AMAZING 6,956 4,871 43 422,587
123 FAITH HILL - HITS 6,923 8,741 -21 133,101
124 NAS - GREATEST HITS 6,857 25 999 6,882
125 STEVEN CHAPMAN - CURTIS THIS MOMENT 6,799 7,696 -12 13,606
126 MARIE OSMOND - MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS 6,542 0 6,542
127 JAGGED EDGE - BABY MAKIN' PROJECT 6,502 8,117 -20 170,274
128 JAMES TAYLOR - ONE MAN BAND 6,478 0 6,486
129 CAMILA - TODO CAMBIO 6,449 4,876 32 163,444
130 NONPOINT VENGEANCE 6,403 13 999 6,420
131 MIRANDA LAMBERT - CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 6,394 4,423 45 250,278
132 ELVIS PRESLEY - HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 6,226 4,858 28 15,419
133 VICENTE FERNANDEZ - PARA SIEMPRE VICENTE FERNANDEZ 6,199 5,958 4 53,639
134 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER - CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS 6,194 3,198 94 12,060
135 AKON - KONVICTED 6,106 6,940 -12 2,729,534
136 I'M NOT THERE 6,082 9,239 -34 15,390
137 ALEGRES DE LA SIERRA - CON LOS OJOS CERRADOS 6,071 34 999 6,105
138 PUDDLE OF MUDD - FAMOUS 5,954 7,221 -18 66,037
139 CHRIS TOMLIN - SEE THE MORNING 5,764 5,373 7 150,227
140 FALL OUT BOY - INFINITY ON HIGH 5,734 5,406 6 1,118,937
141 T-PAIN - EPIPHANY 5,723 6,036 -5 721,975
142 SAY ANYTHING IN DEFENSE OF THE GENRE 5,708 9,032 -37 39,521
143 SEAN KINGSTON 5,703 6,034 -5 282,482
144 MONTGOMERY GENTRY - SOME PEOPLE CHANGE 5,663 5,470 4 320,125
145 JOHN MAYER - CONTINUUM 5,634 5,854 -4 1,910,247
146 KELLIE PICKLER - SMALL TOWN GIRL 5,605 2,012 179 648,899
147 BARRY MANILOW - GREATEST SONGS OF THE SEVENTIE 5,599 7,604 -26 207,324
148 TIM MCGRAW - VOL. 2-GREATEST HITS 5,535 5,295 5 1,948,513
149 KT TUNSTALL - DRASTIC FANTASTIC 5,534 6,595 -16 129,716
150 MARVIN SAPP - THIRSTY 5,513 5,674 -3 81,634
151 VARIOUS NOW LATINO 3 5,428 6,030 -10 35,620
152 OTEP THE ASCENSION 5,420 10,238 -47 15,740
153 CHAKA KHAN - FUNK THIS 5,377 7,158 -25 101,255
154 LEVON HELM - DIRT FARMER 5,349 8,647 -38 14,126
155 DAVID CROWDER - BAND REMEDY 5,325 3,824 39 36,200
156 MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS - LA MEJOR COLECCION 5,300 5,315 0 130,686
157 JOSH TURNER - YOUR MAN 5,292 5,610 -6 1,962,067
158 LIFEHOUSE - WHO WE ARE 5,236 4,864 8 233,126
159 GORILLA ZOE - WELCOME TO THE ZOO 5,224 6,310 -17 90,806
160 DISNEY KARAOKE SERIES HANNAH MONTANA 5,221 4,366 20 30,693
161 JASON ALDEAN - RELENTLESS 5,185 4,462 16 381,350
162 COOLEST KIDZ BOP CHRISTMAS EVE 5,141 2,488 107 9,675
163 CHAMILLIONAIRE - ULTIMATE VICTORY 5,135 6,322 -19 164,426
164 GUITAR HERO 3 SOUNDTRACK 5,110 8,209 -38 18,349
165 PLAIN WHITE T'S - EVERY SECOND COUNTS 5,080 5,106 -1 580,797
166 PAUL MCCARTNEY - MEMORY ALMOST FULL 5,040 1,293 290 546,425
167 DJ KHALED - WE THE BEST 4,995 5,725 -13 262,332
168 CLAY WALKER - FALL 4,975 5,447 -9 168,787
169 BEATLES - LOVE 4,954 4,602 8 1,600,999
170 DISNEY KARAOKE SERIES HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 4,905 3,971 24 29,864
171 CRAIG MORGAN - LITTLE BIT OF LIFE 4,846 4,926 -2 195,172
172 HELLYEAH 4,834 4,364 11 223,244
173 HINDER - EXTREME BEHAVIOR 4,820 5,042 -4 2,587,309
174 RANDY TRAVIS -SONGS OF THE SEASON 4,816 3,532 36 6,109
175 KIDZ BOP 12 4,754 3,969 20 230,970
176 GWEN STEFANI - SWEET ESCAPE 4,753 4,925 -3 1,591,691
177 KORN - UNTITLED 4,752 5,043 -6 308,972
178 POINT OF GRACE - HOW YOU LIVE 4,717 4,081 16 22,719
179 BACHATA # 1'S 4,672 4,884 -4 72,364
180 RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS - FOLLOW THE LIGHTS-EP 4,666 7,817 -40 31,075
181 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS INSOMNIAC 4,637 2,260 105 185,621
182 TOBY KEITH - BIG DOG DADDY 4,632 5,445 -15 583,490
183 BUCKCHERRY 15 4,584 4,570 0 871,375
184 WHITE STRIPES - ICKY THUMP 4,540 4,956 -8 636,692
185 RELIENT K - LET IT SNOW BABY..LET IT REIND 4,538 3,744 21 6,497
186 NE-YO - BECAUSE OF YOU 4,532 5,033 -10 845,508
187 BOYS LIKE GIRLS 4,517 4,557 -1 317,467
188 IRON & WINE - SHEPHERD'S DOG 4,436 4,788 -7 84,222
189 DOORS - VERY BEST OF THE DOORS 4,406 4,796 -8 38,039
190 LAKEWOOD CHURCH WORSHIP TEAM FREE TO WORSHIP 4,387 5,851 -25 29,925
191 JASON CARROLL - MICHAEL WAITIN' IN THE COUNTRY 4,349 4,167 4 287,112
192 ARMOR FOR SLEEP SMILE FOR THEM 4,344 9,404 -54 13,773
193 DIERKS BENTLEY - LONG TRIP ALONE 4,286 3,582 20 560,244
194 SARA GROVES - TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW 4,275 311 999 1,291
195 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL - SHADE OF POISON TREES 4,265 5,587 -24 93,828
196 ANDREA BOCELLI - LO MEJOR DE ANDREA BOCELLI VIV 4,240 170 999 4,410
197 ATREYU LEAD SAILS - PAPER ANCHOR 4,215 4,167 1 119,926
198 LOS TEMERARIOS RECUERDOS DEL ALMA 4,176 5,413 -23 51,156
199 LUCIANO PAVAROTTI - PAVAROTTI FOREVER 4,162 4,184 -1 23,046
200 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - BLACK PARADE,THE 4,141 4,383 -6 1,244,475

very suprised @ Chris Brown's #4 debut

im glad Jay Is on top

paisleypark4 said:

Surprised that it's too high or too low.

Editor: Keith Caulfield; Contributors: Wade Jessen, Silvio Pietroluongo, Alex Vitoulis; Editorial Director: Geoff Mayfield

Jay-Z debuts at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 with "American Gangster," tying him with Elvis Presley for second place among artists with the most No. 1s. Only the Beatles, with 19 chart-toppers, have more ... Garth Brooks returns to the album charts after a nearly six-year absence ... Chris Brown isn't in a sophomore slump as his second album starts strong ... Cassidy claims his third top 10 set on The Billboard 200 while Angels & Airwaves climb into the top 10 as well with their latest effort ... In Progress Reports, we have updates on Dierks Bentley, Timbaland and the return of the Holiday Songs chart.

FLASH POINTS

• Jay-Z finds himself in rare company this week, as he becomes only the third artist to score a 10th album at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 as "American Gangster" debuts atop the chart with 425,000. The achievement ties him with Elvis Presley for second place among artists with the most No. 1s. Only the Beatles, with 19 chart-toppers, have more ... Jay-Z also maintains his lead as the artist with the most debuts at No. 1 on The Billboard 200, as all 10 of his chart-toppers started in the penthouse ... Since 1998, all eight of Jay-Z's solo studio albums hit No. 1 in addition to his "Collision Course" project with Linkin Park and his "Unfinished Business" collaborations set with R. Kelly. Upon closer inspection of his chart history, since 1998, all of Jay's albums have hit No. 1 except for an "MTV Unplugged" set (No. 31), his first R. Kelly matchup with "The Best of Both Worlds" (No. 2), a single-disc distillation of his two-CD "Blueprint 2" album titled "Blueprint 2.1" (No. 17) and the acappella version of "The Black Album" (No. 106) ... Why are we tying everything to 1998? Well, that year brought us his breakthrough set "Vol. 2 ... Hard Knock Life," which still is Jay's longest-running No. 1 album, with five weeks atop The Billboard 200. Previous to that album, he peaked at No. 23 with "Reasonable Doubt" in 1996 and No. 3 with "In My Lifetime, Vol. 1" in 1997.

• Last week's No. 1, Eagles' "Long Road out of Eden," slips to No. 2 with 359,000 (down 49%). It holds at No. 1 on Top Country Albums, fending off a debut from Garth Brooks' "The Ultimate Hits." The latter set starts at No. 2 on Top Country Albums and at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 with 352,000. Brooks last visited the two charts back in 2001, when "The Magic of Christmas -- Songs From 'Call Me Claus' " reached the lists. Brooks' last studio set, 2001's "Scarecrow," debuted at No. 1 on the big chart and the country tally with 466,000. The new "Ultimate Hits" boasts 30 hits and four new songs, including the album's first single, "More Than a Memory." The latter made chart history when it became the first single to ever debut at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart in September. This week the song bullets at No. 4.

• Chris Brown's sophomore set "Exclusive" makes a splashy bow at No. 4 on The Billboard 200 with 294,000. His self-titled debut started at No. 2 with 154,000 in December 2005. His new album's second single, "Kiss Kiss," has been parked at No. 1 on The Billboard Hot 100 for the past two weeks and may likely hold there once the new chart is released later today (Nov. 14) ... Angels & Airwaves' second album, "I-Empire," begins at No. 9 on The Billboard 200 with 66,000. The band's first set, "We Don't Need to Whisper," bowed higher, at No. 4, with 127,000 in May 2006 ... Cassidy returns to The Billboard 200 with "B.A.R.S.: The Barry Adrian Reese Story" at No. 10 shifting 63,000. It's the rapper's first album since he did eight months in a correctional facility for involuntary manslaughter and then later got into a near-fatal car accident in 2006. His last release, 2005's "I'm a Hustla," started at No. 5 on The Billboard 200 with 93,000.

• Other debuts on The Billboard 200 include Wisin y Yandel's "Los Extraterrestres" (No. 14, with 53,000), Little Big Town's "A Place to Land" (No. 24, with 35,000), the soundtrack to "American Gangster" (No. 36, with 21,000), the Starbucks-exclusive Christmas album "Stockings by the Fire" (No. 43, with 18,000), Van Morrison's latest hits set "Still on Top" (No. 48, with 18,000), Jimmy Buffett's "Live in Anguilla" (No. 54, with 15,000), Sigur Ros' "Hvarf/Heim" (No. 58, with 15,000) and Demon Hunter's "Storm the Gates of Hell" (No. 85, with 10,000).

MARKET WATCH

• Album units, current chart week: 9.95 million units
• UP 7.5% from last issue's charts: 9.25 million units
• DOWN 16.8% from same week, 2006: 11.95 million units
• This week: The top six albums sell more than 100,000 copies.
• This week last year on The Billboard 200: the "Now 23" album bowed at No. 1 with 337,000. Josh Groban's "Awake" started at No. 2 with 270,000 while Keith Urban's "Love, Pain and the Whole Crazy Thing" debuted at No. 3 with 270,000. Sugarland's sophomore set, "Enjoy the Ride," began at No. 4 with 211,000 while Jim Jones' "Hustler's P.O.M.E." entered at No. 6 with 106,000. The top six albums each sold more than 100,000.

BORDERLINES

• The No. 10 album this week, Cassidy's "B.A.R.S.: The Barry Adrian Reese Story" (Full Surface/J), sold 63,000.
• The No. 10 album for the same week of 2006, Dave Matthews Band's "The Best of What's Around" (Bama Rags/RCA), sold 65,000.
• Average total of the No. 10 album for the same week of the year during the past 10 years (1998-2007): 89,167.

PROGRESS REPORTS

• Dierks Bentley claims his fifth No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart as "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" jumps from No. 2 to No. 1. In its 25th week on the chart, the third single from his album "Long Trip Alone" marks Bentley's longest trek to the top. His debut single, "What Was I Thinkin'," needed 24 weeks to hit the summit in September 2003. His quickest ascent came with his last No. 1, "Every Mile a Memory" (17 weeks) in the Oct. 27, 2006, issue. Except for his last single, the album's title cut, Bentley has now reached No. 1 with four of his last five entries.

• On the CHR/Top 40 radio airplay chart, Timbaland's "Apologize" registered 10,051 plays, holding at No. 1 on the tally for a second week. It becomes the second song in the history of the chart to top 10,000 plays in a week. Earlier this year, Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry" exceeded that threshold for three weeks, hitting a high of 10,092 spins on the chart dated Aug. 3. "Apologize" looks poised to break the format record next week, as it gains 526 plays, the chart's fifth-best increase.

• As several Adult Contemporary radio stations have already switched to all-holiday programming, we have welcomed back the Holiday Songs chart to billboard.com and billboard.biz. The Holiday Songs chart ranks all seasonal titles, regardless of year of release. Only holiday songs released for the first time in 2007 will be eligible to appear on the current Adult Contemporary tally and any of our other current charts ... The top 10 starts with Burl Ives' "A Holly Jolly Christmas" at No. 1 followed by Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," Nat "King" Cole's "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)," Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock," Bing Crosby's "White Christmas," Andy Williams' "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year," Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You," John Lennon & Yoko Ono's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," Johnny Mathis' "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" and Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad."

A LOOK AHEAD

• Among the titles released this week, due on next week's charts: Alicia Keys' "As I Am," Celine Dion's "Taking Chances," Led Zeppelin's "Mothership," the compilations "Now 26" and "Now Party Hits," and Seal's "System."
• Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2006 when: the Game's "Doctor's Advocate" bowed at No. 1 with 358,000 while Akon's "Konvicted" arrived at No. 2 with 284,000. The top six albums each sold more than 100,000.

WOW down almost 17%, its getting worse than they even thought, the prediction is that by the end of the Fiscal year (feb 08) the industry will be down 22% to last years total, i think it will be even worse than that, with the exception of the Eagles and Celind and Alicia and Bruce somewhat, there isnt a strong XMAS seller this year. I have a feeling that by the end of the holiday season that the Eagles might have the best selling album this year, a further kick in the groin to the industry who targets only the young.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

that its low!...those were 20 yo numbers

Thanks for posting these lists.

long live p2p!