1 METALLICA DEATH MAGNETIC 489,883 999 59 489,943
2 YOUNG JEEZY RECESSION 89,941 -65 259,782 350,510
3 KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS 74,947 -5 79,005 1,961,790
4 SIMPSON*JESSICA DO YOU KNOW 65,154 999 49 65,203
5 SLIPKNOT ALL HOPE IS GONE 51,773 -31 75,398 367,628
6 JONAS BROTHERS LITTLE BIT LONGER 50,369 -11 56,718 858,807
7 GAME LAX 49,241 -44 88,705 377,100
8 LIL WAYNE THA CARTER III 47,345 2 46,575 2,409,995
9 L.L. COOL J EXIT 13 43,645 999 117 43,762
10 MAMMA MIA SOUNDTRACK 40,958 -27 56,403 948,495
11 BENET*ERIC LOVE & LIFE 40,133 999 266 40,403
12 RIHANNA GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 34,880 9 32,126 1,780,356
13 SUGARLAND LOVE ON THE INSIDE 34,082 -13 39,183 819,552
14 GYM CLASS HEROES QUILT 32,195 999 71 32,266
15 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 28,768 -18 35,026 1,727,288
16 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK BLOCK 26,889 -72 95,041 122,011
17 CYRUS*MILEY BREAKOUT 26,699 -16 31,764 879,893
18 HEDBERG*MITCH DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOSH? 26,594 999 106 26,700
19 COLE*NATALIE STILL UNFORGETTABLE 23,733 999 109 23,842
20 MRAZ*JASON WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THIN 22,561 -10 24,996 407,294
21 PERRY*KATY ONE OF THE BOYS 21,626 6 20,463 371,684
22 LEWIS*LEONA SPIRIT 21,518 -1 21,643 1,085,874
23 NOW COUNTRY NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL COUNTRY 21,248 -32 31,055 102,498
24 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 19,573 3 19,061 3,402,846
25 CAMP ROCK SOUNDTRACK 18,784 -20 23,447 979,137
26 STAIND ILLUSION OF PROGRESS 18,308 -24 23,991 171,341
27 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC VOL. 28-NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL 18,167 -6 19,402 824,140
28 TOMLIN*CHRIS HELLO LOVE 17,987 -65 51,507 25,715
29 UNDEROATH LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATIO 16,038 -71 56,246 70,602
30 DUFFY ROCKFERRY 15,838 13 14,017 477,833
31 RIVERA*JENNI JENNI 15,592 999 35 15,627
32 R.K.M Y KEN-Y ROYALTY/LA REALEZA 14,505 999 62 14,567
33 DISTURBED INDESTRUCTIBLE 13,765 -2 14,040 714,783
34 RADIN*JOSHUA SIMPLE TIMES 13,579 0 13,579
35 JOURNEY REVELATION 12,919 18 10,964 453,677
36 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 12,821 95 6,569 4,219,354
37 CHEETAH GIRLS: ONE WORLD SOUNDTRACK 12,493 -32 18,466 90,356
38 JONAS BROTHERS JONAS BROTHERS 12,174 -11 13,635 1,601,799
39 FRANTI*MICHAEL & SPEARHEAD ALL REBEL ROCKERS 11,949 999 51 12,134
40 KARDINAL OFFISHALL NOT 4 SALE 11,869 999 42 11,911
41 ICE CUBE RAW FOOTAGE 11,770 -36 18,485 130,359
42 OKKERVIL RIVER STAND INS 11,434 999 139 11,573
43 3 DOORS DOWN 3 DOORS DOWN 10,620 -9 11,712 544,471
44 M.I.A. KALA 10,530 -1 10,675 313,483
45 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE CARNIVAL RIDE 10,483 -4 10,871 2,330,611
46 BROWN*CHRIS EXCLUSIVE 10,128 11 9,104 1,788,227
47 STRAIT*GEORGE TROUBADOUR 9,916 3 9,608 546,675
48 FONSI*LUIS PALABRAS DEL SILENCIO 9,836 -38 15,813 55,707
49 JOHNSON*JACK SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC 9,478 -1 9,585 1,384,957
50 ROCK HEROES ROCK HEROES 9,245 0 9,245
51 NEWFIELD*HEIDI WHAT AM I WAITING FOR 9,129 -15 10,682 97,373
52 WILSON*BRIAN THAT LUCKY OLD SUN 8,966 -58 21,372 30,961
53 SOLANGE SOL-ANGEL & THE HADLEY ST. DRE 8,722 -51 17,622 72,649
54 LATTIMORE*KENNY TIMELESS 8,654 999 59 8,713
55 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD SWAN SONGS 8,446 -59 20,766 29,323
56 USHER HERE I STAND 8,411 -6 8,963 1,016,794
57 NAZARIO*EDNITA REAL...EN VIVO 8,341 999 317 8,658
58 KIDZ BOP KIDS VOL. 14-KIDZ BOP 8,294 -30 11,910 158,924
59 ALACRANES MUSICAL TU INSPIRACION 8,292 -30 11,804 40,114
60 KEITH*TOBY TOBY KEITH 35 BIGGEST HITS 8,203 -10 9,118 443,913
61 SHWAYZE SHWAYZE 7,953 -34 12,106 85,108
62 SAVING ABEL SAVING ABEL 7,932 1 7,849 151,991
63 WELCH*BRIAN "HEAD" SAVE ME FROM MYSELF 7,843 999 19 7,413
64 NAS NAS 7,758 -23 10,136 380,419
65 BECK MODERN GUILT 7,716 5 7,358 206,213
66 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK GREATEST HITS 7,346 -51 14,927 59,534
67 PLIES DEFINITION OF REAL 7,303 -19 9,012 496,568
68 WAYNE*JIMMY DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW 7,277 -25 9,743 36,775
69 LINKIN PARK MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 7,247 -1 7,328 2,554,405
70 THEORY OF A DEADMAN SCARS & SOUVENIRS 7,210 -2 7,375 166,717
71 CAILLAT*COLBIE COCO 7,170 -12 8,117 1,765,092
72 MAROON 5 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 7,115 -6 7,601 1,988,955
73 DADDY YANKEE TALENTO DE BARRIO 6,897 -27 9,424 70,939
74 SHINEDOWN SOUND OF MADNESS 6,859 -11 7,709 166,719
75 THIRD DAY REVELATION 6,799 -29 9,582 61,974
76 HOWARD*TERRENCE SHINE THROUGH IT 6,794 -52 14,132 20,986
77 PARAMORE RIOT! 6,791 27 5,349 1,001,767
78 JOHNSON*JAMEY THAT LONESOME SONG 6,771 -10 7,529 57,210
79 ICED EARTH CRUCIBLE OF MAN: SOMETHING WIC 6,729 999 158 6,887
80 SUGARLAND ENJOY THE RIDE 6,688 -10 7,415 2,433,941
81 SWIFT*TAYLOR BEAUTIFUL EYES 6,559 -14 7,623 175,090
82 ESTELLE SHINE 6,539 22 5,376 116,072
83 BUBLE*MICHAEL CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 6,538 -6 6,977 1,695,876
84 MAYER*JOHN WHERE THE LIGHT IS-JOHN MAYER 6,475 -14 7,497 228,694
85 BANNER*DAVID GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD 6,440 -21 8,183 147,553
86 LOVELESS*PATTY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS 6,436 0 6,437
87 MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR 6,367 -12 7,211 165,822
88 SAPP*MARVIN THIRSTY 6,247 -19 7,670 466,851
89 NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 6,203 5 5,933 6,903,283
90 WEEZER WEEZER (RED ALBUM) 6,198 1 6,108 341,065
91 KLANG*DONNIE JUST A ROLLING STONE 6,133 -72 21,955 28,130
92 LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 6,101 6 5,744 236,037
93 DRAGONFORCE ULTRA BEATDOWN 6,057 -39 9,898 40,266
94 METRO STATION METRO STATION 6,052 -18 7,410 230,334
95 WILLIAMS*DAR PROMISED LAND 6,004 999 19 6,023
96 TOKIO HOTEL SCREAM 5,998 82 3,300 86,571
97 LLOYD LESSONS IN LOVE 5,993 -30 8,586 114,439
98 CALEXICO CARRIED TO DUST 5,975 999 48 6,024
99 VARIOUS SUNDOWN 5,950 6 5,602 11,566
100 RASCAL FLATTS STILL FEELS GOOD 5,922 3 5,753 2,066,302
101 SPARKS*JORDIN JORDIN SPARKS 5,869 -3 6,051 909,651
102 FLOBOTS FIGHT WITH TOOLS 5,845 -13 6,736 241,710
103 ADELE 19 5,843 -27 8,059 125,168
104 LAMBERT*MIRANDA CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND 5,778 -9 6,358 570,618
105 MCGRAW*TIM GREATEST HITS 1 & 2 5,738 -14 6,700 181,173
106 BROOKS*GARTH ULTIMATE HITS 5,662 -10 6,261 1,922,044
107 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE 5,639 -9 6,206 416,141
108 TOTAL DANCE 2008 VOL. 2-TOTAL DANCE 2008 5,638 -22 7,184 66,546
109 ONEREPUBLIC DREAMING OUT LOUD 5,601 4 5,376 776,107
110 JACKSON*ALAN GOOD TIME 5,591 -7 6,019 542,207
111 SINATRA*FRANK NOTHING BUT THE BEST 5,559 8 5,151 357,809
112 THREE 6 MAFIA LAST 2 WALK 5,462 -11 6,109 235,890
113 REHAB GRAFFITI THE WORLD 5,374 -1 5,415 49,908
114 VARIOUS NORTHERN SONGS 5,332 5 5,092 10,438
115 SECONDHAND SERENADE TWIST IN MY STORY 5,302 -3 5,446 111,751
116 KING*B.B. ONE KIND FAVOR 5,298 -19 6,530 23,928
117 URBAN*KEITH GREATEST HITS 5,210 -4 5,430 615,639
118 SEETHER FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE SPA 5,157 -1 5,188 549,864
119 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE NARROW STAIRS 4,908 -5 5,149 395,469
120 CHESNEY*KENNY JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES 4,865 -13 5,569 1,429,051
121 VERVE*THE FORTH 4,838 -34 7,371 33,214
122 CAREY*MARIAH E=MC2 4,798 -8 5,220 1,167,590
123 LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP 4,778 -5 5,044 975,915
124 EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN 4,761 14 4,173 3,083,248
125 ADKINS*TRACE AMERICAN MAN GREATEST HITS... 4,689 7 4,393 494,025
126 ANDERSON*KEITH C'MON! 4,629 -25 6,156 74,173
127 PAISLEY*BRAD 5TH GEAR 4,610 -10 5,137 1,157,885
128 BAEZ*JOAN DAY AFTER TOMORROW 4,516 999 31 4,547
129 NOW CLASSIC ROCK NOW CLASSIC ROCK 4,437 30 3,401 117,361
130 LOST TRAILERS HOLLER BACK 4,419 -32 6,521 24,197
131 LOS PIKADIENTES DE CABORCA VAMONOS PA'L RIO 4,361 -15 5,121 14,468
132 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH WAY OF THE FIST 4,322 9 3,948 202,645
133 TING TINGS WE STARTED NOTHING 4,289 -5 4,506 86,388
134 IGLESIAS*ENRIQUE 95/08 EXITOS 4,225 1 4,173 190,227
135 OFFSPRING RISE & FALL RAGE & GRACE 4,189 -1 4,229 140,220
136 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 4,112 -9 4,527 2,251,178
137 THREE DAYS GRACE ONE-X 4,083 -4 4,267 1,318,090
138 VOICES: ULTIMATE GOSPEL COLLEC VOICES: ULTIMATE GOSPEL COLLEC 4,068 453 735 64,943
139 APOCALYPTICA WORLDS COLLIDE 4,057 10 3,704 85,459
140 BUCKCHERRY 15 4,049 -5 4,256 1,293,934
141 SOUND OF ANIMALS FIGHTING OCEAN & THE SUN 4,044 999 48 4,113
142 LENKA LENKA 4,039 0 4,039
142 ONE DAY AS A LION ONE DAY AS A LION 4,039 -16 4,802 64,748
144 COLE*KEYSHIA JUST LIKE YOU 3,957 -22 5,065 1,525,717
145 HADDON*DEITRICK REVEALED 3,955 -27 5,390 8,489
146 ASHANTI DECLARATION 3,916 -17 4,721 230,494
147 TRICKY KNOWLE WEST BOY 3,864 999 46 3,947
148 MADONNA HARD CANDY 3,853 -1 3,893 640,453
149 FERNANDEZ*VICENTE PARA SIEMPRE VICENTE FERNANDEZ 3,823 -9 4,192 348,965
150 WISIN Y YANDEL WISIN VS YANDEL 'LOS EXTRATERR 3,797 -10 4,241 366,978
151 LIFEHOUSE WHO WE ARE 3,796 -5 3,985 485,861
152 ROSSDALE*GAVIN WANDERLUST 3,787 2 3,729 61,171
153 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS SOUNDTRACK 3,767 -14 4,356 870,122
154 VARIOUS DISNEY GIRLZ ROCK 2 3,719 999 19 3,738
155 FLO RIDA MAIL ON SUNDAY 3,664 -7 3,933 321,110
156 SOUNDTRACK HANNAH MONTANA HITS REMIXED 3,655 -5 3,843 17,614
157 MOTLEY CRUE SAINTS OF LOS ANGELES 3,653 -11 4,126 219,888
158 O.A.R. ALL SIDES 3,644 -10 4,030 81,154
159 KEYS*ALICIA AS I AM 3,637 -14 4,227 3,592,478
160 CASSIDY*EVA SOMEWHERE 3,636 -11 4,084 12,069
161 FLYLEAF FLYLEAF 3,632 -11 4,072 1,137,783
162 WEST*KANYE GRADUATION 3,592 33 2,700 2,169,460
163 GRANT*NATALIE RELENTLESS 3,582 23 2,921 48,936
164 TRAPT ONLY THROUGH THE PAIN 3,555 -22 4,553 57,606
165 HOUGH*JULIANNE JULIANNE HOUGH 3,545 7 3,313 204,003
166 HEATH*BRANDON WHAT IF WE 3,530 -20 4,406 7,888
167 MONTANA*HANNAH/CYRUS*MILEY BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT 3,459 -11 3,897 408,498
168 JONES*GEORGE BURN YOUR PLAYHOUSE DOWN 3,458 -19 4,288 20,057
169 JEWEL PERFECTLY CLEAR 3,454 -1 3,480 173,512
170 ROSS*RICK TRILLA 3,407 -27 4,694 678,311
171 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC VOL. 27-NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL 3,348 -7 3,581 830,485
172 AVENGED SEVENFOLD AVENGED SEVENFOLD 3,322 -4 3,469 442,773
173 FLEET FOXES FLEET FOXES 3,288 -22 4,224 79,594
174 KITCHELL*SONYA THIS STORM 3,277 -7 3,527 6,836
175 LOS DAREYES DE LA SIERRA CON BANDA 3,258 -21 4,112 46,889
176 SPEARS*BRITNEY BLACKOUT 3,245 77 1,835 897,191
177 CELTIC THUNDER CELTIC THUNDER THE SHOW 3,235 70 1,907 103,602
178 SLIM THUG PRESENTS BOSS HOGG O BACK BY BLOCKULAR DEMAND 3,232 -67 9,737 13,060
179 VAMPIRE WEEKEND VAMPIRE WEEKEND 3,227 -8 3,510 304,916
180 RADIOHEAD IN RAINBOWS 3,216 -13 3,694 618,460
181 VARIOUS DR. HORRIBLE'S SINGALONG 3,215 -72 11,683 14,898
182 HILLSONG THIS IS OUR GOD 3,159 -34 4,816 15,812
183 DAY 26 DAY 26 3,156 2 3,081 348,625
184 CASTING CROWNS ALTAR & THE DOOR LIVE, THE 3,155 -11 3,543 6,828
185 SOLIS*MARCO ANTONIO LA MEJOR COLECCION 3,150 13 2,780 331,871
186 OBERST*CONOR CONOR OBERST 3,140 -20 3,926 59,203
187 SHAWANDA CRYSTAL DAWN OF A NEW DAY 3,117 -11 3,505 18,130
188 G-UNIT T.O.S. (TERMINATE ON SIGHT) 3,096 -23 4,006 217,677
189 JUNO SOUNDTRACK 3,094 -20 3,876 889,445
190 BELL*JOSHUA VIVALDI:FOUR SEASONS 3,090 -25 4,109 7,205
191 BLACK STONE CHERRY FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION 3,048 -13 3,507 25,351
192 OTTO*JAMES SUNSET MAN 3,025 -16 3,582 296,774
193 OSBORNE*JOAN LITTLE WILD ONE 2,983 999 40 3,023
194 THE-DREAM LOVEHATE 2,943 -18 3,572 498,160
195 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 SOUNDTRACK 2,936 -9 3,218 3,266,002
196 MCCARTNEY*JESSE DEPARTURE 2,932 -20 3,674 112,391
197 BAREILLES*SARA LITTLE VOICE 2,926 -12 3,322 837,135
198 CASTING CROWNS ALTAR & THE DOOR 2,914 -10 3,239 345,812
199 DANITY KANE WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE 2,906 7 2,715 538,956
200 PLANT/KRAUSS RAISING SAND 2,876 -14 3,356 1,080,696

TOTAL SALES 2,480,695 2,197,704 110,544,894

>>>>>Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums:

1. Metallica, Death Magnetic, 490,000 . Metallica is the second metal-edged hard rock band, following Slipknot, to debut at #1 in the past three weeks. Nearly 60,000 copies were sold digitally, making this the week's #1 Digital Album. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Judas Kiss" at #84.

2. Young Jeezy, The Recession, 90,000 . The album slips to #2 after debuting in the top spot last week. It's the highest ranking of four rap albums in this week's top 10. "Put On" (featuring Kanye West) dips to #32 on Hot Digital Songs.

3. Kid Rock, Rock N Roll Jesus, 75,000 . The album moves back up a notch to #3 in its 49th week. The album is now #4 for the year-to-date, just behind albums by Lil Wayne, Coldplay and Jack Johnson. In two weeks, look for it to be #3 for the year-to-date. The revival of Rock N Roll Jesus has pushed Kid Rock's career album sales total past the 20 million mark (his total as of this week: 20,639,000). That puts him in 52nd place on Nielsen/SoundScan's running list of the top 200 album sellers since 1991.

4. Jessica Simpson, Do You Know, 65,000 . This new entry is Simpson's fourth consecutive top 10 album (discounting a 2004 holiday album). It's the pop star's first country release. (It bumps Sugarland's Love On The Inside from the top spot on the country chart.) Simpson is the second pop veteran so far this year to hit the top 10 with a country album. Jewel debuted at #8 in June with Perfectly Clear. "Remember That" bows at #67 on Hot Digital Songs. "Come On Over" jumps to #92.

5. Slipknot, All Hope Is Gone, 52,000 . The album holds at #5 in its third week. It has ranked ahead of The Game's LAX in two of its three weeks, though LAX has sold about 9,000 copies more overall, owing to a much stronger second week. "Psychosocial" dips to #96 on Hot Digital Songs.

6. Jonas Brothers, A Little Bit Longer, 50,000 . The album holds at #6 in its fifth week. The brothers continue to be the only act with two albums in the top 20 for the year to date. This album is #13. Jonas Brothers is #19 (counting just its 2008 sales). "Burnin' Up" dips to #33 on Hot Digital Songs. "Lovebug" vaults to #43.

7. The Game, LAX, 49,000 . The album dips from #3 to #7 in its third week. "My Life" (featuring Lil Wayne) dips to #28 on Hot Digital Songs. (It was nice of The Game to help his pal Lil Wayne get a little exposure.)

8. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III, 47,000. The album rebounds from #10 to #8 its 14th week in the top 10. This is the longest run in the top 10 by a rap album since 50 Cent's The Massacre had 14 weeks there in 2005. Five songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Got Money" (featuring T-Pain) at #14. This is the 15th consecutive week that five or more songs from the album have appeared on Hot Digital Songs. (That stat boggles my mind.)

9. LL Cool J, Exit 13, 44,000. As the title suggests, this is LL's 13th album. A most impressive nine of those albums have reached the top 10, including the last six in a row. The rapper first reached the top 10 with Bigger And Deffer in July 1987, giving him a more than 21 year span of top 10 albums. (So much for the notion that rap acts don't have long-term careers.) No songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs.

10. Various Artists, Mamma Mia! soundtrack, 41,000. The soundtrack dips from #7 to #10 in its 10th week in the top 10. This is the first movie soundtrack to log 10 weeks in the top 10 since Chicago had 11 weeks in 2003. This is the fourth straight week that no songs from this album have appeared on Hot Digital Songs. And this is the first week that the movie has not appeared in the top 10 on the box-office chart. So why is this soundtrack still in the top 10? Consumer awareness of the title. An ad campaign for a major film dwarfs any promotion the music industry can muster.

Three albums fall out of the top 10 this week. New Kids On The Block's The Block drops from #2 to #16. Underoath's Lost In The Sound Of Separation drops from #8 to #29. Chris Tomlin's Hello Love falls from #9 to #28.

Eric Benet's Love & Life opens at #11, becoming his highest-charting album to date. His previous best was A Day In The Life, which peaked at #25 in 1999...Gym Class Heroes' The Quilt bows at #14. The Heroes' breakthrough album, As Cruel As School Children, reached #35 in March 2007 and spawned the #1 hit "Cupid's Chokehold/Breakfast In America." The group's current hit, "Cookie Jar" (featuring The-Dream), jumps to #31 on Hot Digital Songs.

Comedian Mitch Hedberg's Do You Believe In Gosh? bows at #18. It bumps Flight of the Conchords' eponymous album out of the #1 spot on the comedy chart.

Natalie Cole opens at #19 with Still Unforgettable. This is a sequel to Cole's phenomenal hit Unforgettable With Love, which logged five weeks at #1 in 1991 and swept the Grammys that year. This is Cole's seventh top 20 album. She reached the top 20 with her first four albums in the ‘70s, when she was a leading contemporary R&B/pop star. She has now made the top 20 with three albums in which she borrows the silky-smooth pop/jazz sound made famous by her father, Nat "King" Cole. In addition to these two Unforgettable albums, she hit #20 in 1996 with Stardust. Natalie and Nat both rank among Nielsen/SoundScan's top 200 album artists since 1991. (He's #186. She's #191.) This is the only case where a parent and child both make the list-though it's just a matter of time before Miley Cyrus joins her dad Billy Ray Cyrus (#167) on the list.

Daughtry's Daughtry vaults from #79 to #36 in its 95th week due to the release of an expanded edition. This is the best-selling album released in the last two years. Bigger than Josh Groban's Noel. Bigger than Fergie's The Dutchess. Bigger than Hannah Montana. Bigger than Alicia Keys' As I Am. (I have just given you the rest of the top five best-selling albums released in the past two years, in descending order.)

Ups & Downs: Three albums experienced sales drops of 72%, the greatest decline on a percentage basis on this week's chart. They are New Kids On the Block's The Block, which drops from #2 to #16, Dr. Klang's Just A Rolling Stone, which plummets from #19 to #91, and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog soundtrack, which free-falls from #39 to #181. On the positive side, Voices: Ultimate Gospel Collection registered a 453% increase in sales, a bigger percentage increase than any other non-debuting album. The album re-enters the chart at #138. It previously debuted at #127 in April.

Heads Up: Ne-Yo's Year Of The Gentleman and Nelly's Brass Knuckles will vie to be next week's top debut. Nelly has had three #1 albums. Ne-Yo has had two. Ne-Yo's "Closer" is a top 10 single. Darius Rucker, who led Hootie & the Blowfish to two #1 albums, will compete with his second solo album, Learn To Live. The album features a top three country hit, "Don't Think I Don't Think About It." Also due: Buckcherry's Black Butterfly, Lindsey Buckingham's Gift Of Screws, Lucinda Williams' Little Honey, DJ Khaled's We Global, Colby O'Donis' Colby O and Kristy Lee Cook's Why Wait.

Useless Information: Who would have guessed that the word "death" would appear in the titles of two of the biggest #1 albums of 2008? But there it is in the titles of Coldplay's Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends and Metallica's Death Magnetic. Before these two albums, there were only two other #1 albums with the word "death" in the title--The Notorious B.I.G.'s Life After Death, which was released two weeks after he was killed in March 1997, and Jadakiss' Kiss Of Death in 2004. On that cheerful note, have a good week, everybody. <<<<<

193 OSBORNE*JOAN LITTLE WILD ONE 2,983 999 40 3,023

Oh, that is just sad! So much for working with the people that produced her hit album. I almost bought that one when I saw it at Target or somewhere....could have been part of an exclusive club. And so much for all that nostalgia and media saturation of the NKOTB. They way the dumb ass media was hyping it, that album was supposed to sell like a half a million in the first week. Guess not.

Eric Benet debuts with only 40,000 units sold! How in the hell is the music business even profitable anymore specifically R&B? This ain't the beginning of the end this is the end!

The whole thing with Daughtry is CRAP, these limited and reissues NEED to be counted seperate since when the new version is released the old one gets deleted and the catalog numbers change, biggest scam that the industry has.