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The Charts: 'Notorious' Soundtrack Lands In Billboard 200 Top 5
By BallerStatus News Staff ♦ Published 01/22/2009

2009-01-22 - Cover for 'Notorious' soundtrackCountry singer Taylor Swift continues to hold the no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200, but quite a few urban releases are holding steady in the top 10.

Beyonce's I Am ... Sasha Fierce climbed from no. 4 to the no. 2 position this week, selling 49,000 copies. Her total is just over 1.6 million now.

This week's top debut does to the official soundtrack for the Biggie Smalls biopic "Notorious." The soundtrack opens at no. 4 with 43,000 copies sold. According to Billboard.com, it's the fifth soundtrack to debut in the top five of the chart over the past year. The album includes some of the Notorious B.I.G.'s best-known work, as well as music from his first demo tape, and new tracks from Jay-Z, Santogold, Jadakiss, and Faith Evans. It also has a feature from B.I.G.'s son, CJ Wallace.

Right behind B.I.G. is Kanye West's 808s and Heartbreak at no. 5, selling 39,000 copies. At no. 7 is Britney Spears' Circus with 34,000, and Jamie Foxx's Intuition held steady at no. 8 with just over 31,000 copies sold.

In at no. 9 is Keyshia Cole's A Different Me, scanning 31,000 units.

Later down the line is the soundtrack to "Slumdog Millionaire," catapulting from no. 55 to no. 16 this week with 20,000 copies sold, on the heels of the film winning four Golden Globes.

Next up is Akon's Freedom, nabbing no. 12 with 23,000 copies sold. To date, the album's sold just over 400,000 copies.

That does it for the top 20.

Debuting at no. 72 is (Hed)pe's seventh studio album, New World Orphans, off indie SoCal label Suburban Noize Records.

According to Billboard.com, sales are down 5.7% compared to the same total last week and off by 15.4% compared to the same week in 2008.

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