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It was a busy week on the Billboard 200 for new releases. Although new releases such as the Hannah Montana soundtrack and the Now 30 compilation held down the top two spots, a few artists ranked among the chart's elite.
 Singer/songwriter Keri Hilson finally dropped her debut album, In A Perfect World..., last week, and she landed within the top 5 her first week, holding down the no. 4 spot to open. Her debut sold just over 94,000 copies. Go Keri!
Lady GaGa's The Fame slide two spots to no. 7 this week, selling another 45,000 copies.
Later down the line, right within the limits of the top 10 is Jim Jones' brand new solo album, Pray IV Reign. The new album landed at no. 9, selling nearly 43,000 copies.
In his third week, The-Dream's sophomore album, Love vs. Money, fell to no. 14, selling nearly 36,000 albums, putting his total at almost a quarter mill.
Slim Thug came in at no. 15 to open this week, with his brand new solo album, Boss of All Bosses. The album scanned just over 32,000 units.
That does it for the top tier.
Much later down the list, DOOM (formerly MF DOOM) droppped his first new album in nearly five years. Born Like This opened at no. 52 on this week's Billboard 200, selling just over 10,000 copies.
Next week, tune back in to see how new releases from Flo Rida, Bow Wow, UGK and Prince fare on the rankings.
According to Billboard.com, overall album sales in this past week totaled 6.77 million units, up 10% compared to the sum last week (6.13 million) and down 12% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (7.71 million). Year to date album sales stand at 90.4 million, down 13.5% compared to the same total at this point last year (104.5 million).
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