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 While country singer Keith Urban rides high as he takes Billboard 200's top spot, a few new releases from the likes of Prince, UGK, Bow Wow, and Flo Rida are make their own waves on the charts.
In at no. 2 is Prince's Target-exclusive LotusFlow3r album with 168,000 sold, giving the artist his 14th top 10 set. The album is a triple-disc indie effort for a bargain price of $11.98. It includes an album from Prince protégé Bria Valente, as well.
Right behind Prince is jazz veteran Diana Krall, who returns to the charts with Quiet Nights, landing at no. 3 with 104,000 sold, as well as earning her ninth no. 1 on Top Jazz Albums. According to Billboard.com, it's the singer's best debut sales week since The Girl In the Other Room entered with 144,000 in 2004.
A few spots later comes the final album from Texas legends UGK. The duo earns its second top 10 album as UGK 4 Life bows at no. 6 with 77,000 units scanned. It's their first release since one-half of the pair, Pimp C, died in late 2007.
Two spots later, Flo Rida -- who is riding high with the year's top selling digital song with "Right Round" (2.4 million sold and counting) -- opens at no. 8 with his sophomore album, R.O.O.T.S.. Despite the popularity of his single, his album sold lower numbers, 55,000 copies. The rapper's first album, Mail On Sunday, started at no. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 86,000 back in 2008.
Behind Flo is Lady GaGa's The Fame, landing at no. 9 with 51,000 sales, a 13% gain from last week, while Keri Hilson's In A Perfect World... sold another 37,000 this week to put her at no. 11.
And to round out the top 20 is a new album from young rapper Bow Wow. His new album, New Jack City Part II, lands at no. 16, selling just over 30,000 copies to start.
According to Billboard.com, overall album sales in this past chart week (ending April 5) totaled 7.11 million units, up 5% compared to the sum last week (6.77 million) and down 11% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (7.99 million). Year to date album sales stand at 97.5 million, down 13.3% compared to the same total at this point last year (112.5 million).
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