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 This week's Billboard 200 is all Jay-Z, as the rapper returns with The Blueprint 3, which helps him pass a mark held by Elvis Presley.
The new album shifted 476,000 copies in its first week, easily giving Jay the chart's top slot, and earning him his 11th no. 1 album.
The achievement pushes him ahead of Elvis Presley as the solo act with the most no. 1 albums in the more-than 50-year history of the Billboard 200. Now, Jay has second-most no. 1s, among all acts, except the Beatles, who hold the record with 19.
Later down the positions, at no. 30, Jay-Z held another spot, as his Blueprint Collector's Edition sold 14,000 copies.
Last week's chart-topper, Whitney Houston's I Look To You, fell to no. 3 this week, selling 88,000 copies; while Raekwon's highly anticipated Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 opened at no. 4 with 68,000 copies sold.
A couple spots down, Trey Songz's Ready descended three spots to no. 6 with 45,000 unit scanned, while the Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D. climbed four slots to no. 7 with 44,000.
That pretty much wraps things up this week.
According to Billboard.com, overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Sept. 13) totaled 6.70 million units, up 7% compared to the sum last week (6.29 million) and down 2% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (6.84 million).
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