Former "Britain's Got Talent" contestant Susan Boyle continues her run at the top of the Billboard 200, but new releases from Chris Brown, Gucci Mane and Snoop Dogg make their impact.
In at #7 was Chris Brown's third album, Graffiti, selling 102,000 copies to start, hs second-biggest debut to date. He managed to break the top 10 despite claims that he was blackballed by Walmart stores.
Brown's last set, Exclusive, debuted at no. 4 in 2007 with 294,000.
Rounding out the top 10 this week is incarcerated rapper Gucci Mane, who lands at no. 10 with his major label debut, The State Vs. Radric Davis, pushing 90,000 copies.
A couple slots down is Michael's Jackson's This Is It, taking the no. 12 spot with 83,000 copies sold; while Lady Gaga's The Fame fell to no. 6 this week with 103,000 sold.
Outside the top 20, we have new releases Snoop Dogg, Timbaland, the Clipse, and B.G.
Snoop's Malice N Wonderland landed at no. 21 with 59,000 copies sold, driven by his brand new single "I Wanna Rock."
Much later down the rankings, we have Timbaland's Shock Value 2 in at no. 32 with 39,000 copies sold, the Clipse's Til The Casket Drops opens at no. 41 with 31,000, and B.G.'s Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood debuts at no. 65 with 19,000 copies sold.
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According to Billboard.com, overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Dec. 13) totaled 12.00 million units, up 18% compared to the sum last week (10.14 million) and down 7% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (12.93 million).
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