For the fourth consecutive week, Eminem's Recovery tops the Billboard 200, beating out a new record from Korn, M.I.A., and Sting.
Recovery sold another 195,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and becomes the first set to notch four straight weeks at no. 1 since Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream spent six week on top, and first by a solo male since Josh Groban's Noel did so for five weeks in December 2007, reports Billboard.com.
In addition to the no. 1 album, Eminem's single, "Love The Way You Lie" featuring Rihanna), holds the no. 1 spot on the Digital Songs chart with 352,000 sold this week.
Drake's Thank Me Later slipped one spot to no. 3 this week with another 50,300 copies, taking its five-week total to just over 833,000 units.
M.I.A.'s Maya rounded out the top 10, debuting at no. 9 with 28,000. Her last album, 2007's Kala, debuted at no. 18 with 29,000.
Outside the top 10, Big Boi's Sir Luscious Left Foot the Son of Chico Dusty fell to no. 14 with 25,8000 copies sold, while Usher's Raymond v. Raymond closes out toe Top 20 at no. 20 with another 17,700 copies sold.
That's not it though. There's a couple new releases much later down the rankings.
New Orleans rapper, Curren$y, enters the charts atno. 39 with Pilot Talk, released through the ewly launched Roc-A-Fella Records. The set sold just 10,800 copies.
And, Paul Wall's latest, Heart of a Champion, debuted at no. 58 with 7,600.
That wraps things up this week. To cop any of these new releases, head over to Amazon.com.
According to Billboard.com, overall album sales in this past chart week (ending July 18) totaled 5.21 million units, down less than 1% compared to the sum last week (5.23 million) and down 23% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (6.78 million).
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