 Despite all the buzz he had, newcomer Wiz Khalifa couldn't knock Britney Spears outta the top spot on this week's Billboard 200 albums chart.
The pop star earned her sixth #1 with her new album, Femme Fatale, beating out Wiz's major label debut, Rolling Papers, by selling 276,000 copies.
Still, the Pittsburgh rapper churned out some impressive numbers to land at #2, selling 197,000 copies in his first week, thanks to his smash single, "Black and Yellow", and his latest single, "No Sleep."
Last week's #1, Chris Brown's F.A.M.E. fell to #4 this week with 91,000 sold; while the Songs For Japan charity compilation climbed one spot to #5 with 71,000, recording a 5% increase in sales from last week; and Jennifer Hudson's I Remember Me slipped from #2 to #7 with 56,000.
Snoop Dogg's Doggumentary opens at #8, selling 50,000 copies in its first week out, earning the west coast rap legend his 11th top 10 release.
Kirk Franklin's Hello Fear fell to #9 with 46,000; Rihanna's Loud came in at #14 with 24,000 more sold; and Lupe Fiasco's Lasers sold 23,000 to put him at #16.
Outside the top tier, E-40 made his debut onto the charts, coming in at #40 and #42 with his double-album release in his Revenue Retrievin' album series. Graveyard Shift sold 14,000 to start, while Overtime Shift sold 13,000 in its first week.
A little bit later in the ranking was Mac Miller's new On And On And Beyond EP, selling 11,000 and opening at #54.
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 April 3) totaled 6.62 million units, up 2% compared to the sum last week (6.48 million) and down 3% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (6.84 million).
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