Sales: Prince's Target Exclusive is #2

This week’s top ten of the Billboard 200 has Prince getting edged out by a Kiwi country singer. At least he left UGK and Flo Rida in his purple dust.

1. Keith Urban’s “Defying Gravity” – 171,000 (debut)

2. Prince’s “LotusFlow3r” – 168,000 (debut)

3. Diana Krall’s “Quiet Nights” – 104,000 (debut)

4. “Now 30” compilation – 87,000 (down 40%)

5. “Hannah Montana: the Movie” soundtrack – 87,000 (down 38%)

6. UGK’s “UGK 4 Life” – 77,000 (debut)

7. “Twilight” soundtrack – 73,000 (down 28%)

8. Flo Rida’s “R.O.O.T.S.” – 55,000 (debut)

9. Lady GaGa’s “The Fame” – 51,000 (up 13%)

10. Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” – 42,000 (up 5%)

Further down:

14. Kelly Clarkson’s “All I Ever Wanted” – 34,000 (down 34%)

22. Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “It’s Blitz” – 22,000 (up 500% with physical release)

41. Death Cab for Cutie’s “Open Door” EP – 14,000 (debut)

44. Mastodon’s “Crack the Skye” – 13,000 (down 70%)

76. Leonard Cohen’s “Live in London” – 9,000 (debut)

80. PJ Harvey and John Parish’s “Woman a Man Walked By” – 8,000 (debut)

• This is Prince’s 14th top 10 set. The triple-disc indie effort carries an economical $11.98 price tag and includes an album from Prince protege Bria Valente. Prince’s 2003 set “Musicology” started at No. 3 with 191,000; 2006’s “3121” began at No. 1 with 183,000 and 2007’s “Planet Earth” entered at No. 3 with 96,000.

• 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).

Additional sales data via MTV.

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