Jeez, won’t this girl let somebody else have a turn at Number One? Not even the all-powerful Jonas Brothers could come close to knocking Taylor Swift out of the top spot as she continues her Billboard 200 dominance.
1. Taylor Swift – Fearless – 73,000 (+18%)
2. Lamb of God – Wrath – 68,000 (debut)
3. The Jonas Brothers – 3D Concert Experience – 50,000 (debut)
4. Slumdog Millionaire – 44,000 (+109%)
5. Nickelback – Dark Horse – 41,000 (-6%)
6. Beyonce – I Am… Sasha Fierce – 35,000 (-13%)
7. Lady GaGa – The Fame – 32,000 (+1%)
8. The Fray – The Fray – 31,000 (-41%)
9. Jamie Foxx – Intuition – 31,000 (-5%)
10. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak – 26,000 (-21%)
You’ve got to love the idea of a metal band originally known as “Burn the Priest” debuted higher than the clean cut Jonas Brothers. Bless their little demonic hearts.
• M. Ward’s Hold Time ended up at #59 in its second week with sales of 10,000.
• Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy sank to #137 with 4,000 and “appears to have stalled out just above the half-million-in-sales mark.”
Additional sales data via MTV.