Sales: Taylor Swift Kicks Jonas Bros' Asses

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.

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