Sales: No Debuts in Top 10, or even Top 40

Sade - Soldier of LoveSheesh, last week there were eight brand new releases in the Top 40 of the Billboard 200. This week, there are none. Slow week.

1. Sade – “Soldier of Love” – 190,000 (down 62%)

2. Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now” – 144,000 (down 31%; 1,041,000 cume)

3. Black Eyed Peas – “The E.N.D.” – 65,000 (down 2%)

4. Lady Gaga – “The Fame” – 63,000 (down 17%)

5. Lil Wayne – “Rebirth” – 58,000 (down 35%)

6. Susan Boyle – “I Dreamed a Dream” – 51,000 (up 1%)

7. Alicia Keys’ “The Element of Freedom” – 39,000 (down 2%)

8. Jaheim – “Another Round” – 36,000 (down 68%)

9. Josh Turner – “Haywire” – 33,000 (down 62%)

10. Taylor Swift – “Fearless” – 32,000 (down 35%)


Further down:

18. Rihanna – “Rated R” – 25,000 (664,000 cume)

36. k.d. lang – “Recollection” – 15,000 (debut) [Hey, Billboard said the highest debut was #42. -ed.]

42. Story of the Year – “The Constant” – 14,000 (debut)

51. Nick Jonas & the Administration – “Who I Am” – 12,000 (down 50%)

66. Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds – “Live in Las Vegas” – 9,000 (down 75%)

117. Chris Brown – “Graffiti” – 5,000 (300,000 cume)

Additional sales data via MTV.

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