In a busy week on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, Linkin Park barely grabs the top spot over Trey Songz while Bruno Mars nabs his first solo # 1 on the Hot 100. Looking at the albums tally, rock rap hybrid Linkin Park sold 241,000 copies of their latest A Thousand Suns to debut on top just ahead of Trey Songz new album, Passion Pain & Pleasure which sold 240,000 copies. They lead a total of 6 new releases in the top ten including the latest from country singer Jamey Johnson, rock legend Robert Plant, rockers Weezer and The Killer’s front man Brandon Flowers with his solo debut. Also of note, last week’s top album Sara Bareilles’ Kaleidoscope Heart takes a big fall from # 1 down to # 12 while Florence + the Machine’s Lungs takes a giant leap from # 44 to # 14. That move is spurred by their performance of the single “Dog Days are Over” at the MTV Video Music Awards last week and also propels the single to a giant move from 93 -21 on the Hot 100. Leading that singles tally for the first time by himself is newcomer Bruno Mars with “Just the Way You Are” which displaces Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream”. Mars previously hit the top spot as a featured artist on B.o.B’s “Nothing on You” earlier this year and the top 5 accompanying Travis McCoy on his hit “Billionaire”. For more info on all the charts, head to Billboard here. And check out this week’s top singles and albums below.
Billboard Top Ten Albums
1. Linkin Park- A Thousand Suns (debut)
2. Trey Songz- Passion, Pain & Pleasure (debut)
3. Eminem- Recovery (last week~2)
4. Jamey Johnson- The Guitar Song (debut)
5. Robert Plant- Band of Joy (debut)
6. Weezer- Hurley (debut)
7. Now 35 Compilation (lw~ 3)
8. Brandon Flowers- Flamingo (debut)
9. Katy Perry- Teenage Dream (lw~ 4)
10. Justin Bieber- My World 2.0 (lw~8)
Top 10 Songs
1. “Just the Way You Are”- Bruno Mars (lw~ 3)
2. “Love the Way You Lie”- Eminem with Rihanna (lw~ 2)
3. “Only Girl in the World”- Rihanna (lw~ 75)
4. “Teenage Dream”- Katy Perry (lw~ 1)
5. “DJ Got us Falling In Love”- Usher w/Pitbull (lw~ 6)
6. “Dynamite”- Taio Cruz (lw~ 4)
7. “I Like It”- Enrique Iglesias w/Pitbull (lw~ 5)
8. “Just a Dream”- Nelly (lw~ 7)
9. “Club Can’t Handle Me”- FloRida w/David Guetta (lw~ 9)
10. “Like a G6”- Far East Movement (lw~ 16)
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