Album Chart: Rick Ross scores third No. 1 debut
"Deeper Than Rap," the latest set from Rick Ross , takes over the top slot on the US album chart this week, marking the rapper's third No. 1 debut.
With sales of 158,000 copies, "Deeper Than Rap" ousts last week's chart-topper, the "Hanna Montana: The Movie" soundtrack, which drops to No. 2 on The Billboard 200 chart with sales of 104,000. (Billboard bases its flagship chart on Nielsen SoundScan retail data.)
Depeche Mode follows with the No. 3 debut of "Sounds of the Universe," which moved 80,000 copies during its first week in stores, and marks the band's highest chart position since 1993's "Songs of Faith and Devotion" debuted at No. 1, according to Billboard.
Meanwhile, with sales of 68,000 copies, Rascal Flatts ' "Unstoppable" claims the No. 4 slot by managing to stay slightly ahead of Asher Roth 's "Asleep in the Bread Aisle," which sold 65,000 copies and makes its debut at No. 5.
Rounding out the Top 10 are the "Twilight" soundtrack at No. 6 with 40,000 copies; Lady GaGa's "The Fame" at No. 7 with just a few hundred less than "Twilight"; Day26 's "Forever in a Day" at No. 8 with 37,000 copies; the "Now 30" compilation at No. 9 with 36,000; and Jadakiss ' "The Last Kiss" at No. 10 with 30,000.
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