In other top 10 news, Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 JUST missed the platinum barrier by less than 4,000 albums after selling 88,600 this week. One more week won't hurt.
In another bit of an upset, Jay Sean and his single Down finally knock the Black Eyed Peas out of the #1 spot on the Hot 100. BEP held down the top place for a record breaking 26 weeks with Boom Boom Pow and I Gotta Feeling.
The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold
1. Barbara Streisand - Love Is The Answer (1)
2. Paramore - Brand New Eyes (2)
3. Mariah Carey - Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (3)
4. Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony (4)
5. Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue (5)
6. Jay-Z - Blueprint 3 (2-6)
7. Madonna - Celebration (7)
8. Miranda Lambert - Revolution (8)
9. Selena Gomez & The Scene - Kiss & Tell (9)
10. Pearl Jam - Backspacer (1-10)
- Ghostface Killah's Wizard Of Poetry opens at #28 with 19,200 sold.
- Marques Houston's Mr. Houston (which should've been called Mr. Marques) lands at #65 with just 9,000 records sold.
- Playaz Circle's Flight 360: The Takeoff doesn't really take off coming in at #74 with 8,000.
- Skyzoo's first album Salvation debuts at #126 with 4,600 sold.
- Mack 10's Soft White (which I had no idea dropped) starts at #141 with just 3,900 sold.
first time top 10's in bold
1. Jay Sean - Down (2-1)
2. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. (3-2)
3. Jay-Z - Run This Town (4-3)
4. Jason Rulo - Whatcha Say (5-4)
5. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (1-5)
6. Lady GaGa - Paparazzi (7-6)
7. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me (6-7)
8. Mariah Carey - Obsessed (9-8)
9. Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody (8-9)
10. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (10-10)
- Meet Me Halfway moved a bit too slow to be the 3rd link in the Black Eyed Peas' #1 spot chain, but it still jumped 15 spots 47-32.
- Mariah Carey's I Want To Know What Love Is also sees a 15 spot jump as it moves 75-60 this week.
