Owl City's Fireflies returns to the top spot and Jay-Z's Empire State Of Mind moves up to #2, but the real story this week is Rihanna's Russian Roulette soaring 66 spots to land in the top 10 at #9. We all knew it was going to pick up, but there it goes and it only took 3 weeks.
The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold
1. Carrie Underwood - Play On (1)
2. Michael Jackson - This Is It sdtk (1-2)
3. Andrea Bocelli - My Christmas (3)
4. Glee Cast - Glee: Season One sdtk (4)
5. Various Artists - Now 32 (5)
6. Taylor Swift - Fearless (3-6)
7. Weezer - Raditude (7)
8. Michael Bublé - Crazy Love (7-8)
9. Sting - If On A Winter's Night (6-9)
10. Various Artists - Twilight Saga: New Moon sdtk (8-10)
- Amerie's In Love & War debuts at #46 with 12,700 sold.
- Ryan Leslie's Transition comes in at #50 with 12,000 sold.
first time top 10's in bold
1. Owl City - Fireflies (2-1)
2. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (3-2)
3. Jason Rulo - Whatcha Say (1-3)
4. Iyaz - Replay (12-4)
5. Jay Sean - Down (4-5)
6. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A. (5-6)
7. Lady GaGa - Paparazzi (6-7)
8. Britney Spears - 3 (8-8)
9. Rihanna - Russian Roulette (75-9)
10. Beyonce - Sweet Dreams (11-10)
- Jay Sean's second single, Do You Remember featuring Sean Paul and Lil Jon, debuts at #27.
- Birdman's Money To Blow starring Drake and Lil Wayne jumps another 11 spots 51-40.
- The New Boyz try to prove their career isn't completely over as their single Tie Me Down with Ray-J moves 24 spots north 82-58.
- Trey Songz's I Invented Sex jumps 19 spots 80-61 one week after it debuted online and captivated every female 15-34's mind and body.
