Kelly Clarkson waited five years to be back at the top of the charts, and, for this week at least, she ain’t going nowhere.
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Kelly Clarkson waited five years to be back at the top of the charts, and, for this week at least, she ain’t going nowhere.
Clarkson’s All I Ever Wanted claimed the No. 1 spot on The Billboard 200 for a second week in a row. U2 follow close behind at #2; their No Line On The Horizon (which we rate at a solid 3.5 stars — nowhere near as bad as the worst things being said about it, and not as earth-shatteringly genius as some would have you believe) moves up a slot from last week, yet went down 42% in sales.
The Decemberists right now are the little rock band that could — all their hard work writing concept albums and performing them verbatim has paid off — their second major label album The Hazards of Love debuted at #14, selling 19,000 copies. Other chart debuts this week include new ones by rappers Gorilla Zoe and Twiztid.
Overall, Billboard reports that album sales, at 6.14 million units, were down 7% compared to last week, and are a whopping 31% lower than they were this week one year ago.
The country’s top 10 albums this week:
1. Kelly Clarkson – All I Ever Wanted
2. U2 – No Line On the Horizon
3. Various Artists – Twilight Soundtrack
4. The-Dream – Love Vs. Money
5. Lady GaGa – The Fame
6.Taylor Swift – Fearless
7. Nickelback – Dark Horse
8. Gorilla Zoe – Don’t Feed Da Animals
9. Beyonce I Am … Sasha Fierce
10. Jamie Foxx – Intuition
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