• Las Vegas kids Panic! At The Disco have now sold 753,752 copies of their debut record Fever You Can’t Sweat Out. The album is down at #24 from last week’s #21 position but the band had an 11% increase in sales this week.

• Busta Rhymes new record Big Bang The debuted at #1 on this week’s charts. The album sold 208,773 copies in its first week of sales.

• Despite reports that ticket sales for their current tour are floundering, the Dixie Chicks’ latest record Taking The Long Way sold another 130,242 copies this week, keeping it at #2 on the charts.

• Billy Joel’s largely television-promoted new record 12 Gardens Live sold a respectable 44,354 copies in its first week on the charts.

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