The Big News: Alicia Keys‘ one-week vacation off the top of the charts came to an end, as As I Am sold 61,259 copies to reclaim the top spot. Last week’s champ, the Juno soundtrack, fell to number two, while the Mars Volta’s Bedlam in Goliath was the week’s top debut, coming in at number three. (more…)

The Big News: Alicia Keys retained the Number One spot for the second straight week, selling 60,519 copies of her third album As I Am. Keys managed to fend off the Juno soundtrack, which came in at Number Two after moving 57,536 copies in its third week on the chart. Mary J. Blige’s Growing Pains crossed the platinum plateau on its way to third place, while 46,141 people paid for a copy of our current cover stars Radiohead’s In Rainbows.

Debuts: Neo-soulster Raheem DeVaughn had the biggest debut, as his Love Behind the Melody sold 44,903 copies for fifth place. At seven, John Legend’s only-available-at-Target Live From Philadelphia sold 32,809 copies. The Magnetic Fields‘ Distortion entered the charts at seventy-seven, while Ringo Starr’s Liverpool 8 came in at ninety-four.

Last Week’s Heroes: The Eagles‘ Long Road Out of Eden finally dropped out of the top ten after twelve weeks, as Don Henley’s boys and Garth Brooks‘ Greatest Hits were ejected to make room for DeVaughn and Legend. Other than that, the top ten stayed mostly the same with some minor reshuffling, with Juno–aided by a bunch of Oscar noms for the film–sure to make a play to take over the top spot by next week.

The Big News: After nine weeks on the charts, Alicia Keys‘ As I Am reclaimed the top spot, unseating Radiohead’s In Rainbows, which dropped to two. As I Am sold 70,267 copies, a relatively low total for the week’s best-selling album, but the biggest news may be the Kimya Dawson-heavy Juno soundtrack which, echoing the film’s success, continues to rise on the charts. Juno comes in at Number Three this week with 67,507 copies, which isn’t exactly Garden State soundtrack numbers—yet.

Debuts: Two noteworthy rookies cracked the top fifty. Quirky Aussie singer Sia and her new album Some People Have Real Problems came in at twenty-six, and Artist to Watch Kate Nash debuted strong, with Made of Bricks slotting at thirty-six.

Last Week’s Heroes: Last week’s top ten primarily stayed the same, with Colbie Caillat’s Coco dropping out to make room for Fergie’s The Dutchess, which returned to number ten on its sixty-eighth week on the charts. Radiohead held relatively strong, selling 68,784 copies of an album that was available for free months before its physical release. In platinum news, Keyshia Cole’s Just Like You crossed the million-sold mark in its sixteenth week on the shelves.

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