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The Big News: You know a movie is going to be huge when the soundtrack tops the sales charts before the film is even released. Twilight mania begins early as the Paramore-lead soundtrack unseated AC/DC’s Black Ice after a two week reign, selling 165,000 copies before the film even hits theaters next Friday. Black Ice fell short of the top spot by a mere 5,000 copies and settled in at number two. Another soundtrack, High School Musical 3, claimed third for the second consecutive week, while Hinder’s Take It To The Limit discovered that the limit would be 81,000 copies and a spot at number four. Rounding out the top five was Pink’s Funhouse, which dropped down from two last week thanks to a 60% sales decline.
Debuts: Outside of the vampire flick and Hinder, Q-Tip’s The Renaissance debuted at 11. (more…)

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