‘Twilight’ Bedazes Billboard 200 at No. 3
by anamus on Apr.02, 2009, under Music, album, charts, rankings, song, songs
Top 5 on Billboard 200
With ‘Now 30′ ranking at number one on Billboard 200, ‘Twilight’ stuns at No. 3. With over a dozen CDs released last week the storm took over the Billboard 200. According to reports submitted by Billboard , this week there have been 12 titles to have debuted in the Top 20. This has been the first of its kind in the Billboard 200’s history.
With a sale of 146,000 copies the series of multi-label, top pop song compilation, “Now 30″, ranks at number one in the chart. The popularity of “Now 30” rose for the fact that all songs of the album are available for download. The top 5 are rounded up with “Hannah Montana: The Movie Soundtrack” with a sale of 139,000 is at the 2nd place, “Twilight” soundtrack at No. 3, Keri Hilson’s debut, “In a Perfect World,” is a new entry of the chart at No. 4 and last week’s No. 1, Kelly Clarkson’s “All I Ever Wanted,” drops to No. 5.
There are also some remarkable debuts that include rockers Papa Roach at “Metamorphosis” at No. 8, rapper Jim Jones at No. 9 for his hit “Pray IV Reign”, country diva Martina McBride at No. 10 with “Shine” and metal monsters Mastadon at No. 11 with “Crack the Skye”.
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