August 15, 2007 at 10:37:00 AM
Houston-based veteran duo's first studio album in six years is the week's top seller.
After a five-year absence from The Billboard 200, UGK returns to the tally in a big way as Underground Kingz debuts at No. 1. The hip-hop troupe's first chart-topper, the Jive set moved 160,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the best sales week ever for UGK and its members, Bun B and Pimp C. UGK's previous charting and sales best came with 2001's Dirty Money, which bowed at No. 18 with 98,000.
Fueled by its popular single "Shawty" featuring T-Pain, Plies' Slip-N-Slide debut Real Testament enters at No. 2. The rapper's album sold 96,000 units; "Shawty" has peaked at No. 12 on the Hot 100 thus far, and was last week's biggest airplay gainer.
The NOW 25 hits compilation keeps the No. 3 spot warm on the big chart for a second week, selling 86,000 with a 30 percent sales decrease. Despite an 8 percent sales slip, Miley Cyrus' Disney double-disc set Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus climbs a slot 5-4 with 75,000.
The Jonas Brothers' self-titled sophomore record shifted 69,000 copies to debut at No. 5 on The Billboard 200. Jonas Brothers is the first album to be issued in the CDVU+ format. The packaging features 100 percent recycled paper and the CD unlocks photos, lyrics, and liner notes when inserted in a computer. The pop-rock group's first effort, 2006's It's About Time (Columbia), bowed and peaked at No. 91.
The New Line soundtrack to Hairspray falls 4-6 with a 16 percent sales decrease to 69,000, a few hundred short of the Jonas Brothers' sum. After bowing on top last week, Common's Finding Forever descends to No. 7 with 58,000, a 63 percent sales hit.
Fergie's The Dutchess (will.i.am/A&M/Interscope) climbs 9-8 with 52,000 (-3 percent), flip-flopping with T.I.'s Grand Hustle/Atlantic set T.I. vs. T.I.P. (8-9, 45,000, -18 percent). Korn's Untitled (Virgin) slips 2-10 with 39,000 after a 64 percent sales decrease.
Other big chart debuts this week include Fuel's sixth effort, Angels & Devils (Epic, No. 42, 15,000), Slightly Stoopid's Chronchitis (Stoopid, No. 55, 12,000), Kat DeLuna's debut album 9 Lives (Epic, No. 58, 11,000), Okkervil River's Billboard 200 debut The Stage Names (Jagjaguwar, No. 62; 10,000), and Drowning Pool's Full Circle (Eleven Seven, No. 64, 10,000).
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