June 20, 2007 at 02:15:00 PM
Flag-waving country star tops Fabolous and Paul McCartney for week's top-selling album.
Toby Keith scores his third No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and his fifth chart-topper on Top Country Albums this week with Big Dog Daddy. The Show Dog Nashville set moved 204,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Keith's 2006 album, White Trash With Money sold more at 330,000 but debuted at No. 2.
Fabolous hops onto The Billboard 200 with his first album in three years, From Nothin' to Somthin' (Desert Storm/Def Jam), which sold 159,000 units. The rapper's last effort, Real Talk, bowed at No. 6 with 179,000 in 2004; his previous charting best was 2003's Street Dreams, which peaked at No. 3.
Despite a 34 percent slide in sales, Paul McCartney's first Hear Music set Memory Almost Full sits tight at No. 3 with 107,000 copies. Maroon 5's It Won't Be Soon Before Long (A&M/Octone) climbs a slot 5-4 with 87,000, a 22 percent sales decline.
After bowing at No. 1 last week, T-Pain's Epiphany (Konvict/Nappy Boy/Jive) slips to No. 5 on a 52 percent sales hit, selling 82,000. Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight (Machine Shop/Warner Bros.) ascends 7-6, also with 82,000 (-15 percent), while Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad (SRP/Def Jam) falls 2-7 with 81,000 (-50 percent).
DJ Khaled earns his first Billboard 200 top 10 spot with We the Best at No. 8. The Terror Squad set sold 79,000 copies, fueled by the popularity of the single "Takin' Over" (featuring T.I., Akon, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Lil' Wayne, & Baby) which recently peaked at No. 28 and No. 11 on the Hot 100 and Hot Rap Tracks tallies, respectively. His 2006 release Listennn: The Album, started at No. 12 on The Billboard 200 with 44,000.
Traveling Wilburys' self-titled Rhino anthology arrives at No. 9 with 78,000. The package includes the supergroup's two original studio albums along with bonus tracks and a DVD. As previously reported, the collection debuted Sunday at No. 1 on the UK album chart.
British soul singer Amy Winehouse's Back to Black (Universal Republic) keeps the No. 10 spot warm for a second week, selling 74,000 with an 11 percent sales increase.
Queens of the Stone Age's Era Vulgaris (Interscope) debuts at No. 14 with 52,000. The California rock band's last effort, Lullabies to Paralyze, debuted and peaked at No. 5 in 2005. The Warner Bros. charity compilation Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur enters right behind at No. 15 with 49,000, featuring John Lennon covers by acts like Green Day, R.E.M., and Avril Lavigne.
Other big debuts this week include Eddie Levert Sr. & Gerald Levert's Something to Talk About (Atlantic) at No. 19 with 42,000, Paramore's Riot! (Fueled By Ramen) at No. 20 with 42,000, and a DMX hits collection, The Definition of X: Pick of the Litter, (Def Jam) at No. 26 with 35,000.
Album sales are up 9.5 percent from last week's total at 9.58 million units and down 7.9 percent compared to the same week last year.
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