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Country rules the Billboard 200 again.

Last week’s champ, the new Keith Urban CD “Defying Gravity,” has made way for the new Rascal Flatts CD “Unstoppable, which proved unstoppable with 351,000 copies sold its first week of…

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Keith Urban celebrates his first-ever No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 this week, as his new CD “Defying Gravity” went straight to the top with 172,000 in sales.

Urban’s previous peak on the chart was No.…

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A collection of slightly used pop songs was more than enough to top the Billboard 200 this week.

“Now 30″ fended off other debuts from the “Hannah Montana: The Movie” soundtrack, Keri Hilson, Papa Roach, Jim Jones, and…

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Kelly Clarkson is sitting atop the Billboard 200 for a second week after selling 90,000 copies of her “All I Ever Wanted” CD last week.

U2’s “No Line On the Horizon” was bumped up a notch to…

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U2’s reign at the top of the Billboard 200 proved to be short-lived. The classic band was replaced at No. 1 by Kelly Clarkson.

Clarkson’s new “All I Ever Wanted” debuted to 255,000 in sales, while U2…

U2

U2 handily tops the Billboard 200 this week, selling 484,000 copies of its new “No Line On the Horizon” CD.

While that number is well above the totals of the rest of the releases in the top ten combined, it’s no…

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Jonas Brothers disappointed at the box office last week, and disappointed on the music charts as well.

“Music From the 3D Experience” sold 50,000 copies last week, landing in third place behind Taylor Swift and Lamb of…

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Taylor Swift is on top of the Billboard 200 once again, narrowly escaping a surprising challenge from singer Charlie Wilson, former lead singer of the Gap Band.

Swift sold another 62,000 copies of her “Fearless” CD, while Wilson…

Alison Krauss and Robert Plant performing at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards

The Grammys were very good to acts who performed on the heavily-viewed telecast Feb. 8.

Music sales rose dramatically for featured acts including, most dramatically, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.

The…

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Rock band the Fray’s new CD “The Fray” sold 179,000 copies its first week out, good enough to take down Bruce Springsteen’s “Working On a Dream.”

Springsteen sold 102,000 copies of his release in its second week.

Here’s…