A release during the usually quiet Fourth of July week didn't deter sales of T.I.'s "T.I. vs. T.I.P.," which sold 468,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
The Grand Hustle/Atlantic set is T.I.'s second chart-topper in the past year and a half; "King" opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 522,000 copies in late March 2006.
After entering at the summit last week, Miley Cyrus' double-disc set "Hannah Montana 2 /Meet Miley Cyrus" slips to No. 2 with 188,000 units, a sales decrease of 42 percent. Kelly Clarkson's RCA set "My December" follows suit, falling from No. 2 to No. 3 with 113,000. Bon Jovi's "Lost Highway" descends a rung, from third position to No. 4, with 94,000, taking a 25 percent hit.
Velvet Revolver's sophomore RCA album, "Libertad," debuts at No. 5 with 92,000. The supergroup's first album, 2004's "Contraband," climbed onto the chart at No. 1 with 256,000.
Another sophomore set bows inside the top tier this week as Kelly Rowland's Music World/Columbia set "Ms. Kelly" debuts at No. 6 with 82,000. The former Destiny's Child singer was last on the chart in 2002, when her solo debut "Simply Deep" entered and peaked at No. 12 with 77,000.
Brad Paisley's "5th Gear" moves from No. 5 to No. 7 after a 27 percent drop to 59,000, while Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black" falls from No. 6 to No. 8 with 57,000 in its 17th week on the chart.
Linkin Park's "Minutes to Midnight" descends from eighth spot to No. 9 with 57,000, a 1 percent decline. The White Stripes' "Icky Thump" is down from No. 4 to No. 10 after a 37 percent sales slide to 56,000.
Warner Bros.' "Transformers: The Album" soundtrack debuts at No. 21 this week with 32,000, while Victory rock act Silverstein's fourth album, "Arrivals & Departure," earns the group its best charting week yet, entering at No. 25 with 27,000. Other big debuts this week include Grupo Montez De Durango's "Agarrese" at No. 41 with 18,000 and Sara Bareilles' "Little Voice" at No. 45 with 16,000.
At 8.73 million units, sales this week are down 1.1 percent compared with last week's sum and down 3 percent compared with the same week last year.
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