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The Album Sales Review For 8/11/10: Arcade Fire Burns Up To The Top

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The rockers top the charts : Both the Billboard 200 and the Digital Songs charts greet fresh No. 1s this week, as Arcade Fire's new album "The Suburbs" bows atop the former list with 156,000 sold It was another dreadful week for the RIAA Soundscan overall, but another massive week for Eminem. He is still selling no less than a 150 K a week, and looks sent to be double platinum in a little over 2 months time. Avenged Sevenfold,last week's #1, slipped to 3 while a nice welcoming for Bun B in the 4th spot despite weary numbers for his "Trill (41,000). The rest of the chart is Rick Ross' "Teflon Don" at #5 (not looking good to even go gold), #6 is Lady Gaga's "The Remix" (stop biting off of Diddy, #7 is the Bieber one's "My World 2.0", 8th place is Drake's "Thank Me Later" (oh its way to being platinum next week most likely), the 9 spot goes to Lady Antebellum's "Need You Know" and rounding o

The Album Sales Review For 8/4/10: Avenged Sevenfold Finally Bumps Eminem Off The Top Spot

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And the Detroit rapper's massive 5-week hold on the top spot is over : Avenged Sevenfold garners its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart as "Nightmare" arrives atop the list, bumping Eminem's "Recovery" to No. 2 after a five week reign at No. 1. Avenged begins with 163,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan, trumping "Recovery" (159,000; down 15%) by less than 4,000 units. Sevenfold's personal accomplishment was the only standout in a forgettable week for the July 27 debut crowd: With only "Nightmare" arriving in the top 10, it's the first time we've had this few debuts in the top 10 since the chart dated March 13 (reflecting the sales week ending Feb. 28), when Johnny Cash's "American VI: Ain't No Grave" was the lone top 10 debut at No. 3. And you say "Bust" time for the former officer, who will have a fight to go gold on his hands: As for the rest of the top 10 this week, Rick Ross&#