NEW YORK (Billboard) – In another week bereft of any major new releases, country starTaylor Swift led the U.S. pop albums chart for a sixth non-consecutive week on Wednesday.
"Fearless," the 19-year-old's second album, sold 72,000 copies during the week ended January 11, the lowest tally since Alicia Keys' "As I Am" moved 61,000 copies last February.
"Fearless" becomes the first album to spend six weeks at the top since 2005, when 50 Cent's "The Massacre" logged its first six frames at the summit.
Canadian rock bandNickelback's "Dark Horse" jumped three places to No. 2 with 53,000, while Kanye West's "808s and Heartbreak" held tight at No. 3 with 50,000. Beyonce's "I Am ... Sasha Fierce" fell two places to No. 4 with 49,000. The soundtrack to "Twilight" slipped one to No. 5 with 43,000.
The next four titles were unchanged from last week: Britney Spears' "Circus" at No. 6 (40,000), Keyshia Cole's "A Different Me" at No. 7 (37,000), Jamie Foxx's "Intuition" at No. 8 (34,000) and the "Now 29" compilation at No. 9 (30,000). Akon's "Freedom" rebounded one to No. 10 with 27,000.
The top new entry was DJ Skribble's "Total Club Hits 2" at No. 16.
At 6.25 million units, sales slid 26.5% from the previous week, and were off by 13.8% from the year-ago period.
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