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It looks like the charts have a high school crush.
High School Musical 2 started class last week with the year's second best bow, and despite three Top 10 debuts led by Talib Kweli, the Disney Channel soundtrack held the top spot for a second week. HSM2 finished the week ended Sunday selling 367,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan numbers released today.
HSM2's two-week tally now sits at over 982,000 total copies, which includes the best first-week sales ever for a television soundtrack.
Though not seriously challenging HSM2 for the top spot, Talib Kweli's Ear Drum banged up 60,000 copies to earn the number two spot. Originally a member of Black Star with Mos Def, Kweli's third solo release is his first to crack the Top 10.
As evidence of the respect Kweli receives from other rappers, Jay-Z's Black Album notes, "If skills sold, truth be told/I'd probably be lyrically Talib Kweli."
Producer Swizz Beatz landed the next highest debut with his artist album One Man Band selling 45,000 discs at seven. Starting off with the Ruff Ryders crew, Swizz Beatz reached the big time with hits like Beyoncé's "Check on It" and DMX's "Party Up (In Here)." One Man Band features contributions from outside producers and artists like Snoop, R. Kelly and Chris Martin of Coldplay.
The third and final Top 10 bow belonged to Christian thrashers As I Lay Dying, who rode 39,000 copies to the eight spot with An Ocean Between Us. On slightly fewer copies, Nickelback's All the Right Reasons jumped four spots to nine in its 99th week on the charts.
The rest of the Top 10, all familiar faces, included Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus at three, the Hairspray soundtrack at four, Now That's What I Call Music! 25 at five, Fergie's The Dutchess at six and UGK's Underground Kingz in the ten spot.
Outside the Top 10, Sri Lankan electro-rapper M.I.A. found herself at 18 selling 29,000 copies of Kala. Cartel, better known as the rock band that spent 20 days recording in a bubble, followed at 20 selling 28,000 copies of its bubble-bursting self-titled disc.
Alt-country Angelenos Rilo Kiley jumped in at 22 selling 27,000 copies of their major label debut, Under the Blacklight. Less than a thousand copies behind Rilo, country crooner Joe Nichols – known for such party classics as "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" and "Let's Get Drunk and Fight" – opened at 23 with III. (Given that III is actually his fourth album, we're wondering if Miss Teen South Carolina had a hand in titling the disc.)
Other noteworthy debuts included Travis Tritt's The Storm at 28, the New Pornographers' Challengers at 34, Aiden's Conviction at 55 and Christian metalcore act The Devil Wear Prada at 58 with Plagues.
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