50 Cent "The Massacre"

The latest album from hip-hop mogul 50 Cent remains at the top of the Billboard 200 this week for the 3rd straight week. Sales of 50's newest album dropped from their blistering pace last week selling 364,000 copies. This was "good enough" to keep the man at the top of the list with over 2.2 million copies sold to date. There are only 25,000 album sales separating 50 Cent's Massacre from NOW That's What I Call Music. NOW (Vol. #18) is a compilation album featuring artists such as Snoop Doggy Dog and Nelly. The NOW album debuted on the Billboard 200 with 339,000 copies sold in it's first week.

Other mentions this week were:

• Jack Johnson "In Between Dreams" - Dropped from 2nd position on the Billboard 200 to number 3 with about 99,000 copies sold.


• Green Day "American Idiot" - American Idiot has been on the Billboard 200 chart for 26 straight weeks and slips to number four this week.