Source: http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000973674

Making sure everyone knows he is straight, this artist goes by the name of George Strait, and he just happens to be the new #1 in the Billboard album charts with a 245,000 debut.

At #2, the Ying-Yang twins set a career record with 201,000 units while their previous album is platinum.

At #3 Coldplay sells 140,000 which is down 23% from last week.

At #4, Mimi drops just 0.2% to 131,000. This should make Mariah fans happy!

At #5, Philly rapper Cassidy opens with 93,000. His previous album sold 414,000.

At #6, Black Eyed peas drop 12% to 90,000 units

At #7, down 23% to 88,000 are the FooFighters.

At #8, Kelly "boring with no talent" Clarkson is up 3% to 63,000.

At #9, up 0.5% to 61,000 is Gwen Stefani. (The HP camera with her own design is still available at $250 on Amazon).

At #10, up 4% to 60,500 is Toby Keith with the contradictory titled CD ;-)

At #12, critically acclaimed Anthony Hamilton debuts wiht 53,000. His previous album has quietly become platinum.

At #18, Vivian Green gets her highest debut with 46,000. Her previous one is now gold.

Other debuts
#35: CKY (who? what? where?)
#37: Razor & Tie with a compilation
#48: Bizarre

Next week
Expect Live8 performances to boost the sales of some of the artists who participated, as well as some of the "Catalog" albums that billboard does not list in the top 200, even though they sell enough to be there. (stupid eh?).

Week after next
Expect the rebroadcast of Live8 with musical priority (instead of commercial and blah-blah priority) to also help some of the Live8 performers.