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Taylor Swift holds on to No. 1 spot
Taylor Swift's "Fearless" begins a third nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week, selling 330,000 copies in the U.S.
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Rank Weeks Title
1 5 Taylor Swift - Fearless
2 2 Britney Spears - Circus
3 4 Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce
4 4 Nickelback - Dark Horse
5 6 Soundtrack - Twilight
6 3 Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
7 5 Various Artists - Now 29
8 8 AC/DC - Black Ice
9 8 Soundtrack - High School Musical 3: Senior Year
10 4 David Cook - David Cook

Rank Weeks Title
1 9 Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
2 12 T.I. Featuring Rihanna - Live Your Life
3 19 Lady GaGa Featuring Colby O'Donis - Just Dance
4 2 Britney Spears - Circus
5 19 T.I. - Whatever You Like
6 11 Britney Spears - Womanizer
7 6 Kanye West - Heartless
8 20 Katy Perry - Hot N Cold
9 10 Beyonce - If I Were A Boy
10 13 Kanye West - Love Lockdown

Rank Weeks Title
1 6 Twilight
2 8 High School Musical 3: Senior Year
3 34 A Charlie Brown Christmas (Vince Guaraldi Trio)
4 23 Mamma Mia!
5 26 Camp Rock
6 2 Cadillac Records
7 3 Twilight: The Score (Carter Burwell)
8 55 Alvin And The Chipmunks
9 17 One World (The Cheetah Girls)
10 36 The Polar Express

1Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas (Soundtrack)
2Britney Spears - Circus
3Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
4Soundtrack - Twilight
5Common - Universal Mind Control
6Brandy - Human
7Musiq Soulchild - onmyradio
8Taylor Swift - Fearless
9The Killers - Day & Age
10Taylor Swift - The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (EP)
1AC/DC - Black Ice
2Il Divo - The Promise
3Enya - And Winter Came...
4Seal - Soul
5Pink - Funhouse
6Take That - The Circus
7The Killers - Day & Age
8Leona Lewis - Spirit
9Britney Spears - Circus
10Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy
12Pac - Changes
2Conjunto Primavera - No Se Vivir Sin Ti
3Ace Hood Featuring Rock Ross & T-Pain - Cash Flow
4Henry Mancini - Pink Panther
5Unknown - NYSE Bell
6Banda El Recodo - Y Llegaste Tu
7Lil Wayne - I'm Me
8Baby Bash Featuring T-Pain - Cyclone
9Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is Yo
10Alicia Keys - No One

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