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John Mayer is Number 1 in the Billboard Chart

John Mayer’s latest album, “Battle Studies” (Columbia), easily topped the Billboard chart this week with 286,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

In a week heavy with prominent new releases as the music industry gears up the for the holiday-shopping period, Andrea Bocelli’s “My Christmas” (Sugar/Decca) held at No. 2 with 185,000 sales, beating out Norah Jones (No. 3 with 180,000 sales), the Christian rock band Casting Crowns (No. 4, 167,000), 50 Cent (No. 5, 160,000) and the 15-year-old pop heartthrob Justin Bieber (No. 6, 137,000).

The next two spots on Billboard’s chart were held by soundtracks. “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” (Epic) fell three spots to No. 7 with 96,000, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” (Chop Shop/Atlantic) jumped two to No. 8, with 93,000 sales.

Next week will bring another wave of high-charting new albums, by Adam Lambert, Shakira and Rihanna. But the biggest hit is expected to be Susan Boyle’s “I Dreamed a Dream” (Syco Music/Columbia). Billboard, citing preliminary numbers from SoundScan, predicted that “I Dreamed a Dream” would open with as many as 600,000 sales, and if it exceeds 608,000, it would have the biggest opening of any album this year, beating Eminem’s “Relapse.”

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One Response to “John Mayer is Number 1 in the Billboard Chart”

1. Dona Gajasinghe
   at 11:59 pm on December 1st, 2009

   Be thankful for the gift God has given you. The gift you give God in return is entertaining the world and making them forget their cares, by utilizing the God-given gift. God bless you.

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