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The Billboard 200 - TOP 20
TW/LW/ "Artist" "Title" "Sales"
1 NEW George Strait - Troubadour, 166,000
2 NEW R.E.M. - Accelerate, 115,000
3 5 Various Artists - Now 27, 60,000
4 1 Day26 - Day26, 51,000
5 16 Soundtrack - Alvin & The Chipmunks, 51,000
6 NEW Trina - Still Da Baddest, 47,000
7 4 Danity Kane - Welcome To The Dollhouse, 47,000
8 3 Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings, 43,000
9 6 Rick Ross - Trilla, 41,000
10 NEW Van Morrison - Keep It Simple, 37,000

Strait Speeds Past R.E.M. To Debut At No. 1

For the fourth time in his career, country vet George Strait earns the No. 1 spot on
The Billboard 200 with "Troubadour." According to Nielsen SoundScan, the MCA Nashville
album moved 166,000 copies, more than enough to push him to the summit of the Top Country
Albums tally, his 22nd No. 1 there. The Billboard 200 has hosted at least one new entry
from Strait every year since 1984.

R.E.M. scores its highest sales and charting week in nearly 12 years with the Warner Bros.
set "Accelerate," which debuts at No. 2 with 115,000. "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" also
started at No. 2 in September 1996.

The multi-label "NOW 27" compilation experiences an 11% sales loss to 60,000, though it
climbs 5-3. Last week's chart-topper, Day26's self-titled Bad Boy effort, falls to No. 4
with 51,000, a whopping 73% sales decline. In its 18th week on the chart, the Fox/Razor
& Tie soundtrack to "Alvin and the Chipmunks" propels itself back into the top 10 16-5
with a 111% sales increase (also with 51,000); the film was released on DVD on April 1.

Rapper Trina bows with "Still Da Baddest" (Slip-N-Slide) at No. 6 with 47,000, her first
top 10 set. Her last album, "Glamorest Life," entered at No. 11, though with better sales
at 77,000.

Danity Kane's sophomore album, "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (Bad Boy), descends 4-7 with
47,0000 (-47%), while Counting Crows' "Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings" (Geffen) slips
3-8 with 43,000 (-59%). With 41,000, Rick Ross' "Trilla" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam) falls 6-9
on a 20% sales dip.


Van Morrison's Lost Highway album "Keep It Simple" earns the songwriter his first top 10
hit of his 40-plus-year career, debuting at No. 10 with 37,000. His previous high water
mark was with "Saint Dominic's Preview" in 1972 at No. 15.

In a week where 31 titles debut on the chart, the Rolling Stones' Interscope soundtrack
to its Martin Scorsese-directed concert film "Shine a Light" bows at No. 11 with 37,000,
while the Black Keys' "Attack and Release" (Nonesuch) begins at No. 14 with 29,000, both
career bests for the Akron, Ohio-based duo.

Rock act Sevendust's "Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow" (Asylum) has a No. 19 start with
25,000 and George Michael's Epic retrospective "Twentyfive" debuts at No. 23 with 23,000.

From>>>Billboard