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Britney Spears scores her sixth No. 1 album this week as her newest set, Femme Fatale, comes sailing in at the top spot.
Femme Fatale sells 276,000 copies in its first week of release according to Nielsen SoundScan as reported by Billboard.com.
While the total was enough to secure the top spot for the week, it is much lower than the first week of her last project, 2008′s Circus. Pegged Britney’s comeback album, Circus moved a massive 506,000 copies during its debut week.
Rolling in at No. 2 is the debut of Black And Yellow rapper Wiz Khalifa. Khalifa’s new album, Rolling Papers, moves 197,000 units to start.
Adele‘s 21 continues to sell strongly, selling an additional 94,000 copies to place the set at No. 3 this week. Last week’s champ, Chris Brown, slips to No. 4. F.A.M.E. drops 66% in sales to move 91,000 copies in its second week out.
[...] Last week’s No. 1, Britney Spears‘ new album Femme Fatale, slips to No. 2 after a 73% drop in sales to 75,000 copies. This brings Britney’s two week total to just over 350,000 albums sold. [...]