The Top 10 of the Billboard 200:
1. Eminem - "Relapse" - 211,000 (down 65%)
2. Green Day - "21st Century Breakdown" - 76,000 (down 54%)
3. "Hannah Montana: The Movie" soundtrack - 52,000 (down 10%)
4. Marilyn Manson - "The High End Of Low" - 49,000 (debut)
5. Lady GaGa - "The Fame" - 45,000 (up less than 1%)
6. Kenny Chesney - "Greatest Hits II" - 43,000 (down 51%)
7. Wisin and Yandel - "La Revolucion" - 36,000 (debut)
8. Grizzly Bear - "Veckatimest" - 33,000 (debut)
9. Taylor Swift - "Fearless" - 33,000 (up 3%)
10. Rascal Flatts' "Unstoppable" - 27,000 (up 3%)
Further down:
25. Mandy Moore - "Amanda Leigh" - 15,000 (debut)
37. Phoenix - "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" - 12,000 (up 300%)
Interesting notes:
• "40% of [Grizzly Bear's] sales came from downloads while another 24% were shifted at independent and small chain stores."
• "With 819,000 sold, "Relapse" has already become the fifth best-seller of the year. Taylor Swift - "Fearless" leads the pack with 1,173,000. So far, only two albums have shifted a million in 2009, "Fearless" and the "Hannah Montana: The Movie" soundtrack (1,004,000)."
Additional sales data via MTV.



Comments
it's nice to see grizzly bear make a dent into the charts like that. cool to see that charts still have some barometer to see what might bubble up from non-mainstream areas.