Music

Though ruling Billboard Hot 200, Sugarland's 'Love on the Inside [Deluxe Fan Edition]' becomes the lowest sales week for a No. 1-debuting album in Nielsen SoundScan's history.

• Aug 13, 2009

AceShowbiz - Sugarland's studio album "Love on the Inside [Deluxe Fan Edition]" reigns this week's Billboard Hot 200, putting aside last week's champ Fabolous' "Loso's Way" to number 10. The country duo's set sold around 76,000 copies.

This is the second time Sugarland rule the U.S. albums chart. They first sat at the hot spot of the chart with the standard edition of "Love on the Inside" which topped the chart after its second week on sale.

Unfortunately, the selling point of "Love on the Inside" deluxe edition is the lowest sales week for a No. 1-debuting album in Nielsen SoundScan's 18-year history. The second-lowest earning was just set earlier this year, when Chrisette Michele's "Epiphany" entered at No. 1 with 83,000.

Back to the chart, other newcomers which managed to debut at the top ten of Billboard Hot 200 are Gloriana's self-titled effort "Gloriana" and the 16th volume of children's compilation series "Kidz Bop". "Gloriana" lingers at number 3, while "Kidz Bop" sits at number 8.

Top 10 of Billboard Hot 200:

1. "Love on the Inside [Deluxe Fan Edition]" - Sugarland
2. "Now That's What I Call Music!" volume 31 - various artists
3. "Gloriana" - Gloriana
4. "The E.N.D." - Black Eyed Peas
5. "Only by the Night" - Kings of Leon
6. "Leave This Town" - DAUGHTRY
7. "BLACKsummers'night" - Maxwell
8. "Kidz Bop" volume 16 - various artists
9. "Fearless" - Taylor Swift
10. "Loso's Way" - Fabolous