Despite a 61% decline in sales, Mariah Carey's Island Def Jam set "E=MC2" remains atop The Billboard 200 for a second straight week. The album, the diva's sixth No. 1, moved 182,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. British singer Leona Lewis' "Spirit" (Syco/J) follows suit, staying put at No. 2 in its second week with 96,000 and a 1% sales increase.
Hip-hop artist Atmosphere easily scores his best sales and chart week ever as "When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold" (Rhymesayers) starts at No. 5 with 36,000. His previous charting high-water mark came from 2005's "You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having," which peaked at No. 66. "When Life..." also becomes the highest-charting album for the Rhymesayers label; the previous best was, again, Atmosphere's stop at No. 66.
Other debuts this week include rapper Prodigy's "H.N.I.C. Pt. 2" (AAO Music) at No. 36 with 13,000.
Album sales this week are down 8% from last week's sum with 6.87 million units and down 11% from the same week last year.
We shall see if she can maintain her crown when the sales for "Hard Candy" are released next week.
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