US Charts

Jay-Z remains at No.1 in the U.S album charts with “The Blueprint 3” after shifting 298,000 copies in its second week.
His performance last week in New York at the MTV Awards certainly helped. (Which my hotel where I was staying was just one block from on “Broadway”)

Top 5 U.S. Singles:
5: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of mind”
4: Taylor Swift – “You belong with me”
3: Jay Sean feat... Lil Wayne – “Down”
2: Jay-Z, Rhianna & Kanye West – “Run this town”
1: Black Eyed Peas – “I gotta feelin”

Top 5 U.S. Albums:
5: Miley Cyrus - “The time of our lives” EP
4: Kid Cudi – “Man on the moon: The end of day”
3: Muse – “The Resistance”
2: Whitney Houston – “I look to you”
1: Jay-Z – “The blueprint 3”

Overall album sales in this past week (ending Sept. 20) in the U.S totaled 6.42 million units, down 4% compared to the sum last week (6.71 million) and down 7% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (6.92 million).

Year to date album sales stand at 250.6 million, down 14% compared to the same total at this point last year (291.4 million).