JONAS BROTHERS
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Despite a huge drop-off from the gaudy numbers it posted last week, the Jonas Brothers begin a second week at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 with "A Little Bit Longer." The Hollywood set sold 147,000 units in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, 72% less than its debut total of 525,000.
Kid Rock's "Rock'n'Roll Jesus" (Atlantic) continues to motor toward the summit, rising 3-2 on a barely perceptible sales decline to 101,000. Labelmate Staind's "The Illusion of Progress" opens at No. 3 with 92,000. The band's last three albums had all debuted at No. 1, with 2001's "Break the Cycle" shifting a whopping 716,000 copies in its opening week.
The "Mamma Mia!" soundtrack (Decca) falls 2-4 on a 20% drop to 87,000, followed by a No. 5 debut for Ice Cube's "Raw Footage" (Lench Mob) with 70,000. His prior album, 2006's "Laugh Now, Cry Later," debuted at No. 4 with 144,000.
Miley Cyrus' "Breakout" (Hollywood) slides 4-6 on a 27% sales decline to 62,000, while Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" (Cash Money/Universal) is down 6-7 after a 7.8% slide to 57,000. Sugarland's "Love on the Inside" (Mercury Nashville) drops 5-8 after selling 56,000 (-15.5%) and Disney's "Camp Rock" soundtrack falls 8-9 on a 5.5% decline to 47,000.
Shwayze's self-titled Interscope debut lands at No. 10 with 47,000. The group has enjoyed big visibility in the past month thanks to its MTV reality show, "Buzzin'." New at No. 13 is the Cheetah Girls' TV movie soundtrack "One World" (Walt Disney) with 34,000, while the Academy Is... starts at No. 17 with its third album, "Fast Times at Barrington High." The Fueled by Ramen set sold 23,000.
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