Lil Wayne makes big jump to No. 1 on Billboard 200 albums chart

Lil Wayne's I Am Not a Human Being came out two weeks ago, and off internet sales alone it debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Last week it plummeted to No. 16, but now that physical copies have been released in stores the album rockets up to No. 1 this week, selling 125,000 copies.

Darius Rucker's Charleston, SC 1966 opens at No. 2, moving 101,000 units. Nickelodeon TV stars Big Time Rush's debut B.T.R. sold 67,000 copies and comes in at No. 3. The Band Perry's self-titled debut enters at No. 4 with 53,000 albums moved. Sufjan Stevens' Age of Adz comes in at No. 7. The set begins by selling 36,000 units. And rock band All That Remains' For We Are Many rounds out the top 10, debuting with a career high 29,000 records sold. Toby Keith, last week's No. 1, falls to No. 9. His Bullets in the Gun sold 30,000 copies. Eminem's Recovery drops a spot to No. 5 with 50,000 sets moved. Kenny Chesney's Hemingway's Whiskey sold 40,000 units and drops four rungs to No. 6. And Zac Brown Band's You Get What You Give slips three slots to No. 8 It only sold 34,000 sets.

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