Who Charted?: Omarion Pulls Out A Win In A Slow Sales Week

In a lackluster week for album sales–that thud you heard was album-sales tallies dropping by 55%–former B2K heartthrob Omarion came away with the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 after moving 119,000 copies of his second solo album, 21.

Biggest Debuts: The only other album to debut in top 50 this week was Switchfoot’s Oh! Gravity, which sold 63,000 copies and entered the chart at No. 18.

Biggest Slides: Both the Hannah Montana soundtrack and NOW 23, which had a stranglehold on the upper reaches of the chart during the run-up to Christmas, took hits, with Hannah sliding to the No. 10 spot because of a 77% drop (78,000 copies) and NOW falling to No. 6 after a 71.5% tumble (89,000). Meanwhile, Akon’s Konvicted nabbed the No. 2 slot on the chart despite a sales decline of 50% (112,000 copies).

Nickelback Award For Inexplicable Durability: Jared Leto’s rock and roll vehicle, 30 Seconds To Mars, re-entered the top 40 with their album, A Beautiful Lie, even though overall sales of the record were down. Really, we’re just putting 30 Seconds To Mars here because Leto hasn’t gone on an anti-blog tirade lately, and he’s due for one soon, no?

Omarion Leads Post-Christmas Album Chart [Billboard]