Surprising nobody, Carrie Underwood's new album "Play On" bows at the top of The Billboard 200 albums chart, as Weezer gets a surprisingly low debut.
Katie Hasty
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Surprising nobody, Carrie Underwood's new album "Play On" bows at the top of <a href="http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/carrie-underwood-claims-second-no-1-on-billboard-1004041710.story">The Billboard 200</a> albums chart, displacing Michael Jackson's "This Is It" to No. 2.</p>
<p>The "American Idol" winner scored her first No. 1 in 2007 with "Carnival Ride." That set did a lot better, numbers-wise, than "Play On," 527,000 versus 318,000. Still, the initial sales sum is the biggest number from a female act in 2009.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hitfix.com/galleries/2009-10-14-top-10-new-christmas-albums-for-2009?page=7">Your mom's favorite Christmas album this year</a>, Andrea Boccelli's "My Christmas," starts at No. 3 with 149,000 copies. Part one of the two-part soundtrack from the first season of TV show "Glee" comes in right behind at No. 4 with 113,000; it contains the cast's take on popular tracks like "Dancing With Myself," "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Gold Digger." The second installment will be released Dec. 8. That puppy's on <a href="http://www.hitfix.com/events/glee-3">tonight, </a>by the way.</p>
<p>The 32nd edition of the omnipresent hits compilation "NOW That's What I Call Music!" comes in at No. 5, with 102,000. I'm sure the Black Eyed Peas are on it.</p>
<p>At exactly 52 weeks on the chart, Taylor Swift's "Fearless" keeps on keeping on, slipping 3-6 with 70,000 (-36%).</p>
<p>Weezer takes a little bit of a spanking as it's rad "Raditude" album starts at No. 7 with 66,000. The band's last album (the self-titled "red album") almost twice that last year when it debuted at No. 4 with 126,000.</p>
<p>Michael Buble's "Crazy Love" falls 7-8 (59,000, -17%), Sting's "<a href="http://www.hitfix.com/galleries/2009-10-14-top-10-new-christmas-albums-for-2009?page=6">If on a Winter's Night</a>" slips 6-9 (59,000, -26) and the "New Moon" soundtrack descends 8-10 (52,000, -24%). Expect a spike on that latter title when <a href="http://www.hitfix.com/events/2009-1-8-new-moon">the movie</a> bows on Nov. 20.</p>
<p>This week marks the last one before <a href="http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-the-beat-goes-on/posts/an-insider-s-look-what-the-changes-in-the-billboard-album-chart-mean-to-you">new chart rules take effect</a> at the music business magazine. Catalog titles -- titles that aren't new and haven't been on the Billboard 200 in a good long while -- will now qualify to be on The Billboard 200. So look for, say, The Beatles or Michael Jackson as the holiday sale season cranks up.</p>
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