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"The Big News: Susan Boyle continued her British Invasion of the Billboard Top 200 as I Dreamed a Dream remained Number One for a second consecutive week, selling another 527,000 copies to hit platinum at almost a Carter III-like pace. Following the history-making debut Boyle had last week, the Britain&amp;apos;s Got Talent runner-up set another record by having the fastest-selling debut album after a two-week period in chart history. Andrea Bocelli&amp;apos;s My Christmas remained the seasonal disc of choice as its post-Black Friday sales rocketed up 97 percent to 428,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan, helping Bocelli surpass platinum status on its way to Number Two.\r\nWhile last week&amp;apos;s huge slate of debuts fell out of the Top 10 due to double-digit percent sale decreases, Taylor Swift&amp;apos;s Fearless jumped from Eight to Three as the Grammy-nominated album moved another 127,000 copies, a two percent increase over Black Friday. Only one debut managed to crack the Top 20 and the 100,000 sales barrier: R. Kelly&amp;apos;s Untitled, which placed at Four with 114,000 copies sold. Lady Gaga&amp;apos;s The Fame technically finished in fifth with 84,000 copies, but factor in the 65,000 copies of The Fame Monster at 13 and the Hot Diva actually had a better week than the charts suggest.\r\nDebuts: Other than R. Kelly, it was a weak week for fresh records as the labels used up all their big guns for Black Friday. American Idol&amp;apos;s Allison Iraheta did not fair nearly as well as her co-stars Adam Lambert and Kris Allen as Just Like You managed only a Number 31 entry in its debut week with 32,000 copies. The magenta-haired singer was beat out by the Alvin &amp;amp; The Chipmunks: The Squeakuel soundtrack, which will now threaten to test the high-frequency levels of 39,000 stereos after coming in at 25. Much further down, the Bravery&amp;apos;s Stir the Blood couldn&amp;apos;t even break the Top 100, settling for 103.\r\nLast Week&amp;apos;s Heroes: Three of last week&amp;apos;s Top Five albums all dropped out of the Top 10, with Adam Lambert&amp;apos;s For Your Entertainment freefalling from Three to 19 thanks to a 74 percent sales decline. Rihanna&amp;apos;s Rated R suffered a similar fate, going from Four to 14. Moving up the charts in the wake of those albums was Carrie Underwood&amp;apos;s Play On, which hopped from Nine to Six in its fifth week on charts, and Norah Jones&amp;apos; resilient The Fall, which rose from 10 to Seven. Also, after selling another 75,000 copies last week, Michael Jackson&amp;apos;s This Is It soundtrack is a mere 35K away from giving the King of Pop yet another platinum album.\r\nNext week, we&amp;apos;ll find out if Chris Brown&amp;apos;s career is secure as Graffiti attempts to at least come close to the 295,000 copies Exclusive sold in when it debuted in 2007."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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