A 13 percent increase in sales by the soundtrack from Oscar-nominated "Juno," brought its sales to 65,000 in the U.S., enough to land it in the No. spot on the Billboard 200. The last time a nominee for the Academy Awards reached this spot was in January 1998, when "Titanic" landed there.
Knocked out of the top spot was Alicia Keys and "As I Am," which still performed strong, but the 1 percent drop was enough to put her in the No. 2 spot, selling 60,000 units.
Reaching her highest chart and sales level ever, Natasha Bedingfield came in at No. 3 for the week, based on the sales of 50,000 discs of her second album, "Pocketful of Sunshine." Her single "Love Like This," which is now in the top 20 of the Hot 100, helped move the album.
For the week, CD sales reached 7.8 million units, an increase of 4.7 percent over last week. With sales for the weak coming in at 30.6 million discs, it's a decline of 10.3 percent from last year at the same time.
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