LOS ANGELES - Sade led the U.S. pop album chart for a third week on Wednesday, while Johnny Cash's latest posthumous album was the top debut at No. 3.
"Soldier of Love," Sade's first album in almost 10 years, sold 127,000 copies during the week ended February 28, according to Nielsen SoundScan data, taking its total to 820,000.
Country group Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" held at No. 2 for a third week as well, shifting 118,000 copies as its five-week haul rose to 1.15 million.
Cash's "American VI: Ain't No Grave," the final installment in his American Recordings series with producer Rick Rubin, followed with 54,000 copies. The last one, "American V: A Hundred Highways," debuted at No. 1 with 88,000 in July 2006, three years after Cash died.
Alkaline Trio's "This Addiction" debuted at No. 11 with 26,000. The punk band's previous high-water mark came with "Agony and Irony" in 2008, which debuted and peaked at No. 13 off 36,000 copies.
The Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." (No. 4, 50,000), Lady Gaga's "The Fame" (No. 5, 48,000) and Lil Wayne's "Rebirth" (No. 6, 37,000) were each down one.
Ke$ha's "Animal" soared seven places to No. 7 with 32,000 copies, with help from a $7.99 sale tag the pop singer's debut album carried at Best Buy last week.
Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" fell two to No. 8 (30,000), Taylor Swift's "Fearless" rose one to No. 9 (28,000) and Justin Bieber's "My World" rose two to No. 10 (26,000).
Overall album sales in the past week totaled 5.99 million units, down 8% compared to previous week (6.53 million) and down 13% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (6.91 million).
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