Taylor Swift & Beyonce Dominate First 2009 Albums Chart, Keyshia Cole Moves ‘Different’

Taylor Swift and Beyonce dominate the year’s first Billboard 200 albums chart results this week. Swift’s “Fearless” rides high at no.1 for the fifth non-consecutive week with 90,000 copies while Beyonce’s “I Am… Sasha Fierce” pulls in another 77,000 copies to land no.2. Besides the reigning duo, Keyshia Cole and Jamie Foxx remain in the top 10 with their recent efforts “A Different Me” and “Intuition” which moved 54,000 and 45,000 copies respectively in the first active week of the year. Britney Spears and Kanye West stayed on course as well landing no. 6 and no. 3 with “Circus” and “808s & Heartbreak”. Overall album sales were down this week and will be for the most part until new releases begin to hit shelves next week. Click Here for a listing of upcoming releases.