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“Life is Good,” according to Nas, and he proves it by debuting at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Top 200 albums chart with his latest album. The set marks the New York rapper’s sixth No. 1 set; it sold 149,000 copies its first week in stores.
Nas knocks last week’s No. 1, the Zac Brown Band, to No. 2. The latest Kidz Bop collection, Frank Ocean’s “Channel Orange” and Justin Bieber’s “Believe” round out the top five.
Thanks to a deep discount in Amazon’s MP3 store, Phil Collins lands at No. 6 with his greatest hits set. So if you noticed a lot of people air-drumming to “In the Air Tonight” last week, that’s why.
Billboard’s Top 10 albums (sales in parentheses, figures according to Nielsen SoundScan)
1. Nas, Life is Good (149,000)
2. Zac Brown Band, Uncaged (78,000)
3. Kidz Bop 22 (64,000)
4. Frank Ocean, Channel Orange (54,000)
5. Justin Bieber, Believe (45,000)
6. Phil Collins, Hits (40,000)
7. One Direction, Up All Night (36,000)
8. Soundtrack, The Dark Knight Rises (33,000)
9. Adele, 21 (33,000)
10. Maroon 5, Overexposed (29,000)

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