Eminem's 'Encore' sells over 700,000 units in 3 days and debuts at top of Billboard Album Charts

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Eminem's "Encore" album was available for just three days, but these days were enough to sell 711,000 copies and it debuts at No. 1, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Country stars Shania Twain and Toby Keith claimed the No 2 and No 3 spots, respectively, on the heels of the Country Music Awards. Britney Spears' 'Greatest Hits: My Prerogative,' is her first album not to open at No 1 on the 200, is No 4.

Here's the countdown of the Top 10 albums for the week ended Sunday:
1. Encore - Eminem (711,000 copies)
2. Greatest Hits - Shania Twain (530,000)
3. Greatest Hits 2 - Toby Keith (435,000)
4. Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - Britney Spears (255,000)
5. Now That's What I Call Music! 17 - Various (235,000)
6. Real Talk - Fabolous (179,000)
7. R.U.L.E. - Ja Rule (170,000)
8. Confessions - Usher (105,000)
9. Suit - Nelly (101,000)
10. 50 Number Ones - George Strait (99,000)

Other notable debuts/albums: New Edition/ One Love (No 12), Andrea Bocelli/ Andrea (No 16), Elton John/ Peachtree Road (No 17), Bee Gees/ Number Ones (No 23), Lil Jon & the East Side Boys/ Crunk Juice (No 31), Vanessa Carlton/ Harmonium (No 33), Luis Miguel/ Mexico en la Piel (No 37), Seal/ Best: 1991-2004, Tony Bennett/ Art of Romance (No 65), George Jones/ 50 Years of Hits (No 118), Randy Travis/ Passing Through (No 127) and the OST (Soundtrack)/ Halo 2 (No 185).