Usher is staying for 7th week on the No1 spot of USA Albums

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The R&B star Usher dominates USA Album charts for another week (now seven of eight weeks in release). But he feels the breath of country songbird Gretchen Wilson on his back: her album 'Here for the Party' sells 1,000 copies less than 'Confessions' on the newest Billboard Album Top 200.

Gretchen Wilson from St. Louis has been burning up country radio with "Redneck Woman," the quickest lead single by a new artist to top the country radio charts since "Achy Breaky Heart" in 1992!

Also, the last solo female artist to score a No. 1 country single was Martina McBride with "Blessed" in 2002. In topping the country albums chart, Wilson ends a 14-week run for Kenny Chesney's When the Sun Goes Down.
In addition, the song debuted as the No 1 download on walmart.com, and it remained in the top spot for four consecutive weeks.

Here's the Billboard Album Top 10 rundown for this week (29/5/2004):
1. Confessions, Usher (228,000 copies)
2. Here For the Party, Gretchen Wilson (228,000)
3. Living Legends, 8-Ball & MJG (121,000)
4. D12 World, D12 (117,000)
5. The Reason, Hoobastank (80,000)
6. La Dona, Teena Marie (75,000)
7. Musicology, Prince (69,000)
8. Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 15, various
9. Hurt No More, Mario Winans
10. Still Writing in My Diary: 2nd Entry, Petey Pablo