Velvet Revolver spins to top

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Velvet Revolver's "Contraband" remains on track to snag the top slot on The Billboard 200 Album chart from Usher, whose "Confessions" just finished its ninth winning week.

Velvet Revolver debuts at No. 1 on first-week sales by selling 256,000 copies, and putting the album on top by a comfortable margin. "Contraband" also looks likely to top the Australian album chart, having debuted at number one on the Australian HMV midweek chart last week.

The countdown of the USA Top10 albums for this week, follows:
1. Contraband, Velvet Revolver (256,000 copies)
2. Confessions, Usher (171,000)
3. Under My Skin, Avril Lavigne (121,000)
4. Here for the Party, Gretchen Wilson
5. Musicology, Prince
6. The Reason, Hoobastank
7. Greatest Hits '93-03, 311 (63,000)
8. 2004 Warped Tour Compilation, various (61,000)
9. D12 World, D12
10. Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses, Slipknot
Other new/noteworthy debuts: Corrs/Borrowed Heaven (No 51), Calling/Two (No 54), Punk-O-Rama Vol. 9 (No 67), Sonic Youth/Sonic Nurse (No 70), Gene Simmons/A**Hole (No 86), My Chemical Romance/Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (No 103), X-ecutioners/Revolutions (No 118), Cowboy Junkies/One Soul Now (No 127) and finally the Tony -awarded soundtrack 'Wicked' at 140.