 NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Ashlee Simpson's debut Autobiography reclaimed the No. 1 spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with a sales spike boosted by the singer's MTV series finale. Sales for Simpson's CD were up 5 percent to move 286,000 copies, which coincided with the final episode of The Ashlee Simpson Show, to make the project the No. 1 album for the second non-consecutive time, Billboard reported Wednesday. Here's the countdown of the Top 10 US albums:
1. Autobiography - Ashlee Simpson (285,000 copies) 2. Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 16 - Various (276,000) 3. License to Chill - Jimmy Buffett 4. Confessions - Usher (96,000) 5. Here for the Party - Gretchen Wilson (89,000) 6. Under My Skin - Avril Lavigne (73,000) 7. Musicology - Prince (72,500) 8. Horse of a Different Color - Big & Rich (70,000) 9. Los Lonely Boys - Los Lonely Boys (67,000) 10. Songs About Jane - Maroon 5 (61,000). The weeks' noteworthy debuts included: Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement/Soundtrack (No 27), Pure/Boney James (No 66), Very Best Of/Randy Travis (No 80), Crime Mob/Crime Mob (No 90) and Recoil/Nonpoint (No 115).
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