Tim McGraw tops this week's Billboard 200

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Tim McGraw tops the Billboard 200 this week with U.S. sales of 766,000 for his Curb set "Live Like You Were Dying. The Curb release, the ninth of McGraw's career, sold a better-than-expected 766,000 copies!
Nielsen SoundScan ranked R. Kelly's latest Jive/Zomba album Happy People/U Saved Me in second place.

Here's the countdown of the Top 10 albums for this week:
1. Live Like You Were Dying - Tim McGraw (766,000 copies)
2. Happy People/U Saved Me - R. Kelly (403,000)
3. Straight Outta Cashville - Young Buck (261,000)
4. Welcome Back - Mase (188,000)
5. Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 16 - Various (187,000)
6. Autobiography - Ashlee Simpson (134,000)
7. Musicology - Prince (79,000)
8. Songs About Jane - Maroon 5 (70,000)
9. Confessions - Usher (68,000)
10. Horse of a Different Color - Big & Rich (67,000)

Other notable debuts included: Pitbull/M.I.A.M.I. (No 14), Jim Jones/On My Way to Church (No 18), 12 Stones (No 29), Rolling Stones/Jump Back: Best of '71-'93 (No 30), Jason Mraz/Tonight Not Again (No 49), Boyz II Men/Throwback (No 52), O.A.R./34th & 8th (No 80), Steve Earle/Revolution Starts Now (No 89), Cledus T. Judd/Bipolar and Proud (No 98), Isley Brothers/Taken To the Next Phase (No 135), Drive By Truckers/ Dirty South (No 147), Bebo Norman/Try (No 159) and Butch Walker/Letters (No 171).