May 6, 2009 Billboard: Bob Dylan Is #1

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Bob Dylan lands his fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with Together Through Life, selling 125,000 copies in its debut week. The pop culture icon’s career began in 1963.

Miley Cyrus’ mainstay, the soundtrack to Hannah Montana: The Movie is steady at No. 2 with 86,000. Country act Rascal Flatts is No. 3 with Unstoppable and 53,000 units, Rick Ross’ Deeper Than Rap tumbles to No. 4 with 51,000 (a 67% decline from its debut last week), and rounding out the top 5 is Lady Gaga’s The Fame with 40,000.

The soundtrack to the movie Twilight is No. 6 with 35,000, the Now 30 compilation holds down the No. 7 slot with 33,000. The highest debut this week belongs to rock super group Heaven & Hell with The Devil You Know at No. 8 and 30,000. Country princess Taylor Swift’s Fearless is No. 9 with 33,000 and world music compilation Playing for Change debuts in the No. 10 slot with 26,000.

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