While Ne-Yo, last week's top artist, dropped 65% in his second week, last week's #2 Michael Buble slipped only 35% and rose to the top slot on the album chart. Call Me Irresponsible (Reprise) sold 145,000 in its second week and easily held off the debut of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's Strength & Loyalty (Full Surface/Interscope), which sold 119,000 (7% digital).

Bobby Valentino's Special Occasion (Def Jam) debuted at #3 with nearly 92,000 (3% digital), Barbra Streisand's Live Concert 2006 (Columbia) entered the chart at #7 with 59,000 (no digital) and Bjork's Volta (Atlantic) sold 43,000 (26% digital).

Many of the Top 20 mainstays had a solid week. Martina McBride jumped 35%, Carrie Underwood upped 29% and Daughtry rose 33%. Nickelback, who has moved an incredible 5.33 million units of All The Right Reasons, rose 8% and six spots to #17. Amy Winehouse, the most recent UK singer to break out in the States, rose 6% in her ninth week of release. Her Back To Black (Universal Republic) has moved 366,000 units.

All in all, album sales rose 1% over the previous week but were 23% lower than the same week last year (the week the Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium debuted with sales of 442,000). For the year, sales are down 17%. Track sales are up 52% this year but were down 6% last week (only Maroon 5's "Makes Me Wonder" broke the 100,000 mark).

Other second-week fades: Rush fell 71%, Tori Amos fell 66%, Miranda Lambert sank 61%, Blake Shelton dropped 57% and Spiderman 3 fell 56%.

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