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Alicia Keys storms The Billboard 200 this week with "As I Am" (J), which debuts at No. 1 after selling 742,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's the best sales week for a solo female artist since Norah Jones' "Feels Like Home" shifted 1 million copies in 2004.

Last week's #1 album, Jay-Z's "American Gangster", slipped to #8 selling 131K copies.

Chris Brown's new album "Exclusive" had a 63% decline in sales slipping from #4 to #10 selling 110K copies.

R&B superstars Boyz II Men returned to the charts with their latest release ""Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA" selling 42K copies its first week in stores.

Album sales are up 17.9% from last week's to 11.72 million, but down 6.2% from the same week last year.