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Miami rapper Rick Ross scores his second straight chart-topper on The Billboard 200 as "Trilla" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam) debuts at No. 1. The set sold 198,000 units in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, an improvement over the 187,000 copies shifted by 2006's No. 1, "Port of Miami."

The multi-label "NOW 27" compilation is new at No. 2 with 169,000, the lowest opening week for a regular "NOW" album since the first edition bowed in 1998 with 48,000. Of the 27 installments of the regular "NOW" line, all but four have debuted with more than 200,000.

Snoop Dogg's "Ego Trippin'" (Geffen) debuts at No. 3 with 137,000, fueled by the top 10 Hot 100 success of the single "Sensual Seduction." However, this is the lowest first-week sales total for any of the veteran rapper's studio albums.

New at No. 6 is rapper Fat Joe's "The Elephant in the Room" (Imperial), which sold 46,000 copies. Sara Bareilles' "Little Voice" (Epic) holds at No. 7 in its 24th chart week, with sales of just over 40,000 units, a 2.3% uptick. Janet Jackson's "Discipline" slips 3-8 in its third frame on a 34.5% decline to 38,000.

Erykah Badu's "New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War)" (Universal Motown) is down 6-9 to 35,000 (-16%)