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Bon Jovi’s The Circle debuts at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album sold 163,000 copies in its first week of release.

Andrea Bocelli’s My Christmas moves up one spot to number two, selling 136,000 copies (which is only an 8% decrease in sales from last week). Carrie Underwood’s Play On falls two spots to number three, selling 128,000 copies; this is a 60% decline in sales.

The This Is It soundtrack falls two spots to number four, selling 117,000 copies (this is a 40% decrease in sales from last week). Taylor Swift’s Fearless moves up one spot to number five, selling 91,000 copies (which is a 30% increase in sales).

The Now That’s What I Call Music Volume 32 compilation album falls one spot to number six, selling 68,000 copies (which is a 33% decrease in sales from last week). Michael Buble’s Crazy Love moves back up one spot to number seven, selling 58,000 copies; however, this still represents a 2% decrease in sales.

Flyleaf debuts at number eight with Memento Mori, which sold 56,000 copies in its first week of release. The Glee soundtrack falls five spots to number nine, selling 56,000 copies (which is a 51% decline in sales from last week). The New Moon soundtrack holds steady at number ten, selling 53,000 copies (which is a 1% increase in sales).

This week’s album sales (7.04 million units) are up 3% from last week, but down 21% compared to the same week last year.