NEW YORK, April 28 (UPI) -- Usher's "Confessions" is No. 1 for the fifth consecutive week on the Billboard 200 chart, despite new CDs by Mario Winans and Prince.
"Confessions" sold 253,000 copies last week to retain its top chart position, for a total of more than 2.6 million sold during the past five weeks, according Nielsen's SoundScan, Billboard reported Wednesday.
Winans' "Hurt No More" charted at No. 2 with more than 222,000 copies sold in its first week, a career best for Winans, whose 1997 debut "Story of My Heart" has sold only 15,500 copies.
Prince's "Musicology," which the entertainer is handing out for free to concert ticket buyers on his current tour, sold 191,000 copies for a third place slot. About 17,000 of those copies were given away at Prince's South Carolina concert.
The 15th volume in the "NOW! That's What I Call Music" series and Hoobastank's "The Reason" came in at No. 4 and 5, respectively, on the Billboard 200 chart.
