It's all Jonas Bros. on album charts

Published: Aug. 20, 2008 at 1:19 PM
2008 Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. "tween" sensations the Jonas Brothers have scored their first No. 1 album with "A Little Bit Longer," Billboard.com reported Wednesday.

Even though the brothers' top ranking on the weekly Billboard 200 chart was expected, the numbers still impressed industry analysts, with 517,000 copies sold last week in the United States, as measured by Nielsen SoundScan.

Billboard also pointed out the Jonas Brothers have pulled off a rare feat of having two albums simultaneously in the top tier of the chart. Their self-titled second album rose to 10th with 31,000 copies sold in its 54th chart week. The newspaper said that hasn't happened since since 'N Sync did it in 1999 with "Home for Christmas" at No. 10 and "'N Sync" at No. 2.

And as if that weren't enough, the young trio make a third Top 10 album chart appearance with the soundtrack to the Disney film "Camp Rock," in which they star. The soundtrack maintained its No. 8 for a second week with 50,000 copies sold, Billboard said.

Billboard said the soundtrack to "Mamma Mia!," last week's chart-topper, slid to No. 2 with 110,000, and Kid Rock's "Rock N Roll Jesus" climbed to third.

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