'Blueprint 3' tops U.S. album chart

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Jay-Z's "The Blueprint 3" is No. 1 on the U.S. album chart this week, Billboard.com reported Wednesday.

Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 is Miley Cyrus' "The Time of Our Lives," followed by Whitney Houston's "I Look to You" at No. 3, Raekwon's "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Part 2" at No. 4 and Brooks and Dunn's "No. 1s ... and Then Some" at No. 5.

Rounding out the top tier are Trey Songz's "Ready" at No. 6, the Black Eyed Peas's "The E.N.D." at No. 7, Boys Like Girls's "Love Drunk" at No. 8, Kings of Leon's "Only By The Night" at No. 9 and Taylor Swift's "Fearless" at No. 10.

While 476,000 copies of "The Blueprint 3" were sold, giving Jay-Z his 11th No. 1 album, Billboard also noted the Beatles' catalog of albums, which included numerous new reissues, sold a combined 626,000 units in the United States in the past week.