Sara Bareilles Sophomore Album Lands No. 1 Spot on Billboard 200

Epic Records recording artist, Sara Bareilles made her mark on the Billboard 200 charts by scoreing her first No. 1 album  and also her best sales week ever with the release of her second album "Kaleidoscope Heart".

In it's first week of sales, Bareilles sophomore album has sold 90,000 units according to Nielsen SoundScan.  Bareilles first album, "Little Voice," peaked at No. 7 in 2008. It has so far sold 997,000 in the U.S. 

Though Bareilles is one of four new entries in the top 10, expect the chart to get a lot more exciting in a week's time. That's when the biggest albums of the fall season will start hitting the chart, including anticipated high bows from Linkin Park's "A Thousand Suns" and Trey Songz's "Passion, Pain & Pleasure." 

And those albums can't arrive any faster, either. Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Sept. 12) totaled 4.83 million units -- marking the lowest weekly sales figure since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. Last week's sum falls below the record low of 4.95 million sold, which was only set in the week ending Aug. 15. 

Last week's No. 1 album, Disturbed's "Asylum," falls to No. 5 in its second week with 57,000 (down 68%). Eminem's "Recovery" moves up one notch to No. 2 (81,000; down 12%) while the "Now 35" compilation declines one to No. 3 (63,000; down 40%). Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" holds at No. 4 (59,000; down 33%) while Stone Sour debuts at No. 6 with "Audio Secrecy" (46,000). The band's last album, 2006's "Come What(ever) May," debuted and peaked at No. 4 with 81,000.

courtesy of Billboard.com

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