Alicia Keys News: Album Charts: Pop Acts Top the Charts, But Alicia Keys, Mary J Still Going Strong

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It was a slow week for urban releases, but someone new finally knocked Susan Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream from the top slot ... a new release from Ke$ha. The pop star landed atop the Billboard 200 with Animal, selling 152,000 copies, but Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys and Mary J. Blige was on her heels.

Lady Gaga's The Fame was bounced down one to no. 3 with 66,000, while Alicia Keys' The Element of Freedom landed at no. 2 with 62,000, and Mary J. Blige's Stronger With Each Tear came in right behind them at no. 5 with 47,000.

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