Jonas Brothers Mania Dominates US Album Chart

Boy-band teenage heartthrobs Jonas Brothers marked the third-biggest opening week of the year, landing atop The Billboard 200 with their first No. 1 album, “A Little Bit Longer,” which sold 525,000 copies in the U.S. for the week ended August 17, according to figures released by Nielsen SoundScan on Wednesday.

The album achieved the third-highest sales figure of this year, following Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter III,” with 1,006,000 copies, and Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends,” with 721,000 copies.

The trio also managed the rare feat of having two albums at the same time in the top 10 of the U.S. chart, “Jonas Brothers” rising one spot from No. 11 to No. 10 with sales of 31,000, dropping only 4 percent from last week. It’s the first time a group accomplishes such a performance since the much successful boy band ‘N Sync had two albums on the January 2, 1999 chart, with “Home for Christmas” on the 10th spot and “’N Sync” on the second position.

If that’s not enough, wait till you hear that the soundtrack to the Disney production “Camp Rock,” which stars – guess who? - the Jonas Brothers, lingers on No. 8 for the second consecutive week, selling 50,000 copies and gaining 6 percent compared to last week.

That’s about it with the Jonas Brother mania.

Moving forward, last week’s No. 1, the soundtrack to “Mamma Mia!,” dropped on the second spot with only 110,000 units, while Kid Rock’s “Rock N Roll Jesus” claimed the third position with 101,000 copies. Miley Cyrus leaves the top 3 of the chart, slipping from No. 2 to No. 4, with only 85,000 sold copies of her “Breakout.”

The sweet Sugarland’s “Love on the Inside” also leaves the three front positions and falls from the third spot to the fifth, as Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter III” goes down one spot to No. 6 with 62,000 copies. Following the rapper, Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends” fell one position selling 50,000 units. Rihanna does not leave the top 10 and stays put at No. 9 with 42,000 sold copies of “Good Girl Gone Bad.”

Other top 50 debuts this week were Daddy Yankee’s soundtrack to “Talento de Barrio,” which landed on the thirteenth position, Yung Berg’s “Look What You Made Me” on No. 20 and New Kids on the Block with “Greatest Hits” on No. 22.