Slipknot's ".5: The Gray Chapter" tops Billboard 200

PanARMENIAN.Net - Slipknot's ".5: The Gray Chapter" has made its way out to No. 1 on Billboard 200. Selling 132,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan, it marks the band's second album to have topped the chart. Their previous effort, 2008's "All Hope Is Gone", also hit No. 1 with 240,000 sold in its first week.

At Billboard 200's No. 2 this week is T.I., who collects his ninth top 10 album with "Paperwork". First projected to open between 65,000 and 70,000, the LP debuts with 80,000. That's, however, far less than his last record "Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head" that also debuted at No. 2 with 179,000 last year.

Neil Diamond comes at No. 3 as his "Melody Road" starts with 78,000. The set is the 73-year-old musician's 18th top 10 album. His latest top 10 effort was 2010's "Dreams" which opened at No. 8 with 35,000.

Rapper Logic's debut studio album "Under Pressure" claims the fourth spot in the top 10 with 73,000 copies sold. Last week's first placer Florida Georgia Line's "Anything Goes" plunges to this week's No. 5 with 59,000.

Behind the country duo's sophomore set is Jason Aldean's "Old Boots, New Dirt" that falls from No. 2 after selling additional 56,000. Another country album Little Big Town's "Pain Killer" arrives at No. 7 with 42,000.

Closing out the top 10 are Barbra Streisand's "Partners" that slips from No. 5 to No. 8 with 40,000, Pentatonix's "That's Christmas to Me" that enters the chart at No. 9 with just over 32,000 and Annie Lennox's "Nostalgia" which sells 32,000 in its first week.