NAS REPLACES LIL WAYNE AS RAP STILL RULES U.S. ALBUM CHART

Rap still rules at the top of the U.S. album charts - NAS has replaced LIL WAYNE at number one. Nas' controversial new Untitled release sold 187,000 copies in its first week to claim the top spot on the new Billboard countdown, scoring the rapper his fifth number one. Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III slipped to two with impressive fifth week sales of 105,000. The Mamma Mia! soundtrack jumps up four spots to number three on the chart, while Coldplay's Viva La Vida slips to four. The soundtrack to Disney's Camp Rock rounds out the top five at five.

Also in the new chart, John Mellencamp scores his fourth top 10 album after debuting Life Death Love and Freedom at seven and David Banner claims his third successive top 10 studio album with The Greatest Story Ever Told at eight.