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R. Kelly's new CD, Double Up, is in the number one spot on both the Billboard 200 and the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop album charts today after selling almost 400,000 copies in the US and getting rave reviews from the press. The CD features Usher, Kid Rock, Nelly, Ludacris, Keyshia Cole, and Houston's own Chamillionaire, among others. The album's current single, "I'm a Flirt," peaked at No. 2 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. - Olivia Flores Alvarez

The top ten albums on the Hot/Pop Billboard's 200:

1. Avril Lavigne
The Best Damn Thing
RCA


2. Nine Inch Nails
Year Zero
Nothing

For our review of Year Zero, click here.

3. Various Artists
NOW 24
EMI/Sony BMG/Universal/Zomba
Down from its number one spot last week.

4. Bucky Covington
Bucky Covington
Lyric Street


5. Martina McBride
Waking Up Laughing
RCA Nashville


6. Akon
Konvicted
Konvict/Upfront/SRC/Universal Motown

7. Daughtry
Daughtry
RCA

8. Tim McGraw
Let It Go
Curb


9. Carrie Underwood
Some Hearts
Arista/Arista Nashville

10. Timbaland
Timbaland Presents Shock Value
Mosley/Blackground