US Albums Top 100

Compiled By: Billboard 200

Issue Date: Saturday August 4, 2012 /

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16 new entries
11 re-entries
11 going up
60 going down
02 stickies
27 drop outs


1	NEW	Nas Life Is Good Highest Debut	peak 1	wks on 1
2	1	Zac Brown Band Uncaged	peak 1	wks on 2
3	NEW	Kidz Bop Kids Kidz Bop 22	peak 3	wks on 1
4	2	Frank Ocean Channel Orange	peak 2	wks on 2
5	3	Justin Bieber Believe	peak 1	wks on 5
6	NEW	Phil Collins Hits	peak 6	wks on 1
7	7	One Direction Up All Night	peak 1	wks on 19
8	NEW	Soundtrack Dark Knight Rises	peak 8	wks on 1
9	8	Adele 21	peak 1	wks on 74
10	5	Maroon 5 Overexposed	peak 2	wks on 4
11	RE-ENTRY	Bruno Mars Doo-wops & Hooligans Best Comeback	peak 3	wks on 88
12	NEW	Pierce The Veil Collide With The Sky	peak 12	wks on 1
13	4	Chris Brown Fortune	peak 1	wks on 3
14	6	Linkin Park Living Things	peak 1	wks on 4
15	9	Katy Perry Teenage Dream	peak 1	wks on 97
16	10	Kenny Chesney Welcome To The Fishbowl	peak 2	wks on 5
17	14	Usher Looking 4 Myself	peak 1	wks on 6
18	11	Luke Bryan Tailgates & Tanlines	peak 2	wks on 51
19	NEW	Matisyahu Spark Seeker	peak 19	wks on 1
20	NEW	Hellyeah Band Of Brothers	peak 20	wks on 1

21	13	Maybach Music Group and Various Artists Mmg Presents Self Made Volume2	peak 4	wks on 4
22	NEW	Old Crow Medicine Show Carry Me Back	peak 22	wks on 1
23	28	The Lumineers The Lumineers	peak 17	wks on 17
24	RE-ENTRY	Shinedown Amaryllis	peak 4	wks on 15
25	18	Fun. Some Nights	peak 3	wks on 23
26	20	Carrie Underwood Blown Away	peak 1	wks on 12
27	RE-ENTRY	Demi Lovato Unbroken	peak 4	wks on 15
28	15	Eric Church Chief	peak 1	wks on 50
29	NEW	Tremonti All I Was	peak 29	wks on 1
30	NEW	Baroness Yellow & Green	peak 30	wks on 1
31	25	Various Artists Now 42	peak 3	wks on 12
32	23	R. Kelly Write Me Back	peak 5	wks on 4
33	41	Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	peak 1	wks on 16
34	NEW	Kb Weight & Glory	peak 34	wks on 1
35	37	Gotye Making Mirrors	peak 6	wks on 26
36	32	Of Monsters and Men My Head Is An Animal	peak 6	wks on 16
37	39	Jason Aldean My Kinda Party	peak 2	wks on 91
38	12	Hank Williams Jr. Old School New Rules	peak 12	wks on 2
39	NEW	Citizen Cope One Lovely Day	peak 39	wks on 1
40	27	Fiona Apple The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do	peak 3	wks on 5
41	40	John Mayer Born And Raised	peak 1	wks on 9
42	26	Phillip Phillips American Idol: Season 11: Highlights (ep)	peak 25	wks on 3
43	16	Zac Brown Band You Get What You Give	peak 1	wks on 95
44	24	Flo Rida Wild Ones	peak 14	wks on 3
45	44	Lionel Richie Tuskegee	peak 1	wks on 17
46	RE-ENTRY	Soundtrack Brave	peak 33	wks on 4
47	36	Alan Jackson Thirty Miles West	peak 2	wks on 7
48	19	Zac Brown Band The Foundation Longest Chart Sitter	peak 9	wks on 157
49	52	Mumford and Sons Sigh No More	peak 2	wks on 114
50	38	Soundtrack Let It Shine	peak 12	wks on 6
51	34	Hunter Hayes Hunter Hayes	peak 18	wks on 9
52	81	Jack White Blunderbuss Greatest Gainer	peak 1	wks on 13
53	45	Soundtrack Project X	peak 12	wks on 11
54	42	Various Artists Now That's What I Call Country: Volume 5	peak 13	wks on 6
55	RE-ENTRY	Prince Ultimate	peak 55	wks on 2
56	62	Adele 19	peak 4	wks on 127
57	48	Kelly Clarkson Stronger	peak 2	wks on 39
58	30	Soundtrack Rock Of Ages	peak 5	wks on 7
59	RE-ENTRY	Newsboys God's Not Dead	peak 45	wks on 11
60	61	Jason Mraz Love Is A Four Letter Word	peak 2	wks on 14
61	51	Rush Clockwork Angels	peak 2	wks on 6
62	33	Lee Brice Hard 2 Love	peak 5	wks on 13
63	22	Dirty Projectors Swing Lo Magellan	peak 22	wks on 2
64	53	Ed Sheeran +	peak 5	wks on 6
65	58	The Black Keys El Camino	peak 2	wks on 31
66	60	Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls	peak 8	wks on 16
67	46	Brantley Gilbert Halfway To Heaven	peak 4	wks on 42
68	35	Josh Turner Punching Bag	peak 4	wks on 6
69	67	Rihanna Talk That Talk	peak 3	wks on 35
70	68	Skrillex Bangarang (ep)	peak 14	wks on 28
71	55	Drake Take Care	peak 1	wks on 36
72	76	Lana Del Rey Born To Die	peak 2	wks on 21
73	RE-ENTRY	Tobymac Tonight	peak 6	wks on 18
74	NEW	Saving Abel Bringing Down The Giant	peak 74	wks on 1
75	66	Train California 37	peak 4	wks on 13
76	NEW	Jimmy Cliff Rebirth	peak 76	wks on 1
77	47	Kip Moore Up All Night	peak 6	wks on 13
78	86	Florence + The Machine Ceremonials	peak 6	wks on 38
79	71	Lady Antebellum Own The Night	peak 1	wks on 45
80	NEW	Imagine Dragons Continued Silence (ep)	peak 80	wks on 1
81	70	Rascal Flatts Changed	peak 3	wks on 16
82	17	P.o.d. Murdered Love Biggest Free Faller	peak 17	wks on 2
83	NEW	Missy Higgins The Ol' Razzle Dazzle	peak 83	wks on 1
84	92	Skrillex Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites	peak 49	wks on 39
85	78	The Beach Boys That's Why God Made The Radio	peak 3	wks on 7
86	RE-ENTRY	Matt Redman 10,000 Reasons	peak 66	wks on 2
87	59	Queen Greatest Hits	peak 42	wks on 7
88	75	Grouplove Never Trust A Happy Song	peak 75	wks on 2
89	56	Hillsong Live and Hillsong united Cornerstone	peak 32	wks on 3
90	83	Norah Jones Little Broken Hearts	peak 2	wks on 12
91	RE-ENTRY	Ellie Goulding Lights	peak 21	wks on 4
92	65	Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits	peak 3	wks on 148
93	RE-ENTRY	David Guetta Nothing But The Beat	peak 5	wks on 24
94	64	The Band Perry The Band Perry	peak 4	wks on 94
95	57	Various Artists Vans Warped Tour '12: 2012 Tour Compilation	peak 57	wks on 5
96	74	Joshua Ledet American Idol: Season 11: Highlights (ep)	peak 59	wks on 3
97	50	Blake Shelton Red River Blue	peak 1	wks on 51
98	90	Coldplay Mylo Xyloto	peak 1	wks on 41
99	99	B.o.B Strange Clouds	peak 5	wks on 12
100	RE-ENTRY	LMFAO Sorry For Party Rocking	peak 5	wks on 54

Drop Outs (27):

x	21	Aesop Rock Skelethon	peak 21	wks on 1
x	29	Serj Tankian Harakiri	peak 29	wks on 1
x	31	Marina And The Diamonds Electra Heart	peak 31	wks on 1
x	43	The Early November In Currents	peak 43	wks on 1
x	49	Metric Synthetica	peak 12	wks on 3
x	54	Twin Shadow Confess	peak 54	wks on 1
x	63	Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon	peak 12	wks on 12
x	69	Toby Keith Clancy's Tavern	peak 5	wks on 33
x	72	Blake Shelton Loaded: The Best Of Blake Shelton	peak 18	wks on 48
x	73	House Of Heroes Cold Hard Want	peak 73	wks on 1
x	77	Taylor Swift Speak Now	peak 1	wks on 81
x	79	Kenny Chesney Greatest Hits Ii	peak 3	wks on 33
x	80	Willie Nelson The Complete Atlantic Sessions	peak 80	wks on 1
x	82	Thompson Square Thompson Square	peak 15	wks on 17
x	84	Smashing Pumpkins Oceania	peak 4	wks on 4
x	85	Skylar Laine American Idol: Season 11: Highlights (ep)	peak 64	wks on 2
x	87	Wisin & Yandel Lideres	peak 42	wks on 2
x	88	Edens Edge Edens Edge	peak 51	wks on 3
x	89	The Black Keys Brothers	peak 3	wks on 92
x	91	Zac Brown Band Pass The Jar: Live From The Fabulous Fox Theater In Atlanta	peak 17	wks on 13
x	93	Scotty McCreery Clear As Day	peak 1	wks on 38
x	94	Neil Young and Crazy Horse Americana	peak 4	wks on 6
x	95	Jana Kramer Jana Kramer	peak 19	wks on 3
x	96	Waka Flocka Flame Triple F Life: Fans Friends & Family	peak 10	wks on 5
x	97	Bonnie Raitt Slipstream	peak 6	wks on 14
x	98	Tim McGraw Emotional Traffic	peak 2	wks on 17
x	100	Miranda Lambert Revolution	peak 8	wks on 96