Billboard Goes To The Circus!

It's official, Britney Spears has topped the Billboard 200 Album Chart with her latest album "Circus" selling a whopping 505,000 it's first week!

This makes Spears the first artist to have four albums debut with 500,000-plus copies in the SoundScan era, which began in 1991. "Circus" is currently the sixth biggest album sales opener of the year!
Spears now ranks fifth among female artists for the most No. 1 albums, with her five chart-toppers trailing only Barbra Streisand (eight), Madonna (seven), and Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson (six apiece).

More Billboard Numbers tomorrow!