NELLY held his lead over Eminem as the St. Louis rapper’s “Nellyville” topped “The Eminem Show” for the second consecutive week in the Top Album Sales Charts.
“Nellyville” sold 447,200 copies, pushing the total past the million mark, according to SoundScan.
Eminem chalked up another 263,100 copies in sales, bringing his total to 3.9 million.
As for newcomers, “Irv Gotti Presents . . . The Inc.,” a compilation of hip-hop all-stars, took the No. 3 slot, with 192,700 copies.
Aerosmith’s new two-disc set, “Oh Yeah! Ultimate Greatest Hits,” debuted at No. 4 with 136,900 in sales.
Rounding out this week’s top 10 are Avril Lavigne (No. 5), Ashanti (No. 6), Korn (No. 7), Pink (No. 8), P. Diddy (No. 9) and “Totally Hits 2002.” (No. 10).