Madonna Tops Charts Again... But Coldplay Hang On To Record

Madonna can add another #1 album to her resume, as Confessions On A Dancefloor debuted at the top of the sales chart this week.

After 47 years and after 13 previous albums, Madge apparently still knows what it takes to connect with both the dancefloor and consumers. However, her latest effort is second only to Coldplay's X&Y when it comes to first-week sales this year.Last week's chart-toppers, popera act Il Divo, dropped one spot with Ancora in the face of the Madonna onslaught. But they still withstood the Bullet In A Bible attack of Green Day, as that group's live CD/DVD entered the chart at #3.

There's nothing to beat the November blahs like dancing, and MuchDance 2006 provided the cure for enough people to land it in the #4 spot. Another way of overcoming late fall lethargy is by thinking of the upcoming holiday season like Diana Krall, whose Christmas Songs remains at #5.

A couple of albums took body blows in the wake of the new entries, with the Get Rich Or Die Tryin' soundtrack slipping four spots to #6 and Nickelback's For All The Right Reasons falling from #4 to #7. Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business did a little less business in dropping one spot to #8.

Quebec consumers continue to show their economic clout, as the Star Academie 2005 soundtrack to the popular Quebecois reality TV show is at #9 and Arianne Moffatt's Coeur Dans La Tete debuts at #10.

Other new entries in the top 50 include: Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts at #20; the Country Hits 2 compilation at #22; the Walk The Line soundtrack at #41; Big & Rich's Comin' To Your City at #42; and Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run: 30th Anniversary at #44.