The final numbers are in and Rihanna will grab her sixth top ten album in as many tries. Her Talk That Talk album sold 197,000 units it's opening week. Good enough to put her at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart according to Billboard.biz.
Drake's Take Care disc suffers a 73% drop off and falls to the No. 4 slot this week with 173,000 units sold.
Mary J. Blige's latest offering, My Life II: The Journey Continues, Act I, will place the R&B singer at No. 5 with sales of 156,000.
Rounding out the list of notable urban releases from last week is Yelawolf. His Shady Records debut, Radioactive, sold 41,000 copies placing him in the No. 27 slot.
The No. 1 album in the country will be Michael Buble's Christmas, with sales of just over 227,000.
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