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Britney & Pink Floyd Bump Off the King of Pop


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Britney Spears and Pink Floyd bumped Michael Jackson from the top of the charts. The king of pop�s latest release �Invincible� didn�t live up to its name falling from the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 after only one week according to SoundScan.  

Britney Spears� third album, �Britney� will debut at No. 1 next week having sold 746,000 units its first week in stores. This is a half a million less than the first week sales of Britney�s last effort �Oops! �I Did it Again�.  

The Pink Floyd best of collection �Echoes� will debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 215,000 units. Topping their previous first week sales high of 198,000 units for their 1995 release �Pulse�. 

Michael Jackson�s �Invincible� dropped to third place with sales of 202,000 units sold its second week in stores. 

Other artists were hit harder. Incubus� �Morning View� fell seven spots to No. 17, Linkin Park was bumped out of the top 10 with �Hybrid Theory� claiming the 11th spot on next weeks Billboard 200 charts. The Backstreet Boys slip three spots to No. 7 and Lenny Kravitz�s latest �Lenny� takes a 16 spot nosedive to No. 28.