It seems that the Pussycat Dolls actually sold nearly 5,000 more copies of their latest LP, Doll Domination, than was originally reported by SoundScan. On Wednesday morning, the chart posted on the SoundScan site had PCD debuting at #5 on next week's albums chart with 74,000 copies sold, and the Kings of Leon's Only By the Night opening at #4, with 74,400 copies scanned.

On Wednesday afternoon, the chart figures were revised to reflect the Pussycat Dolls opening at #4 with 79,000 scans, and the Kings of Leon at #5, with sales holding at 74,400. Surprisingly, at press time Nielsen had not sent out an e-mail update, which typically follows chart adjustments; nor had a rep for SoundScan said the additional chart sales were reported late.

Early last month, SoundScan initially reported that the Game's L.A.X. topped the chart with first-week sales of 238,285, with Slipknot's All Hope Is Gone debuting at #2, selling 238,272 copies. A few hours later, MTV News was informed that the numbers were off, and that Slipknot actually outsold the Game — the revised sales figures put Slipknot's scans at 239,516 and the Game's at 238,382. A representative for SoundScan said the initial sales data was "incomplete," and added that the long holiday weekend caused delays in sales data being reported to them. The spokesperson also said that the company would be looking into why those erroneous numbers were posted on SoundScan's Web site in the first place.

After five weeks of slowly climbing up Billboard's top 200, the "Mamma Mia!" soundtrack has finally reached the top, bumping Sugarland's Love on the Inside from #1 to #3, on the strength of nearly 130,700 scans (the country duo sold 91,400 units). The soundtrack actually sold more copies last week (around 137,800), but thanks to generally sluggish sales, the set moves from #3 to #1 on next week's chart. Wedged in between "Mamma Mia!" and Sugarland, we find "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus' LP Breakout, which, after three weeks in stores, continues to generate impressive scans, this week adding another 102,400 units to its tally; all told, that offering has sold exactly 636,800 copies.

Also in the top 10 are Kid Rock's Rock N Roll Jesus, which holds for a third straight week at #4 with 90,300 sold, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III, which finishes fifth with 67,100 scans, and Coldplay's Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, which comes in at #6 with 55,400 copies snatched up. The "Camp Rock" soundtrack is in the #8 slot with another 47,100 scans, while Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad returns to the top 10 at #9, selling 43,900 units.

A total of 22 new releases enter next week's chart, with two debuting in the top 10. R&B crooner Lloyd's Lessons in Love is the week's highest-charting newcomer, opening at #7 with 51,000 copies sold, while country singer Heidi Newfield's What Am I Waiting For bows at #10 with 34,400 scans. Another country artist, Keith Anderson, follows at #12, as his C'Mon! generated 31,900 in week-one sales, and Bright Eyes mastermind Conor Oberst's self-titled solo LP pops up at #15 with 28,500 sold.

Trapt's Only Through the Pain debuts at #18 with 24,600 copies leaving record stores, while Hawthorne Heights' Fragile Future trails in the #23 hole with 20,500 scans. Norma Jean's The Anti Mother opens at #29, selling a reported 16,200, while Randy Newman's Harps & Angels lands at #30 with 15,800 in sales. Circa Survive frontman Anthony Green's solo debut, Avalon, enters at #44 with 11,800 sold, the Faint's Fasciinatiion bows at #46 with 11,300 sold and Re-Up Gang's Clipse Presents: Re-Up Gang follows at #55, selling 9,800 units.

Someone has just bought Miley Cyrus for $16,800. Well, he actually bought the chance to meet the star at the November premiere of her animated flick "Bolt."

The winner is a dad from Connecticut, who secured the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for his 11-year-old daughter. The premiere is sure to be a star-studded event, as John Travolta and Malcolm McDowell also voice characters in the movie. Along with the meet-and-greet, several other items were auctioned off on eBay, raising a total of $58,100 by the time bidding closed on Tuesday. Don't worry, though: Miley's not pocketing the dough. It's going to the Pappy Cyrus Family Foundation, which supports underprivileged kids.

In other Miley news, the singer, whose Breakout LP debuts at #1 on next week's Billboard albums chart, has college on the brain. "I was online the other day, looking at colleges," Cyrus told E! Online. "I want to go in London. I'd like to do fashion and then photography."

The 15-year-old already knows a bit about photography after April's Vanity Fair flap, and she seems to be learning from her very public mistakes. Cyrus recently shot down rumors that she'd do a girl-on-girl kiss with Katy Perry at Sunday's Teen Choice Awards, where she's set to host.

"No thanks," Cyrus told E!. "She sang on my record, so I think she's kind of getting back at me because she was doing harmonies and backgrounds."

Someone who Miley suggests stay in the background a little longer is her 13-year-old brother, Braison Chance Cyrus, who aspires to be in show business like his sister. "He's really talented, really good at the drums," Cyrus said. "But he's, like, 13. So, you know, he's not ready for it yet. He's like, 'I don't want to start as young as you did in the business.' I'm like, 'Yeah, I agree.' I think he should, like, finish high school and stuff."

Hmm, do you think a little more schoolin' would help Miley too? Tell us!

For more than a month, there's been a heated battle happening on the weekly Billboard albums sales chart, waged between 2008's best-selling albums: rapper Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III and Coldplay's Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. After Wayne's latest debuted at #1, selling more than a million copies, Coldplay's LP swooped in, knocking Tha Carter III from the top spot, where the rockers' record stayed for two weeks. Last week, Wayne made a comeback, reclaiming the peak position.

According to the latest figures released by Nielsen SoundScan, Wayne's newest will hold at #1 on next week's top 200, selling another 124,700 units and bringing total sales of the disc to 1.8 million. Coldplay's Viva la Vida clings to the #2 spot with sales reported at 112,600. Meanwhile, the soundtrack to the Disney Channel original movie "Camp Rock" follows at #3 — a position it's held since its release four weeks ago — with 88,500 scans.

Climbing two spots next week to #5, with 61,000 sold, is Kid Rock's Rock N Roll Jesus, which experienced a 35 percent sales boost on the strength of the LP's latest single, "All Summer Long." Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 28 follows at #6 with 48,000 sold, while Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad moves one spot to #8 with 47,000 scans. G-Unit's T.O.S. (Terminate on Sight) follows at #9, selling another 36,400, while John Mayer's Where the Light Is rounds things out at #10 with 33,700 sold.

As far as new releases go, there are a total of 23 making their impact felt on next week's chart, with two opening in the top 10. Beck's latest, Modern Guilt, enters the chart at #4, having sold 84,300 copies, while the soundtrack to the big-screen adaptation of "Mamma Mia!" bows at #7 with 48,400 sold. Elsewhere on the chart, the Maine's Can't Stop Won't Stop debuts at #40, scanning 12,100 copies, while New York electronica outfit Ratatat's LP3 follows at #82, selling 7,800 units.

3Oh!3's Want enters at #89, having scanned 7,500 copies, with Hit the Lights' Skip School, Start Fights trailing at #97 on sales of 7,000 and change. Maroon 5 and Whitechapel are tied at #117, as Live from Le Cabaret and This Is Exile both scanned exactly 5,907 copies. Kerli's Love Is Dead bows at #126 with 5,500 sold, while Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr.'s sophomore solo offering, ¿Como Te Llama? debuts at #145, after selling 4,500 copies. The Melvins' Nude With Boots follows at #148 with 4,400 sold, while Me First and the Gimme Gimmes' Have Another Ball claims the #164 slot with 4,000 scans.

It’s hard to imagine an artist as accomplished and beloved as Neil Diamond (trust us -- your mom digs him) has never, over the course of his more than forty-year career, known the feeling of having an album hit the chart at #1. Hard to imagine, but true.

That's why this week is so sweet for the Solitary Man, because according to the latest SoundScan figures, Diamond’s Rick Rubin-produced Home Before Dark has broken that bad-luck streak, selling close to 146,000 copies to top next week’s chart. This was no doubt made possible by the tremendous boost of having some of his classic tunes featured (and, you know, mostly murdered) on that popular singing contest "American Idol."

Check out some other twists and turns in the chart, after the jump.

Other mad, mad business in this coming Top 200 include Clay Aiken's On My Way Here, which bows at #4. The Claymates predictably snatched up the former Idol's latest, placing Aiken just 100 fewer copies behind Madonna’s Hard Candy at #3 (94,000). (Um, how does Madge feel coming in just behind Clay in only her second week on the chart...?)

Hipster-cred acts the Last Shadow Puppets (see: Arctic Monkeys) and No Age (see: LA lo-fi punk scene) did kinda fine: LSP's Age of the Understatement debuted at #111 (7,000), while No Age’s Nouns just made the cut at #196 (4,000).

But what the heck happened to tween-beloved emo-pop sensation Tokio Hotel?? All evidence -- freaked-out, shrieking fans packing shows before the little Germans' CD even dropped Stateside -- pointed to a stellar debut. But their debut, Scream, enters the chart at #39, with sales reported at 15,800. We say, "Meh." Perhaps it'll be a slower build for these kleine pop-punks after all.

The latest SoundScan figures are in, and, for a second straight week, the nation’s best-selling LP – by a long shot -- belongs to Miss Mariah. The hilariously named E=MC2, sold nearly 182,000 copies. But, let’s face it -- La Diva’s run at the top will almost certainly be cut short next week, when Madonna’s Hard Candy enters the Top 200. Madge could take on Mariah on the shelves and on the mat.

But the most interesting thing about next week’s chart, though, has to be Atmosphere, whose latest set, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That S--- Gold, enters the chart at #5. Considering the Minneapolis hip-hop duo’s still on the fringe, it was surprising to see that their record sold 36,400 copies in its first week -- not shabby at all for MC Slug (above) and producer Ant, who’ve thrived on their underground cred since getting together back in the mid-90’s.

Maybe their hipster cred has finally reached a boiling point? Or maybe it’s the guest-vocal props from Tom Waits and TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe? Then again, Atmosphere’s long been a slow burn -- they’re one of the best-selling indie hip-hop acts of the last decade, rebuffing a few major-label offers in their day. Or maybe it’s Slug’s completely tripped-out lyrics.

What do you think helped Atmosphere break through?

Check out Slug talking about the making of the album, after the jump.

Most of the 29th floor (that's MTV News HQ) is seriously in denial of the country genre -- except when co-opted ironically by Jack White, or tweaked into hipster Americana by Conor Oberst. You know, Pitchfork country! That's why it's particularly painful to deal with this industry touchstone called "SoundScan" week in and week out: it's just hard evidence of how much the rest of the USA disagrees with us.

This is a wordy setup for the news that country has yet again kicked rock to the curb in sales, with that punk George Strait (who?) selling 166,300 copies to beat out R.E.M. The alt-rock legends' latest, Accelerate, comes in at #2 with 115,500 scans.

To salute R.E.M. -- and, basically, to put up a SoundScan fight -- we've posted this excellent interview with the band shot just before the new album's release. And if you're a believer in numbers, check out the rest of this week's chart writeup after the jump.

Now That’s What I Call Music!, Vol. 27 follows at #3, climbing two spots on the strength of 60,000 scans, while Day26’s self-titled first falls three spots to #4, selling 51,000. The soundtrack to “Alvin and the Chipmunks” experienced a 111 percent boost in sales, which moves the record 11 chart positions to #5 this week; the set also sold 51,000 units. Another newcomer follows at #6, as Trina’s Still Da Baddest generated sales of more than 46,700, just edging out Danity Kane’s Welcome to the Dollhouse by less than 120 scans; DK’s disc occupies the #7 slot. The Counting Crows’ Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings dips five spots to #8, with another 43,300 sold, while Rick Ross’ Trilla falls three positions to #9, with 41,400 snatched up. Van Morrison’s Keep It Simple was the only other new release to crack the top 10, rounding things out with 37,000 scans.

Elsewhere on the chart, there were several notable newcomers making their mark. The Rolling Stones’ Shine a Light bows at #11, with 37,000 sold, while the Black Keys’ Attack and Release enters at #14, selling 29,000 units. Sevendust’s Chapter 7: Hope and Sorrow enters at #19, having sold close to 25,000 copies, and George Michael returns to the chart at #23, as his Twentyfive moves 22,700 copies during its first week on store shelves.,

Theory of a Deadman’s Scars and Souvenirs takes the #26 position, with 21,800 sold, while Moby’s Last Night follows at #27, with sales reported at 21,100 and change. In Flames’ A Sense of Purpose enters at #28, selling 20,300 copies. Hawk Nelson’s Hawk Nelson Is My Friend bows at #34, after selling 18,000 units, and Muse’s H.A.A.R.P. finishes at #46 with 14,000 scans. The Sword’s sophomore LP Gods of the Earth makes its debut at #102, with 7,500 sold, and Anti-Flag’s The Bright Lights of America takes the #118 spot with 6,500 scans.

The voice, it always comes down to the voice. Especially when discussing Mariah Carey. She’s made plenty of headlines for whom she’s dated (Derek Jeter), divorced (Tommy Mottola), and denied having a relationship with (Eminem). But the New York native is a modern day Diana Ross, full of flair and able-bodied talent. She's up, and then she's down. And now she's up again. Waaay up.

The songstress netted her 18th number one single with “Touch My Body,” moving past Elvis Presley as the most dominant solo performer of all time.

"I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world," Carey told The Associated Press from London on Tuesday. "That's a completely different era and time. I'm just feeling really happy and grateful."

She also fielded what must have been a very tactful question about how the feat relates to her gender and ethnicity. "For me, in my mind the accomplishment is just that much sweeter," she said. "In terms of my ethnicity, always feeling like an outsider, always feeling different. For me it's about saying, 'Thank you Lord, for giving me the faith to believe in myself when other people had written me off.' I want to encourage anyone else out there who feels like maybe they can't overcome an obstacle, I feel like I'm living proof, never lose your faith. I'm seriously a grateful individual right now."

The Beatles stand as number one overall with 20 Billboard Top 100 number one hits. (The Beatles are a group, Mariah solo, etc).

After the jump, a list of Carey’s collaborators and colleagues. See just how far she is from the rest of the pack:

Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, and Mary J. Blige: Carey is often compared to these three divas, but between these ladies, they collectively have 16 number one hits, falling two short of Carey's historic total.

Janet Jackson: Not as big of a voice as Carey, but Jackson’s slick dance moves and familiar name scored her plenty of big hits, but she’s still eight behind, with her last number one, “All For You,” coming in 2001.

R.Kelly: Among her male peers, Kells seems like the obvious choice, but the Pied Piper of R&B only has two number one hits, one of which he shares with Dion, for their duet “I’m Your Angel.”

Two albums, two #1 debuts. That’s just what Danity Kane can claim, now that their sophomore LP, Welcome to the Dollhouse, will enter next week’s Billboard albums chart on top. The set sold more than 236,000 copies, which is a slight improvement on sales of the band’s first, self-titled release; that record also bowed at #1, but sold 234,300 units.

But DK weren’t the chart’s sole newcomers, as 18 releases in all crack next week’s top 200. Opening at #4, with sales reported at 85,900, its Flo Rida’s debut disc, Mail on Sunday. Surprisingly, and perhaps due to the band’s bumping up the album’s release, Gnarls Barkley’s The Odd Couple debuts at #18, selling a mere 31,000 copies, while rapper Rocko’s Self-Made follows at #21, with 27,700 scans. (Must've been that successful street-marketing campaign).

Newsroom homeboy, Sheek Louch, and his Silverback Gorilla album, enters the chart at #41, with 17,500 sold, while young metallers Black Tide’s Light from Above sold 11,400 units, to bow at #73. Right behind the Tide at #75, it’s the Hush Sound’s Goodbye Blues, which sold to the tune of 11,200, and opening at #81 with 10,200 sold, is She & Him’s Volume One. The Buzzcuts’ self-titled LP sold 9,500 copies, which lands the album at #87, and Jason Mraz’s We Sing EP enters at #101 with 8,500 snatched up.

The Kills’ Midnight Boom follows at #133, selling 6,500 units (awesome record, btw), while PlayRadioPlay!’s Texas sold 5,300, for a #157 opening. New Found Glory’s Hits collection enters at #167 with 5,000 sold, and Bury Your Dead’s self-titled LP enters at #176 with sales of 4,600. The Matches’ Band In Hope debuts at #179, with 4,600 scans, and lastly, coming in at #182 with 4,500, its Addison Road’s self-titled latest.

What’s remarkable about next week’s hip-hop dominated Billboard albums sales chart – at least to those of us who keep an eye on such things – is that somehow, another Now That’s What I Call Music compilation hit stores last week, and failed to open as the chart’s #1. Typically, Now sets almost always enter on top, but that distinction, instead, belongs to Miami rapper Rick Ross (Raaaaaawwwws!), who earns his second-straight #1 debut with his latest, Trilla. The LP sold more than 198,000 copies, according to the latest SoundScan totals, while his 2006 effort Port of Miami sold 187,000 units.

Surprisingly, Ross bested Snoop Dogg, in a battle of hip-hop heavies (literally). Snoop's Ego Trippin’ opens at #3, 137,000 sold; it marks the lowest first-week sales total for any of his previous studio efforts. Sandwiched in between is the 27th installment of the Now series, which shifted 169,000 copies, thanks to the contributions of big name acts like Rihanna, Fergie, Chris Brown, Kanye West, and Paramore.

Meanwhile, Fat Joe’s Elephant in the Room makes its debut at #6, scanning more than 46,000 copies (crazy low!). Only one other new release breached the chart’s top 10 and that album is Hannah Montana’s Best of Both Worlds Concert LP, which bows at #10 with 34,200 sold.

Other notable newcomers include “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson’s Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Vol. 1, which enters at #50 with nearly 13,000 snatched up, and opening at #59 with 11,400 sold, its Meshuggah’s obZzen. As for the rest of the top 10, Jack Johnson’s Sleep Through the Static finishes at #4 (selling another 55,300 copies) while Alan Jackson’s Good Time follows at #5 (53,000 sold). Sara Bareilles’ Little Voice holds at #7 (with 40,000 scans), and Janet Jackson’s Discipline comes in at #8 (37,500). Last but not least, Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) -- and a Newsroom favorite -- falls three spots to #9, having sold a reported 34,800 units.