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Justin Bieber Retakes Top Spot On Billboard Albums Chart

Plus, the National hit #3 with High Violet.

You might slow him down, but you just can't stop [article id="1639469"]Justin Bieber[/article]. The pint-size pop dynamo will be back on top of the Billboard albums charts next week when his second effort, My World 2.0, makes the leap from #5 back up to the pole position on modest sales of 60,000, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan.

Though the total is one of the lowest for a #1 album this year, it is still enough to push 2.0 over the 1 million mark. Hanging tight just behind Bieber is Lady Antebellum's Need You Now, which is down 44 percent to 54,000, just enough to stave off a strong bid from moody indie darlings the National, whose High Violet notches a career-high #3 debut (51,000). Also debuting in the top 10 is the second effort from White Stripes/ Raconteurs leader Jack White's other side project, the Dead Weather, whose Sea of Cowards hits #5 on sales of 45,000.

Filipina pop star Charice lands at #8 with her self-titled debut (43,000), edging out metal act As I Lay Dying's Powerless Rise, which sneaks in at #10 on sales of 38,000. Rounding out the top 10 are: AC/DC's Iron Man 2 (48,000), the Carole King and James Taylor Live at the Troubadour collabo, which slips a bit to 43,000, Usher's Raymond v. Raymond, which ticks up a bit to 43,000, and Godsmack's The Oracle, which drops eight slots from last week's #1 debut to #9, as sales fell 63 percent to 43,000.

Just outside the top tier, the Deftones take a major tumble in week two as Diamond Eyes sheds 68 percent of its first-week sales to fall 12 spots to #18 (20,000). Toni Braxton's comeback attempt, Pulse, also falls 13 to #22 (18,000), and righteous rockers MercyMe drop 20 spots to #23 with The Generous Mr. Lovewell (18,000).

English piano popsters Keane hit #25 with their latest, Night Train (17,000), while classic-rock juggernaut Meat Loaf could only muster a #27 debut with Hang Cool Teddy Bear (15,000). And it's a modest debut for We Are the Fallen's Tear the World Down at #33 (13,000), as the first effort from former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody and "American Idol" finalist Carly Smithson fails to impress.

Buzzed-about New York noise duo Sleigh Bells make an impressive chart debut at #39 with Treats (12,000), while cameo king [article id="1638535"]Bruno Mars[/article] comes in at a modest #99 with his debut EP, It's Better If You Don't Understand (5,000).

Next week, look for the much-hyped reissue of the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. to chart, as well as the fourth "Glee" album and the major-label debut from Band of Horses.

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