Billboard Update

Madonna scored her 3rd consecutive chart-topper with Confessions on a Dancefloor, selling 350,000. With Madge on top, American Idol babe Carrie Underwood had to settle for the undercard. Her debut disc, Some Hearts, sold 315,000 copies at number two, making her the second straight Idol champ to miss the top spot. Last week's number one album by Kenny Chesney, fell to number three as The Road and the Radio roped in 191,000 copies. AND THEN the comeback story of the year, reentered the Top 10 with the "Ultra Platinum Edition" of her red-hot The Emancipation of Mimi. The disc jumped 11 spots to number four, moving 185,000 copies, up from 42,000 the week prior. In its 32nd week on the charts, Mimi has sold just under 4 million copies in the U.S. 3,920,530 to be exact. ALSO for Ms. Carey her latest single Don't Forget About Us jumped from number17 to number 11 this week on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.