Maroon 5's "I Won't Be Soon Before Long" leads the pack at No. 1. The A&M/Octone effort moved 429,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The group's prior best sales week came in December 2004, when its debut, "Songs About Jane," sold 138,000.

"It Won't Be Soon Before Long" sold 102,000 copies digitally, breaking a record set last week when Linkin Park's "Minutes to Midnight" (Machine Shop/Warner Bros.) moved 84,000 via that format to debut at No. 1. The latter album slips to No. 2 this week with 198,000, a 68% sales decline.

Hip-hop trio U.S.D.A., Young Jeezy's collaboration with Slick Pulla and Blood Raw, starts at No. 4 with "Cold Summer." The Def Jam set moved 95,000 units, enough to top the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Albums tally.

Album sales are down 3.2% from last week's total at 8.35 million units and down 16.7% compared to the same week last year.

SOURCE: www.billboard.com