Lady Antebellum returned to the top of the Billboard 200 on Wednesday. According to Nielsen SoundScan figures, Need You Now sold 126,000 copies during the week ending March 7, ending a three-week run for Sade, whose Soldier of Love fell to the second spot after selling 79,000 albums.
The album returned to the top spot after a three-week absence, the first time this has happened since Taylor Swift's Fearless climbed back to the top after falling from number one in 2008.
Blake Shelton's Hillbilly Bone made its way into the top five at the number three spot, with sales of 71,000 albums. American Idol finalist Danny Gokey's debut effort, My Best Days, came in fourth with 65,000, and the soundtrack to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland came in at number five with 58,000.
Need You Now, featuring a hit single of the same name, was released on January 26 and sold 481,000 copies in its first week.
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