Country music radio may be cool toward The Dixie Chicks, but the Texas group Wednesday scored its third No. 1 U.S. album with "Taking the Long Way."
Disney's "High School Musical" soundtrack sat at No. 2 in its 20th week on the Billboard 200 followed by "American Idol Season 5: Encores" at No. 3.
Angels & Airwaves' debut, "We Don't Need to Whisper," flew onto the Billboard 200 chart at No. 4 and entered the Top Rock Albums chart at No. 1.
The No. 1 album for the past two weeks -- the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Stadium Arcadium" -- slipped to No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with Rascal Flatts holding onto the No. 6 spot with "Me and My Gang."
No. 7 was Don Omar's "King of Kings" followed by the compilation, "WWE: Wreckless Intent," at No. 8 on the Billboard 200. The Top 10 was filled out by Tool's "10,000 Days" and Carrie Underwood's "Some Hearts."Overall CD sales were up 8 percent from the previous week at 9.9 million units but lagging 7 percent behind the same period last year. Overall 2006 sales stood at 222.4 million, 3 percent behind 2005 sales.
