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Kelly Clarkson loses to Hannah Montana

At this rate, Miley Cyrus will be outselling her dad before she gets a driver's license.

The 14-year-old spawn of achy-breaky hearter Billy Ray is continuing her push for world domination as her new album, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus, soared to the top of the album charts.

The younger Cyrus, who stars in the massively popular Disney Channel hit with her dad, became the youngest recording artist ever to have two number one albums in less than a year.
The double-disc Meet Miley, designed to serve as both a soundtrack sequel and as Cyrus' official solo debut, moved 326,000 copies for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures. Last fall, the original soundtrack likewise rocketed to number one, selling 280,000 first-week copies. That disc currently sits at number 31, having sold over 2.6 million copies in its 36-week chart run.

Hannah Montana is the top-rated basic cable show and the number two show overall among kids age 6-14. The only show that tops Hannah Montana within that age group is American Idol, which had its own impact on the charts.

Despite the tussles with label chief Clive Davis, a split with her management company and a scuttled tour due to low ticket sales, Kelly Clarkson made a strong showing with My December, which sold 291,000 copies at number two. Featuring the Top 10 single "Never Again," the new album offers a darker edge than her previous efforts, though Kelly Clarkson announced she's already working on a fourth album that features country-music influences.

Kelly Clarkson's previous release, 2002's Grammy-winning Breakaway, debuted at number three with 250,000 and went on to spend 131 weeks on the Billboard 200.

With the two songbirds lighting in the top spots, Bon Jovi's Lost Highway slipped to number three with 125,000.

Meanwhile, alt-country poster boy Ryan Adams made his first Top 10 with Easy Tiger roaring in at number seven. The disc sold 61,000 copies in its first week, a career-best showing for the former Whiskeytown singer who has released nine solo album in the past seven years.

Rounding out the Top 10 were familiar faces: the White Stripes' Icky Thump at four, Brad Paisley's 5th Gear at five, Amy Winehouse's Back to Black at six, Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight at eight, Paul McCartney's Memory Almost Full at nine and Maroon 5's It Won't Be Soon Before Long in the 10 spot.

Elsewhere, the Beastie Boys debuted at 15, with their instrumental dub album The Mix-Up selling 44,000 copies. Pearl Jam's seven-disc Live at the Gorge 05/06 followed at 36 selling 19,000 copies.

Other noteworthy debuts included The Essential Paul Simon at 42, Israel Iz Kamakawiwo'Ole's posthumous Wonderful World at 44, Pharoahe Monch's first new album in eight years, Desire, at 58, Social Distortion's Greatest Hits at 86 and the newly reformed Bad Brains at 100 with Build a Nation.

Overall, album sales were nearly identical to the week previous but down 8 percent compared to the same week last year.

Here's a recap of the Top 10 albums:

1. Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus, Miley Cyrus
2. My December, Kelly Clarkson
3. Lost Highway, Bon Jovi
4. Icky Thump, The White Stripes
5. 5th Gear, Brad Paisley
6. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse
7. Easy Tiger, Ryan Adams
8. Minutes to Midnight, Linkin Park
9. Memory Almost Full, Paul McCartney
10. It Won't Be Soon Before Long, Maroon 5