KELLY CLARKSON debuted on top of the Billboard 200 this week after selling 97,000 copies of her new album "Piece By Piece". This is her third #1 album. She previously topped the chart with "All I Ever Wanted" in 2009 and also with her debut album "Thankful" in 2003. There was only one other album to debut in the Top 10 this week: "The Firewatcher's Daughter" from BRANDI CARLILE sold 43,000 copies at #9. Here are this week's Top 10 albums . . .
1. NEW: "Piece By Piece", Kelly Clarkson . . . 97,000 copies
2. The "Fifty Shades of Grey" soundtrack . . . 96,000 copies
3. "1989", Taylor Swift . . . 77,000 copies
4. "If You're Reading This It's Too Late", Drake . . . 73,000 copies
5. "x", Ed Sheeran . . . 63,000 copies
6. "Dark Sky Paradise", Big Sean . . . 58,000 copies
7. "V", Maroon 5 . . . 50,000 copies
8. "In the Lonely Hour", Sam Smith . . . 50,000 copies
9. NEW: "The Firewatcher's Daughter", Brandi Carlile . . . 43,000 copies
10. "Title", Meghan Trainor . . . 38,000 copies