Three new albums took the top three spots on the Billboard 200 chart this week. The soundtrack to the Fox TV series "Empire" debuted at #1 with 130,000 copies, but it was a pretty tight race with MADONNA'S 13th studio album, "Rebel Heart", which sold 121,000 copies in 2nd place. ("Rebel Heart" is Madonna's 21st Top 10 album, which includes all 13 of her studio albums plus another eight from greatest hit packages, live albums, and soundtracks. Among women, only Barbra Streisand has more with 33.) And LUKE BRYAN debuted at #3 with 106,000 copies of "Spring Break . . . Checkin' Out". Here are this week's Top 10 albums . . .

1. NEW: The soundtrack to the TV series "Empire" . . . 130,000 copies

2. NEW: "Rebel Heart", Madonna . . . 121,000 copies

3. NEW: "Spring Break . . . Checkin' Out", Luke Bryan . . . 106,000 copies

4. The "Fifty Shades of Grey" soundtrack . . . 72,000 copies

5. "1989", Taylor Swift . . . 72,000 copies

6. "In the Lonely Hour", Sam Smith . . . 61,000 copies

7. "If You're Reading This It's Too Late", Drake . . . 58,000 copies

8. "x", Ed Sheeran . . . 53,000 copies

9. "V", Maroon 5 . . . 48,000 copies

10. "Dark Sky Paradise", Big Sean . . . 38,000 copies