Ludacris Back on Top

Thursday 18th March 2010 - 06:30:09

Ludacris is back at the top of the U.S. album charts.

The rapper's new release Battle of the Sexes is his fourth number one and his seventh top 10 album.

Blur star Damon Albarn's other group Gorillaz debuts at two on the new U.S. chart with Plastic Beach and last week's number one by Lady Antebellum, Need You Now, falls to three.

Jimi Hendrix's Valleys of Neptune debuts high at four with opening weeksales of 95,000, and country singer Gary Allan's Get Off on the Pain rounds out the new top five.

Meanwhile, Rihanna has replaced her Def Jam labelmate Taio Cruz atop the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart - her Rude Boy jumped up three spots toscore the R&B star her sixth charttopper.

Cruz's Break Your Heart drops to three, leapfrogging Lady Antebellum's single Need You Now, which stays at two on the new countdown, which will officially be released on Thursday (18Mar10).