According to Entertainment Weekly, Michael Jackson’s “Number Ones” has been the best-selling album in the country for the past three weeks in a row; but now, the unusual run is over.

Daughtry, whose album “Leave This Town” sold 269,000 copies last week, is the newest chart-topper. That means, for the first time in a month, the No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 is actually the No. 1 selling album in the U.S.  Jackson’s albums, though they sold the most, never qualified for the Billboard 200 due to their age.

Michael Jackson fans, however, shouldn’t worry– MJ’s album sales haven’t dried up just set, as “Number Ones” sold 192,000 copies this past week.

The Twitterverse shared mixed reactions to the sales:

1. 
   AlexHale With prediction sales, Daughtry is to knock Michael Jackson off the top spot.
2. 
   loveyoutopisces Most depressing headline I’ve seen in long time: “Daughtry tops albums chart, outsells Michael Jackson”
3. 
   the51mom Sending out CONGRATS to Chris Daughtry & band for their taking of the #1 spot from Late Great Michael Jackson!! Happy for U all!!
4. 
   joepettis Michael Jackson was killed, and he was killed by Chris Daughtry. Who the hell listens to that crap? http://bit.ly/10kqyp #cnn
5. 
   cynthiawebster Congratulations!! Very happy for you! @CHRIS_Daughtry Daughtry tops albums chart, outsells Michael Jackson – http://bit.ly/10kqyp #cnn
6. 
   ShowClixBlog Daughtry outsells Michael Jackson this week. So much for the American people’s good taste. http://tinyurl.com/lg9mdk
7. 
   mattshoe hahahahahaha daughtry outsold michael jackson

The charts aren’t surprising, though, as most Twitterers are loving Daughtry’s “Leave This Town”:

1. 
   ali_223 New Daughtry album is rad!! Check it!
2. 
   DamiaGoddess “You don’t Belong” Daughtry off their new album. Listen to it it’s totally worth it
3. 
   wangjohn daughtry’s new album is awesome.
4. 
   GioMatthieu I love Daughtry’s new album!
5. 
   aleexxis new Daughtry album hit me – i’ll be in Rinteln for one week because of studies – no time to waste!
6. 
   riot_o_curls listening to daughtry’s new album. insert fangirl glee here.
7. 
   efulford listening to Daughtry’s new album – nice!!
8. 
   trewfan Daughtry’s new album is a good one to wake up to!
9. 
   fallingn2weird New Daughtry is AMAZING!!!! No wonder this album hit #1 on it’s release date!!
10. 
    kellie_Ourso I am loving Chris Daughtry new album, leave this town!!!

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