Norah Jones’ “Feels Like Home” holds the top spot on The Billboard 200 for a sixth-straight week. U.S. sales of the Blue Note set were down about 19% to 147,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, giving the album a to-date total of 2.2 million. Jones fends off a strong debut from hip-hop newcomer Cassidy, one of two top-10 bows this week.

Cassidy’s “Split Personality” (Full Surface/J Records) lands at No. 2 with 118,000 copies. Sales of the album were fueled by the hit single “Hotel” featuring R. Kelly. The cut is No. 5 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Tracks tally, while the video is in the top-10 at MTV and BET.

Godsmack’s seven-song mini-album “The Other Side” (Universal) enters the chart at No. 5 on sales of 98,000 copies. The set features mostly acoustic reworkings of old songs plus the new single “Re-Align,” which falls 3-4 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Tracks tally this week. The act’s 2003 album “Faceless” entered the chart at No. 1, and has sold 1.1 million copies to date.

Elsewhere in the top-10, Evanescence’s “Fallen” (Wind-Up) is up 4-3, surviving a 2% sales dip to 105,000 copies. The set swaps places with Jessica Simpson’s “In This Skin” (Columbia), which falls one to No. 4 on an 11% drop to sales of 103,000 copies.

Kanye West’s “College Dropout” (Roc-A-Fella) holds at No. 6 as sales fell 1.5% to 94,000 copies. Kenny Chesney’s BNA set “When the Sun Goes Down” falls 5-7 on an 11% slip to 85,000 copies.

Last week’s top debut, “Bad Boy’s 10th Anniversary: The Hits,” drifts 2-8, the result of a 52% sales slide in its sophomore week to 72,000 copies. Maroon5’s “Songs About Jane” (Octone) is down 7-9 despite a 5% sales gain to 70,000 copies. Josh Groban’s “Closer” (Reprise) rounds out the top-10 with sales of 67,000 copies, on par with its previous week numbers, when the album was at No. 8.

Albums making notable gains on The Billboard 200 include Hoobastank’s “The Reason” (Island), up 38-25, Switchfoot’s “The Beautiful Letdown” (Colombia), up 63-44, and Yellowcard’s “Ocean Avenue” (Capitol), up 75-60.

Albums debuting this week are “The Very Best of Jackson Browne” (Elektra/Asylum) at No. 46, “Ultimate Darryl Hall + John Oates” (BMG Heritage) at No. 63, Elton John’s “Greatest Hits 1970-2002” (Island) at No. 143 and David Byrne’s “Grown Backwards” (Nonesuch) at No. 178.

Credit: Billboard