Beyonce Knowles - Beyonce Matches Britney With Fourth U.s. Number One Album Debut

The R&B superstar matched Britney Spears, while only rapper DMX has a better record among solo artists - his first five albums debuted at number one.

4 sold 310,000 in its first week to knock Jill Scott off the top of the countdown - the soul singer's The Light of The Sun drops to five.

Also new to the top five this week (06Jul11): Big Sean's Finally Famous at three and Selena Gomez & the Scene's When the Sun Goes Down at four.

American Idol alums David Cook and Scotty MCCreery are both new to the top 10 - Cook's This Loud Morning debuts at seven, while MCCreery's EP American Idol Season 10 Highlights is a new entry at 10.