Swift regains US album chart lead

Taylor Swift has returned to the top of the US album chart with her latest record Speak Now.

The singer songwriter notches up another 259,000 sales of the LP, giving her a third non-consecutive week at number one. The LP's total US sales now tally at 2.6 million, giving her the third highest-selling album of 2010, behind Eminem's Recovery and Lady Antebellum's Need You Now.

Meanwhile, last week's chart leader Susan Boyle slips to two with The Gift, selling just 5,000 copies less than Swift, and Michael Jackson's Michael lands at number three, having shifted 228,000 units. The result marks his ninth set to chart in the top ten.

Elsewhere, R Kelly's Love Letter debuts at six, while Diddy-Dirty Money's Last Train To Paris lands at number seven with sales of 101,000, exceeding initial forecasts of 65,000.

Kid Rock's Born Free leaps six spots to nine, and the Glee Cast's latest compilation slips two to number ten.

Further down the chart, American Idol runner-up Crystal Bowersox debuts at 28 with Farmer's Daughter, while Ciara's Basic Instinct enters at 44.