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Timberlake’s ‘20/20 Experience’ Rolls On at No. 1

Mr. Timberlake in March.Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images Mr. Timberlake in March.

Justin Timberlake’s latest album is No. 1 on the Billboard chart for a third week, beating new albums by the Band Perry and the rapper Tyler, the Creator.

Mr. Timberlake’s album “The 20/20 Experience” (RCA), his first new release in almost seven years, arrived in stores on a wave of marketing and promotion, and is still selling strong, or at least more strongly than anything else. Last week it sold 139,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, down 56 percent from the week before.

Total sales for the album stand at 1.4 million, and Billboard said it is the first album by a male artist to spend its first three weeks at No. 1 since Eminem’s “Recovery” in the summer of 2010. (The last album by anybody to spend its first three weeks on top, however, was Taylor Swift’s “Red,” in November.)

The second biggest album this week is “Pioneer” (Republic Nashville), the second release by the Band Perry, which opened with 129,000 copies sold. That is a better showing than had been predicted for the band, and was perhaps helped by the group’s appearance on Sunday at the Academy of Country Music Awards, which was broadcast by CBS and drew 15.4 million viewers, the show’s best ratings in 15 years.

Tyler, the Creator performing at Music Hall of Williamsburg in March.Chad Batka for The New York Times Tyler, the Creator performing at Music Hall of Williamsburg in March.

Tyler, the Creator, the leader of the hip-hop collective Odd Future, reached No. 3 this week with his new release, “Wolf” (Odd Future/Sony), which sold 89,000 copies. The country singer Blake Shelton fell one spot to No. 4 with 82,000 sales of “Based on a True Story …” (Warner Brothers Nashville), and Lil Wayne’s “I Am Not a Human Being II” fell three spots to No. 5 with 68,000.

Also on the chart this week, New Kids on the Block â€" yes, New Kids on the Block â€" open at No. 6 with 51,000 sales of “10″ (The Block). It is the third album that the “kids” â€" now in their 40s â€" have released since reuniting in 2008, including “The Block” that year and “NKOTBSB,” a compilation of mostly old material by the New Kids and another aging boy band, the Backstreet Boys.