Only Lady Gaga beat out Jimmy Buffett on the Billboard 200 all-genre album chart this week. ‘Life on the Flip Side’ sold 75,000 units in its debut week:

From USA Today:

Also on the Billboard charts, Jimmy Buffett made waves with “Life on the Flip Side,” his first new album in seven years. The feel-good effort debuted at No. 2 with 75,000 units; it marks Buffett’s 40th time on the Billboard 200 since 1974.

You can get the album now at Amazon as a Digital Download, Audio CD, or on Vinyl.

Billboard has released a list of the Top 25 Live Artists Since 1990 and Jimmy Buffett came in at #20.

Here’s the full list:

1. The Rolling Stones
2. U2
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Madonna
5. Bon Jovi
6. Elton John
7. Dave Matthews Band
8. Celine Dion
9. Kenny Chesney
10. The Eagles
11. The Police/Sting
12. Roger Waters
13. Paul McCartney
14. Billy Joel
15. Rod Stewart
16. Neil Diamond
17. Metallica
18. Aerosmith
19. George Strait
20. Jimmy Buffett
21. Coldplay
22. Toby Keith
23. Cher
24. Fleetwood Mac
25. AC/DC

Billboard reports that since 1990 Buffett has grossed $402,756,057 with 9,746,471 in attendance at 539 shows.

Read more about the list at Billboard.com

Jimmy Buffett’s latest album Songs From St. Somewhere debuts at #4 in its opening week on the Billboard 200 album chart, selling 55,000 copies.

The new album is his 11th top 10 set, stretching back to 1978’s “Son of a Son of a Sailor” (which peaked at No. 10). The former Billboard writer (he wrote for this publication in 1969 and 1970) didn’t return to the top 10 until 1994’s “Fruitcakes” (No. 5).

See Buffett’s chart history here.

Here’s the top 5 this week:

1. Luke Bryan – 159,000 (second week)
2. John Mayer – 144,000
3. TGT – 76,000
4. Jimmy Buffett – 55,000
5. Earl Sweatshirt – 49,000

Jimmy Buffett released his latest album Songs From St. Somewhere this week and it’s heading for a top 5 debut on the Billboard 200 all-genre album chart:

Veteran singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett is set to score his tenth top 10 album, as “Songs From St. Somewhere” should bow in the top five next week. It is on course to sell around 55,000. He last visited the top 10 with 2010’s “Encores,” which debuted and peaked at No. 7.

Billboard expects Luke Bryan to remain at #1 with ‘Crash My Party,’ followed by John Mayer at #2 with ‘Paradise Valley.’ R&B supergroup TGT and rapper Earl Sweatshirt are expected to be somewhere in the top 5 along with Buffett.

See Jimmy’s full chart history here.

Congratulations to Jimmy Buffett on another number one hit! “Knee Deep,” the duet with the Zac Brown Band, rose to the top of the Billboard Country Songs chart this week, giving Buffett his second number one (“It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” was the first back in the summer of 2003).

See Buffett’s full chart history here and watch the music video here.

Preview and download “Knee Deep” below from AmazonMP3, or get it at iTunes: