Katy Perry does double duty at No. 1 this week on both the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Digital Songs tally thanks to the arrival of her “Teenage Dream” album.

Her second Capitol effort starts atop the Billboard 200 with 192,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan — marking her best sales week and a new chart high. She’s the first solo woman to reign at No. 1 since January, when Ke$ha‘s “Animal” spent one week atop the list.

Over on the Digital Songs chart, “Teenage Dream’s” title track moves up one spot to spend its first frame at No. 1 with 259,000 (up 24%).

Perry’s last album, 2008′s “One of the Boys,” debuted and peaked at No. 9 in July of that year with 47,000 sold in its premiere week. Its best sales frame came over Christmas week of 2008 when it shifted 63,000 — but at a lower rung on the tally.

On Digital Songs, “Teenage Dream” gives Perry her second No. 1 of the year. She earlier reigned for five weeks with the album’s first single, “California Gurls.” The latter is on the verge of becoming the year’s top selling download with 3.6 million sold. Its sum falls just shy of 2010′s best-seller: Train’s “Hey, Soul Sister” (3.8 million).

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Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Aug. 29) totaled 5.12 million units, up 1% compared to the sum last week (5.07 million) and down 12% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (5.82 million). Year to date album sales stand at 195.3 million, down 12% compared to the same total at this point last year (222.6 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 19.88 million downloads, down 2% compared to last week (20.33 million) and down 1% stacked next to the comparable week of 2009 (20.05 million). Year to date track sales are at 762.4 million, down 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (767.4 million).

Next week, it’s looking like Disturbed’s new “Asylum” will give the band its fourth straight No. 1 studio album. Industry prognosticators think the set could shift around 120,000 to 150,000 by week’s end on Sunday, Sept. 5.

The new “Now 35″ compilation is on track for a start around either Nos. 2 or 3 with perhaps 100,000 to 120,000. Figure that Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” or Eminem’s “Recovery” might place around No. 3, depending on how the rest of the week shakes out.

Source: Billboard