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Briefly: Coldplay, Pearl Jam, Nick Carter, Lonestar

For the third consecutive week, Coldplay's "X&Y" remains at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 album chart.

Briefly: CD prices, Nick and Aaron Carter, Mary J. Blige, Justin Timberlake, Edie Brickell

Universal Music Group, the world's largest music distributor, announced on Wednesday (9/3) that it has cut the suggested retail price on virtually all of its top-line CDs to $12.98. The suggested price of most of the company's discs previously ranged from $16.98 to $18.98.

Nick Carter follows solo debut with club outing

Backstreet Boy Nick Carter sets out next month to moonlight in venues much smaller than those he's used to hitting with his Backstreet cohorts.