No pregnant pause for ‘Juno’ soundtrack

After “Juno� received four Oscar nominations last week, the movie’s soundtrack album moved into the top spot on the national sales chart. Sales of the indie-rock-focused soundtrack were up 13% to 65,000 copies last week, and it brings the total figure for the compilation above the 250,000 mark, according to Nielsen/SoundScan.

“Juno� is the first soundtrack to top the chart since “Dreamgirls� did it about this time last year, and Billboard reports that it is the first soundtrack from an Oscar-nominated film to hit No. 1 since “Titanic� accomplished the feat back in 1998.

The “Juno� soundtrack knocks Alicia Keys “As I Am� down to No. 2, with sales of 60,000 copies last week. Since its early November release date, “As I Am� has sold more than 2.8 million, and the Keys campaign doesn’t look to be slowing down. The artist was just announced as a performer on the Feb. 10 Grammy Awards.

Though major releases from Sheryl Crow and Lenny Kravitz aren’t due until Tuesday, a number of smaller and indie acts were released last week and landed on this week’s chart. English singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield earned her first top 10 debut with “Pocketful of Sunshine,� an album that sold 50,000 copies and entered at No. 3.

Further down, indie favorite Cat Power also scored her best chart entry. Her album “Jukebox� landed at No. 12 after selling 29,000 copies. Other newcomers include the latest volume in the Radio Disney compilation “Kid Jams,� which entered at No. 18 (21,000 copies), and country newcomer Chuck Wicks, whose “Starting Now� landed at No. 24 (20,000).

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