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Zac Brown Band tops the charts

Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band performs on NBC's "Today" show on July 13, 2012, in New York. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP

(CBS News) Zac Brown Band's latest album "Uncaged" tops the Billboard charts this week, earning the band its second No. 1 album.

"Uncaged" earned the band its best sales week yet, selling 234,000 records according to Billboard. Its previous album, "You Get What You Give" opened with 153,000 two years ago.

The country group has a total of three albums in the top 20 on the Billboard charts this week, the first time a country act has had that many in the top 20 since Garth Brooks in 1992.

The band has been making the rounds appearing on "The Late Show With David Letterman" and "Today" on NBC.

Right behind the group at No. 2 is R&B artist Frank Ocean with his debut studio album Channel Orange.

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