Robert Pattinson's Twilight Soundtrack Endures Poor Sales Week

The soundtrack to the vampire movie Twilight, which stars Robert Pattinson, was one of a host of albums hit by poor sales in this week's US album chart.

In an unusually slow start to the year, Taylor Swift's 'Fearless' held onto number one despite selling just 72,000 copies.

Nickelback climbed from number five to two with 'Dark Horse' despite selling less albums than the previous week, while Kanye West's '808s and Heartbreak' was a non-mover at three.

The top-five was completed by Beyonce at four and the Twilight soundtrack. Both albums posted a more than 30% drop in sales on the previous week.

The chart's compiler, Neilson SoundScan, said overall sales were down 26.5% on the same week in 2008.

As previously reported on Gigwise, the Twilight soundtrack features a song by Pattinson.

Click here to read his thoughts on a possible career in music.

The US chart contenders