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Weekly iTunes albums and singles are not always identical to the Billboard tallies, because the music downloading habits are sometimes very different from what we seek on a trip to Wal-Mart. And while much of this week’s iTunes top 10 mirrors the action on the Billboard side, there are a few notable highlights that show where mainstream tastes diverge from Web ones.

Take the first singles to iTunes. It’s currently topped by mellow rockers Train with their comeback hit “Hey, Soul Sister,” which is a few slots further down on the Billboard side. iTunes doesn’t release specific sales figures, but suffice it to say it was another solid week for up-and-coming MC B.o.B, whose collabo with Bruno Mars, “Nothin’ on You,” is at #2 on the singles chart, followed by Rihanna (“Rude Boy”), Taio Cruz and Ludacris (“Break Your Heart”), Jason Derülo, (“In My Head”), Usher and Will.I.Am (“OMG”) and Justin Bieber with Luda (“Baby”).

And while he M.I.A. in traditional maps, sweet Jack Johnson Strummer is a solid # 8 “You and Your Heart,” that Miley Cyrus hits “When I Look at You” out of the top 10. End of the list are simple Lady Gaga and Beyonce (“Telephone”) and the ubiquitous Black Eyed Peas (“Imma Be”).

Over on the iTunes albums chart, Johnson is at the top of the heap with To the Sea, followed by the self-titled solo debut from former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, Usher’s Raymond v. Raymond, Justin Bieber’s My World 2.0 and Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now, according to figures provided by Apple.

Holding strong at #6 is Lady Gaga’s The Fame, which nosed out the second solo album from Jakob Dylan, Women and Country. Another jam fave, the John Butler Trio, slid into the #8 slot with April Uprising, which edged out the solo album from Sigur Rós singer/guitarist Jónsi, Go, as Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh slipped eight spots to #10.

Dropping the top of the charts was the massacre album Wu Raekwon, Method Man and Ghostface Killah, comedian Robin Williams ‘arms’ of Self Destruction and the soundtrack of the film, Cyrus “The Last Song”.

Albums:

1. ”To The Sea,” Jack Johnson

2. ”Slash,” Slash

3. ”Raymond v Raymond,” Usher

4. ”My World 2.0,” Justin Bieber

5. ”Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum

6. ”The Fame Monster (standard),” Lady GaGa

7. ”Women and Country,” Jakob Dylan

8. ”April Uprising,” John Butler Trio

9. ”Go,” Jonsi

10. ”New Amerykah Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh,” Erykah Badu
Singles:

1. ”Hey, Soul Sister,” Train

2. ”Nothin’ On You (feat. Bruno Mars),” B.o.B

3. ”Rude Boy,” Rihanna”

4. ”Break Your Heart (feat. Ludacris),” Taio Cruz

5. ”In My Head,” Jason Derulo

6. ”OMG (feat. will.i.am),” Usher

7. ”Baby,” Ludacris, Justin Bieber

8. ”You and Your Heart,” Jack Johnson

9. ”Telephone,” Lady GaGa, Beyonce

10. ”Imma Be,” Black Eyed Peas
The above is the list of iTunes’ top 10 selling albums and singles of the week ending April 12, 2010.