'NSync member Lance Bass [ tickets ] has told People magazine that he's gay, and that he's in a "very stable" relationship with actor Reichen Lehmkuhl, a winner of the fourth season of the CBS-TV reality show "The Amazing Race."

As to why he waited until now to come out, Bass told People: "I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys' careers in my hand, and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said [I was gay], it would overpower everything."

The hits compilation "NOW! That's What I Call Music, Vol. 22" tops The Billboard 200 album chart for the second consecutive week, with about 207,000 copies sold.

"Sacred," the sophomore set from Los Lonely Boys [ tickets ], enters the chart at a distant No. 2, with 67,000 copies sold, according to Billboard.

Country singer Rodney Atkins debuts at No. 3 with his second album, "If You're Going Through Hell." Gnarls Barkley's "St. Elsewhere" moves up one rung to No. 4, while the "High School Musical" soundtrack rounds out the Top 5.

Singer/songwriter Jay Bennett [ tickets ], formerly of Wilco, has signed a deal with Rykodisc. His first album for the label, "The Magnificent Defeat," is due in stores in September.