31to top the flagshipBillboard200 albums chart with a comparatively small 169,000 units shifted.
Such are Billboards rules.
Note that this makes two weeks in a row where catalog albums have soundly outsold theBillboard200s No.
1, something that had never happened before in the chart publications history.
Count it as just one more testament to Michael Jacksons lasting impact on pop culture.
Not that there werent plenty of other strong debuts to go around on the chart.
Brad PaisleysAmerican Saturday Nightmade it to No.
2 with 130,000 sold.
3 went to Rob ThomasCradlesong, with 122,000.
Killswitch Engage land at No.
7 with 58,000 of their own self-titled disc.
And thats it for Top 20 debuts this week.
What do you think of this weeks numbers?
