'Now 9', Jay-Z, Glenn Lewis, & Jimmy Buffett Debut In Top 5

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Next week's USA Top 200 Alnums got quite the shake-up in the top 5, as a pop compilation, a hip-hop star and R&B veteran, a R&B newcomer, and a Parrothead all score high.

No surprise here, the latest rendition of the pop hits compilation, Now That's What I Call Music! 9, featuring Britney Spears, Pink, Mary J. Blige, and others, debuts at No. 1 behind 419,284 in sales. Jay-Z and R. Kelly's The Best of Both Worlds takes the No. 2 spot with 223,396 in sales. R&B newcomer Glenn Lewis's debut album, World Outside My Window surprises many with its No. 4 debut, while everyone's favorite Parrothead, Jimmy Buffett, clocks in at No. 5 with Far Side of the World.

But, the debuts don't stop in the upper echelons of the chart. The soundtrack to Blade II, featuring pairings of hip-hop and electronic acts (such as Mystikal and Moby) debuts at No. 26; troubled rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard's The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones at No. 33; former Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes' Spin at No. 35; Ann Nesby's Put It on Paper at No. 62; and Corey's I'm Just Corey at No. 73.

Moving further down to the bottom half of the chart are a few more notable debuts: Megadeth's live album Rude Awakening (No. 115) and Custom's Fast (No. 124).