Lloyd Banks' 'Hunger' debuts at No 1

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks sold more than 434,000 copies of his first solo effort, The Hunger for More, to grab the top spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.

Banks, who appeared on labelmate 50 Cent's 2003 Get Rich or Die Tryin,' also entered the top tier of the Billboard 100 singles chart at No. 10 this week with the debut track On Fire, Billboard reported Wednesday.

Hunger replaces last week's top album, Jadakiss' Kiss of Death, which fell to No. 4 with a 50 percent decrease in sales to 122,000 copies.

Usher's Confessions saw a 1 percent dip in sales to 148,000 copies to keep it at No. 2 for the fourth consecutive week.

Brandy's fourth Atlantic studio record, Afrodisiac, debuted at No. 3, with rapper Lil' Wayne's fourth studio album, Tha Carter, opening at No. 5.

Here's the countdown for this week:
1. Lloyd Banks - The Hunger for More (434,000)
2. Usher - Confessions (148,000)
3. Brandy - Afrodisiac (131,000)
4. Jadakiss - Kiss of Death (122,000)
5. Lil' Wayne - The Carter (116,000)
6. Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughsn (92,000)
7. Cure - The Cure (91,000)
8. Gretchen Wilson - Here for the Party (87,000)
9. OST - Spider-Man 2 (84,000)
10. Dave Matthews Band - Live at the Gorge (83,000)
Other notable debuts include: Rush's Feedback at No 19, Breaking Benjamin's We Are Not Alone at No 20, Joe Nichols' Revelation at No 23, Atreyu's The Curse at No 32, Uncle Kracker's '72 and Sunny' at No 39, Nina Sky's self-titled album at No 44 and Maroon 5's '1.22.03 Acoustic' (EP) at No 46.