Aaliyah Climbs To No. 1 After Tragic Death

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - In the wake of her death in a tragic plane crash a little over a week ago (top40-charts.com news, Aug. 27), Aaliyah's self-titled third album has climbed to No. 1 behind 305,000 in posthumous sales and a tidal wave of publicity.

Aaliyah had already jumped a considerable amount in last week's chart [from No. 27 to No. 19], but the bulk of the immediate days following her death were reflected in this week's numbers. Aaliyah originally debuted at No. 2 in July.

Although no other Aaliyah album reentered the top 200, the soundtrack to her first major feature film, Romeo Must Die (which contains her biggest hit, "Try Again"), hopped back on the charts at No. 164.

Close behind Aaliyah were top 5 debuts from Mary J. Blige (No More Drama) and Slipknot (Iowa), which hit No. 2 and 3, respectively. Elsewhere in the top 10, Brian McKnight's Superhero landed at No. 7, Toby Keith's Pull My Chain hit No. 9, and Puddle of Mudd's Come Clean topped out at No. 10.

Other notable debuts include Afroman's Good Times at No. 14, Bjork's Vespertine at No. 19, RZA as Bobby Digital's Digital Bullet at No. 24, Krayzie Bone's Thug On Da Line at No. 27, Tech N9ne's Anghellic at No. 59, Brotha Lynch Hung's Blocc Movement at No. 79, American Head Charge's War of Art at No. 118, Nicole C. Mullen's Talk About It at No. 123, and the Butthole Surfers' Weird Revolution at No. 130.