Green Day scores No. 1 album with 'American Idiot'

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Green Day sold 267,000 copies of American Idiot to score the punk band's first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 U.S. albums chart. The band's previous release, Warning, debuted at No. 4 in 2000 with 156,000 copies sold, Billboard reported Wednesday.

Here is the countdown Top 10 albums for this week:

1. American Idiot - Green Day (267,000 copies)
2. Suit - Nelly (160,000)
3. Be Here - Keith Urban (148,000)
4. Sweat - Nelly (127,000)
5. Live Like You Were Dying - Tim McGraw (102,000)
6. Genius Loves Company - Ray Charles (94,000)
7. Now That's What I Call Music! 16 - Various (89,000)
8. This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In - Chevelle (88,000)
9. Autobiography - Ashlee Simpson (75,000)
10. Songs About Jane - Maroon 5 (63,000)

Other notable debuts included: Shadows Fall (War Within0 at No 20, Steven Curtis Chapman (All Things New) at No 22, John Fogerty (Deja Vu All Over Again) at No 23, Chris Tomlin (Arriving) at No 39, Elvis Costello (The Delivery Man) at No 40, Shark Tale (Soundtrack) at 42, Raven-Symone (This Is My Time) at No 51, Willie Nelson (Outlaws & Angels) at No 69, Lil' Romeo (Romeoland) at No 70, and Ben Harper (There Will Be a Light) at No 81.