For the second time this year, System of a Down debuts at the top of the album chart. Hypnotize sold more than 320,000 copies in its first week. That was short of the 453,000 units Mesmerize sold in its first week in stores in May of this year. How good is that for fans? Rather than get a "special edition" a few months after the original came out, System fans get an entirely new album -- and American/Columbia gets another hit record. This is also a notable number one because so few mainstream artists these days infuse politics into their music. One exception could be made for Green Day, but the title of the band's new live CD/DVD, Bullet In A Bible, is misleading. The title may be seen as a reference to conservative Christianity and politics, but as seen in the DVD it comes specifically from the band's trip to a war museum at which a guide says the museum has a bible with a bullet lodged in it -- "a bullet in a bible."

The second and third albums, Kenny Chesney's The Road and the Radio and Now 20, increased 58% and 70% from the previous week, respectively. That's Black Friday at work. Last week's top album, Madonna's Confessions on a Dancefloor, dropped to fourth.

Here's a number that shouldn't be surprising: Enya's Amarantine debuted at number seven with 178,000 in sales. Not only is this a perfect album for the Christmas season but it's sure to be a strong seller for many months. There just isn't too much competition in the superstar new age/Celtic solo female market. Amarantine is Borders' top album, is fourth at Virgin and third at Tower .

Other debuts of note: Juelz Santana's What the Game's Been Missing sold 141,000, Chamillionaire's The Sound of Revenge sold 130,000, Reba McEntire's Reba: #1s came in at number 12 and Scott Stapp's self-titled debut entered at number 19.

One thing that isn't yet being reported is the sales of Wal-Mart's Garth Brooks box set. Coolfer would love to know how that's doing.