Country star Tim McGraw added some life to the album chart this week with a solid debut of his new album, Let It Go (Curb). The singer's ninth studio album sold 325,000 units (3% digital). EMI's Now 24 debuted at #2 with sales of 230,000 (1% digital). Young Buck's Buck the World (Interscope) debuted at #3 with 140,000 (5% digital). Mims' Music Is My Savior (Capitol) entered at #4 after moving 77,000 units (3% digital). Good Charlotte's Good Morning Revival (Epic) debuted at #7 with 66,000 (17% digital). The final debut in the Top 10 was Jennifer Lopez's Spanish-language Como Ama Una Mujer (Epic) with 48,000 (8% digital).

Debut to watch: Mika's Life In Cartoon Motion on the revived Casablanca (via Universal Republic). It sold 29,000 (17% digital). Intra-office rival Universal Motown coaxed a decent debut out of the sophomore Kaiser Chiefs album, Your Truly Angry Mob, with sales of 17,000 (16% digital).

Second-week fades: Insane Clown Posse nosedived 68%, Elliott Yamin fell 67%, Marques Houston faded 65%, Modest Mouse dropped 63%, LCD Soundsystem fell 55%, Joss Stone sank 51%, Devin the Dude dropped 51% and Crime Mob fell 41%.

Overall, album sales rose 5% versus last week but were down 15% against the same week last year. For the year, album sales are about 17% behind last year's pace.

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