Charts: Diddy Makes Play for No. 1

Rap's perennial bad boy is ready to play.

Five years since his last studio album, Sean "Diddy" Combs has returned in style: Press Play jumped straight to the number one spot for the week ending Sunday, selling over 170,000 copies, per Nielsen SoundScan.

The rapper—previously known as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy—assembled an all-star cast for his latest Bad Boy Entertainment release, including appearances by The Game and Big Boi and production by Kanye West, Timbaland, the Neptunes and Will.I.Am. Press Play marks the rapper's first studio album since 2001's platinum-selling The Saga Continues.

As a solo artist, Diddy broke through with 1997's Grammy-winning No Way Out, then picked up two more Grammy trophies for the Bad Boys II soundtrack hit "Shake Ya Tailfeather" and the Notorious B.I.G. tribute "I'll Be Missing You." In recent years, Diddy has been focusing on his many businesses and on developing his Bad Boy roster but soon felt the call to make music again.

"I’ve achieved a great deal of success, but music is my passion," said Diddy about Press Play, his first chart-topping studio album since No Way Out.

Though not a real contender for the top spot, JoJo still opened strong as The High Road sold 108,000 copies at number three. Currently burning up the airwaves with "Too Little Too Late," the young singer-actress first rose to fame with her 2004 self-titled debut, which reached the number four spot on the strength of hits "Leave (Get Out)" and "Baby It's You."

With new debuts taking the top spots, Rod Stewart's Still the Same…Great Rock Classics of Our Time fell five spots to number six, after opening at number one. The album sold another 79,000 copies in its second week out.

Dierks Bentley, the youngest current member of the Grand Ole Opry, followed at five, selling 82,000 copies of Long Trip Alone. The country music traditionalist debuted in 2003 with a self-titled smash that topped the country radio charts and featured the song, "What Was I Thinkin'."

Ruben Studdard, who came on strong after winning the second American Idol competition in 2003, debuted at number eight with The Return, selling nearly 71,000 copies. His previous album, the 2004 gospel-themed I Need An Angel, opened at number 20, though it sold a more impressive 96,000 first-week copies.

The Idol champ's sales are down significantly from the 416,000-copy first week that propelled his 2003 rookie release, Soulful, to number one. Studdard also continues to trail the second-season runner-up, Clay Aiken, whose own 2003 debut, Measure of a Man, opened to sell 613,000 copies, while his recent A Thousand Different Ways opened at number two, selling 205,000 copies.

The rest of the Top 10 were all familiar faces and included Evanescence's The Open Door at two, Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds at four, Hinder's Extreme Behavior at seven, Tony Bennett's Duets: An American Classic at nine and The Killers' Sam's Town in the 10-spot.

Vince Gill's four-disc These Days collection scored the next best bow at 17, selling over 42,000 copies. Each disc features a different stylistic theme—rock, ballads, honky-tonk and unplugged—delivering 43 new and original songs.

Frankie J, often called the Michael Jackson of Latin music, followed at 30, selling nearly 26,000 copies of Priceless.

Other noteworthy debuts included Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith at 33, Lonestar's Mountains at 37, Hi-Tek's Hi-Teknology 2: The Chip at 38, Sarah McLachlan's Wintersong at 42, Xzibit's Full Circle at 50, Cradle of Filth's Thornography at 66 and Shiny Toy Guns' We Are Pilots at 131.

To recap, the Top 10 albums for the week ended Sunday were as follows:

1. Press Play, Diddy
2. The Open Door, Evanescence
3. The High Road, JoJo
4. FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake
5. Long Trip Alone, Dierks Bentley
6. Still the Same…Great Rock Classics of Our Time, Rod Stewart
7. Extreme Behavior, Hinder
8. The Return, Ruben Studdard
9. Duets: An American Classic, Tony Bennett
10. Sam's Town, The Killers