Toby Keith "Shocks" the Charts

Toby Keith knows how to shock 'em. Despite being the biggest loser at last week's Country Music Association Awards, Keith wound up the biggest winner on the album chart.

Though nominated for seven CMAs, Keith left the ceremony empty-handed and without the added promotion a few wins would have provided. Not that he needed it--Keith's new album, Shock'n Y'All, rode a patriotic wave all the way to number one, selling a career-best 585,000 copies last week, according to SoundScan numbers released Wednesday.

Keith scored his first chart-topping album with 2002's Unleashed, which was fueled by the Taliban-thrasing single "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)." In the same spirit, the new album features tracks like "The Taliban Song," "American Soldier" and the number one country hit, "I Love This Bar."

Also marking a career week was Sarah McLachlan, who returned after a six-year mommy sabbatical with Afterglow selling more than 361,000 copies at number two. Her previous best sales week came when her live collection Mirrorball debuted at number three with sales of 221,000 back in 1999.

McLachlan also addresses post-9/11 life, albeit in a much different tone than Toby, in the track "World on Fire." Although a runner-up on the overall sales chart, Afterglow, which features the single "Fallen," topped the Internet and Alternative charts.

Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 14, the latest installment in the popular series, nabbed the three spot selling nearly 322,000 copies. The latest disc features hits by Black Eyed Peas, Chingy, Thalia and Justin Timberlake. Another hits collection, The Very Best of Sheryl Crow, followed at four with 246,000 copies.

Ja Rule capped the week at number six, moving nearly 140,000 copies of Blood in My Eye. The Murder Inc. rapper likely benefited from a recent televised interview with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan that specifically addressed Ja's feud with 50 Cent.

San Diego rockers P.O.D. landed the final Top 10 bow as Payable on Death (the group's full name) opened at nine with 106,000 copies. The sales were just short of the band's career-high number-six bow for 2001's Satellite.

The rest of the Top 10 were holdovers: OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below at five, Rod Stewart's As Time Goes By...Great American Songbook: Vol. II at seven, Clay Aiken's Measure of a Man at eight and Ludacris' Chicken & Beer at 10.

Just missing the Top 10, the CD/DVD combo Coldplay Live 2003 sold 71,000 copies for a number-13 finish. The double-disc set, which topped SoundScan's Music Video chart, was recorded July 21 and 22 at the Horden Pavilion in Sydney.

Bon Jovi's collection of retooled classics, This Left Feels Right: Greatest Hits with a Twist, debuted at 14, selling nearly 71,000 copies. The album, which features new versions of "Livin' On a Prayer," "Bad Medicine" and "Bad Name," will be captured live for DVD release Friday and Saturday at the Borgata casino-hotel in Atlantic City.

Wyclef Jean's The Preacher's Son, featuring guest appearances by Missy Elliott, Carlos Santana and Patti La Belle, debuted at 22. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band followed at 23 with Greatest Hits 2. Close behind, rapper Fabolous debuted at 28 with More Street Dreams Part 2: The Mixtape, which features a special "mixable" format that allows consumers to do their own remixes.

Ryan Adams landed two new discs on the charts. Rock N Roll, which features collaborations with girlfriend Parker Posey and Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong, debuted at 33, while Adam's EP Love Is Hell Part 1 entered the charts at 78.

Other noteworthy debuts included Too Short's Married to the Game at 49, The Matrix Revolutions soundtrack at 69, Peter Gabriel's Hit at 100, Christian rockers Jars of Clay's Who We Are at 103 and Robert Plant's Sixty Six to Timbuktu at 134.

Wrapping up the new debuts, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog squatted at 183 with Come Poop with Me. The hit pooch is best known for his appearances on Conan O'Brien and for his near brawl with Eminem at MTV's 2002 VMAs.

Although Toby Keith had no CMA wins to boost sales, other Nashville artists did. Alan Jackson, who won Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year, saw his Greatest Hits Vol. II jump 10 spots to number 15, while Female Vocalist of the Year Martina McBride's Martina leapt 32 spots to 27. The late Johnny Cash, who tied Jackson for the most awards with three, had American IV: The Man Comes Around climb 34 spots to 60 and The Essential Johnny Cash move up 31 to 130.

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

1. Shock'n Y'All, Toby Keith
2. Afterglow, Sarah McLachlan
3. Now That's What I Call Music! 14, various
4. The Very Best of Sheryl Crow, Sheryl Crow
5. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, OutKast
6. Blood in My Eye, Ja Rule
7. As Time Goes By...Great American Songbook: Vol. II, Rod Stewart
8. Measure of a Man, Clay Aiken
9. Payable on Death, P.O.D.
10. Chicken & Beer, Ludacris