Believe it, the American Idol machine has minted another number one single.

"I Believe"/"Chain of Fools," the inaugural double-sided single from reigning Idol champ Fantasia (she's dropped the "Barrino") easily debuted atop the singles chart this week, topping another Idol alum, Clay Aiken.

Fantasia's single sold 142,000 copies last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures released Wednesday, besting the previous topper, Aiken's "Solitaire"/"The Way," by a staggering 138,000 copies.

Aiken, the second-season runner-up, can take solace in knowing that of all the Idols, he still is the champ where it counts. His first single, "Bridge Over Troubled Waters/This Is the Night," sold 393,000 in its opening week in 2003. Fantasia's first-week tally also ranks behind second-season champ Ruben Studdard, whose "Superstar/Flying Without Wings" moved 286,000 copies (to debut at number two behind Aiken), and first-season champ Kelly Clarkson, whose "Before Your Love"/"A Moment Like This" debuted at number one with 236,000 copies in 2002.

The 19-year-old Fantasia will face another familiar foe next week as Diana DeGarmo, Fantasia's Idol finale challenger, hits the charts with her own debut single, "Dreams." Coincidentally, DeGarmo's three-song single includes her own version of "I Believe," as both singers performed the Tamyra Gray-penned tune on the show. Fantasia beat out DeGarmo for top show honors by 1.3 million votes during the May 26 finale.

Meanwhile, over on the album charts, the Beastie Boys were bounced. Following an underachieving first week in which they still managed to top the charts, the Beasties' To the 5 Boroughs was sent packing by Ruff Ryders rapper Jadakiss, who scored his first career number one with Kiss of Death.

For the week ended Sunday, Kiss of Death sold 246,000 copies. Jadakiss, a Yonkers emcee who broke into the bigs as part of Bad Boy's trio the Lox, had his previous chart best with 2001's Kiss Tha Game, which opened at number five.

To the 5 Boroughs slid down to the number three, behind Usher's Confessions.

Teen pop ing?nue JoJo sold 95,000 copies of her self-titled debut for a number-four bow. The Boston-raised JoJo--not to be confused with the male R&B singer of K-Ci & JoJo fame--first got noticed with an appearance on CBS' Kids Say the Darndest Things on the Road in Boston. She followed up with performances on Oprah, at a Boston Celtics game, at the Republican National Convention and at McDonald's Gospelfest 2001, which helped lead to a deal with Blackground Records.

With Spider-Man 2 swinging into theaters, the soundtrack spun its own web on the charts, selling 82,000 copies at number seven. The disc features songs by Dashboard Confessional, Hoobastank, Jet and lostprophets.

The week's final Top 10 bow, Wilco's A Ghost Is Born, sold 81,000 copies at number eight. The band's fifth album, and first entry into the Top 10, apparently got a boost by being available for free streaming on the band's Website.

The rest of the Top 10 were holdovers: Prince's Musicology at five, Gretchen Wilson's Here for the Party at six, Velvet Revolver's Contraband at nine, and Avril Lavigne's Under My Skin at 10.

Though most of the action was in the Top 10, a few other discs made notable debuts, including Erick Sermon's Chilltown, New York at 61, actor Young Rome's Food for Thought at 98, Lit's self-titled disc at 113, Ozomotali's Street Signs at 125 and the Crunk Classics collection at 164.

In addition to Diane DeGarmo's debut single, next week's charts will also feature a strong showing by G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks with The Hunger for More. Other artists competing for the Top 10 include the Cure, Lil Wayne, Brandy and country crooner Joe Nichols.

Here's a recap of the Top 10 albums:

1. Kiss of Death, Jadakiss
2. Confessions, Usher
3. To the 5 Boroughs, Beastie Boys
4. JoJo, JoJo
5. Musicology, Prince
6. Here for the Party, Gretchen Wilson
7. Spider-Man 2, soundtrack
8. A Ghost Is Born, Wilco
9. Contraband, Velvet Revolver
10. Under My Skin, Avril Lavigne