The Massachusetts rock group, a discovery of Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, scored a massive number one bow with its sophomore release, Break the Cycle. According to SoundScan numbers, Break the Cycle sold an astonishing 716,000 copies for the week ended May 27. That's the second biggest debut of the year, behind the 732,000 copies sold by Dave Matthews Band's Everyday in March.
Staind also became the seventh act to top the charts in the past 10 weeks.
New Jersey rapper Redman (his birth certificate reads Reggie Noble) again scored with his distinct mix of reggae and funk, earning the week's second highest bow with Malpractice. Powered by the single "Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in Da Club)," Redman's fifth release checked in at number four with 147,000 copies sold.
Los Angeles R&B singer/model Tyrese, following up his 1998 self-titled debut, also (barely) managed a top 10 entry as his 2000 Watts sold 91,000 copies in the 10 spot.
The rest of the top 10 were holdovers: Tool's Lateralus at number two, Destiny's Child's Survivor at three, Missy Elliott's Miss E...So Addictive at five, Janet Jackson's All for You at six, Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 6 at seven, the Moulin Rouge soundtrack at eight and Weezer's self-titled third album (aka The Green Album) at nine.
In the "just-missed" category, Static-X's Machine fell short of a top 10 debut, landing at number 11 with 83,000 copies sold.
Meanwhile, New Jersey's Bon Jovi, still on a comeback roll, scored a number 20 debut with their concert album One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001. The R&B/pop trio City High, who also call Jersey home, made a number 34 bow with their self-titled debut.
Other notable debuts included faith-based pop quartet Avalon's Oxygen at 37. Sticky Fingaz's Black Trash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones at 44, Stabbing Westward's self-titled at 47, Fenix*TX's Lechuza at 87, Stella Soleil's Dirty Little Secret at 106, Nikka Costa's Everybody Got Their Something at 120, MxPx's new self-release, Renaissance, at 128.
Lastly, the rock outfits Stereomud and Systematic--both featuring former members of Pro-Pain--made dueling major-label debuts last week. In the end, Stereomud's Perfect Self beat Systematic's Somewhere in Between by mere copies, landing at 142 and 143, respectively.