Homer Simpson can't get enough of that wonderful Duff. Neither, apparently can music fans as Hilary Duff's Metamorphosis sold enough copies in a slow week to take the top slot.
After opening at number two on last week's chart behind Mary J. Blige's Love & Life, the debut disc from the erswhile Lizzie McGuire star sold 130,000 copies for the week ended Sunday, according to SoundScan figures out Wednesday.
Duff was all over the charts. Her lead single "So Yesterday" remains strong at radio and on the singles charts and the Duff-led soundtrack to The Lizzie McGuire Movie finished its 20th week of release at number 15.
With Duff taking over the top spot, Blige's Love & Life fell to number two with 108,000 copies, down 178,000 copies from its first-week chart dominance.
The post-Labor Day period traditionally is a painful one at record stores, as kids are back in school (and have taken their disposable income with them) and labels are holding out on releasing the big guns until later in the season.
Only four Top 10 albums experienced sales gains last week: Beyoncé Knowles' Dangerously in Love at four, Evanescence's Fallen at five, Chingy's Jackpot at seven and Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head at eight. Knowles enjoyed the biggest gain, up 7,500 copies for an 87,000-copy week, while Coldplay experienced the slightest nudge, up 3,000 copies for a 64,000-copy finish.
Top 10 holdovers also included Alan Jackson's Greatest Hits Vol. II at three, The Neptunes Present...Clones at six and the Bad Boys II soundtrack at nine. After being knocked from the Top 10 four weeks ago, 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' slipped back in this past week at number 10.
In their 45th week, Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz continue to eye the Top 10 as the dirty south rappers' Kings of Crunk hit number 14, up 11 spots in the past two weeks.
Elsewhere on the charts, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club revved into the number 47 spot with their second album, Take Them On, On Your Own. The Underworld soundtrack--featuring tracks by A Perfect Circle, David Bowie and Skinny Puppy, and produced by Nine Inch Nails' Danny Lohner--checked in at 55.
Because America apparently can't get enough redneck jokes, The Best of Jeff Foxworthy: Double Wide crashed the charts at number 76 spot. Speaking of crashing, Michael Bolton followed at 91 with his euphemistically titled Vintage. Rounding out the chart newcomers, Danish imports the Raveonettes landed at number 123 with Chain Gang of Love.
Here's a rundown of the Top 10 albums for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen SoundScan:
1. Metamorphosis, Hilary Duff
2. Love & Life, Mary J. Blige
3. Greatest Hits Vol. II, Alan Jackson
4. Dangerously in Love, Beyoncé Knowles
5. Fallen, Evanescence
6. The Neptunes Present...Clones, Neptunes
7. Jackpot, Chingy
8. A Rush of Blood to the Head, Coldplay
9. Bad Boys II soundtrack, various
10. Get Rich or Die Tryin', 50 Cent