AMERICAN CHARTWATCH.

After a busy week for record retailers there are five new entries in the Top 10 of the albums chart for only the second time since February. A further 18 new entries are sprinkled around the rest of the Top 200, with sales of chart product rising steeply from 5.49m to 5.89m as a result. Making the biggest splash of all, Detroit rap crew D-12's Devil's Night sold more than 371,000 to debut at number one. There are also Top 10 debuts for Luther Vandross at six (135,000 sales), Sisqo at seven (123,000), the Stone Temple Pilots at nine (98,000) and 311 at 10 (82,000).

For the third week in a row, Radiohead's Amnesiac is the highest ranking album by a UK act, but slips 2-8-26. The highest new entry by a British act last week was Travis' The Invisible Band at number 39. There is a repeat performance this week, with Gorillaz's self-titled album debuting in the same position, with sales of more than 43,000. Meanwhile, Travis plunge 50 places, with sales of The Invisible Band more than halved.

Overall, UK and Irish acts have a poor week. There are declines for Enya (30-40), Paul McCartney (25-51), Dido (45-55), U2 (50-66), The Beatles (43-70), Depeche Mode (66-90), David Gray (77-98), The Cult (76-108), Sade (96-112), Coldplay (92-115), Paul Oakenfold (102-121), ELO (94-160), The Corrs (123-162), and BBMak (171-182), while the Bee Gees, Samantha Mumba and Sting ...