Incubus News

Just in time for the Yule, those quiet young fellows in Incubus lit up the charts with their sixth studio album, Light Grenades, exploding at number one on sales of more than 164,000 for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Light Grenades gives the multiplatinum rockers their first chart-topping entry in the Billboard 200. The band's two previous studio releases, 2001's Morning View and 2004's A Crow Left of the Murder, both peaked at number two on the album chart, although they produced the number one rock hits "Drive" and "Megalomaniac." Light Grenades leads at radio with the bombastic "Anna-Molly."

Incubus kicks off the Light Grenades tour, their first road outing in two years, on Jan. 5 in Vancouver. The entire North American trek sold out in just one day.

With Incubus blowing up at number one, last week's chart-topper, Jay-Z's Kingdom Come, slipped five spots to number six on 140,000 copies.

No other albums debuted in the Top 10, leaving familiar faces and holiday CDs jockeying for position. The Hannah Montana soundtrack led the way, jumping five spots to number two with 157,000. This puts the Miley Cyrus-led disc past the million-copy mark in just six weeks. The dearth of new debuts also helped Josh Groban's Awake reenter the Top 10 at nine in its fourth week.

Meanwhile, Sarah McLachlan's season-appropriate Wintersong jumped 15 spots to number seven on 116,000 copies, while Now That's What I Call Christmas! Vol. 3 climbed 14 spots to 10 on 102,000. These are the first holiday albums to crack the Top 10 in two years, with Wintersong also taking the number one spot on the Top Holiday Albums chart.

McLachlan's album in particular benefited from massive television appearances. The three-time Grammy winner recently performed on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Live with Regis & Kelly, among others.

Rounding out the Top 10 were Daughtry's self-titled at three, Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 23 at four, the Beatles' Love at five and Akon's Konvicted at eight.

The week's two other big bows, both hip-hop albums, were Clipse's Hell Hath No Fury at 14 on 78,000 copies and the Ying Yang Twins' Chemically Imbalanced at 40 with 36,000.

Otherwise, it was more surging holiday discs that highlighted the week's chart. Noteworthy gainers included James Taylor's Christmas Album at 18 (up 20 spots), Bette Midler's Cool Yule at 33 (up 35), Celtic Woman's Christmas Celebration at 35 (up 31), Brad Paisley's A Brad Paisley's Christmas at 47 (up 23), Wynonna's A Classic Christmas at 53 (up 137), Elvis Presley's Elvis Christmas at 69 (up 51) and Kenny G's Holiday Collection at 85 (up 34).

Here's a recap of the top-selling albums for the week ended Sunday:

1. Light Grenades, Incubus

2. Hannah Montana soundtrack, various

3. Daughtry, Daughtry

4. Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 23, various

5. Love, Beatles

6. Kingdom Come, Jay-Z

7. Wintersong, Sarah McLachlan

8. Konvicted, Akon

9. Awake, Josh Groban

10. Now That's What I Call Christmas! Vol. 3, various