Fans welcomed rapper Jay-Z [ tickets ] back from his brief retirement by snapping up 680,000 copies of his new album, "Kingdom Come," during its first week in stores.

That was more than enough to give the set the No. 1 slot on the new US album chart. The self-titled debut album from rockers Daughtry, led by "American Idol" alum Chris Daughtry, sold 304,000 copies to debut at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 chart.

The "NOW! That's What I Call Music Vol. 23" compilation holds steady in the No. 3 slot with 304,000 copies sold, according to Billboard, which bases its album chart on Nielsen SoundScan retail-sales reports.

The Beatles' "Love," basically the soundtrack to a Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil production of the same name, debuts at No. 4 with 272,000 copies sold, while Snoop Dogg's "Tha Blue Carpet Treatment" enters the chart at No. 5 with sales of 264,000 copies.

Rounding out the Top 10 are Beyonce's "B'Day," the "Hannah Montana" soundtrack, Tupac Shakur's "Pac's Life" and Keith Urban's "Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing."