As expected, Eminem [ tickets ]'s "Relapse" did big business during its first week in stores, easily grabbing the top slot while leading a pack of seven new releases into the Top 10 on the US album chart.

With sales of 608,000 copies, "Relapse"--Eminem's first new studio set since 2004's "Encore"--earns the multi-platinum rapper his fifth consecutive debut atop The Billboard 200 chart. The album's first-week tally also marks the biggest sales week of the year for any album, and the best single-week showing since AC/DC's "Black Ice" moved about 784,000 copies its first week out last fall, according to Nielsen SoundScan retail data as reported by Billboard.

"Relapse" knocks Green Day [ tickets ]'s "21st Century Breakdown," which debuted in the top slot last week, down to No. 2 on sales of 166,000 copies, and a slew of debuts follow: Kenny Chesney [ tickets ]'s "Greatest Hits II" moved 89,000 copies to enter the chart at No. 3; Method Man & Redman [ tickets ]'s "Blackout 2" logs on at No. 4 with 63,000 copies sold; comedian Dane Cook [ tickets ]'s "Isolated Incident" takes No. 5 with 61,000 copies; and Busta Rhymes [ tickets ]' "Back on My B S" surfaces at No. 6 with 59,000 copies.

Meanwhile, the " Hannah Montana [ tickets ]: The Movie" soundtrack, last week's No. 2 entry, drops to No. 7 with sales of 58,000 copies; and Lady GaGa's "The Fame," last week's No. 4 entry, slips to No. 8 with 45,000 copies sold.

Closing out the Top 10 are two more debuts, with Tori Amos [ tickets ]' "Abnormally Attracted to Sin" entering the chart at No. 9 on sales of 41,000 copies, and Kate Voegele [ tickets ]'s "A Fine Mess" punching in at No. 10 with 37,000 copies.