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LYFE JENNINGS’ ‘PHOENIX’ RISES TO NO. 1: Album tops R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart; Cherish lands at No. 4.

(August 25, 2006)

*Lyfe Jennings debuts atop Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with his sophomore Columbia effort "The Phoenix," which sold 136,000 copies in its first week on the street.

The set enters The Billboard 200 album chart at No. 2 behind Christina Aguilera’s double-disc RCA set "Back to Basics." The first-week sales for "Back to Basics" are the most for a solo female artist since Mary J. Blige moved 727,000 in December with "The Breakthrough," reports Billboard. Aguilera's current single, "Ain't No Other Man," has peaked at No. 6 on the Hot 100 thus far.

Elsewhere on the Billboard 200, Cherish opens at No. 4 with the Sho'Nuff set "Underappreciated," which sold 91,000 copies. After debuting on top last week, Rick Ross' "Port of Miami" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam) slides to No. 7 with 79,000, a 58% sales decline. Rapper Obie Trice's "Second Round's on Me" (Shady) debuts at No. 8 with 74,000, while the Jive/Zomba soundtrack to "Step Up" falls 6-9 with 64,000 copies, a sales increase of 9%.

Jamaican superstar Cham's Atlantic debut, "Ghetto Story" bows at No. 53 with 15,000.

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