Coincidentally, both the new Case and Jackson albums were produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, essentially giving the superproducer tandem two top five debuts. One of the year's top sleepers, Uncle Kracker's Double Wide , continued its 10-month climb up the charts to reach a new high at number seven. Dido's No Angel at nine and Nelly's Country Grammar at 10. In selling 54,000 copies to open at 16. Other notable debuts included Los Angeles' Fear Factory, one of the first groups to merge metal and industrial way back in 1990, at 32 with Digimortal and, after a long hiatus, the professor of rap, KRS-One, at 43 with his latest, Sneak Attack .
Next week expect a diva catfight on the charts.
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