The album `` Good Kid , M.A.A.D City '' debuted at # 2 on the US Billboard 200 chart .
The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart , selling 242,000 copies in its first week – earning the highest first-week hip hop album sales of 2012 from a male artist , along with the best-selling debut from a male artist of the year .
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City