This week's album sales chart has a distinctly religious feel, particularly in the upper echelons of the top ten. That's mostly thanks to the impressive No. 3, first-week showing of "God's Property," the major label debut by the Dallas-based gospel choir of the same name. According to SoundScan, for the week ending June 1, the record sold 119,000 copies. Right behind it at No. 5 is Christian singer Bob Carlisle's "Butterfly Kisses," enjoying its third week in the top five.

\\The week's other big news was Paul McCartney's new "Flaming Pie," which debuted at No. 2, with a respectable, if unsurprising, sales tally of 121,000. (Unsurprising because of the amount of media exposure the singer and record received in recent weeks, as well as his name recognition.)

\\From the top it was the Spice Girls' "Spice" (137,000 copies sold); McCartney's "Flaming Pie" (121,000); "God's Property" (119,000); Hanson's "Middle of Nowhere" (107,000); Carlisle's "Butterfly Kisses" (106,000); Notorious B.I.G.'s "Life After Death" (83,000); Mary J. Blige's "Share My World" (72,000); George Strait's "Carrying Your Love With Me" (71,000); The Wallflowers' "Bringing Down the Horse" (70,000); the soundtrack to "Space Jam" (69,000).

\\The shocker is clearly God's Property, which actually came within shouting distance of debuting at No. 1. Fronted by gospel superstar Kirk Franklin, the record has already produced an R&B radio hit, "Stomp." The fact that the high-octane, feel-good record is being marketed and promoted by the often-protested Interscope Records, home to gangsta rap and Marilyn Manson, only adds to the oddness.

\\Elsewhere on the chart, The Foo Fighters' "The Colour and the Shape" tumbled hard, falling from No. 10 to No. 19 after just two weeks in stores. On th