Eminem's "Encore" Scores

Eminem's fourth album, Encore, sold a whopping 711,000 copies in a mere three days to top the charts. While most records are released on a Tuesday and ring up six days' worth of sales, Encore was rushed out last Friday after being leaked online. (The rapper's previous album, The Eminem Show, was similarly released on a Sunday and sold 285,000 copies in just one day of registered sales in 2002.)

Eminem faced stiff competition this week, as two country heavyweights had monster debut weeks: Shania Twain's Greatest Hits landed in the Two spot, selling 530,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and Toby Keith's Greatest Hits 2 sold 435,000 to take Number Three. Rounding out the Top Five were Britney Spears' Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (255,000) and the multi-artist hits compilation Now That's What I Call Music! 17 (232,000).

Rappers Fabolous' Real Talk and Ja Rule's intended comeback album R.U.L.E. both had solid -- if unspectacular -- debuts at Numbers Six (179,000) and Seven (166,000), respectively. Veteran rocker Elton John's Peachtree Road landed at Number Seventeen (72,000), and, in a surprise turn, the latest, Bad Boy-revamped effort from New Edition, One Love, cracked the Top Twenty, taking the Twelve spot (86,000).