For the first time in his 14-year career, Common tops The Billboard 200 with Finding Forever. The Geffen set, which features production from Kanye West and a guest appearance by Lily Allen, moved 155,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Common's 2005 effort, Be, debuted and peaked at No. 2 but had a better sales tally with 185,000.

Korn's Untitled (Virgin) climbs aboard at No. 2 this week, making it the rock troupe's seventh consecutive top 10 album. Sales of 123,000 units were fueled in part by the single "Evolution," which is No. 6 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. The group's top-tier streak dates back to 1996, when Life Is Peachy debuted at No. 3.

The NOW 25 hits compilation falls to No. 3 after a two-week reign at No. 1, moving 123,000 with a 17 percent sales slide. The New Line soundtrack to Hairspray slips 2-4 with a 19 percent sales decrease to 82,000. Miley Cyrus' Disney double-disc set Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus descends 4-5 with 82,000 (-12 percent).

Powered by the chart-topping hit "Beautiful Girls," 17-year-old Sean Kingston enters The Billboard 200 at No. 6 with his self-titled Beluga Heights/Epic Records debut. The newcomer's single pole-vaulted 23-1 on the Hot 100 last week after a strong performance at digital retail.

Kidz Bop 12, the latest in the successful Razor & Tie series, debuts at No. 7 with 71,000. It's the sixth consecutive title in the main Kidz Bop line to debut in the top 10 of the big chart.

T.I.'s T.I. vs. T.I.P. (Grand Hustle/Atlantic) falls 5-8 this week with 55,000 (-14 percent), while Fergie's The Dutchess (will.i.am/A&M/Interscope) dips 6-9 with 53,000, a 1 percent sales increase. Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight (Machine Shop/Warner Bros.) closes out the top tier, sliding 8-10 with 44,000 (+4 percent).

Other big debuts this week include Virgin rock troupe the Starting Line's Direction at No. 30 with 20,000, American Idol finalist Mandisa's debut True Beauty (Sparrow/EMI) at No. 43 with 17,000, Roadrunner metal act DevilDriver's Last Kind Words at No. 48 with 14,000, and rapper Keith Murray's fifth solo set Rap-Murr-Phobia (Def Squad/Koch) at No. 52 with 13,000.

Sales this week are up 3.8 percent compared to last week's sum at 8.27 million units, and down 9.6 percent compared to the same week last year. There have been 271.25 million album sales to date for the year, down 14.2 percent compared to last year's sum.