Album Sweep: September 1, 2012 - Part One...

Hey folks, it's time for the first part of this week's "album sweep", where we sample the newest records selling in the US, courtesy of Billboard magazine's Top 200 Albums chart.

Debut all the way at the top is rapper 2 Chainz, with his first regular studio release Based on a T.R.U. Story. ... (NSFW)

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It's scary to think that the Insane Clown Posse have been releasing albums for twenty years now, but the middle-aged Juggalo kings are as big as ever, as their latest album, Mighty Death Pop, is their third set (and second in a row) to debut at #4....

Jacksonville Florida-based alt-rock band Yellowcard had a top-5 album back in 2006 with Lights And Sounds, and they're back at #10 with Southern Air...

Reggae-tinged punkers Slightly Stoopid come in at #13 with Top Of The World, grabbing all those Sublime fans...

Gospel singer/actress/Tyler Perry sidekick Tamela Mann enters at #14 with her third album, Best Days...

California metalcore outfit In This moment is different in the fact that they sport a female lead singer in Maria Brink, and their fourth album, Blood, becomes their second top-40 album, debuting up at #15...

...and for something completely different than that, Israel and New Breed are led by Israel Hougton, who is a collegue of preacher Joel Osteen, and his Jesus At The Center: Live pops in at #32...

Veteran rap/rock hybrid group Kottonmouth Kings score a third top-40 album with their latest, Mile High at #36...

Southern Rock band Blackberry Smoke are signed to Zac Brown's Southern Ground label, and their first album on it comes in at #40, The Whippoorwill (also a top-10 country album)...

Just Tell Me That You Want Me is a collection of songs by Fleetwood Mac covered by indie rock acts like the New Pornographer, Antony, and Lykke Li, and it debuts at #45..

Australian duo Dead Can Dance have been recording their eclectic brand of ambient music since 1984, and they release their first album in sixteen years with Anastasis entering the chart at #46...

That wraps it up for this half, from this set I would recommend the Dead Can Dance, Blackberry Smoke, and Fleetwood Mac tribute sets.

Stay tuned later on tonight for the best of Britain with "Brit Sweep", and tomorrow I'll bring you part two with Etta James, Steve Vai, and more. Cheers!