Blake Shelton celebrates his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as "Red River Blue" bows atop the list with 116,000 -- his best sales week yet.


This week chart is full of debuts. Incubus' new "If Not Now, When?" starts at No. 2 with 80,000, marking the rock band's fifth straight top five album. (Oh i hate to say this, but i have to be fair even though i lik them, oh the mighty have fallen)

Other debuts include: Country singer Chris Young takes a bow at No. 4 with "Neon" (73,000), Colbie Caillat's "All Of You" enters at No. 6 (70,000), Theory of a Deadman's "The Truth Is..." launches at No. 8 (38,000) and Sublime With Rome's "Yours Truly" debuts at No. 9 (35,000).


Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending July 17) totaled 5.61 million units, up 5% compared to the sum last week (5.34 million) and up 8% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (5.21 million). Year to date album sales stand at 166.42 million, up 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (164.42 million). It is the eighth week in a row where year-to-date album volume is greater than the same time in the prior year.