JACKSON'S HEIGHTS

Arista Nashville’s Alan Jackson doesn’t have a 9/11 anthem on his new album, What I Do, but that didn’t prevent it from going to #1 in its first week, with 182k+ in sales.

Right behind it is yet another cat in a hat, Curb’s Tim McGraw, who lands in the #2 spot, with Concord’s Ray Charles, showing surprising strength in Starbucks nationwide to nail #3 with the posthumous Genius Loves Company.

Top newcomer is the comeback album from Blue Note’s newly inked Anita Baker, whose My Everything finishes #4 in its debut on the chart.

The rest of the Top 10 includes UTV’s perennial Now. Vol. 16 (#5), Geffen’s Ashlee Simpson (#6), Def Jam/IDJ’s LL Cool J (#7), Hidden Beach/Epic’s Jill Scott (#8), Octone/J/RMG’s resurgent Maroon 5 (#9) and G-Unit/Interscope’s Young Buck (#10).

Counting the Charles album, UMVD is distributing five of this week’s Top 10 albums.

The only other newcomer on the charts is Vagrant’s Let Senses Fail at #23.

Epic’s hit Garden State movie soundtrack continues to show upward mobility, moving #23-19, with sales up 5%. Maroon 5 experiences a 4% uptick, while Epic/Sony Nashville’s Gretchen Wilson rises 1%.

Next week, it’s all about Fo' Reel/Universal’s St. Louis rapper Nelly, whose Sweat and Suit albums hit retail today, with pre-release estimates running around 500k for each. Now that’s Lunatic. Also on tap, Jive’s Bowling for Soup, Interscope’s Helmet, Maverick’s Prodigy, Virgin’s The Thrills and WB’s Kasey Chambers.