Beastie's Crush The Competition

The Beastie Boys' "Hello Nasty" will make a heavy duty impression on next week's "Billboard" chart when the album debuts at number one with more than 680,000 copies sold in its first week in stores.

The Beasties first week sales figures (which actually come in at 681,572 according to SoundScan) make for the strongest debut since the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Life After Death" sold more than 690,000 copies in April of 1997.

The Beasties return to record racks far outpaces chart-land's other residents, including the "Armageddon" soundtrack which slips to number two with more than 230,000 copies sold last week. (For more on how the Beasties crafted this success, check out our MTV News Online Feature of the Week, "Building A Better Beastie" from May of this year.)

While Noreaga's debut album sold enough copies before its official release date to register on last week's chart, the rapper's "N.O.R.E." muscles its way to number three next week with more than 153,000 copies sold in its first week in stores.

Monica, who along with Brandy holds the number one song in the country with "The Boy Is Mine," also makes an impressive debut at number eight as her album, which shares the name of her hit song, sold more than 91,000 copies in its first week out.

Also debuting on the chart next week will be the Counting Crows (at number 19 with "Across A Wire, Live"), John Forte (at number 84 with "Poly Sci"), Ace of Base (at number 101 with "Cruel Summer"), 69 Boyz (at number 114 with "Wait Is Over"), and Seven Mary Three (at number 121 with "Orange Ave.").