Beasties Shut Wu and Dupri Down

Despite big debuts from Jermaine Dupri and the Wu-Tang Clan, the Beastie Boys will continue their run as kings of the album heap next week as their "Hello Nasty" sold another 315,000 copies in its second week in stores.

Building on its 1998-best first week sales, the Boys latest effort has now sold 996,887 according to SoundScan figures leaving the album just 3,113 copies shy of going platinum in only its second week of release.

The Aerosmith-flavored "Armageddon" soundtrack remains at number two on next week's chart with more than 243,000 copies sold.

Producer Jermaine Dupri's move to role of recording artist will be a smooth one thanks to the more than 161,000 copies his debut album, "Life in 1492," sold in its first week in stores. The album arrives at number three on the chart right in front of the latest offering from the Wu-Tang camp, a collection of cuts from the extended family called "Wu-Tang Killa Bees: Swarm," which sold more than 139,000 copies.

Other new arrivals to the top 20 will be Cam'ron at number six with "Confessions Of Fire," Mac at 11 with "Shell Shocked," Gerald Levert's "Love & Consequences" at 17, and the self-titled debut from Sunz of Man at number 20. A bit further down the chart, Nate Dogg arrives at number 58 with "G-Funk Classics," Candlebox debuts at 65 with "Happy Pills," Nanci Griffith enters at 85 with "Other Voices Too," Anthrax arrives at 118 with "Volume 8: The Threat Is Real," and the apparently anticipated sequel to the "Wedding Singer" soundtrack at number 94.