Chart Watch: Mystikal, 98 Degrees

October 4 -- Top 10: The aptly titled Let's Get Ready, the latest from rapper Mystikal, comes roaring out of the gate, selling 330,663 copies and easily scoring the No. 1 slot on the album sales charts. Scrambling behind at No. 2 is apple-cheeked quartet 98 Degrees, sending 276,343 copies of Revelation home with the fans. Last week's No. 1, Music, by Madonna, dips to No. 3, with sales of 212,084. Nelly's Country Grammar racks up another 172,962 copies sold to continue an impressive run and hang at No. 4, while Bad Boy rap artist Shyne — who'll be in court in January facing three counts of attempted murder — enters at No. 5 with his eponymous debut, selling 159,852 copies.

Rounding out the Top 10, Creed's Human Clay, now entering its second year on the charts, is at No. 6, with sales of 127,050, and makes a cute couple cuddling up next to Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP at No. 7, with sales of 108,506. 13-year-old rapper Lil' Bow Wow's Beware of Dog sells 101,397 to enter at No. 8; speaking of things that bark, Who Let the Dogs Out by the Baha Men clings to No. 10 by selling an additional 93,821 units. Holding strong at No. 9 for the third week in a row is 3 Doors Down, foisting 96,744 copies of The Better Life on the world.

What Goes Up … : After debuting at No. 1 two weeks ago, LL Cool J's latest drops out of the Top Ten — but just barely; with sales of 93,630, G.O.A.T. comes within 200 copies of the Baha Men's sales.

After weeks atop the charts, both Britney and 'N Sync finally fall from grace (well, relatively speaking). Spears' Oops! … I Did It Again sells 93,161 to land at No. 12, while Justin, Joey, et al., come in at No. 14, selling yet another 84,247 copies of No Strings Attached.

Other folks moving further down the spiral: The Barenaked Ladies Maroon drops from No. 15 to No. 19, selling 60,103; Boyz II Men's Nathan Michael Shawn Wayna goes from No. 13 to No. 20 (57,851 copies); and the new greatest-hits set from George Strait slips from a No. 7 debut last week down to No. 21 (51,809 copies).