MTV band Danity Kane, OutKast lead US charts
From Katie Hasty

NEW YORK—In yet another big week for new releases on the U.S. albums chart, the MTV-constructed band Danity Kane trumped hip-hop duo OutKast to take the top spot, while Paris Hilton scored the highest debut for a new solo female pop artist this year with a No. 6 entry. Danity Kane’s Bad Boy Records set sold 234,000 copies in the week ended August 27, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The winners of MTV’s “Making the Band 3” in 2005, the quintet exceeded the debuts of the two other “Making the Band” winners: O-Town’s self-titled began with 145,000 at No. 5 in 2001 and Da Band’s “Too Hot for T.V.” started with 204,000 at No. 2 in 2003. OutKast opened at No. 2 with its fifth effort, the soundtrack to its film “Idlewild.” The LaFace release sold 196,000 units, a huge drop from 2003’s Grammy-winning “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below,” which moved 510,000 units in its first week. The duo’s film “Idlewild” opened at No. 9 at the North American box office last weekend with just $5.7 million. The multi-artist compilation “NOW 22” slipped one to No. 7 in its seventh week, moving 68,000 copies.