DANITY KANE DO!

Diddy’s girl group Danity Kane ride their starring roles in MTV’s Making of the Band 3 to 215k in sales and the #1 slot on this week’s HITS Top 50.

Kane is one of seven newcomers to the Top 10, with LaFace/ZLG’s OutKast grabbing #2 with the Idlewild soundtrack. The Universal Pictures film finished in the Top 10 box office after opening last Friday, but its disappointing take probably had a lot to do with the album’s second-place finish. Seems record buyers approached the disc as a soundtrack, not the follow-up to the duo’s 2003 diamond-selling Speakerboxx/The Love Below.

The other debuts include WEA Latina Mexican rockers Mana, whose Amar Es Combatir breaks through at #5, followed by WB heiress-turned-disco diva Paris Hilton (#6), Jive/ZLG’s milkshaking Kelis (#8), Epic metal rockers Lamb of God (#9) and J/Epic/Legacy’s posthumous Luther Vandross compilation (#10).

RCA chanteuse Christina Aguilera, last week’s chart-topper, ends up #3, while Walt Disney Records’ Cheetah Girls soundtrack is #4 and Sony Music Group’s Now 22 #7.

Sony BMG Nashville country rocker Pat Green’s label debut (#21), Universal’s Crazy Frog novelty smash (#35) and Koch’s DJ Kayslay & DJ Greg Street (#49) round out the list of chart bows.

A pair of Universal rock bands are the week’s biggest gainers, with Universal Republic’s Hinder (#17, +20%) and Universal Motown’s Blue October (#41-32, +27%) the only titles sporting double-digit sales increases.

Next week, Dylan’s latest Columbia effort, Modern Times, is headed for the top slot, with Epic’s Jessica Simpson and Grand Hustle/Atlantic Records rapper Young Dro (a T.I. Atlanta cohort) also looking like they could top 100k in first-week numbers.