Even at 58 years of age, platinum-haired rock legend Rod Stewart can still sell himself like a high-class hooker. But his best efforts couldn't unseat an "American Idol" runner-up.

Clay Aiken's Measure of a Man will hold tight to #1 on the Billboard albums chart for the second week in a row with 225,000 copies sold, according to SoundScan figures released Wednesday (October 29). The singer's two-week run puts a little added pressure on Ruben Studdard, the "Idol" who bested Aiken on the TV show. Studdard's debut album, Soulful, has now been pushed back from November 11 to December 9.

Stewart, who has been on "Oprah," "Good Morning America" and U.K. station Radio Times this past week to plug his latest collection, As Time Goes By ... The Great American Songbook: Volume II, will have to settle for #2.

If it's any consolation, Stewart's burst of self-promotion — aided by some well-placed TV ads and, perhaps, press generated by his tongue-in-cheek swipes at other aging rockers such as Paul McCartney and Elton John — did its trick. As Time Goes By sold over 212,000 copies last week, while its 2002 predecessor, It Had to Be You ... The Great American Songbook, will vault 49 spots on next week's albums chart to #46. In addition, the 2001 compilation The Voice: The Very Best of Rod Stewart sold just over 10,000 copies and will nestle in at #125.

Meanwhile, it looks like the Eagles are still in it for "The Long Run." The durable classic rockers will take the #3 position with their newest compilation, The Very Best of the Eagles, which sold nearly 162,000 copies during its first week.

Refusing to drop from the top five are Outkast, whose double-disc set, Speakerboxx/The Love Below, will remain at #4 with just under 146,000 copies sold in its fifth week. Taking a 36 percent sales hit is Ludacris, whose fourth offering, Chicken & Beer, will dip three positions to #5. In its third week in stores, the album sold more than 123,000 copies.

The highest debut for an artist under 50 goes to Loon, whose self-titled first album will nab #6 (80,000 sold). The rest of the top 10 will include Dido's Life for Rent,, which falls one spot to #7 (78,000 sold), and Jagged Edge's Hard, which falls five positions to #8 (76,000 sold). Barbra Streisand's The Movie Album will fall four to #9 (72,000 sold), and Barenaked Ladies will squeak in at #10 with their latest, Everything to Everyone, the fourth highest debut of the week with just over 71,000 copies sold.

Other noteworthy debuts include Mandy Moore, whose covers album, Coverage, attracted over 53,000 consumers to take the #14 spot; IMX crooner Marques Houston, whose MH will arrive at #18 with 41,000 sold; Something Corporate, whose third offering, North, will grab #24 with over 41,000 sold; and strummy alternative band the Shins, whose second album, Chutes Too Narrow, will land at #86 with sales of more than 15,000.

New York indie groove band the Rapture will debut at #121 with Echoes; Dead Prez will Get Free or Die Trying at #144; and Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros' swan song, Streetcore, will hit the chart at #160.