The new Soundgarden album, Down On The Upside,

debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 today, with sales of 176,000

copies during its first week of release. It was edged out by the Fugees'

red-hot The Score, which sold 180,000 copies during the same period. The

album is expected to continue to sell at a solid pace all summer long, as the

group plays to 100s of thousands of fans during Lollapalooza '96. The first

video off the album, "Pretty Noose," directed by Frank Kozik, is currently

receiving serious airplay on MTV.