Santana's Supernatural, winner of eight Grammy Awards, will stay atop the Billboard 200 albums chart for a fifth consecutive week and the 11th week overall, according to SoundScan data released Wednesday (March 15).

Supernatural easily outdistanced debuts from country singer George Strait, rapper Black Rob and R&B singer Gerald Levert. Buoyed by its latest hit, the Wyclef Jean–penned "Maria, Maria" (RealAudio excerpt), the album sold another 343,312 copies for the week ending March 12. That brings the album's total sales to more than 7.4 million.

"Your career can not only last, but it can soar. That is a tremendous message to young musicians — that you keep at it, and if your music is great, you're going to break through, and if it remains great, you can continue to not only have a lasting career, but it can soar at the same time," Clive Davis, founder and president of Arista Records, said of Supernatural's success. The embattled executive, who produced Supernatural, made his remarks following his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last week.

The rest of the top 10 will be: Strait's Latest Greatest Straitest Hits at #2, Black Rob's Life Story at #3, rapper/producer Dr. Dre's Dr. Dre 2001 at #4, rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's BTNHResurrection at #5, Dru Hill singer Sisqo's Unleash the Dragon at #6, soul singer Macy Gray's On How Life Is at #7, soul singer Gerald Levert's G at #8, rapper Kid Rock's Devil Without a Cause at #9 and R&B group Destiny's Child's The Writing's on the Wall at #10.

The Destiny's Child album, on the strength of the #1 single "Say My Name," will re-enter the top 10 after several months' absence.

Latest Greatest Straitest Hits is a two-CD best-of collection that compiles songs from Strait's most recent albums and includes "Murder on Music Row," "Blue Clear Sky" and "I Can Still Make Cheyenne."

The release of Life Story, Black Rob's debut, was delayed several times as new songs, including the thundering club hit "Whoa!" (RealAudio excerpt), were added and marketing strategies changed, according to the rapper. He signed his recording contract with Sean "Puffy" Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment in late 1995.

But the 28-year-old Black Rob (born Rob Ross), who spent 12 years behind bars on robbery convictions, said the wait was beneficial.

"I learned a lot of patience. I learned how to speak to people the proper way. I learned how not to be impulsive as I used to be," he said last month.

Levert, the son of O'Jays singer Eddie Levert, has built a following with his sultry, romantic R&B ballads. G is stocked with more of same, including "Application (I'm Lookin' for a New Love)."

Other debuts will include jazz singer Al Jarreau's Tomorrow Today at #137, contemporary Christian band FFH's Found a Place at #154 and the Irish Tenors' Ireland Mother Ireland at #189.

Several of last week's high-debuting albums didn't enjoy a strong second week. The Smashing Pumpkins' MACHINA/the machines of God will fall to #20 from #3, selling less than half as many copies as the previous week. Steely Dan's first album in 20 years, Two Against Nature, will drop from #6 to #15 and AC/DC's Stiff Upper Lip will take a stiff fall, from #7 to #21.

Shania Twain's 1997 album, Come On Over (#30), sold 41,768 copies last week. It was recently certified 17-times platinum, making it the most commercially successful album by a female artist, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. It passed Alanis Morissette's album Jagged Little Pill (1995), which is 16-times platinum.