Mario Trumps Snoop for Top U.S. Single
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - R&B singer Mario took over as  king of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday with "Let Me  Love You," which ended the three-week reign of Snoop Dogg's  "Drop It Like It's Hot."
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Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous"  featuring Timbaland led the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for  a fourth week Thursday, while Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" held at  No. 2 but replaced Furtado atop the Hot Digital Songs chart.
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R&B singer Ciara's second release  is expected to top the U.S. pop album charts when sales data  are issued Wednesday.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - For a fifth straight week, Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Shop Boyz' "Party Like a Rockstar" are locked in at the top two spots of the Billboard Hot 100, with the former scoring a sixth week at No. 1.
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie scored her third No. 1 hit from her solo album "The Dutchess" Thursday as "Big Girls Don't Cry" inched up one place to lead the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Snoop Dogg is so enjoying his  first stint at the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart  that he has extended it to a second week.
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Rapper Nelly takes both the number one and two spot in the US album charts.
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Kanye West got beaten up by a woman  on the latest U.S. pop album charts published Wednesday. A week  after the rapper&#39;s third album debuted to the highest numbers  in more than two years, West was bounced from the top spot by  country star Reba McEntire&#39;s &quot;Reba Duets.&quot;
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Rapper Flo Rida ruled Billboard's  Hot 100 singles chart for an eighth week on Thursday, becoming  the longest-running champ since Beyonce held sway with  "Irreplaceable" for 10 weeks in 2006 and 2007.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Kanye West looks set to win the closely watched duel with rival rapper 50 Cent for the No. 1 slot on next week's U.S. pop album chart, according to preliminary sales data issued Wednesday.
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Rookie rapper Flo Rida's "Low" ruled  the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a fourth week Thursday,  leading a remarkably stable field.
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Rapper Flo Rida's "Low" led  Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a second week Thursday,  setting a new record for digital sales.
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Eleven years and one week after he made his debut on the Billboard Hot 100, Snoop Dogg scores his first No. 1.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - R&B singer Mario held the top  spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh  consecutive week Thursday with "Let Me Love You," while Ciara's  "1, 2 Step" featuring Missy Elliott was No. 2 for a sixth week.
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Rapper Ludacris scored his third No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, while Janet Jackson's new release opened with her lowest numbers in almost a decade, Billboard reported.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Eminem simultaneously earns the  highest-debuting song of his career on the Billboard Hot 100  and the highest-debuting non-"American Idol" track of 2004.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rapper Jay-Z came out on top of the post-Thanksgiving U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, tying the Rolling Stones for the third-most No. 1 hits.