New 50 Cent album pushed back another week
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50 Cent&#39;s new album, &quot;Curtis,&quot; has  been pushed back another week, from September 4 to September  11, according to Interscope, which declined to give a reason  for the move.
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Rapper 50 Cent rearranges gigs in the UK, having sparked a debate about his retirement when he postponed his tour.
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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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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Last minute release-date changes for  three superstar albums have made nervous retailers even more  anxious about their prospects during the holiday season.
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Eminem was the top-seller among last-minute holiday shoppers as "Encore" returned to No. 1 on the U.S. album charts last week after a month-long absence.
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LONDON (Billboard) - Just hours after losing out to rival Kanye West on the U.K. albums chart, rapper 50 Cent has shelved a string of European appearances.
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Kanye West sold almost a million  copies of his latest album during its first week in U.S.  stores, winning a much-hyped sales race with rival rapper 50  Cent and providing the ailing record industry with a rare piece  of good news.
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The album&#39;s obituary was written  prematurely, a point made quite clear by the arrivals of new  ones by Kanye West, 50 Cent and Kenny Chesney.
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Having a No. 1 album just isnât what it used to be. This week Alicia Keys is back atop the Billboard chart with âAs I Amâ (J), but the 61,000 copies it has sold is barely above the historic low for a No. 1 album, Nielsen SoundScan reported. The âJunoâ soundtrack, on Rhino, fell to No. 2, with 55,000 sold. New releases dot the chart this week. The Mars Volta, which revels in head-spinningly complex progressive rock, opened in the third spot with 54,000 sales of âFrances the Muteâ (Universal); the Welsh heavy metal band Bullet for My Valentine reached fourth place with âScream Aim Fireâ (Jive), selling 53,000; and the â2008 Grammy Nomineesâ compilation (Hip-O/Universal) moved 50,000, opening at No. 5. The remix album âHannah Montana 2: Non-Stop Dance Partyâ (Disney) bowed at No. 7, and Vampire Weekend, the acclaimed New York indie band, reached No. 17 with its self-titled debut on the XL label.
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Rap star 50 Cent is in trouble with police after being stopped for alleged unsafe driving in New York.
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Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" has  been delayed numerous times in the past six months, but in his  first interview since his recent arrest on felony drugs and  weapons charges in Arizona, the rapper promises the new album  will be worth the wait.
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It's not like Kanye West needed an ego boost, but here it comes: Sales figures appear to confirm his "Graduation" album outsold 50 Cent's "Curtis" in the much-hyped rap sales showdown.
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New releases from 50 Cent, Animal Collective, Simian Mobile Disco and Cupid.
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High-profile albums from rappers Eminem and Snoop Dogg will be released ahead of schedule because of piracy concerns, their distributor Interscope Geffen A&M Records said Thursday.
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Hip-hop star Kanye West is pleased that his latest release is doing better than rapper   50 Cent's new album.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Three albums that reached stores  ahead of schedule will lead the next Billboard 200 chart and  raise the profile of hip-hop and R&B.
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Singer Janet Jackson's new comeback single Feedback has not even cracked the top 100 download chart despite being on sale for three weeks.