Rihanna, Shop Boyz still not budging atop Hot 100
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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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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - 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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Black Eyed Peas singer  Fergie scored her third No. 1 hit from her solo album &quot;The  Dutchess&quot; Thursday as &quot;Big Girls Don&#39;t Cry&quot; inched up one place  to lead the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
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Copies of Sir Paul McCartney's new album bought in Starbucks stores will not count towards the top 40.
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Singer Rihanna remains on top of the UK singles chart for an eighth week with Umbrella.
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For the second week in a row, Mario's "Let Me Love You" topped Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, while Ciara's "1, 2 Step" moved up one to No. 2, trading places with Snoop Dogg's former chart-topper "Drop It Like It's Hot."
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Arts & entertainment: Chart news: The Graduation artist beats 50 Cent in the singles charts, too, though Sean Kingston's Beautiful Girls still slays them all.
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So far 2008 has not been a good year for music sales. This week Alicia Keys, below, stays atop the Billboard chart with âAs I Amâ (J), but the number of copies that CD sold is barely above the historic low for a No. 1 album. Nielsen SoundScan reported that 61,000 copies of the album sold last week; the least number of weekly sales for No. 1 is 60,000, set by the âDreamgirlsâ soundtrack a year ago. (The numbers are rounded.) This week the âJunoâ soundtrack (Rhino) is at No. 2 with 58,000, Mary J. Bligeâs âGrowing Painsâ (Geffen) is No. 3 with 52,000, and Radioheadâs âIn Rainbowsâ (ATO) is next with 46,000. The R&B singer Raheem DeVaughn opens at No. 5 with 45,000 sales of âLove Behind the Melodyâ (J) and John Legendâs new âLive From Philadelphia,â available only through Target, reached No. 7 with 33,000.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - More than 26 years after his death, Bob Marley continues to sell records, topping Billboard's year-end Top Reggae Albums chart.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Make no mistake about it: Nelly is  not releasing a double album like his fellow hip-hoppers  OutKast and Jay-Z.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - "My Boo," the duet by Usher and  Alicia Keys, topped Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a  fifth week in a row Thursday, continuing to fend off strong  challenges from Snoop Dogg and Destiny's Child.
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Rihanna&#39;s &quot;Umbrella&quot; begins a  seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, having  successfully fended off Shop Boyz&#39; &quot;Party Like a Rockstar,&quot;  which drops from No. 2 to No. 4.
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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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Alicia Keys led Billboard's Hot 100  singles chart for a fifth week on Thursday with "No One," a  tune that also logged a tenth week atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop  Songs tally.
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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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Rookie rapper Flo Rida's "Low"  featuring T-Pain led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a  third week, while Alicia Keys' "No One" held at No. 2.
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Rapper Nelly takes both the number one and two spot in the US album charts.