Rapper the Game Wins No. 1 Spot on U.S. Charts
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Playing with his first  major-label release, West Coast rapper the Game won the top  slot on the U.S. pop albums chart Wednesday by a landslide.
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NEW YORK  &#151; 50 Cent may be getting hip-hop's equivalent of a gold watch next week. Early reports have Kanye West beating 50 in their much-hyped battle of album sales: West's "Graduation" is on pace to sell about 575,000 to 700,000 its first week out, while 50 Cent's "Curtis" is on track to do 550,000, according to Billboard magazine.
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Arts & entertainment: 50 Cent bumped down to number two by highest-selling album in two years.
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Rapper Kanye West beats rival 50 Cent in the stand-off to claim the best-selling album in the UK.
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Two popular rap acts occupied the top two spots on the U.S. album charts Wednesday, with the Game's "Doctor's Advocate" coming in at No. 1.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Kanye West has increased his lead over 50 Cent in the much scrutinized battle between the rap stars, according to preliminary sales data issued Friday.
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A day after reaching No. 1 on the  U.S. album charts, hip-hop star Kanye West took the top spot on  the singles chart Thursday.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - The soundtrack to Disney's "High School Musical 2" led the U.S. pop charts for a fourth week Wednesday, becoming the first album to achieve this feat since 50 Cent's "The Massacre" in March 2005.
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Beyonce led the Billboard Hot 100  singles chart for a 10th consecutive week Thursday with  "Irreplaceable," while Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right" climbed  one spot to a new peak of No. 2.
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US west coast gangsta rapper &quot;The Game&quot; pleaded not guilty Thursday in a Los Angeles court to felony charges that he threatened a man with a gun at a pickup basketball game.
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Two popular rap acts occupied the  top two spots on the U.S. album charts Wednesday, with the  Game's "Doctor's Advocate" coming in at No. 1.
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The hip-hip duo took top honors Wednesday as the recording industry handed out its first awards for music sold through Internet-music services like Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes.
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Eminem fans have turned out en  masse to snap up their rap idol's newest album, propelling it  to No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts after just three days in  release.
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Rapper Eminem's new single has become his highest entry on the US singles chart.
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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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The Chicago-based rapper-producer and the King of Southern Fried Crunk tied with three trophies apiece to lead the way at Sunday night&#39;s Source Hip-Hop Music Awards.
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U.S. rapper Eminem has taken the number  one spot with "Like Toy Soldiers," the Official UK Charts  Company said on Sunday.