Mario, Ciara Still Rule U.S. Pop Singles Chart
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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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R&B star Ciara prevents Elvis Presley scoring a record three consecutive UK number ones.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Amid debuts by several major new   releases this week, Justin Timberlake narrowly managed to hold   on to the top spot on the U.S. pop album charts, according to   sales data issued Wednesday.
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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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LOS ANGELES: Despite a nasty public feud that brought an abrupt end to their joint tour last weekend, R Kelly and Jay-Z are chummy on top of the US pop album charts.
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Amid debuts by several major new  releases this week, Justin Timberlake narrowly managed to hold  on to the top spot on the U.S. pop album charts, according to  sales data published by Billboard Wednesday.
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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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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) - Josh Groban's "Noel" led the U.S. pop album charts for a third week Wednesday, tying Elvis Presley as the record-holder for the most consecutive weeks at No. 1 with a Christmas album.
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Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" held  the No. 1 title on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a  second week Thursday.
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Rapper Ludacris scored his third No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts
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After weeks of holding the No. 1 spot on five Billboard singles charts, Mario's "Let Me Love You" added another to its tally Thursday.
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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.
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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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There was no major-league  comeback to rival Mary J. Blige's 2006 breakthrough or Mariah  Carey's 2005 emancipation. And hip-hop sales overall weren't  anything to write home about. But R&B/hip-hop in 2007 still  managed to chime in with several headline-making notes.
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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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In yet another week where no album  sold more than 100,000 copies, former "American Idol" finalist  Chris Daughtry flip-flopped with Norah Jones to reclaim the top  spot on the U.S. pop charts Wednesday.