Kanye thrashes 50 Cent in first-day sales race
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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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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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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.
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Numbers from the first two days of the tracking period had chart watchers cautiously predicting that Eminem's "Encore" would reap sales of 750,000-800,000. Throw caution to the wind, as the album clocks a whopping 871,000 units.
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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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On his first two albums, 50 Cent was the main star with little room for supporting players. With the exception of appearances by the likes of friends like Eminem and Young Buck, most of the songs were pure 50. On his upcoming album, though, he's more willing to share the mic.
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50 Cent, "Curtis" (Interscope) and Kanye West, "Graduation" (Def Jam)
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Eminem's new album debuted atop the charts, following a decision by the rapper's record label to move up the album's sale date amid piracy concerns.
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Everyone wants to be part of Nelly's clique these days &#151; and who can blame them? The man who put St. Louis on the map has sold an astonishing 15 million copies of his first two albums, and on Tuesday released not one, but two separate albums &#151; "Sweat" and "Suit" &#151; on the same day.
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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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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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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.     "50 Cent is very sad to confirm that due to a last minute, unforeseen and unanticipated change in his schedule, he will have to postpone his European promotion trip from September 18-25," his Interscope Records label said in a statement.
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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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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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Just hours after he was officially crowned the victor in his much-hyped sales battle with 50 Cent, Kanye West turned up at GQ's 50th anniversary party as the featured performer
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Kanye West got beaten up by a woman  on the latest U.S. pop album charts published Wednesday.