Holiday Shoppers Return Eminem to No. 1 on Charts
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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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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Oscar-winning rapper Eminem will  release his fourth album, to be called "Encore," on Nov. 16,  his Interscope Records label said Monday.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct 12  - Furious Michael Jackson has launched a war of words against US rapper Eminem over his &quot;demeaning and disrespectful&quot; video, which mocks the &quot;King of Pop&quot; and shows him cavorting with children.
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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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Green Day claimed the Number One spot on the album chart this week by selling 267,000 copies of American Idiot, according to Nielson SoundScan.
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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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Rapper Snoop Dogg scored his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart Thursday with "Drop It Like It's Hot," which had spent four weeks in the runner-up spot.
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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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Rapper Eminem's new single has become his highest entry on the US singles chart.
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Terror Squad&#39;s Lean Back is No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for the second consecutive week, Billboard reported Thursday.
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Those shopping at post-Christmas sales between 26 and 28 December has risen 2.1% on last year, says a retail analyst.
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The holiday mood at independent music retailers is one of cautious optimism, despite Nielsen SoundScan numbers showing that overall sales at U.S. indie merchants were down 7.1% from last year as of Nov. 28.
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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.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The holiday mood at independent  music retailers is one of cautious optimism, despite Nielsen  SoundScan numbers showing that overall sales at U.S. indie  merchants were down 7.1% from last year as of Nov. 28.
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LONDON (Billboard) - Despite having been released on  Friday, Eminem's new album "Encore" went straight to the top of  the U.K. charts Sunday.
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Toby Keith scored his third No. 1 on  the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, although sales were down  sharply from his previous release.
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U.S. consumers, who flocked to malls  at the start of the holiday shopping season, have since backed  off, kept out of stores by a Midwest ice storm and the ease of  shopping online, data released on Sunday by SpendingPulse  showed.