Ciara's 'Goodies' Still Good at No. 1
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Southern hip-hip ingenue Ciara's  "Goodies" featuring Petey Pablo topped Billboard's Hot 100  singles chart for a second week in a row.
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Indie band Scouting for Girls hold on to the number one spot in the UK album chart for a second week.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - 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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Picking the greatest ever hip-hop album is a tall order and Entertainment Weekly admits its list marking 25 years since the birth of mainstream rap is subjective, with Eric B & Rakim at No. 1.
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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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The Billboard Hot 100 spotlight hasn't faded for R&B lothario Mario, as his single "Let Me Love You" spends a third week at No. 1 on the chart.
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Rapper Ludacris scored his third No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts
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In yet another big week for new  releases on the U.S. albums chart, the MTV-constructed band  Danity Kane trumped hip-hop duo OutKast to take the top spot,  while Paris Hilton scored the highest debut for a new solo  female pop artist this year with a No. 6 entry.
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CLASSIC songs that should have been No1 but didn't quite make it are being given a second chance by an internet campaign.   As downloads now count to the Official Singles Chart, a surge in internet sales of an old hit could catapult it to the top spot.
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Arts & entertainment: Despite being available online since October, In Rainbows tops charts in first week of shop release
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With "The Evolution," Ciara aims to  take the success of her 2005 debut, "Goodies," to a new level  musically and creatively.
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The top three in this week's singles charts remain unchanged with R&B star Rihanna holding fast at number one.
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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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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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NEW YORK (Billboard) - 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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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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R&B star Rihanna spends her ninth week at number one with her single Umbrella, her biggest hit to date.