Akon locks down top two slots on singles chart
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Senegalese R&B singer Akon has  scored his first No. 1 hit on the Hot 100 singles chart as "I  Wanna Love You" featuring Snoop Dogg soared 16 places thanks to  the combined power of radio airplay and digital downloads.
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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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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rapper Flo Rida ruled Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for an eighth week on Thursday, becoming the longest-running champ since Beyonce held sway with "Irreplaceable" for 10 weeks in 2006 and 2007.
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Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" retained its lead on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a sixth week Thursday, while a new tune from the 'N Sync alumnus surged toward the top 10, according to Billboard.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - For a fifth straight week, Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Shop Boyz' "Party Like a Rockstar" are locked in at the top two spots of the Billboard Hot 100, with the former scoring a sixth week at No. 1.
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Katie Melua's duet with Eva Cassidy will be the top the UK singles chart this week, according to midweek sales.
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After painfully slow sales last month, the music industry finally has a hit: âSleep Through the Staticâ (Brushfire), by Jack Johnson, above, sold 375,000 copies last week â more than six times the sales of the top album the week before â to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It set a record for the most digital sales in a single week, with 139,000 copies, or 37 percent of its total, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In a week busy with high-profile releases, Sheryl Crowâs âDetoursâ (A&M) opened at No. 2 with 92,000 sales; Lenny Kravitz moved 73,000 copies of âIt Is Time for a Love Revolutionâ (Virgin) to bow at No. 4; and K. D. Lang is No. 8 with her new âWatershedâ (Nonesuch), selling 41,000. Last weekâs No. 1, Alicia Keysâs âAs I Amâ (J), dropped two spots with 80,000. Any sales bumps after last Sundayâs Grammy Awards would be reflected in next weekâs chart.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Alicia Keys began a fourth week at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday, while another tune from the R&B singer flew up the rankings.
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Despite the arrival of three new top five albums, most notably Shyne&#39;s Godfather Buried Alive, Ashlee Simpson kept her chokehold on the top slot as her Autobiography sold 263,000 copies last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan numbers ...
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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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NEW YORK (Billboard) - T.I.'s "T.I. vs. T.I.P." maintains its lead on the Billboard 200 for a second week after moving 175,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Three albums that reached stores  ahead of schedule will lead the next Billboard 200 chart and  raise the profile of hip-hop and R&B.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - R&B singer Rihanna's "Umbrella" and hip-hop trio Shop Boyz' "Party Like a Rockstar" claimed the top two spots on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a fourth consecutive week Thursday.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Senegalese R&B artist Akon entered a second week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart Thursday with "I Wanna Love You" featuring Snoop Dogg.
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Singer Rihanna contines to dominate the UK charts spending her seventh week at number one with Umbrella.
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Rap star Snoop Dogg extends his run at the top of the US singles chart for a second week.
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Amid debuts by several major new  releases this week, Justin Timberlake held on to the top spot  on the U.S. pop album charts, according to final sales data  issued by Nielsen SoundScan Friday.