Nelly Furtado scores 2nd No. 1 on singles chart
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Canadian pop singer Nelly Furtado  ended Beyonce's 10-week reign on the U.S. singles chart  Thursday with "Say It Right," the second No. 1 of her career.
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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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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - With two simultaneous releases,  hip-hop artist Nelly pushes everyone out of his way on the  Billboard 200 albums chart this week, taking over the top two  slots.
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In a battle between two top-selling  female acts, Miley Cyrus triumphed over Kelly Clarkson to score  the No. 1 position on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday.
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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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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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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Snoop Dogg is so enjoying his  first stint at the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart  that he has extended it to a second week.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - The soundtrack to Disney's "High School Musical 2" led the U.S. pop charts for a fourth week Wednesday, becoming the first album to achieve this feat since 50 Cent's "The Massacre" in March 2005.
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For a second consecutive week, the  top three slots on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart were  unchanged, according to data issued Thursday.
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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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X Factor winner Leona Lewis tops the singles chart with the most first week sales of any release this year.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - 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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Last week was another miserable one for music sales, but with one modest highlight: The indie-heavy âJunoâ movie soundtrack rose one spot to the top of the Billboard chart, becoming the first album in Rhino Recordsâ three-decade history to reach No. 1. After the announcement of four Oscar nominations for âJuno,â including best picture, the soundtrack sold 65,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, bumping Alicia Keysâs âAs I Amâ (J), which moved 60,000, to No. 2. In the fourth straight week of very low sales, Natasha Bedingfield opened at No. 3 with 50,000 copies of âPocketful of Sunshineâ (Epic), Mary J. Bligeâs âGrowing Painsâ (Geffen) sold 45,000 to reach No. 4, and Radiohead dropped one spot to No. 5 with âIn Rainbowsâ (ATO), moving 35,000. Cat Powerâs new âJukeboxâ (Matador) reached No. 12 with 29,000 copies sold.
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R&B singer Rihanna&#39;s &quot;Umbrella&quot; and  hip-hop trio Shop Boyz&#39; &quot;Party Like a Rockstar&quot; claimed the top  two spots on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a fourth  consecutive week Thursday.
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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) - 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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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - R&B singer Ciara's second release is expected to top the U.S. pop album charts when sales data are issued Wednesday.