McGraw Tops Album Chart; Ray Charles Bows at No. 2
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Country star Tim McGraw lived it up on top of the Billboard 200 for a second consecutive week Wednesday, while Ray Charles, Jill Scott and LL Cool J entered the pop albums chart in the next three spots.
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Reba McEntire's "Reba Duets" has debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's 200 Top Albums, her best first-week showing on the chart.
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Singer Rod Stewart has gone to the top of the US album chart for the first time in 25 years.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Grabbing the best country debut  of the year on the U.S. pop album charts, Tim McGraw went  straight to No. 1 Wednesday with "Live Like You Were Dying."
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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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The soul-stirring biopic Ray, probing the life of legendary singer and musician Ray Charles, made sweet music at the box-office, even as it couldn&#39;t dislodge last week&#39;s champ The Grudge from the top position.
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Late singer Ray Charles' last album Genius Loves Company achieves multi-platinum status across the globe.
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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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Arts & entertainment: Album chart topped by little-known band, with similarly under-hyped Amy MacDonald in second place
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He may not have won "American Idol," but Chris Daughtry is the king of the album charts this year, according to Billboard. The "Idol" finalist's band, Daughtry, sold 3.2 million copies of their self-titled debut, making it the most popular album of the year, according to the trade magazine.
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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.
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Nashville couple Tim McGraw and   Faith Hill have smashed the record for the highest-grossing   tour in country music history, selling $89 million worth of   tickets on their just-completed trek, a spokesman said on   Wednesday.
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Country veteran George Strait's "50 Number Ones" hits package ruled the U.S. pop albums chart for a second consecutive week, as new releases from Celine Dion, rapper Mos Def and pop-punk band Sum 41 debuted in the top 10, according to sales data issued Wednesday.
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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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Kenny Chesney took home top honors at the thirty-eighth annual Country Music Awards last night at Las Vegas&#39; Mandalay Bay. The veteran singer won Entertainer of the Year and Album of the Year for his When the Sun Goes Down.
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Rapper Flo Rida's "Low" led  Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a second week Thursday,  setting a new record for digital sales.
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Ray Charles the musician revitalized the music industry, combining (some would say sacrilegiously) gospel and R&amp;B, transcending color boundaries and becoming one of the first artists to have control of his master recordings.