Kanye leads 50 Cent in CD sales face-off
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50 Cent may be getting hip-hop's equivalent of a gold watch next week. Early reports have Kanye West beating 50 in their much-hyped battle of album sales: West's "Graduation" is on pace to sell about 575,000 to 700,000 its first week out, while 50 Cent's "Curtis" is on track to do 550,000, according to Billboard magazine.
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Kanye West got beaten up by a woman  on the latest U.S. pop album charts published Wednesday.
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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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Just hours after losing out to rival  Kanye West on the U.K. albums chart, rapper 50 Cent has shelved  a string of European appearances. &quot;50 Cent is very sad to  confirm that due to a last minute, unforeseen and unanticipated  change in his schedule, he will have to postpone his European  promotion trip from September 18-25,&quot; his Interscope Records  label said in a statement.
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DaimlerChrysler AG is getting another boost from the hip-hop world, this time in the person of 50 Cent.
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If you want a sense of how stressful it's been for 50 Cent to release his third album, just look at the CD cover. Whereas his first two albums featured portraits that exuded confidence and authority &#151; a rippling torso coupled with a menacing glare &#151; 50's new album out Tuesday, "Curtis," shows a seemingly frustrated 50, hands on his head, an extreme close-up accenting his furrowed brow.
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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'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's "Reba Duets."
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On his first two albums, 50 Cent was the main star with little room for supporting players. With the exception of appearances by the likes of friends like Eminem and Young Buck, most of the songs were pure 50. On his upcoming album, though, he's more willing to share the mic.
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Chicago rapper Kanye West, who  survived a near-fatal car crash to record a debut album that  ranked among the year's biggest sellers, led the field of  Grammy Award contenders with 10 nominations, organizers said on  Tuesday.
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Hip-hop star Kanye West is pleased that his latest release is doing better than rapper   50 Cent's new album.
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Rapper Nelly takes both the number one and two spot in the US album charts.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - A day after reaching No. 1 on the U.S. album charts, hip-hop star Kanye West took the top spot on the singles chart Thursday.
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Early reports have Kanye West beating 50 in their much-hyped battle of album sales
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The album's obituary was written prematurely, a point made quite clear by the arrivals of new ones by Kanye West, 50 Cent and Kenny Chesney.
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Album sales have continued their downward slide this year but sales of digital tracks are up almost 50 percent over this time last year.
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Arts & entertainment: Kanye West and 50 Cent plan album showdown as rap record sales decline.
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Chicago rapper Kanye West, who survived a near-fatal car crash to record a debut album that ranked among the year's biggest sellers, led the field of Grammy Award contenders with nominations in 10 categories, organizers said on Tuesday.