Akon extends reign on singles chart
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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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Stoked initially by her MTV series and now by top 40 radio&#39;s No. 2 hit, Pieces of Me, Ashlee Simpson&#39;s Autobiography tops the Billboard chart for the third time after selling 263,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Her ...
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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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In a slow week for the Billboard chart, Alicia Keys reached No. 2 with 112,000 sales of âAs I Amâ (J); Mary J. Blige moved 89,000 of âGrowing Painsâ (Geffen) to reach No. 3; âNow Thatâs What I Call Music!â Vol. 26 is at No. 4 with 54,000; and the 18-year-old country singer Taylor Swift rose three spots to No. 5, though sales of her self-titled album, on the Big Machine label, dropped 39 percent last week to 47,000, Nielsen SoundScan reported. Radiohead reached No. 1 with the conventional release of âIn Rainbows,â through the ATO label, on CD and other formats. The indie-rock âJunoâ soundtrack (Rhino), popular online, opened at No. 8 with 38,000.
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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.
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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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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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Singer Rihanna remains on top of the UK singles chart for an eighth week with Umbrella.
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Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" held  firm at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a  third week Thursday, while Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie's  "London Bridge" was steady at No. 2.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Flo Rida's "Low" continues to reign supreme on the Billboard Hot 100 for a fifth week.
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Plain White T&#39;s earn their first  Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 as &quot;Hey There Delilah&quot; continues its  staircase climb, stepping from No. 2.
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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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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Josh Groban's "Noel" led the U.S. pop album charts for a third week Wednesday, tying Elvis Presley as the record-holder for the most consecutive weeks at No. 1 with a Christmas album.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" ended the two-week reign of Akon's "I Wanna Love You" on the Hot 100 singles chart Thursday, becoming the R&B singer's fourth solo No. 1.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Kanye West has increased his lead over 50 Cent in the much scrutinized battle between the rap stars, according to preliminary sales data issued Friday.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Eminem extended his curtain call  to a second straight week Wednesday as his latest album,  "Encore," topped the Billboard 200 charts.
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Robbie Williams' goes straight in at number one on the UK singles chart as REM top the album chart.