Beyonce leads singles chart for 10th week
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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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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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Amid debuts by several major new   releases this week, Justin Timberlake narrowly managed to hold   on to the top spot on the U.S. pop album charts, according to   sales data published by Billboard Wednesday.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - "My Boo," the duet by Usher and  Alicia Keys, topped Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a  fifth week in a row Thursday, continuing to fend off strong  challenges from Snoop Dogg and Destiny's Child.
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Robbie Williams shot straight to the top  of the UK pop charts on Sunday after his latest single beat off  a string of other new entries.
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Singer Rihanna remains on top of the UK singles chart for an eighth week with Umbrella.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Mary J. Blige ended Josh Groban's five-week reign on the U.S. pop album chart Thursday, as the R&B singer's latest release took the crown a week after it debuted at No. 2.
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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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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) - Rapper Jay-Z is on course to achieve his 10th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, based on early sales estimates issued Wednesday.
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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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In yet another big week for new  releases on the U.S. albums chart, the MTV-constructed band  Danity Kane trumped hip-hop duo OutKast to take the top spot,  while Paris Hilton scored the highest debut for a new solo  female pop artist this year with a No. 6 entry.
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Justin Timberlake knocked Beyonce and Jay-Z off the top of the British pop charts on to claim his first solo UK number one with "Sexyback."
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Beyonce leads the race for this year's  MOBO awards, to be held on Wednesday, closely followed by "Put  Your Records On" UK newcomer Corinne Bailey Rae.
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Beyonce Knowles will celebrate her 25th birthday with the release of &quot;B&#039;Day,&quot; her second solo album. The album will be released internationally on her birthday, Sept. 4, and in the United States on Sept. 5, Columbia Records announced recently.
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After selling an astonishing 250,000  copies as a digital download, Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack"  surged 29 places to seize the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100  singles chart Thursday.
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Rap star Snoop Dogg extends his run at the top of the US singles chart for a second week.