'NOW 16' Replaces Simpson at No. 1 on Album Chart
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The 16th installment of the "NOW  That's What I Call Music!" series replaced teen rocker Ashlee  Simpson atop the U.S. pop albums chart Wednesday, repeating a  feat the hits package first performed three weeks ago.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Kanye West looks set to win the closely watched duel with rival rapper 50 Cent for the No. 1 slot on next week's U.S. pop album chart, according to preliminary sales data issued Wednesday.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Paul McCartney, George Harrison and the songs of John Lennon can all be found in the top 15 of the U.S. pop album chart, the biggest confluence of ex-Beatles in years.
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Josh Groban set a new record on the  U.S. pop albums chart Wednesday as "Noel" became the first  Christmas album to lead the field for four straight weeks.
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A CD featuring hits by Nelly, Keith  Urban and others became the sixth in the "NOW That's What I  Call Music" series of joint record-label collections to debut  at No. 1 in the U.S. charts, sales trackers said on Wednesday.
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The Kaiser Chiefs rise to number one in the  UK singles chart, while Amy Winehouse's album is back on top.
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U2 earned its sixth No. 1 album on the U.S. pop charts Wednesday as its new set "How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" sold almost twice as many copies in its first week as 2000's "All That You Can't Leave Behind."
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Two popular rap acts occupied the  top two spots on the U.S. album charts Wednesday, with the  Game's "Doctor's Advocate" coming in at No. 1.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - MTV chanteuse Ashlee Simpson logged a third non-consecutive week atop the US pop charts Wednesday as her debut release &quot;Autobiography&quot; breezed past the one million sales mark.
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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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Despite the arrival of three new top five albums, most notably Shyne&#39;s Godfather Buried Alive, Ashlee Simpson kept her chokehold on the top slot as her Autobiography sold 263,000 copies last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan numbers ...
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After rocketing from No. 42 to the  top of the chart last week, Rihanna&#39;s &quot;Umbrella&quot; begins a  second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Rihanna&#39;s &quot;Umbrella&quot; begins a  seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, having  successfully fended off Shop Boyz&#39; &quot;Party Like a Rockstar,&quot;  which drops from No. 2 to No. 4.
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Robbie Williams' goes straight in at number one on the UK singles chart as REM top the album chart.
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Rapper Eminem's new single has become his highest entry on the US singles chart.
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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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U.S. rapper Eminem has taken the number  one spot with "Like Toy Soldiers," the Official UK Charts  Company said on Sunday.