Kanye album 'outselling 50 Cent'
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Rapper Kanye West's new album is winning the chart battle with 50 Cent, early sales figures indicate.
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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) - 50 Cent's new album, "Curtis," has been pushed back another week, from September 4 to September 11, according to Interscope, which declined to give a reason for the move.
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LONDON (Billboard) - 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.     "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," his Interscope Records label said in a statement.
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The audience at Flavorpillâs One Step Beyond party at the American Museum of Natural History in New York got a huge surprise on Friday night. During a set by the Chicago indie rapper Kid Sister in the Rose Center for Earth and Space, Kanye West, above, rushed onstage to rap along to her single âPro Nails.â Afterward, to deafening cheers from the crowd, Mr. West and his D.J., A-Trak, performed a string of songs from his recent album, âGraduation,â including the radio smashes âStrongerâ and âGood Life.â Mr. West wore a bulky fur coat, leading Kid Sister to quip, âYâall look like my grandma.â.
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Early reports have Kanye West beating 50 in their much-hyped battle of album sales
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Chicago rapper Kanye West, who survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of commercially
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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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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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Rapper and producer Kanye West was last night nominated for 10 Grammy awards - the most since Carlos Santana in 1999. The hip-hop writer, producer and performer was shortlisted for best rap album with his
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Right about now, we're thinking 50 Cent would have rather been in   da club than on da stage.
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U.S. rapper 50 Cent has "temporarily postponed" his European tour, prompting questions over whether he has retired from making music. The star is currently poised to lose a chart battle with rival Kanye West. He vowed to quit the music business if his album Curtis was outsold by West's Graduation. A spokeswoman for 50 Cent refused to comment on his retirement plans. She said that "unforeseen circumstances" had led to the temporary postponement of his planned European tour.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - With two simultaneous releases,  hip-hop artist Nelly pushes everyone out of his way on the  Billboard 200 albums chart this week, taking over the top two  slots.
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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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Rapper 50 Cent takes legal action over an internet advert which allegedly shows him being shot.
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A record producer has sued rappers 50 Cent and Lil' Kim and two record companies for $2 million, claiming they failed to pay him royalties on a song that sold 2 million copies.
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Collaborators became competitors when the nominations for the 47th annual Grammy Awards were announced yesterday in Los Angeles. Kanye West received 10 nominations by working multiple jobs: as