Timberlake, Aiken lead U.S. pop album charts
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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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Norah Jones returned to the top of  the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, a week after the jazz  pianist lost the crown to rock band Fall Out Boy, Billboard  reported.
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Justin Timberlake's reward for bringing back the sexy: his   first number one album.
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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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NEW YORK (Billboard) - A day after his second solo release,   "FutureSex/LoveSounds," debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. pop album   charts, Justin Timberlake logged a fourth week atop the Hot 100   singles chart with "SexyBack."
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In a major week for new releases,   Justin Timberlake scored his first No. 1 solo album, while John   Mayer, Bob Seger and Lionel Richie also crashed the upper   echelons of the U.S. pop charts, according to Billboard.
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Rapper Jay-Z came out on top of the post-Thanksgiving U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, tying the Rolling Stones for the third-most No. 1 hits.
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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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In a major week for new releases, Justin Timberlake scored his first No. 1 solo album, while John Mayer,
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Rapper Jay-Z came out on top of the  post-Thanksgiving U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, tying the  Rolling Stones for the third-most No. 1 hits.
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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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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" held   the No. 1 title on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a   second week Thursday.
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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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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) - 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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Justin Timberlake knocked Beyonce and  Jay-Z off the top of the British pop charts on Sunday to claim  his first solo UK number one with "Sexyback."
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Country star Tim McGraw lived it up on top of the Billboard 200 for a second consecutive week Wednesday, while Ray Charles, Jill Scott and LL Cool J entered the pop albums chart in the next three spots.