Rapper The Game heads US charts
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Rapper The Game goes straight into the US album charts at No 1 with his album Documentary.
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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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Kanye West sold almost a million copies of his latest album during its first week in U.S. stores, winning a much-hyped sales race with rival rapper 50 Cent and providing the ailing record industry with a rare piece of good news.
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LONDON (Billboard) - Despite having been released on  Friday, Eminem's new album "Encore" went straight to the top of  the U.K. charts Sunday.
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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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Kanye West got beaten up by a woman  on the latest U.S. pop album charts published Wednesday.
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Rap star The Game is to stand trial in the US for allegedly threatening to shoot an opponent during a basketball game in Los Angeles.
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Eminem fans have turned out en  masse to snap up their rap idol's newest album, propelling it  to No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts after just three days in  release.
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Kanye West got beaten up by a woman on the latest U.S. pop album charts published Wednesday. A week after the rapper's third album debuted to the highest numbers in more than two years, West was bounced from the top spot by country star Reba McEntire's "Reba Duets."
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Rapper Eminem's new single has become his highest entry on the US singles chart.
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New York rapper Mims soared to the  top of the U.S. singles chart Thursday with "This Is Why I'm  Hot," an independently produced fixture at urban radio.
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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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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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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Rapper Snoop Dogg scored his  first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart Thursday  with "Drop It Like It's Hot," which had spent four weeks in the  runner-up spot.
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The rapper Snoop Dogg's version of the 1971 song "Riders on the Storm" will make its debut on Need For Speed Underground 2, a video game from Electronic Arts.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - 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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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.