Leona Lewis storms British chart
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X Factor winner Leona Lewis tops the singles chart with the most first week sales of any release this year.
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The new Band Aid 20 single sold more than 72,000 copies on the first day of its release, the Daily Mirror reported Tuesday. Sales figures show the charity record is the fastest-selling single of the year and
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Duffy, the Welsh soul singer hotly tipped for success in 2008, enters the singles chart at number one with Mercy.
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Rapper Kanye West beats rival 50 Cent in the stand-off to claim the best-selling album in the UK.
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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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Last week was another miserable one for music sales, but with one modest highlight: The indie-heavy âJunoâ movie soundtrack rose one spot to the top of the Billboard chart, becoming the first album in Rhino Recordsâ three-decade history to reach No. 1. After the announcement of four Oscar nominations for âJuno,â including best picture, the soundtrack sold 65,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, bumping Alicia Keysâs âAs I Amâ (J), which moved 60,000, to No. 2. In the fourth straight week of very low sales, Natasha Bedingfield opened at No. 3 with 50,000 copies of âPocketful of Sunshineâ (Epic), Mary J. Bligeâs âGrowing Painsâ (Geffen) sold 45,000 to reach No. 4, and Radiohead dropped one spot to No. 5 with âIn Rainbowsâ (ATO), moving 35,000. Cat Powerâs new âJukeboxâ (Matador) reached No. 12 with 29,000 copies sold.
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R&B star Rihanna spends her ninth week at number one with her single Umbrella, her biggest hit to date.
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An anti-war song is on course to enter the UK charts this weekend after being promoted at a protest rally.
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X Factor winner Leon Jackson storms towards this year's Christmas number one title in the singles chart.
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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&#39;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&#39;s &quot;Reba Duets.&quot;
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Black Eyed Peas singer  Fergie scored her third No. 1 hit from her solo album &quot;The  Dutchess&quot; Thursday as &quot;Big Girls Don&#39;t Cry&quot; inched up one place  to lead the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Alicia Keys began a fourth week at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday, while another tune from the R&B singer flew up the rankings.
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Brits success helps return Keane's album Hopes and Fears back to the top of the UK album chart.
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Scottish crooner Leon Jackson is set to be Christmas number one after winning the X Factor.
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Take That, Leona Lewis and Mika shortlisted for four awards each
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Justin Timberlake celebrates his first solo UK number one single, knocking Beyonce and Jay-Z off the top.
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Leona Lewis is among five acts included on the final shortlist for single of the year at the Brit Awards.