Rihanna achieves chart landmark
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R&B star Rihanna's song Umbrella is the longest-running number one single in a decade with 10 weeks on top.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Usher and Alicia Keys' "My Boo"  topped the Billboard Hot 100 single chart for a second  consecutive week, and their duet also took the No. 1 slot on  the newly unveiled Hot Ringtones chart.
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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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R&B singer Rihanna is to score the longest-running UK number one single for more than a decade, reports say.
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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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Robbie Williams shot straight to the top  of the UK pop charts on Sunday after his latest single beat off  a string of other new entries.
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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 continues to shoot down rumors that she hooked up with Jay-Z, her boss Â and Beyonce's boyfriend.
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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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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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Reformed Take That top the UK's singles and albums charts simultaneously for the first time in their career.
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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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Having a No. 1 album just isnât what it used to be. This week Alicia Keys is back atop the Billboard chart with âAs I Amâ (J), but the 61,000 copies it has sold is barely above the historic low for a No. 1 album, Nielsen SoundScan reported. The âJunoâ soundtrack, on Rhino, fell to No. 2, with 55,000 sold. New releases dot the chart this week. The Mars Volta, which revels in head-spinningly complex progressive rock, opened in the third spot with 54,000 sales of âFrances the Muteâ (Universal); the Welsh heavy metal band Bullet for My Valentine reached fourth place with âScream Aim Fireâ (Jive), selling 53,000; and the â2008 Grammy Nomineesâ compilation (Hip-O/Universal) moved 50,000, opening at No. 5. The remix album âHannah Montana 2: Non-Stop Dance Partyâ (Disney) bowed at No. 7, and Vampire Weekend, the acclaimed New York indie band, reached No. 17 with its self-titled debut on the XL label.
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie scored her third No. 1 hit from her solo album "The Dutchess" Thursday as "Big Girls Don't Cry" inched up one place to lead the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
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R&amp;B singer Usher, who scored the biggest album of the year and four No. 1 singles, picked up 11 trophies at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Wednesday, with Alicia Keys, OutKast
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Rookie rapper Flo Rida's "Low" ruled  the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a fourth week Thursday,  leading a remarkably stable field.
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The third single from Rihanna's  sophomore set, "A Girl Like Me," packs a much better radio  punch than her preceding solemn ballad, "Unfaithful."