4 musical acts lead Billboard nominees
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The field of chart-topping potential winners was wide open as four acts from different genres led the pack of nominees for Monday's 2006 Billboard Music Awards.
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With four nominations, R&amp;B hitmaker Usher tops the list of contenders for the 32nd annual American Music Awards. Superstar rap duo OutKast and hip-hop newcomer Kanye West garnered three nominations apiece.
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Usher, Alicia Keys and OutKast are competing at the Billboard Awards in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
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A spiffed up version of Usher's "Confessions" and new releases by country mainstay George Strait and rock acts Good Charlotte and Korn took over the top four slots on the U.S. pop albums chart, according to sales data issued Wednesday.
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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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Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood led the nominees for Country Music Television's 2007 CMT Music Awards with three apiece Wednesday.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - 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.
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Call it the night of multiple nominations. More than a dozen artists headed into the 2006 American Music Awards on Tuesday with at least two chances to win, including Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, Eminem, Carrie Underwood and Mary J. Blige.
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Once again Usher, Kanye West and Outkast top the list of nominations for a music awards show. Usher leads the pack with four nominations but West and Outkast arenât far behind with three nods each.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - With the help of Alicia Keys, R&B  singer Usher grabbed his fourth No. 1 of the year on  Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday.
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Those synthesized tunes that send people grabbing for their cell phones and annoy patrons in restaurants and theaters have been recognized as part of the music industry by Billboard Magazine.
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R&B singer Usher leads the race for the Billboard awards with nominations in 13 categories.
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Three albums that reached stores ahead of schedule will lead the next Billboard 200 chart and raise the profile of hip-hop and R&B.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - A spiffed up version of Usher's  "Confessions" and new releases by country mainstay George  Strait and rock acts Good Charlotte and Korn took over the top  four slots on the U.S. pop albums chart, according to sales  data issued Wednesday.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - 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 issued Wednesday.
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Mary J. Blige and Justin Timberlake, who had two of the year's most popular albums, were expected to see more success at Thursday's 49th annual Grammy nominations.
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Usher may not want to ring in the new year. This one's been too good to him. The R&amp;B impresario dominated the 2004 Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday night, picking up 11 awards in the latest in a string of accolades he has earned this year.