Posthumous Ray Charles Album No. 2 on U.S. Chart
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Soul music legend Ray Charles  returned to the U.S. pop charts on Wednesday three months after  his death as his final studio album, a collection of duets with  fellow recording stars, opened at No. 2.
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LOS ANGELES -- Grammy voters can&#39;t stop loving Ray Charles or, for that matter, the R&amp;B-rooted music of freshman rapper Kanye West, contemporary R&amp;B singer Usher and neo-soul singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, a formidable foursome who among them garnered 33
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CLASSIC songs that should have been No1 but didn't quite make it are being given a second chance by an internet campaign.   As downloads now count to the Official Singles Chart, a surge in internet sales of an old hit could catapult it to the top spot.
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WHEN Ray Charles died in June, he had ascended to the most rarefied level of fame; no longer merely a celebrity, he had become an institution.
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LOS ANGELES  - Producer Gregg Field   says that creating the new Ray Charles album "Ray Sings, Basie   Swings," due October 3 from Concord Records and Starbucks Hear   Music, was "like painting the Sistine Chapel with a Q-tip."
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Prior to his passing, Ray Charles played an integral part in the making of the movie about his life. By Gloria Goodale | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Between losing his brother at age 5, his eyesight at 7 and both parents by 15, as well as having a two-decade heroin habit and affairs with countless women, Ray Charles had enough drama in his life to fill a movie without a note of music being played.
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Green Day topped the U.S. pop albums chart for a second consecutive week Wednesday, passing the two million sales mark and extending its lead over Eminem during a quiet sales period.
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He returns to the US Open as its defending champion and is ranked No. 2 in the world. He&#39;ll turn 22 on Monday and already he has achieved pop culture status -- which means Web sites and magazines
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Ahmet Ertegun, who helped define American music as the founder of Atlantic Records, a label that popularized the gritty R&amp;B of Ray Charles, the classic soul of Aretha Franklin and the British rock of the Rolling Stones, has died, his spokesman said. He was 83.
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Ray Charles' final album, "Genius Loves Company," won a leading six Grammys in the pre-telecast Grammy ceremony on Sunday.
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In yet another big week for new releases on the U.S. albums chart, the
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On June 10, 2004, America lost one of its most influential and beloved musicians of all time: Ray Charles Robinson. A respectable tribute, âRayâ is a biopic profiling the life of the late Ray Charles, played here by Jamie Foxx.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pop band Maroon 5's first album in four years opened at No. 1 on the U.S. charts Wednesday, while veteran rocker Ozzy Osbourne scored a personal best with his first release in six years.
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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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The critically acclaimed Ray Charles movie "Ray," starring Jamie Foxx as the late "genius of soul," will come out in three home video versions Feb. 1, one week after Oscar nominations are announced, Universal Studios said Wednesday.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - One of the strongest sellers  among music releases during the fourth quarter may be a dark  horse title.