Rapper West 'overall poll winner'
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The debut album by Kanye West is named best album of 2004 in a round-up of the UK's end-of-year polls.
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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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R&B singer Alicia Keys edged past  Ray Charles to claim the lead at the midway mark of the Grammy  Awards with four prizes, but leading nominee Kanye West stole  the show shortly after being snubbed in one of the biggest  shocks in the event's recent history.
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Irish boy band Westlife were the surprise winners of a high-profile battle to top the album charts on Sunday, beating Oasis, the Beatles and U2 to the top spot.
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Description: Day to Day producer Christopher Johnson profiles rapper and producer Kanye West, who has been nominated more Grammy Awards than any other artist this year.
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Early reports have Kanye West beating 50 in their much-hyped battle of album sales
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Kanye West looks set to win the closely watched duel with rival rapper 50 Cent for the No. 1 slot on next week's U.S. pop album chart, according to preliminary sales data issued Wednesday.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Usher, Kanye West and OutKast are  the top nominees for the 32nd annual American Music Awards.
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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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If there was any doubt who 2004 belonged to in the world of   hip-hop, The Source has the answer for all the haters this   week--Kanye West.
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NEW YORK - Rapper-producer Kanye West received a leading seven Source Hip-Hop Music Awards nominations Thursday, while Ludacris got six.    West's nominations included best album, video, lyricist and producer of the year...
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Chicago rapper Kanye West, whose debut album was one of the most acclaimed releases of the year, lead the field of Grammy Award contenders with nominations in 10 categories.
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US rapper 50 Cent is beaten by rival rap star Kanye West in the battle to claim the best-selling album in the US.
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Young Buck, second from right, a member of the group G-Unit, accepts the &quot;Best Group&quot; award at the Second Annual Vibe Awards in Santa Monica, Calif.
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50 Cent, who is in a much-hyped battle of album sales with Kanye West, has canceled several performances in Europe. MTV News said the 31-year-old rapper canceled performances at the MOBO Awards and the Vodafone Live Music Awards, both in London on Wednesday, and a performance for MTV in Germany on Friday.
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Chicago rapper Kanye West, who survived a near-fatal car crash to record a debut album that ranked among the year&#39;s biggest sellers, has led the field of Grammy Award
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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.