Girls Aloud seize UK number one
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Pop group Girls Aloud's cover version of the Pretenders' I'll Stand By You is the UK's new number one single.
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In yet another big week for new  releases on the U.S. albums chart, the MTV-constructed band  Danity Kane trumped hip-hop duo OutKast to take the top spot,  while Paris Hilton scored the highest debut for a new solo  female pop artist this year with a No. 6 entry.
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Green Day claimed the Number One spot on the album chart this week by selling 267,000 copies of American Idiot, according to Nielson SoundScan.
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The Black Eyed Peas beat Celine Dion and James Blunt to the top spot.
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The Klaxons scored a shock upset by winning Britain&#39;s prestigious Mercury Prize on Tuesday, beating out favourites Amy Winehouse and the Arctic Monkeys.
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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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Singer-songwriter Amy MacDonald knocks Radiohead off the number one slot in the UK album chart with This is The Life.
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British pop group Girls Aloud blew Irish rockers U2 from the top of the UK singles charts on Sunday with their cover of The Pretenders ballad "I'll Stand By You," the Official UK Charts Company said.
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Arctic Monkeys, the band that attracted a massive following on the Internet before they had even released a single, have won the prestigious Mercury Prize for their debut album.
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Californian band Maroon 5's first album in four years has gone straight to the top of the US album chart.
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Boy band Take That crown their successful comeback by topping the nominations for the 2008 Brit Awards.
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Top-selling bands The Beatles, Oasis, U2 and Westlife go head-to-head in the album charts.
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British talent including Dido, Will Young, and Katie Melua pushed United Kingdom album sales to a record 237 million units in the year ending Sept.
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London piano pop group Scouting For Girls go to number one in the UK album chart with their debut.
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The reworked Band Aid charity single "Do  They Know It's Christmas?" has clinched the coveted Christmas  number one spot on the UK pop charts, the Official UK Charts  Company said Sunday.
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A re-make of the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" has shot straight to number one in the British charts, official figures showed.
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The Brits went pop on Monday with  Lebanese singer Mika, boy band Take That and reality TV star  Leona Lewis taking the lead when nominations were announced for  an industry struggling to adapt to the digital age.