Eminem returns to top of US chart
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Eminem goes back to the top of the US album chart a month after Encore first took the number one spot.
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Two popular rap acts occupied the  top two spots on the U.S. album charts Wednesday, with the  Game's "Doctor's Advocate" coming in at No. 1.
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Numbers from the first two days of the tracking period had chart watchers cautiously predicting that Eminem's "Encore" would reap sales of 750,000-800,000. Throw caution to the wind, as the album clocks a whopping 871,000 units.
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Bob Dylan reached the top of the U.S. pop albums chart for the first time in 30 years on Wednesday,
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Toby Keith scored his third No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, although sales were down sharply from his previous release.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Grammy-nominated punk trio Green  Day returned to the top of the U.S. pop charts Wednesday with  its hit opus "American Idiot," which sold just 178 copies more  than Eminem's reigning champ.
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Rapper Ludacris scored his third No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts
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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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Eminem is recovering from a bout with pneumonia that sent him to the hospital. "Over the holidays, Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, was under doctor's care at a Detroit-area hospital for complications due to pneumonia," the rapper's publicist, Dennis Dennehy, said Tuesday. "He has since been released and is doing well recovering at home."
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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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Rap star Snoop Dogg scores the first chart-topping single of his recording career in the US.
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Arts & entertainment: 50 Cent bumped down to number two by highest-selling album in two years.
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American Music Awards voters confessed their love for Usher as the young R&amp;B luminary grabbed four trophies at the 32nd annual event Sunday, duplicating Eminem&#39;s feat at the 2002 show.
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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 published by Billboard Wednesday.
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Eminem's new album debuted atop the charts, following a decision by the rapper's record label to move up the album's sale date amid piracy concerns.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - The soundtrack to Disney's "High School Musical 2" led the U.S. pop charts for a fourth week Wednesday, becoming the first album to achieve this feat since 50 Cent's "The Massacre" in March 2005.
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LONDON (Billboard) - Despite having been released on  Friday, Eminem's new album "Encore" went straight to the top of  the U.K. charts Sunday.