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Diana Krall

Seeing the great Diana Krall again, now that she's a mother, is a real kick in the head, as Dean Martin used to say. And the way she talked about maternity would have gone right over with the Rat Pack. More

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Rank	Weeks	Title
1	1	Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
2	8	Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
3	1	Dave Matthews And Tim Reynolds - Live At Radio City
4	5	Various Artists - NOW 25
5	6	Soundtrack - Hairspray
6	2	UGK - Underground Kingz
7	48	Fergie - The Dutchess
8	2	Jonas Brothers - Jonas Brothers
9	2	Plies - The Real Testament
10	3	Common - Finding Forever

Rank	Weeks	Title
1	13	Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
2	18	Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
3	12	Timbaland Featuring Keri Hilson - The Way I Are
4	21	Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
5	4	Kanye West - Stronger
6	6	Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
7	12	T-Pain Featuring Akon - Bartender
8	19	Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z - Umbrella
9	13	Fabolous Featuring Ne-Yo - Make Me Better
10	11	Hurricane Chris - A Bay Bay

Rank	Weeks	Title
1	1	High School Musical 2
2	8	Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus
3	6	Hairspray
4	84	High School Musical
5	43	Hannah Montana
6	4	El Cantante (Marc Anthony)
7	13	Once
8	7	Transformers: The Album
9	3	Bratz
10	112	Grease

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1	Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
2	Dave Matthews And Tim Reynolds - Live At Radio City
3	Soundtrack - Hairspray
4	Paramore - RIOT!
5	Colbie Caillat - Coco
6	Jonas Brothers - Jonas Brothers
7	Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope
8	Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
9	Soundtrack - High School Musical
10	Blaqk Audio - Cexcells

1	Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
2	Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
3	Elvis Presley - The King
4	Nelly Furtado - Loose
5	Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
6	Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight
7	Timbaland - Timbaland Presents Shock Value
8	Befour - All 4 One
9	Marquess - Frenetica
10	Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks

1	Elton John - Your Song
2	Grupo Montez De Durango - Adios Amor Te Vas
3	Henry Mancini - Pink Panther
4	Koji Kondo - Super Mario Brothers Theme
5	50 Cent Featuring Olivia - Candy Shop
6	Beyonce - Irreplaceable
7	Afroman - Because I Got High
8	Nickelback - Rockstar
9	T-Pain Featuring Akon - Bartender
10	Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z - Umbrella

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