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Stevie Wonder

In marvelous, confident voice, Wonder delivered 130 minutes of hits and album cuts that mostly had the Greek Theatre audience alternately rapt and raucous. More

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Rank	Weeks	Title
1	4	Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
2	51	Fergie - The Dutchess
3	11	Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
4	2	Casting Crowns - The Altar And The Door
5	1	Chiodos - Bone Palace Ballet
6	9	Soundtrack - Hairspray
7	8	Various Artists - NOW 25
8	101	Nickelback - All The Right Reasons
9	26	Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
10	17	Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight

Rank	Weeks	Title
1	9	Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
2	7	Kanye West - Stronger
3	21	Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
4	15	Timbaland Featuring Keri Hilson - The Way I Are
5	15	T-Pain Featuring Akon - Bartender
6	31	Nickelback - Rockstar
7	24	Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
8	16	Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
9	13	Plies Featuring T-Pain - Shawty
10	12	Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil Kim - Let It Go

Rank	Weeks	Title
1	4	High School Musical 2
2	11	Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus
3	9	Hairspray
4	87	High School Musical
5	46	Hannah Montana
6	16	Once
7	7	El Cantante (Marc Anthony)
8	3	Halloween
9	10	Transformers: The Album
10	115	Grease

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1	Colbie Caillat - Coco
2	Soundtrack - High School Musical 2
3	Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Live At Radio City
4	Luciano Pavarotti - The Best: Farewell Tour
5	Eric Hutchinson - Sounds Like This
6	Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Lifeline
7	Casting Crowns - The Altar And The Door
8	Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
9	Chiodos - Bone Palace Ballet
10	Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

1	Manu Chao - La Radiolina
2	Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
3	Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
4	Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
5	Hard-Fi - Once Upon A Time In The West
6	Bushido - 7
7	Timbaland - Timbaland Presents Shock Value
8	Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals - Lifeline
9	Elvis Presley - The King
10	Annett Louisan - Das Optimale Leben

1	Koji Kondo - Super Mario Brothers Theme
2	Henry Mancini - Pink Panther
3	Grupo Montez De Durango - Adios Amor Te Vas
4	50 Cent Featuring Olivia - Candy Shop
5	Nickelback - Rockstar
6	Afroman - Because I Got High
7	Beyonce - Irreplaceable
8	John Carpenter - Halloween
9	50 Cent & Olivia - Best Friend
10	Plies Featuring T-Pain - Shawty

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50 Cent Still Confident In Sales Battle With Kanye

After weeks of public rivalry between 50 Cent and Kanye West about whose Sept. 11 album release would sell more copies, West's "Graduation" (Def Jam) has pulled into a six-figure lead over 50's "Curtis" (G-Unit/Interscope), based on projections from representatives at the four major labels. That data indicates "Graduation" leads with 781,000 units, followed by "Curtis" with 603,000. More

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