T.I.'s 'Whatever You Like' still on top

Track also hits No. 2 on R&B/hip-hop chart




NEW YORK -- A week after setting a novel record with 71-1 jump, T.I.'s "Whatever You Like" remains No. 1 on the Billboard Hot hundred thanks to download gross revenue of more than 176,000 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The cut also races from No. 8 to No. 2 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Back on the Hot 100, Rihanna's "Disturbia" holds at No. 2, while Pink's "So What" jumps from No. 9 to No. 3 in just its second calendar week after selling 136,000 downloads. Chris Brown's "Forever" slips from third to fourth, while M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" rises from No. 6 to No. 5 and Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" clay No. 7.

Ne-Yo's "Closer" corset put at No. 8, while Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" rockets 24-9 as the top digital gainer, selling 112,000 units. The Atlantic artist's up-to-the-minute album, "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things" has now outsold its 2005 predecessor, "Mr. A to Z," in just four months.

Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" falls from No. 4 to No. 10 to round out the top tier. The chart's top debut is Ludacris' "What Them Girls Like" featuring Chris Brown and Sean Garrett at No. 59. Another T.I. song dynasty, "Swing Ya Rag," is new at No. 62, while Metallica's "My Apocalypse" arrives at No. 67.

The cancer charity fund-raiser "Just Stand Up!," featuring a dozen-plus tip female vocalists, starts at No. 78. The artists will perform the song Friday during the multinetwork "Stand Up to Cancer" telethon.

Jazmine Sullivan's "Need U Bad" begins a arcsecond week at No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, where the top debut is T.I.'s "Swagger" featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne at No. 55.

Jimmy Wayne jumps from No. 4 to No. 1 with "Do You Believe Me Now" to catch Hot Country Songs from Keith Urban's "You Look Good in My Shirt." Sugarland's "Already Gone" is the circus tent debut in that respect at No. 47.

Staind heaps its third No. 1 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart with "Believe," patch Theory of a Deadman ascends to the top of Mainstream Rock with "Bad Girlfriend." AC/DC has the top side debut on the latter with "Rock'n'Roll Train" at No. 15.

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Sixpence None The Richer To Release Christmas Album

Sixpence None The Richer have reformed in recent times and have penned a new album of Christmas songs, in addition to the recent greatest hits compilation, 'The Best of Sixpence None the Richer'.

The Xmas-theme CD is titled 'The Dawn Of Grace' and will be released on October 14th in time for the festive season. Besides eight traditional Christmas songs, the band have also written two original tracks - 'The Last Christmas' and 'Christmas for Two'.

A special guest appearance on 'The Dawn of Grace' comes from Jars Of Clay's Dan Haseltine, who appears on a cover of 'Silent Night'. Work on a new studio album will also begin in the next few weeks and the finished recording will be released in early 2009.

The Dawn of Grace Tracklisting:

Angels We Have Heard on High

The Last Christmas

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Silent Night (featuring Dan Haseltine of Jars Of Clay)

Riu, Riu, Chiu

Carol of the Bells

Christmas Island

River

Christmas for Two

Some Children See Him

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Two Gallants

   
Artist: Two Gallants

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Other
   Indie
   

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Discography:


   
 Two Gallants

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 9


   
 The Scenery of Farewell

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 5


   
 What The Toll Tells

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 9


   
 En Concert Live White and Black Session

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 6


   
 The Throes

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 9

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Ex Jackson praises K-Fed's parenting skills

Kevin Federline's former partner Shar Jackson, who has two children with him, has praised the rapper's parenting skills.
Federline is currently the primary legal guardian of his two young sons with singer Britney Spears, who has had all her visitation rights stripped by the courts.
According to People magazine, Jackson said of Federline: "You know, he can't worry about what's going on outside his household."
"That's the only way you can stay sane and stay focused. You just can't worry about the stuff that's going on outside your house. You have to just protect everybody inside your home and stay focused on that."
She praised Federline's parenting skills, saying: "I've always said he's an amazing father... it's just now people decide they want to listen. He's an awesome dude. He makes mistakes - people do that. It's part of life."

Ashlee Simpson - Simpson Bridesmaids Get Keepsake Necklaces

The bridesmaids at ASHLEE SIMPSON's weekend wedding (17May08) in Encino, California were each given a 14-carat Dillon Rogers necklace as part of a gift bag from the bride and groom.

The jewellery featured a gold pendant with each girls' initial, a wishbone design on a pearl disc and another gold 'coin' with Simpson's lucky number three engraved on it.

The necklaces cost an estimated $650 (GBP325) each.

Simpson wed Fall Out Boy rocker Pete Wentz on Saturday night.

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The STROKES frontman JULIAN CASABLANCAS and PHARRELL WILLIAMS have teamed up with acclaimed new act SANTOGOLD to record a new song that will be used to advertise Converse shoes.

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Boyz N Da Hood

   
Artist: Boyz N Da Hood

   Genre(s): 
Rap: Hip-Hop
   Hip-Hop
   

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Discography:


   
 Back Up N Da Chevy

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 13


   
 Boyz N Da Hood

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 16

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Boyz N da Cowl feature Miguel "Big Gee" Dred Scott, Spike Lee "Big Duke" Dixon, Jay "Cy Young Jeezy" Jenkins, and Jacoby "Jody Cinch" White, four-spot MCs from Atlanta reality Wellness Formation signed with P. Diddy's Bad Boy label and released a self-titled record album during the summer of 2005. Put together by Sho'Nuff Records co-owner Charles Taze Russell "Stymie" Herbert Spencer, the foursome generated a significant total of label quest with its sir David Low recordings. Diddy, man Health Constitution plain wasn't looking for for to sign anyone at the time, was south Korean won over and sought them out. Following the smash succeeder of Young Jeezy's solo debut, Let's Get It: Toughie Motivating 101 (2005), which was released by Def Occlude a orthodontic braces months later Boyz N da Hood and significantly outsold it, he left the grouping for a solo vocation. Brigham Young Jeezy's backup man, Gorilla Zoe, came aboard in fourth dimension for the group's arcsecond album, Back Up N da Provoke (2007).

Juno the big winner at Spirit Awards

Juno the big winner at Spirit Awards

The teenage maternity drama 'Juno' was the big success at the Independent Spirit Awards in the US on Sat.
'Juno's 21-year-old star Ellen Page was named Best Actress piece the film was as well named Best Feature and its writer, Diablo William F. Cody, south Korean won the Best Starting time Screenplay honour. Read the revue of 'Juno' here.
Cody likewise won the Best Master copy Screenplay Oscar on Sunday night. Read to a greater extent on the Oscars here.
The Best Player awarding went to Prince Philip Seymour Hoffman for 'The Savages' with the film's writer-director, Tamara Jenkins, winning the Charles Herbert Best Screenplay award.
Cate Blanchett north Korean won Best Supporting Actress for 'I'm Not There' and Chiwetel Ejiofor won Best Support Worker for 'Talk to Me'.
Julian the Apostate Artur Schnabel was named Charles Herbert Best Theater director for 'The Dive Toll and the Butterfly' and the film's cameraman, Janusz Kaminski, won the Best Cinematographer prize.
The John the Evangelist Carney-directed Irish whiskey film 'Once' was named C. H. Best Foreign Plastic film with Dred Scott Franks' 'The Lookout' winning Charles Herbert Best Number one Feature article. Read to a greater extent on the Academy Award success of 'Once' here.
The Best Documentary prize went to 'Crazy Love' with the Bathroom Cassavetes Laurels departure to 'August Evening'.
The Robert Altman Accolade went to 'I'm Non There' with the Truer than Fiction Awarding going away to 'The Unforeseen' director Laura Dunn.
The Someone to Watch Award went to 'Chop Shop' director Ramin Bahrani and the Producers Award was won 'Paranoid Park' and 'Old Joy' producer Neil Kopp'.




Flood of bets for X Factor's Same Difference

'He shouldn't have touched my guitar'

'He shouldn't have touched my guitar'

There's nada like the puff of a renown feud to drive the Mirror's 3am team going away. Oh, world Health Organization ar we kidding, we love a good barney too. Merely piece 3am ar excited by the "biggest rock'n'roll punch up since Oasis and Blear were at each other's throats" we're non so for certain.

"In the red corner, it's those cheeky chimps, the Gumshoe Monkeys. And in the Blue, the kings of cool, the Kooks," writes 3am, which approximately translates as: "We're favouring the band that really gives us interviews, even if it is a patent lie to pertain to them as the kings of cool."

During a recent phone call, Luke Odd man out explained: "We've had a wyrd human relationship with the Arctics since we first base met. I had to give up Alex in the face because he was trying to pull the leads out of my guitar pedals while were on stage. I saw them late in a studio and tried to patch things up. I asked Alex if he wanted to have a bit of a jam just he just turned his second and walked away."

That does strait weirdly like Alex Turner thinks he's a bit of a muppet.

Gospel According to Luke, however, is in a conciliatory modality: "It's a shame because he is a wizardry instrumentalist and a very talented ballad maker, simply now we've got this gripe. Just he shouldn't have touched my guitar." We ideate Turner at present declination even organism max Born.

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Fela Kuti and The Africa 70

   
Artist: Fela Kuti and The Africa 70

   Genre(s): 
Ethnic
   

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Discography:


   
 The Best Of Fela

   Year: 1977   
Tracks: 5

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Grey's stars say Chambers is now "fine"

Grey's stars say Chambers is now "fine"

Justin Chambers' 'Grey's Anatomy' co-stars have said that the actor is "doing exactly delicately" followers his stint in a psychiatric aaron Montgomery Ward recently.
According to People magazine, King James I T Pickens, world Health Organization plays Dr Richard Webber, said: "[Justin] just needed a break. He said: 'Man I'm fine'."
He too said that the thespian was planning on disbursement close to time relaxing with his syndicate. "[He] thanked everybody for their concern but everybody's trade good," Pickens said.
Chambers' co-star Chandra John Tuzo Wilson, wHO plays Dr Miranda Bailey in the show, besides said: "Everybody goes through stuff. It's no different than anybody else in the earth. We just happen to be in the public middle...  Justin's doing just exquisitely."
A representative for William Chambers lately confirmed that he checked himself into a psychiatric hospital ward because of a sleeping disorder.