Holy Reba! Country Singer Ousts Everyone On The Charts
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Remember that feud for the Number One slot between Kanye West and 50 Cent. Both rappers got beat this week by Reba McEntire. Reba Duets featuring the red-haired crooner collaborating with artists like Rascal Flatts, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Justin Timberlake and Kelly Clarkson, sold 301,000 copies its first week out. Reba McEntire feat. Kelly Clarkson, "Because of You" off Reba DuetsKanye West was pushed back to Number Two, after Graduation only sold 226,000 copies this week, a huge drop from the last week which saw sales near the 1,000,000 mark. Sales of 50 Cent's Curtis also slipped substantially with only 143,000 units moved this last week.The third in the series of Barry Manilow Greatest Songs collection, The Greatest Songs of the Seventies debuted this week at Number Four selling 113,000 copies.Stepping down two spots each this week were Kenny Chesney's Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates (Number Five, 112,00 copies sold) and Disney's High School Musical 2 soundtrack (Number Six, 99,000). James Blunt, "1979" off All The Lost SoulsThe next three spots went to new debuts this week from James Blunt, Chamillionaire and KT Tunstall. Blunt's sophomore release All the Lost Souls clocked in at Number Seven, selling 92,000 copies. Chamillionaire's Ultimate Victory off his own label and Universal subsidiary, Chamillitary, debuted at Number Eight with 79,000 sold copies. Tunstall's sophomore album, Drastic Fantastic sold 50,000 to land at Number Nine.KT Tunstall, "Hold On" off Drastic FantasticTaking the last spot on the chart this week was Twista's fifth album, Adrenaline Rush 2007, which only sold 41,000 copies its first week out.Close behind the soundtrack to the Sean Penn-directed Into the Wild, written by Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder. It landed at Eleven selling 39,000 copies its debut week.








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