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"The Big News: After a rough year, Christmas finally arrived for the compact-disc industry, as the top twenty-three albums on the Billboard 200 sold more than 100,000. Josh Groban&amp;apos;s Noel led the way by moving an additional 758,590 copies to spend yet another week at Number One. Mary J. Blige&amp;apos;s Growing Pains debuted strongly with 629,000, enough to grab the two spot from the clutches of Alicia Keys&amp;apos; As I Am, which fell to three despite selling 473,768 discs, a figure that propelled it to double-platinum status.\r\nDebuts: After Blige, Jaheim was the next highest-ranking debut, as his Makings of a Man had the makings of an eleven-spot entry, thanks to 175,910 copies sold. Lupe Fiasco&amp;apos;s sophomore set The Cool had a solid week, as the Chicago MC took number fifteen with 143,407 copies. The Sweeney Todd soundtrack arrived at fifty-six, Chingy&amp;apos;s Love It or Hate It landed at eighty-four and, proving that Weezer fans don&amp;apos;t give an eff about Xmas, Rivers Cuomo&amp;apos;s Alone -- The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo, stumbled out of the gate, selling only 14,163 copies on its way to 153.\r\nLast Week&amp;apos;s Heroes: Mary J. elbowed her way in, but last week&amp;apos;s top ten stayed mostly intact, with Mannheim Steamroller and Garth Brooks dropping to the low-teens to make room for Blige and Chris Brown. The big week helped put some more platinum records on the walls of rockers&amp;apos; bathrooms, as Groban climbed past three million, Linkin Park&amp;apos;s Minutes to Midnight eked past double platinum and MySpace sensation Colbie Caillat managed to sell one million copies of Coco. Next week, in what may mark the end of Groban&amp;apos;s reign, Keys and Blige will likely duke it out for the crown."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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