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Miami's Rick Ross raps his way to No 1

Friday, August 18, 2006

In a week that saw five Top 10 bows and 19 new chart entries, rapper Rick Ross' rookie release, Port of Miami , beat all comers by a comfortable margin. Powered by the hit hip-hop anthem Hustlin', the album docked at number one with 187,000 copies for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Checking in a distant second was Breaking Benjamin's Phobia with 125,000.

With new albums taking the top two spots, Now That's What I Call Music! 22 slipped to number three on 104,000 copies.
P Diddy's new Bad Boy gal Cassie sold 100,000 copies of her self-titled debut to open at number four. The album benefits from the hit single Me & U, though the young singer also made recent headlines in less favourable circumstances. A different and overly sexual version of the Me & U video was leaked on the Internet. Moreover, her live performances on national TV got the thumbs-down.

The controversies led the singer to post a message on her MySpace page saying, "I am aware that my live performances have been pretty bad...no excuses, I'm still getting over stage fright".

The Step Up soundtrack, which benefitted from buzz over the surprise box-office hit, sold 59,000 at number six.


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