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The Scottish singing sensation went from dowdy unknown to Internet sensation to the top of the charts, and then some!

'The Circle' sells 163,000 copies to debut at #1 -- Bon Jovi climbed into the driver's seat on the U.S. album chart this week, as the New Jersey band debuted at No. 1 with its Island release "The Circle."

Black Eyed Peas set a new record for the longest successive stay at the top of the US singles chart by a duo or group.

Daughtry's sophomore album, Leave This Town, enters The Billboard 200 at #1. This makes the band's leader, Chris Daughtry, the first American Idol alumnus to land back-to-back #1 albums. Daughtry rang the bell for two weeks in early 2007. Kelly Clarkson is the only other Idol alum to notch two #1 albums, and hers weren't consecutive.

Michael Jackson's songs and albums went to the top of the charts in the days and weeks following his death --and there may be plenty more hits to come, if his rumored plethora of unreleased songs find their way to the public.

Michael Jackson is still King, but Maxwell and Hannah Montana make for a nice royal court. Despite big bows from the Brooklyn crooner and the Disney queen, the late King of...

Michael Jackson's music sales keep soaring as fans purchased more than 800,000 of his albums last week, Billboard magazine said.

It’s been a day of seconds for the Jonas Brothers: After we revealed the JoBros featured on their second Rolling Stone cover, the trio also learned that they’ve topped the sales chart for the second time as Lines, Vines and Trying Times cruised to Number One with 247,000 copies sold.

The Big News: Even an uncomfortable encounter with Brüno couldn’t stop Eminem from trumping the competition on the charts this week as Relapse stayed at Number One for a second week with another 210,000 copies sold. That total nearly tripled the units sold by the Number Two album, Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown, which moved ...

The Big News: Rascal Flatts’ Unstoppable proved to be just that, crushing the week’s competition on its way to Number One and 351,000 copies sold. The country group almost doubled the sales of the week’s runner-up, the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack, which jumped from Five last week to Two thanks in part ...