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One of the pillars of Jay's legend has always been that he achieved all of his success, all of his 11 number one albums, without ever having a number one hit single. Well those days are officially over, because BP3's killer anthem "Empire State of Mind" with Alicia Keys is now the number one song in the country. It's a monster track and well deserved. Play it for the nth time (of many more to come, now) above.

>> Jay-Z Scores His First #1 Hit [MTV]

Saw the 50 Cent-guesting video during some am, video block Insomnia purgatory. Trash of the lowest grade.

Anyway, these two motherfuckers debut in the top ten at number seven, well beneath Eminem's 211,000 shipped units, a sophomore week decline in sales of over 60% but plenty to bully every other album on the planet.

Marilyn Manson's new, irrelevant album debuts at number four, Grizzly Bear's creamed over indie rock opus rides the buzz to a longshot number eight debut.

Method Man, Redman and Busta fall outta the top ten, Green Day, Hannah Montana, Lady Gaga, Kenny Chesney, Rascall Flatts, Taylor Swift round out Billboard's top tier this week.

As expected, Eminem's first solo album in five years ate the top spot on the Billboard Album Charts. Relapse moved over 608,000 units.

Green Day's terrible three chord rock opera holds down the runner up slot in its sophomore week.

In hip-hop, Method Man and Redman's Blackout! 2 falls three spots to number seven from yesterday's initial report. This after Def Jam mistakenly estimated the reunion record's gross output at 63,800, off by 6,000 jewel cases.

This means Busta Rhymes, having sold over 59,000 records, wins silver in last week's hip-hop arms race.

Kenny Chesney, Dance Cook, Hannah Montana, Lady Gaga, Tori Amos and Kate Voegele round out the top ten. Who the fuck is Kate Voegele?