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Article: Mary J. Blige Hits #1 Again (and Again and Again).
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- PR Newswire
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- January 18, 2006
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- There is no stopping the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul! Mary J. Blige has ascended to the top spot on the Billboard 200 again this week with sales of 118,022. Not content to sit atop just one chart, Mary's single "Be Without You" is currently #1 at Urban radio and the video for the track is the #1 most played on BET.
Released on December 20th, "The Breakthrough" rocketed up the Billboard chart to debut at #1. Massive first week sales of 727,163 earned it the honor of being the best opening week for a solo R&B female artist in SoundScan history. The CD also has the distinction of being the fourth-best debut of all of 2005. "The ...
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