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5 items by Eric Boehlert

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  Dion, Titanic Drive the Charts | ARTICLE

  Is Titantic's joyride on the charts about to come to an end? The blockbuster soundtrack managed to log its fifteenth straight week at No. 1, but the record's eye-popping sales numbers are starting to look merely mortal. And with a...

  April 22, 1998 12:00 AM ET
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  Master P Hooks # 3 | ARTICLE

  Nothing like the Easter/Passover holiday weekend, combined with spring break, to drive consumers into record stores and boost music sales. For the week ending April 12, the soundtrack to Titanic remained at No. 1 for the fourteenth consecutive week, selling 410,000...

  April 15, 1998 12:00 AM ET
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  Gang Starr Bows At No. 6 | ARTICLE

  With their first record in four years, the rap team of DJ Premier and lyricist Guru -- together known as Gang Starr -- storm the top ten this week with Moment of Truth, which debuts at No. 6, for the...

  April 9, 1998 12:00 AM ET
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  Cappadonna Debuts At No. 3 | ARTICLE

  Another month, another Wu-Tang Clan Top 10 solo release, right? Well, this time it's Cappadonna's turn as he steps out from the Staten Island rap dynasty with The Pillage, this week's highest charting debut on the music sales chart. The album broke...

  April 2, 1998 12:00 AM ET
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  Van Halen Debut At No. 4, Can't Top "Titanic" | ARTICLE

  Two more heavyweights, one from the world of rap and one from rock, took their best shot at knocking off Titanic as the country's best-selling record, and both came up way short. Master P posse member C-Murder's Life or Death debuts...

  March 26, 1998 12:00 AM ET