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Chart Check: R. Kelly

R. Kelly's new CD, Double Up, is in the number one spot on both the Billboard 200 and the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop album charts today after selling almost 400,000 copies in the US and getting rave reviews from the press. The CD features Usher, Kid Rock, Nelly, Ludacris, Keyshia Cole, and Houston's own Chamillionaire, among others. The album's current single, "I'm a Flirt," peaked at No. 2 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. - Olivia Flores Alvarez

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Olivia Flores Alvarez