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February 2006
Barry Manilow
Tops US Chart
Singer
Barry Manilow has topped the US album
charts for the first time in nearly 29
years.
The
Greatest Songs of the Fifties sold 156,000
copies in the week ending 5 February
2006.
The
album features songs such as Unchained
Melody and Love is a Many Splendored
Thing.
Manilow
said: "I've had some pretty amazing
experiences in my career, but this one
tops them all... if you live long enough,
anything is possible!"
His only
previous album chart topper was the double
LP Live, in July 1977. Manilow's last
album, Scores: Songs From Copacabana and
Harmony, peaked at number 47 in
2004.
"It's
not only a genuine thrill to see the album
enter the charts at number one, but it's
truly an historic occasion for both of
us," said Arista Records founder Clive
Davis, who first worked with Manilow in
1974 on the Grammy-nominated
Mandy.
Last
week's number one, Ancora, by pop-opera
quartet Il Divo, fell five places to
number six. Mary J Blige's The
Breakthrough jumped two places to number
two, while Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable,
slipped one place to number
four.
Meanwhile,
James Blunt's Back to Bedlam rebounded two
places to its previous peak position of
number nine.
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