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Newsday Top Albums
(national ranking in parentheses)

1 (1) “Back to Basics,” Christina Aguilera*
2 (2) “The Phoenix,” Lyfe Jennings*
3 (5) “The Cheetah Girls 2 Soundtrack,” Various Artists
4 (8) “Second Round’s on Me,” Obie Trice
5 (4) “Unappreciated,” Cherish
6 (9) “Step Up Soundtrack,” Various Artists
7 (7) “Port of Miami,” Rick Ross
8 (6) “Now 22,” Various Artists
9 (11) “St. Elsewhere,” Gnarls Barkley
10 (53) “Ghetto Story,” Cham*
*denotes debut

Newsday Top Singles
(national ranking in parentheses)

1 (4) “(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me,” Sean Paul feat. Keyshia Cole
2 (9) “Sexy Love,” Ne-Yo
3 (--) “Feels So Good,” Remy Ma feat. Ne-Yo
4 (--) “Dutty Wine,” Tony Matterhorn
5 (3) “Promiscuous,” Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland
6 (15) “Déjà vu,” Beyonce feat. Jay-Z
7 (31) “SexyBack,” Justin Timberlake
8 (5) “Buttons,” Pussycat Dolls feat. Snoop Dogg
9 (24) “Unfaithful,” Rihanna
10 (10) “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” Panic! At the Disco