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TIMBERLAND UNSEATS RIHANNA ON THE UK CHARTS

Timbaland's "The Way I Are" (Interscope) featuring Keri Hilson ended Rihanna's epic run at the top of the U.K. singles chart yesterday (July 29), outselling Kate Nash's "Foundations" (Fiction/Polydor) by the narrowest of margins.

The Timbaland track climbed 3-1 to finish the 10-week run of "Umbrella" (Def Jam), featuring Jay-Z, which fell to No. 3. But weekly sales of 33,578 for "The Way" were just 16 more than those for Nash's track, which spent a second consecutive week at No. 2, and fourth in total, and may go down as one of the most unlucky tracks to miss out on No. 1 in chart history.

Rihanna had the consolation of seeing "Shut Up and Drive," also from her "Good Girl Gone Bad" album, race 65-18, while the album itself climbed 11-10. Green Day's "Simpsons Theme" (Reprise), all 81 seconds of it, debuted at No. 19. The film from which it appears opened at No. 1 over the weekend at the U.S. box office.

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Posted by Dr.Drew on Monday, July 30, 2007 at Monday, July 30, 2007
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