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Once More, With Loathing: Are Labels Moving To Kill The Single Again? [A 100 And Single Special Report]
Posted on August 28, 2008
Last Friday, one of the regular commenters on my 100 and Single column poured cold water all over my prediction that Estelle's American Boy might finally creep into the U.S. Top 10. Noted regular reader ukidol, Estelle's song has been removed from iTunes since the start of the week, so she'll drop sharply in the next chart. Think they're hoping for a Kid Rock-style album boost. We won't find out how Estelle fared until the new Hot 100 appears later today, but yesterday's release of SoundScan figures bear out ukidol's prediction. American Boy, which the prior week was the sixth-best sell...
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