Diddy did it. His "Making the Band 3" girl group debuts at No. 1 on sales of 234,000 copies of its eponymous debut, beating out OutKast's "Idlewild" soundtrack, which sold 196,000 copies,
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Newsday's Top Albums and Singles (compiled by Billboard) on the jump
Newsday Top Albums
(national ranking in parentheses)
1 (1) “Danity Kane,” Danity Kane*
2 (3) “Back to Basics,” Christina Aguilera
3 (2) “Idlewild,” OutKast*
4 (9) “The Ultimate Luther Vandross,” Luther Vandross*
5 (6) “Paris,” Paris Hilton*
6 (5) “The Cheetah Girls 2 Soundtrack,” Various Artists
7 (4) “Amar Es Combatir,” Mana*
8 (10) “Kelis Was Here,” Kelis
9 (7) “Now 22,” Various Artists
10 (16) “Step Up Soundtrack,” Various Artists
Newsday Top Singles
(national ranking in parentheses)
1 (9) “Sexy Love,” Ne-Yo
2 (3) “(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me,” Sean Paul feat. Keyshia Cole
3 (--) “Dutty Wine,” Tony Matterhorn
4 (1) “SexyBack,” Justin Timberlake
5 (16) “Pullin’ Me Back,” Chingy feat. Tyrese
6 (5) “Buttons,” Pussycat Dolls feat. Snoop Dogg
7 (6) “Promiscuous,” Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland
8 (22) “Déjà vu,” Beyonce feat. Jay-Z
9 (19) “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” Panic! At the Disco
10 (4) “Crazy,” Gnarls Barkley