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TLC Reclaims Top Of Chart As B.G. Makes Big Debut

With few new arrivals making waves, TLC will ride relatively quiet chart waters to the number one spot on next week's "Billboard" album chart according to Soundscan sales figures released Wednesday.

The group sees sales of its "Fanmail" bump from 164,000 last week to 180,000 this week to reclaim the top spot, which it held for four weeks immediately after its release.

TLC's return to number one sends Nas down to number two. His "I Am" sold another 152,000 copies as it drops to two after two weeks on top of the chart.

The week's highest debut belongs to Cash Money rapper B.G., whose "Chopper City in the Ghetto" lands at number nine in its first week on the chart. Other notable debuts include Case at 33 with "Personal Conversation," Wu Syndicate at 61 with "Syndicate," and "Ally McBeal" songstress Vonda Shepard at 79 with "By 7:30.

Also arriving on the chart next week is KMFDM, a band that landed amid a swirl of controversy when some of its lyrics turned up on a website

produced by Eric Harris, one of the teen gunmen at the center of last week's high school shooting in Colorado. The group's final album, "Adios," debuts at 189 next week.

While it's hardly a new arrival, Kid Rock's "Devil Without A Cause" is making a new charge on the chart after 17 weeks in stores. The album jumps from 36 to 26 next week after seeing its sales bounce from 33,000 to 40,000.

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