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HITS Daily Double
Next week, look for Linkin Park’s first new studio album for WB in four years, Minutes to Midnight, to top the chart.

BUBLE, BONE, BOBBY,
BABS TOP CHART

Reprise Crooner #1 in Second Week, as Retail Experiences a Mother of a Week
Michael Buble’s bubbling over. The Reprise Records crooner parlays all those Mother’s Day sales into a #1 debut on this week’s HITS Top 50, with a total of 143k in sales, for his album Call Me Irresponsible.

There’s no telling how many muthas bought the Interscope comeback album Strength & Loyalty from rap pioneers Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, but there were at least 116k of them, enough for the disc to bow at #2.

DTP/Def Jam/IDJ R&B star Bobby Valentino used the Special Occasion for a #3 bow and 90k in sales.

Columbia lefty diva Barbra Streisand was apparently high on many moms’ wish lists as she managed to debut at #7 with her two-CD Live in Concert 2006 album to the tune of almost 60k. James Brolin may never have to do another Amco spot as long as he lives.

Last week’s chart-topper, Def Jam/IDJ’s Ne-Yo, falls to #4, still enough to give label ruler L.A. Reid two of the top three this week.

Arista/RMG’s Avril Lavigne leads the rest of the holdovers at #5, followed by RCA/RMG’s Daughtry (#6), Arista/RMG’s Carrie Underwood (#8), SBMG Nashville’s Martina McBride (#9) and EMI’s Now 24 (#10), giving Sony BMG five of the Top 10 for the week.

Other newcomers include Atlantic Icelandic eccentric Bjork’s Volta (#14), Koch’s Diplomats (#22), Atlantic’s Yolanda Adams (#49) and RCA/RMG’s Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (#50).

It was a Happy Mother’s Day for another batch of mom-friendly artists, with Buble’s fellow Reprise artist Josh Groban leading the way, as his Awake album rises #49-32, a 63% jump.

McBride (+51%), Daughtry (+34%) and Underwood (32%) all experience major jumps, as did Blue Note’s Norah Jones (#40-24, +46%), LaFace/ZLG’s Pink (#44-33, +32%) and Aware/Columbia’s John Mayer (#48-44, +31%).

Next week, look for Linkin Park’s first new studio album for WB in four years, Minutes to Midnight, to top the chart. Also on tap, SBMG Nashville’s Gretchen Wilson, Blackground/Universal Motown’s Tank, Roadrunner’s Megadeth, Nonesuch’s Wilco and Geffen’s Rufus Wainwright.