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Kanye West has reached the top spot on the US singles chart following his Number One album placing this week.
West's 'Stronger' hit the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100, knocking Soulja Boy's 'Crank' to Number Two.
Meanwhile, Timbaland's 'The Way I Are', featuring Keri Hilson, earned the Number Three position, leaving Fergie's 'Big Girls Don't Cry' at Number Four.
Also rounding out the top five was 50 Cent's 'Ayo Technology' featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland.
West's new album 'Graduation' sold a whopping 957,000 copies last week in its first six days, and had the biggest opening week of any release in the last two years.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
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