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Jay Z might soon overtake Elvis Presley

Thursday, September 17, 2009, 12:06 [IST]

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London, (ANI): Jay-Z may soon become the solo artist with the most chart-toppers in US chart history beating King of Rock 'n' Roll Elvis Presley. The rap star's new album 'Blueprint 3' might as well be his 11th American number one album, which will take him past the late 'Jailhouse Rock' hitmaker's record of 10 number ones.

Billboard said the 39-year-old had so far shifted 476,000 copies of the LP, the BBC News reports. Meanwhile, the Beatles still retain their position as the most successful act on the US chart, with 19 US number one albums

Topics: blueprint 3, elvis presley, jailhouse rock, jay z

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Jude 18 Sep 2009 04:17 pm

That's a bit misleading as the comparison doesn't really make sense anymore. Elvis' era was quite different, and Elvis's strength has always remained in singles. Since he never wrote his own music, RCA Victor churned out a lot of singles of Elvis throughout his life, that's why Elvis remains the largest solo single seller. How many Elvis Presley albums do people know? I can bet not very much, so considering his studio albums even reached no.1 is quite legendary, it sold tremendously along with with everything else. In his day "45's" were the big thing, double sided vinyls with one song on each side.