Kanye dethrones Mariah on singles chart
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Kanye West's "Gold Digger" featuring Jamie Foxx hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Thursday, ending the reign of Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together."
Carey's "Shake It Off" remained No. 2 for a second week and "We Belong Together" fell to No. 4 after holding the top position for 14 of the last 15 weeks.
"Gold Digger" burned up the Pop 100 chart, making an unprecedented leap from No. 94 to No. 2, right behind the Pussycat Dolls "Don't Cha."
Missy Elliott's "Lose Control" featuring Ciara and Fat Man Scoop sat at No. 3 on the Hop 100 with "Don't Cha" at No. 5.
Bow Wow's "Like You" featuring Ciara was No. 6, followed by Rihanna's "Pon de Replay." Fall Out Boy's "Sugar, We're Going Down" held the No. 8 slot and Bow Wow's "Let Me Hold You" and Lifehouse's "You and Me" filled out the top tier.
The Hot 100's greatest sales gainer was "Helena (So Long & Goodnight)" by My Chemical Romance, which jumped from No. 72 to No. 33. The top debut was Sean Paul's "We Be Burnin'" at No. 88.
Rockers rush to make fastest album
LONDON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Radiohead, Kaiser Chiefs, Keane and Antony and the Johnsons were among the British bands racing Thursday to release a charity album in record time.
The bands are in studios all over the world recording tracks for "Help: A Day in the Life" to be ready for download by fans Friday with the album due out Sept. 26, the BBC reported. The money raised by downloads will go to the Warchild charity.
Razorlight, the Magic Numbers, The Coral, Bloc Party, Hard-Fi, Belle & Sebastian and Mylo are among the other artists taking part.
Oasis, Blur, Manic Street Preachers, Portishead, Suede, the Stone Roses and Sinead O'Connor were among the artists to first attempt this feat for the Warchild charity in 1985. That album raised about $2.2 million for children of the Bosnian war.
This season is last for 'King of the Hill'
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- "King of the Hill" creator Mike Judge says he's going to end the animated Fox TV show with the 10th season finale.
"There is an end in sight here," Judge told the New York Post. "I think 10 (seasons) is a good, round number."
Fox refused to confirm the impending demise of the popular Sunday night cartoon, saying "no decisions had been made" regarding the show's fate, the Post said Thursday. "King" makes its season debut Sept. 18.
Judge, however, is already eulogizing "King of the Hill," saying he's hopeful it will be remembered for "portraying normal, unhip middle-Americans with dignity -- instead of just making fun of them in a crass way."
Booker prize shortlist announced
LONDON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Authors Julian Barnes, Zadie Smith, Kazuo Ishiguro and Ali Smith are on the shortlist to win Britain's Booker Prize, it was announced Thursday.
Also on the list are Sebastian Barry and John Banville, but past winners Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan and J.M. Coetzee failed to make the cut, the BBC reported.
Whittling down the list of finalists was "an unusually difficult process this year," John Sutherland, who chairs the judging panel, told the BBC.
"This shortlist, we believe, witnesses to the remarkable quality of the current state of fiction," he said.
Bookmakers have chosen Barnes the favorite to win for his novel "Arthur and George," the BBC said.
The winner to be announced during a ceremony in London Oct. 10, and will receive about $92,000.
