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'High School Musical' sets chart record

NEW YORK, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Beyonce's "Check On It" featuring Slim Thug held the No. 1 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 and Pop 100 album charts for a second week Thursday.

But the music big news revolves around "Breaking Free," the single from the Disney Channel's "High School Musical," Billboard.com reported.

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The single by Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens recorded the Hot 100's biggest jump in the history of the chart -- moving up from No. 86 last week to No. 4 this week with absolutely no radio play. The 82-point lead was based solely on digital downloads.

No. 2 on the Hot 100 was Nelly's "Grillz" featuring Paul Wall and Ali & Gipp and the song moved up the Hot Ringtones chart, knocking the Black Eyed Peas "My Humps" to No. 2 after 10 weeks.

Mary J. Blige's "Be Without You" moved up to No. 3 on the Hot 100 and held onto No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a sixth straight week.

James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" was No. 5 on the Hot 100, Ne-Yo's "So Sick" was No. 6 and Chris Brown's "Run It!" was No. 7.

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Jamie Foxx's "Unpredictable" featuring Ludacris was No. 8, the Pussycat Dolls' "Stickwitu" fell to No. 9 and Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten" rounds out the Hot 100's top tier.

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