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Jay-Z Bigger Than Elvis; Still on Top

1:09 p.m. · September 23, 2009 · by Mark Lyda

After last week's No. 1 debut of Blueprint 3, Jay-Z surpassed Evlis Pressley as the solo act with the most No. 1 albums in the history of Billboard. The album remains atop the charts this week, with more than 750,000 copies sold so far. The Alicia Keys collabo "Empire State of Mind" is also the No. 1-selling digitial single in the country this week.

Jay-Z makes his debut on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Sept. 24. He is currently performing with Coldplay in the U.K. and will return to the states for a U.S. tour beginning Oct. 9.