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I wanted to share this funny video about Gwen from The DL (daily web show) on AOL Music. In this video, Sara has a few words she wants to share with Gwen....so cute.

Link: http://dl.aol.com/index.html?date=2006-12-05&video=1&ncid=AOLMUS00050000000032
HTML: <a href="http://dl.aol.com/index.html?date=2006-12-05&video=1&ncid=AOLMUS00050000000032�> Letter To Gwen</a>
Blog Post: http://www.spinner.com/2006/12/05/the-dl-an-open-letter-to-gwen-stefani?ncid=AOLMUS00050000000032

Ciara, Eminem, Stefani Overtake The Billboard 200
Katie Hasty, N.Y.
Ciara's "Ciara: The Evolution" leads three new titles onto the top three spots on The Billboard 200, bowing at No. 1 with 338,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The LaFace set achieves the R&B starlet's best charting position and sales week ever. Ciara's debut effort, 2004's "Goodies," entered at No. 3 with 125,000 and has sold 2.63 million to date.

The Shady/Aftermath/Interscope compilation "Eminem Presents: The Re-Up" lands at No. 2 with 309,000. Featuring a host of new Eminem tracks plus appearances from 50 Cent and members of the Shady Records roster, the album comes a year after Eminem's "Curtain Call: The Hits" opened at No. 1 with 441,000.

Gwen Stefani one-ups the peak position of her smash 2004 Interscope solo debut "Love.Angel.Music.Baby" with "The Sweet Escape," which debuts at No. 3 with 243,000. Its predecessor opened at No. 7 but eventually climbed to No. 5 thanks to the success of singles like "Hollaback Girl."

The soundtrack to Disney's "Hannah Montana" falls 2-4 in its seventh week on the chart despite a 47% increase in sales to 243,000. The Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group/EMI/Universal/Zomba hits compilation "NOW 23" slips 4-5 with 185,000 (+20%).

Il Divo's "Siempre" (SYCO/Columbia) experiences a 128% sales boom, re-entering the top 10 with a 16-6 surge. Fueled in part by a Dec. 6 appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," the group's "Ancora" also rockets forward 161-87, a 174% increase, while "The Christmas Collection" moves 3-1 on the Top Pop Catalog chart with a nearly 200% boost in sales.

Chris Daughtry's 19 Recordings/RCA debut "Daughtry" falls 3-7 with 155,000, a flat sales change, while the new Beatles collection "Love" (Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol) drops 5-8 with 152,000 (+3%). Sarah McLachlan's Arista holiday album "Wintersong" dips 7-9 with 137,000 and an 18% sales increase. Carrie Underwood, who won two Billboard Music Awards last week, inches up 13-10 with "Some Hearts" (Arista Nashville) on a 50% sales boost to 126,000.

Most of the performers from the event see increases for their albums that are larger than the 27.8% uptick of the overall market. Fergie's "The Dutchess" is up 62% at No. 19 while Nickelback (No. 21, up 42%), the Fray (No. 33, up 52%) and Mary J. Blige (No. 134, up 95%) also see gains. Even winners that accepted their trophies on the show but didn't perform also saw some spikes, including the soundtrack of "High School Musical" (No. 27, up 33%), Nelly Furtado (No. 49, up 64%), Chris Brown (No. 98, up 39%), Three Days Grace (No. 106, up 44%) and Kenny Chesney (Nos. 118 and 121, both up more than 30%).

Last week's chart-topper, Incubus' "Light Grenades," sets an undesirable record on The Billboard by dropping to No. 37, the biggest position drop ever from No. 1. Previously, Marilyn Manson's 2003 album "The Golden Age of Grotesque" held the record after sliding to No. 21 in its second week.

The Music World Music/Sony Urban Music/Columbia/ Sony Music Soundtrax soundtrack to "Dreamgirls," the single-disc "highlights" version," bows at No. 20 with 92,000. The longer two-disc version enters at No. 132. Other big debuts this week include Lil Scrappy's "Bred 2 Die -- Born 2 Live" (BME) at No. 24 with 82,000 units and R&B veteran Brian McKnight's "Ten" (Warner Bros.) at No. 32 with 63,000.

Besides Daughtry's, the only other album in the top 25 to experience a sales decrease was Jay-Z's "Kingdom Come" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam), which slides 6-15 in its third week on a 27% sales decline to 101,000.

Overall, album sales are up 27.8% from last week's count and are down 1.9% compared to the same week a year ago at 18.86 million units. Sales for 2006 are down 5% compared to 2005 at 519.4 million units.

Stefani: No Timetable For No Doubt Reunion
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Having just released her second solo album and in the midst of planning an extensive spring tour in support of it, Gwen Stefani says reuniting with her bandmates in No Doubt is going to have to wait for the foreseeable future.

"I see it on the horizon, but I'm not focusing on it. Life is going by way too quick," she tells Billboard.com. "I can't really put a timetable on it, but I think it would be really great. Nothing can compare to the energy of the four of us onstage." Bassist Tony Kanal told Billboard.com in March that he'd begun working on music for the band's next record but it is unknown how far along that process is.

No Doubt has been silent since a 2003 singles collection, which featured its hit cover of Talk Talk's "It's My Life." The group's last studio album was 2001's "Rock Steady," which debuted at No. 9 on The Billboard 200.

Since then, Stefani has exploded as a solo star, thanks to 2004's "Love.Angel.Music.Baby." The brand new "The Sweet Escape" has already spawned a top 10 Hot 100 hit in "Wind It Up."

Asked if she's already working on concepts for her spring tour, Stefani admits, "To be honest, no. I only finished doing vocals on this record a month ago at the most. I'm in the middle of promoting it now, so in January we'll start to think about the tour."

"It's really exciting to have all these songs to choose from," she continues. "On the last tour, I only had one album, so it was like, "OK! I guess these are the songs that I'm doing." Now, I will get to choose the best and most delicious tracks. But it's a bit overwhelming to think up all the concepts for the staging."

Adrian Young`s Brothers Band Mo Bigsley
Hi All
this is Adrians brother Damian here...
the reason I am writing is to inform all that I am playing in a band called Mo Bigsley we welcome everyone so please check us out we have a show in Long Beach on January 27th there will be a very special guest on drums that I'm sure you are all familiar with...looking forward to seeing some N.D. fans there...

Attention Gwen Stefani Fans,

THE SWEET ESCAPE IS HERE!
Gwen's second album, The Sweet Escape, hits stores this week in North
America and Europe. Hopefully by now you've heard the first single, The
Neptunes-produced "Wind It Up," - the current #1 video on MTV. Other
contributors to the album include Akon, Tony Kanal, Nellee Hooper, Sean
Garrett, Swizz Beatz and Keane¹s Tim Rice-Oxley. A concert DVD, Harajuku
Lovers Live, will be simultaneously released. The DVD features a full
concert performance shot last year in Gwen's hometown of Anaheim, CA,
includes 2 new songs and is packed with bonus features and footage.

WATCH FOR GWEN ON YOUR TV:
Dec 4 - Billboard Music Awards performance, FOX 8:00 PM Eastern/Pacific
Dec 9 - Saturday Night Live performance, NBC 11:30 PM Eastern/Pacific
Dec 11 - MTV TRL interview & performance, 3:30 PM Eastern/Pacific
Dec 12 - ABC Good Morning America performance
Dec 12 - Late Show with David Letterman performance, CBS 11:30 PM
Eastern/Pacific
Dec 31 MTV New Year's Eve performance, 10:00 PM Eastern/Pacific

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
The 2007 The Sweet Escape world tour begins this April in North America.
The official tour dates are listed below. Shows will begin to go on-sale
this February, specific ticket on-sale information will be announced on
gwenstefani.com as soon as it becomes available.

Apr-21 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion
Apr-22 San Diego, CA - Coors Amphitheatre
Apr-24 Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center
Apr-25 Bakersfield, CA - Rabobank Arena
Apr-28 Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
Apr-30 Salt Lake City, UT - The "E" Center
May-02 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
May-03 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
May-05 Dallas, TX - Smirnoff Music Centre
May-06 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
May-08 Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
May-09 West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amphitheatre
May-11 Atlanta, GA - HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
May-12 Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
May-14 Raleigh, NC - Alltel Pavilion
May-15 Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
May-17 Washington DC - Nissan Pavilion
May-18 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
May-20 Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre
May-21 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
May-23 Boston, MA - Tweeter Center
May-24 Philadelphia, PA - Tweeter Center at The Waterfront
May-26 Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Hotel and Casino
May-27 Pittsburgh, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
May-29 Montreal, CAN - Bell Centre
May-30 Toronto, CAN - Air Canada Centre
Jun-01 Detroit, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills
Jun-02 Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
Jun-04 Omaha, NE - Qwest Center
Jun-05 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
Jun-07 Milwaukee, WI - Bradley Center
Jun-08 Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Jun-10 Winnipeg, CAN - MTS Centre
Jun-12 Edmonton, CAN - Rexall Place
Jun-13 Calgary, CAN - Pengrowth Saddledome
Jun-15 Vancouver, CAN - General Motors Place
Jun-16 Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheatre
Jun-18 Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Jun-19 San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
Jun-22 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

** International fans, look for Central America, South America, Australia,
Asia and Europe tour dates to be announced in 2007.

Don't forget to visit gwenstefani.com for the latest Gwen news, behind the
scenes videos, photos, Q&As and more exclusive content.

Thank you.

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