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Eminem Beats Bob The Builder To Top The Charts
10 December 2000 | 0:00:00 GMT/UTC

Eminem's, latest release, Stan has topped the UK charts beating off tough competition from Bob The Builder's Can We Fix It?. Stan is about a crazed fan who kills his pregnant wife. It samples a track by Dido called Thank You.

In the albuim charts, The Beatles are at number one (with 1) for the fourth week running.

Britney Spears' Stronger charted at number seven and last week's number one Never Had A Dream Come True by S Club 7 went down to number three.

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