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Jill Scott,the American Ramp;B singer hit the record for the first time with her fourth album,The Light of the Sun which sold 135,000 copies,according to the list of the US top selling songs. Bon Iver,the group led by the singer-songwriter Justin Vernon was at No. 2 with its self-titled second album which sold 104,000 copiesBon Ivers highest chart position and best sales week. Adele is No. 3 with her album 21 which sold 101,000 units in its 18th week. Jackie Evancho,the 11-year-old singer from Americas Got Talent,is No. 4 with Dream With Me which sold 77,000 copies.

Beginning of the Great Revival,the movie which opened last week in China is part of a government campaign to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1. It is also playing in 29 American theatres. Government offices and schools are buying tickets in bulk and organising viewing trips in the middle of the workday,and there are officially sanctioned movie review contests,presentations of paintings inspired by the film and group singing of classic Communist songs at cinemas. The film claims to have a cast of 178 of the most well-known Chinese-language actors.