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As the authority on music, Billboard Magazine is the source for whose hot and whose not.

With bands and solo artists vying for the No. 1 position, this third week of January looks to set new records by breaking record sales and establishing new territory.

Billboard Hot 200

This list contains the hottest, best-selling, but not necessarily the best albums out today.

1. Santana -- Supernatural

2. Celine Dion -- All The Way ... A Decade of Song

3. DMX -- ... And Then There Was X

4. Various Artists -- Now Volume 3

5. Christina Aguilera -- Christina Aguilera

6. Jay-Z -- Volume 3...Life and Times of S. Carter

7. Dr. Dre -- Chronic 2001

8. Eiffel 65 -- Europop

9. Backstreet Boys -- Millienium

10. Kid Rock -- Devil Without a Cause

Top 100 Singles

These are those songs that you wish that they would stop overplaying on the radio.

1. Savage Garden -- "I Knew I Loved You"

2. Christina Aguilera -- "What A Girl Wants"

3. Santana featuring Rob Thomas -- "Smooth"

4. Brian McKnight -- "Back At One"

5. Blaque -- "Bring It All To Me"

6. Eiffel 65 -- "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"

7. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip -- "Hot Boyz"

8. Celine Dion -- "That's The Way It Is"

9. Marc Anthony -- "I Need To Know"

10. Whitney Houston -- "My Love Is Your Love"

Hot Rap Singles

With rap/hip-hop still enjoying international success, this chart is as important as any other list.

1. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot featuring Nas, Eve, Q-tip -- "Hot Boyz"

2. Ice Cube, Mack 10, Ms. Toi -- "You Can Do It"

3. Snoop and Eastsidaz -- "All G'd Up"

4. Sole featuring JT Money and Kandi -- "4,5,6"

5. Drama -- "Left/Right"

6. Drag-On and Juvenile -- "Down Bottom/Spit These Bars"

7. Warren G. with Mack 10 -- "I Want It All"

8. Master P. featuring D.I.G. -- "Step To This"

9. Flexx featuring Kurupt and Alkatraz --"Whole Lot of Gangstas Die"

10. Pharoahe Monch -- "Simon Says"

Top Ten Heatseekers

These are the "groups of the future," Heatseekers are bands that should be here for years to come. 

1. Moby -- Play

2. Slipknot -- Slipknot

3. Vertical Horizon -- Everything You Want

4. Static X-- Wisconsin Death Trip

5. System Of A Down -- System of A Down

6. Kittie -- Spit

7. Kelis -- Kaleiscope

8. Trin-I-Tee 5:7 -- Spiritual Love

9. Beth Hart -- Screaming For My Supper

10. Brad Paisley -- Who Needs Pictures.