CONTENTS:
1. Australian artist chart performance overseas
2. Number one singles from this time of year since 1989
3. Top 50 singles chart: Big Movers
4. Top 50 singles chart: Veteran Single
5. Top 50 singles chart: New Entries
6. Top 50 singles chart: Singles leaving the chart
7. Top 50 singles chart: Number 1 to 50
8. Top 50 albums chart

1. How Australian acts are doing overseas this week.
`TW' = this week's chart position
`HP' = highest chart position ever reached on that chart

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Country Week TW HP TITLE/ARTIST
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Austria 7/05/2008 23 #16 IN MY ARMS - Kylie Minogue
Belgium 10/05/2008 19 #39 IN MY ARMS - Kylie Minogue
Czech Rep. 5/05/2008 18 #18 IN MY ARMS - Kylie Minogue
France 3/05/2008 35 #10 IN MY ARMS - Kylie Minogue
France 3/05/2008 79 #10 ENTENDS-TU LE MONDE - Tina Arena
France 3/05/2008 93 #15 2 HEARTS - Kylie Minogue
Ireland 8/05/2008 15 #15 IN MY ARMS - Kylie Minogue
Japan 11/05/2008 11 #4 TOKYO GIRLS ANTHEM
- JuJu & Delta Goodrem
New Zealand 12/05/2008 12 #12 SWEET ABOUT ME - Gabriella Cilmi
New Zealand 12/05/2008 14 #9 UNTOUCHED - The Veronicas
New Zealand 12/05/2008 21 #17 DON'T HOLD BACK - The Potbelleez
New Zealand 12/05/2008 29 #21 ONE WILL HEAR THE OTHER - Shihad
Switzerland 11/05/2008 19 #10 IN MY ARMS - Kylie Minogue
U.K. 12/05/2008 10 #10 IN MY ARMS - Kylie Minogue
U.K. 12/05/2008 23 #20 SWEET ABOUT ME - Gabriella Cilmi
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Charts referenced above for the following countries are compiled
using a significant airplay component: Japan, U.S.

2. Number one singles at this time of year from past years:
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| 1989: LIKE A PRAYER - Madonna |
| 1990: VOGUE / KEEP IT TOGETHER - Madonna |
| 1991: THE HORSES - Daryl Braithwaite * |
| 1992: TO BE WITH YOU - Mr. Big |
| 1993: EASY - Faith No More |
| 1994: THE SIGN - Ace Of Base |
| 1995: MOUTH - Merril Bainbridge * |
| 1996: FASTLOVE - George Michael |
| 1997: TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY - Savage Garden * |
| 1998: YOU'RE STILL THE ONE - Shania Twain |
| 1999: NO SCRUBS - T.L.C. |
| 2000: SAY MY NAME - Destiny's Child |
| 2001: LADY MARMALADE |
| - Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink |
| 2002: I'M MOVING ON - Scott Cain * |
| 2003: ROCK YOUR BODY - Justin Timberlake |
| 2004: LEFT OUTSIDE ALONE - Anastacia |
| 2005: SIGNS - Snoop Dogg featuring |
| Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake |
| 2006: SOS - Rihanna |
| 2007: GIRLFRIEND - Avril Lavigne |
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3. This week's big movers:

Moving up the chart...
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| Number 12 to 5: PSYCHO TEDDY - Psycho Teddy * |
| Number 39 to 22: LOVE SONG - Sara Bareilles |
| Number 50 to 40: READY TO FLY - Amy Pearson * |
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Moving down the chart...
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| Number 6 to 11: WORK - Kelly Rowland |
| Number 8 to 15: BLEEDING LOVE - Leona Lewis |
| Number 9 to 16: TATTOO - Jordin Sparks |
| Number 19 to 27: TOUCH MY BODY - Mariah Carey |
| Number 22 to 37: BEAT IT - Fall Out Boy featuring John Mayer |
| Number 18 to 46: FROM LITTLE THINGS BIG THINGS GROW |
| - The GetUp Mob * |
| Number 36 to 47: YOU WILL ONLY BREAK MY HEART - Delta Goodrem * |
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TW LW
Total positions moved up the chart by singles: 71 (105)
Total positions moved down the chart by singles: 128 (129)
Number of singles that did not move this week: 8 ( 10)
Overall chart movement (movements up + movements down): 199 (234)

4. This week's veteran single:
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| Number 42: DON'T HOLD BACK - The Potbelleez * |
| Debut date: 21/10/2007 |
| Peak position: number 5 |
| Weeks at peak: 1 week |
| Weeks in chart: 31 weeks |
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5. New records into the top 50 Australian singles chart this week:
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| 7. AMERICAN BOY - Estelle featuring Kanye West |
| 30. TAKE A BOW - Rihanna |
| 39. WHEN WE WERE KIDS - The Galvatrons * |
| 41. (RE) THIS BOY'S IN LOVE - The Presets * |
| 48. SHAWTY GET LOOSE |
| - Lil Mama featuring Chris Brown and T-Pain |
| 50. YAHHH! - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em featuring Arab |
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6. Records leaving the top 50 Australian singles chart this week:
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| (38) SWEETEST GIRL (DOLLAR BILL) - Wyclef Jean featuring |
| Akon, Lil Wayne and introducing Niia |
| (44) SCREAM - Timbaland featuring |
| Keri Hilson and Nicole Scherzinger |
| (46) TOO FINE - Cristian Alexanda featuring Ja Rule * |
| (47) YOU PICK ME UP - Pete Murray * |
| (48) MERCY - Duffy |
| (49) NO ONE - Alicia Keys |
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7. This week's top 50:

The top 4 singles from last week don't move this week. So we have
Madonna spending a third week at number one with "4 Minutes".
However, there are rumblings at the top. On the CD singles chart,
Madonna tumbles to number 3 this week, outsold by Gabriella Cilmi
who is in turn outsold by Psycho Teddy. Psycho Teddy's hit is
the biggest selling CD single across the nation, but without the
support of digital sales, it can only get to number 5 on the
overall singles chart this week.

There are 3 new entries into the actual top 10. Thanks to topping
the CD singles chart, we have Psycho Teddy bullet from number 12 to
5, while this week's highest top 50 new entry comes in at number 7.
And the final new entry into the top 10 belongs to Vanessa
Amorosi as "Perfect" climbs one spot from 11 to 10. Despite
come back after come back for most of this decade, she's finally
done it, scoring her first top 10 hit since "The Power" hit
number 8 in January 2001. Vanessa's biggest hit was the number 4
platinum-selling smash "Shine" which spent an incredible
26 weeks in the top 50 during 2000 - an impressive record in
those days of much shorter chart runs. "Shine" was a hit
throughout Europe as well, with a new video for the song being
specially filmed for the overseas market.

The GetUp Mob look as if they are vying for a place in chart
history as one of the shortest running top 5 hits. After
debuting at number 4 two weeks ago with "From Little Things Big
Things Grow", it dived to number 18 last week and tumbles
an incredible 28 spots to number 46 this week. Should it
exit the top 50 next week, it will be the shortest running
top 5 hit since Francesca's "Way Of The World" spent just one
week at number 3 before dropping out of the top 50 in 2002.
But should it hang on for a 4th week in the top 50, it will
join U2's "Electrical Storm" (2002) and Britney's "Everytime"
(2004) as a top 5 hit that only lasted 4 weeks in the top 50.

So what happened to last week's 5 new hits? Not a lot. Kylie's
"In My Arms" was the biggest of the week's bunch of low charting
new hits when it debuted at number 35. This week, it's down to
number 43 as Kylie now notches up her second hit in a row that was
not able to make the top 10. In the UK it's a vastly different
story with "In My Arms" storming into the top 10 this week, while
her last single, "Wow", was a UK top 5 smash recently. Britney's
"Break The Ice" looks like being an embarassingly small hit for
her given the top 3 success of her last two singles. "Break The
Ice" climbs just 3 places from its number 41 debut last week
with little help from its release into record stores which
sees the CD single debut at a very low number 48 on that chart.
And last week's new entries by Wyclef Jean, Pete Murray and
Duffy all drop out of the top 50 this week.

Five new entries into this week's top 50, but only one manages
to make it higher than number 30 first week in.

7. AMERICAN BOY - Estelle featuring Kanye West
CD singles chart: (released Saturday 17th May)
Digital track chart: #6

Back in September 2004, British singer, rapper and producer
Fanta Estelle Swaray, who goes by the recording name of
Estelle, released her debut single "1980". The song was
named after her birth year and featured Estelle's thick
English accent as she sang about her life growing up in
London on this autobiographical single. It peaked at
number 36 here in Australia and was a moderate British hit,
reaching number 14 on their charts. The follow-up single,
"Free", only made it to number 49 while her album "The 18th
Day" failed to make an impact in Australia. Her minor
success in the UK and little impact throughout the rest of the
world resulted in her record company dropping her. However,
she managed to secure a new deal with Atlantic Records
recently, recording the album "Shine" which features
collaborations and production with a smorgasbord of musicians
including Will.I.Am, Wyclef Jean, Mark Ronson, Cee-Lo
and Kanye West. The first single from this bumper album
was the track "Wait A Minute" which featured guest vocals
by Will.I.Am. When released in the UK, the song did so
poorly, it didn't even make the top 100. It almost looked
like she was finished musically, however the release
of the album's second single "American Boy", turned her
fortunes around dramatically. Featuring guest vocals by
rapping superstar Kanye West, her smooth vocals go hand in
hand with Kanye's, and the single was embraced by the
British, sending it all the way to number one over there
back in March. Now Estelle clearly has her eyes on charts
all over the world with the international release of
"American Boy". It has already reached number 2 in
Ireland, number 5 in New Zealand and this week it debuts
at number 7 here in Australia. This single was charting
on the digital track chart since last month, but for some
reason her record company wanted to delay the song's appearance
on the official singles chart, possibly to make an impressive
debut as momentum built, and they have achieved that. And
there is more to come, with the CD single not hitting shops
until the second half of the month, which will no doubt help
propell this single even higher in the next few weeks.

For Kanye, he scores his fourth top 10 hit in Australia thanks
to Estelle. His previous top 10 smashes were "Gold Digger"
(number 1, October 2005), "Touch The Sky" (number 10, April
2006) and "Stronger" (number 2, September 2007).

Web site: www.estellemusic.com
www.kanyewest.com
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQN5JJiWc_8
Lyrics: www.tinyurl.com/3jf36q

30. TAKE A BOW - Rihanna
CD singles chart: (not released yet)
Digital track chart: #23

20 year-old singer Rihanna has enjoyed good success with her
current album "Good Girl Gone Bad". The actual album has been
a double-platinum seller and it spawned a flood of huge hit
singles including the two number ones "Umbrella" and "Don't
Stop The Music" plus the top 5 smash "Shut Up And Drive".
The album will be re-released shortly as a deluxe version with
the title "Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded". As well as the
original album's 12 songs, there will be 4 brand new tracks
added onto the CD plus a DVD of footage from her Manchester
concert and other bonus material. The first of the album's
new songs is "Take A Bow" which debuts at number 30 this week
on digital sales alone. In New Zealand, "Take A Bow" is
a massive hit, climbing to number 2 over there this week.

Web site: www.rihannanow.com
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8XC7idFyvE
Lyrics: www.tinyurl.com/54b6ug

39. WHEN WE WERE KIDS - The Galvatrons
CD singles chart: #16
Digital track chart: (not in top 40)

Four piece Melbourne rock group, The Galvatrons, formed
last year and gained exposure with their performances at
Big Day Out festival last summer. Their debut release is a
5-track EP which showcases their 1980s inspired electro-rock
sound. The EP is titled "When We Were Kids" and it enters
the chart at number 39 this week.

Web site: www.myspace.com/thegalvatrons
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJBlrRdj-Mk

48. SHAWTY GET LOOSE - Lil Mama featuring Chris Brown and T-Pain
CD singles chart: #28
Digital track chart: (not in top 40)

18 year-old American rapper Lil Mama, whose real name is
Niatia Kirkland, first gained exposure in Australia thanks to
Avril Lavigne's chart-topping smash single, "Girlfriend",
last year. A remix of "Girlfriend" was recorded which
featured vocals by both Lil Mama and Avril, and a brand new
music video was shot. This remix appeared as a bonus track
on Avril's next single, the top 5 smash "When You're Gone",
and Lil Mama has also featured on remixes of other huge
international hits including Rihanna's "Umbrella", Britney
Spears' "Gimme More" and Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls".
Lil Mama's debut album, "Voice of the Young People", was
released last month and features her first solo single,
"Lip Gloss" which went top 10 on the US Billboard charts.
The album's second single is the track "Shawty Get Loose"
which features Chris Brown singing the chorus and T-Pain
rapping in one of the verses. It debuts at number 48
here in Australia and it recently went top 10 in the US
and to number 3 in New Zealand. The music video imitates
parts of the videos of TLC's "No Scrubs" and the Michael and
Janet Jackson duet "Scream".

Web site: www.lilmamaonline.com
www.chrisbrownworld.com
www.t-pain.net
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hXKRilPNpc
Lyrics: www.tinyurl.com/52xkcy

50. YAHHH! - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em featuring Arab
CD singles chart: (released Saturday 10th May)
Digital track chart: #38

16 year-old American rapper Soulja Boy enjoyed an international
smash hit with "Crank That" which topped the US charts and
went top 3 in Australia, New Zealand the UK. Australia
seems to have missed out on the second single from his
"Souljaboytellem.com" titled "Soulja Girl", but we now get
his third single, "Yahhh!", which debuts at number 50 this
week.

Web site: www.souljaboytellem.com
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfCmYyG-yg4
Lyrics: www.tinyurl.com/4ba95y

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The top 50 Australian singles chart
Week beginning 12th May 2008
Week ending 18th May 2008
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TW LW HP WI ACCR TITLE - ARTIST
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1. ( 1) #1 5w 4 MINUTES
- Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake
2. ( 2) #1 8w SWEET ABOUT ME - Gabriella Cilmi *
3. ( 3) #1 15w

LOW - Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
4. ( 4) #1 12w BUBBLY - Colbie Caillat
5. (12) #5 4w PSYCHO TEDDY - Psycho Teddy *
6. ( 5) #5 9w DREAM CATCH ME - Newton Faulkner
7. (--) #7 1w AMERICAN BOY - Estelle featuring Kanye West
8. (10) #8 4w BETTER IN TIME - Leona Lewis
9. ( 7) #5 10w WITH YOU - Chris Brown
10. (11) #10 5w PERFECT - Vanessa Amorosi *

11. ( 6) #6 10w WORK - Kelly Rowland
12. (15) #12 4w THIS LOVE - The Veronicas *
13. (13) #13 8w LIKE ONLY A WOMAN CAN - Brian McFadden
14. (14) #14 6w PARALYZER - Finger Eleven
15. ( 8) #1 21w

BLEEDING LOVE - Leona Lewis
16. ( 9) #5 12w TATTOO - Jordin Sparks
17. (21) #3 17w

PICTURES OF YOU - The Last Goodnight
18. (17) #1 16w

DON'T STOP THE MUSIC - Rihanna
19. (16) #9 17w THIS HEART ATTACK - Faker *
20. (20) #3 20w

CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em

21. (26) #21 9w LOVE IN THIS CLUB
- Usher featuring Young Jeezy
22. (39) #22 3w LOVE SONG - Sara Bareilles
23. (24) #11 14w STOP AND STARE - OneRepublic
24. (25) #8 9w I DON'T DO SURPRISES - Axle Whitehead *
25. (28) #25 11w BIG GIRL (YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL) - Mika
26. (29) #19 16w MY PEOPLE - The Presets *
27. (19) #17 7w TOUCH MY BODY - Mariah Carey
28. (30) #7 10w NAUGHTY GIRL - Mr G *
29. (23) #2 15w

PIECE OF ME - Britney Spears
30. (--) #30 1w TAKE A BOW - Rihanna

31. (34) #2 22w UNTOUCHED - The Veronicas *
32. (37) #32 3w SOMETHING GOOD '08 - Utah Saints
33. (32) #19 9w NINE IN THE AFTERNOON - Panic At The Disco
34. (33) #33 3w YOUR LOVE IS A LIE - Simple Plan
35. (27) #27 4w I DON'T THINK SO - Kelis
36. (31) #30 3w WHAT YOU'RE ON - Rogue Traders *
37. (22) #13 6w BEAT IT - Fall Out Boy featuring John Mayer
38. (41) #38 2w BREAK THE ICE - Britney Spears
39. (--) #39 1w WHEN WE WERE KIDS - The Galvatrons *
40. (50) #40 4w READY TO FLY - Amy Pearson *

41. (RE) #41 2w THIS BOY'S IN LOVE - The Presets *
42. (43) #5 31w DON'T HOLD BACK - The Potbelleez *
43. (35) #35 2w IN MY ARMS - Kylie Minogue *
44. (42) #8 26w KISS KISS - Chris Brown featuring T-Pain
45. (45) #1 28w APOLOGIZE - Timbaland featuring OneRepublic
46. (18) #4 3w FROM LITTLE THINGS BIG THINGS GROW
- The GetUp Mob *
47. (36) #14 6w YOU WILL ONLY BREAK MY HEART
- Delta Goodrem *
48. (--) #48 1w SHAWTY GET LOOSE
- Lil Mama featuring Chris Brown and T-Pain
49. (40) #8 15w WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN' 2008
- Michael Jackson with Akon
50. (--) #50 1w YAHHH! - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em featuring Arab
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* - Denotes Australian/New Zealand Artist
Australian/New Zealand content: 17/50 singles (34%%)
TW - Denotes chart position this week
LW - Denotes chart position last week
HP - Denotes highest position ever reached on the chart
WI - Denotes the total weeks spent in the chart
RE - Denotes a single that has re-entered the chart this week
ACCR - Sales accreditation: = Gold = 35,000

= Platinum = 70,000
= N x Platinum = N x 70,000
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8. Australian top 50 albums chart (12/05/2008 - 18/05/2008)
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TW LW HP WI ACCR TITLE - ARTIST
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1. ( 2) #1 2w

WALTZING MATILDA - Andre Rieu & Mirusia
2. ( 3) #2 2w CATCH THE WIND: SONGS OF A GENERATION
- Damien Leith *
3. ( 1) #1 2w HARD CANDY - Madonna
4. ( 4) #1 3w RATTLIN' BONES
- Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson *
5. ( 7) #1 15w SPIRIT - Leona Lewis
6. ( 5) #5 2w THE RISE - Carl Riseley *
7. ( 6) #1 4w APOCALYPSO - The Presets *
8. ( 8) #1 13w WATERSHED - k.d. lang
9. (--) #9 1w HOME BEFORE DARK - Neil Diamond
10. (33) #1 46w CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - Michael Buble

11. (14) #11 2w SO MUCH BEAUTY - Kate Ceberano *
12. (12) #2 6w THE 100 MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES
- Andre Rieu
13. (--) #13 1w BELIEVE - Geoff Sewell
14. (RE) #14 ?w BACK HOME - Westlife
15. (13) #1 32w EXILE ON MAINSTREAM - Matchbox Twenty
16. (17) #14 6w COCO - Colbie Caillat
17. (15) #5 3w SET IN STONE - Brian McFadden
18. (35) #18 2w THE MOTOR CITY COLLECTION - Human Nature *
19. ( 9) #9 2w THIRD - Portishead
20. (21) #4 59w

BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse

21. (11) #2 3w E=MC2 - Mariah Carey
22. (20) #5 9w HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS - Newton Faulkner
23. (23) #3 36w HYMNS OF THE 49TH PARALLEL - k.d. lang
24. (22) #1 14w

SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC - Jack Johnson
25. (18) #3 10w STEP UP 2: THE STREETS - Soundtrack
26. (--) #26 1w THE LOVE COLLECTION - Dionne Warwick
27. (19) #6 25w EXCLUSIVE - Chris Brown
28. (RE) #3 ?w

SONGS OF LOVE & LOSS - Tina Arena *
29. (16) #2 4w SHARING SPACE - Cog *
30. (27) #2 27w HOOK ME UP - The Veronicas *

31. (38) #31 2w SYMPHONY - Sarah Brightman
32. (RE) #1 ?w

ALL THE LOST SOULS - James Blunt
33. (10) #10 2w FLYING COLOURS - Bliss N Eso *
34. (24) #20 3w WHEN THE FLOOD COMES - The Audreys *
35. (41) #15 16w CAUGHT IN THE ACT - Michael Buble
36. (29) #3 38w GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - Rihanna
37. (25) #12 6w ROCKFERRY - Duffy
38. (RE) #8 ?w

THE SWING SESSIONS 2 - David Campbell *
39. (48) #12 14w

TAKING CHANCES - Celine Dion
40. (--) #40 1w ORACULAR SPECTACULAR - MGMT

41. (32) #4 13w DREAMING OUT LOUD - OneRepublic
42. (44) #5 60w LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - Mika
43. (31) #1 33w ECHOES, SILENCE, PATIENCE & GRACE
- Foo Fighters
44. (36) #6 25w A BOOK LIKE THIS - Angus & Julia Stone *
45. (28) #1 7w IN GHOST COLOURS - Cut Copy *
46. (26) #23 3w COME INTO MY WORLD - Nick Skitz *
47. (30) #21 9w GOOD TIME - Alan Jackson
48. (RE) #2 ?w IT'S TIME - Michael Buble
49. (--) #49 1w LEGEND: THE VERY BEST OF WILLIE NELSON
- Willie Nelson
50. (34) #24 7w MAIL ON SUNDAY - Flo Rida
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* - Denotes Australian/New Zealand Artist
TW - Denotes chart position this week
LW - Denotes chart position last week
HP - Denotes highest position ever reached on the chart
WI - Denotes the total weeks spent in the chart
RE - Denotes an album that has re-entered the chart this week
ACCR - Sales accreditation: = Gold = 35,000

= Platinum = 70,000
= N x Platinum = N x 70,000
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