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Houston Tops Music Award Nods: Whitney Houston picked up eight nominations Wednesday for the 21st annual American Music Awards, to be presented at the Shrine Auditorium and air on ABC Feb. 7. Houston, who was named in categories including favorite female artist, favorite single (for "I Will Always Love You") and favorite album ("The Bodyguard"), was trailed in the nominations by Janet Jackson, who received five nods, and the all-female group SWV, which had four. Receiving three nominations each were pop stars Mariah Carey and Toni Braxton, and country singer Alan Jackson. Winners will be selected through a national sampling of 20,000 members of the public.
Carey Jumps Over Snoop: Boosted by the success of her Thanksgiving network TV special, Mariah Carey's "Music Box" album sold more than 295,000 copies last week. That's enough sales punch to take the No. 1 spot away from Long Beach rap star Snoop Doggy Dogg on the nation's pop album chart when Billboard magazine hits the newsstands Saturday. Snoop's "DOGGY-STYLE," which sold 259,000 last week, moves to No. 2 while Los Angeles rapper Ice Cube's new "Lethal Injection" enters at No. 5 with 215,000 units in sales. Despite the controversy over inclusion of a Charles Manson song, Guns N' Roses "The Spaghetti Incident?" falls to No. 15 in a...