iTUNES’ TOP ALBUMS

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Top albums on iTunes Music Store for Dec. 6:

1. “Rent (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack),” various artists

2. “Back to Bedlam,” James Blunt

3. “Switch,” INXS

4. “Christmas Songs (iTunes version),” Diana Krall

5. “Curtain Call (Deluxe explicit),” Eminem

6. “Oral Fixation, Vol. 2,” Shakira

7. “Confessions On a Dance Floor,” Madonna

8. “Walk the Line (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack),” various artists

9. “iTunes Originals – David Gray,” David Gray

10. “Amarantine,” Enya

TOPS ON TIVO

RECORDINGS

TiVo Top 25 Season Pass recordings, for the week ending Dec. 4.

1. “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”

2. “Grey’s Anatomy”

3. “The Apprentice”

4. “Survivor: Guatemala”

5. “CSI: Miami”

6. “House”

7. “ER”

8. “The West Wing”

9. “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”

10. “Boston Legal”

Top Google gainers

Below is a summary of gainers on Google.com, comparing search queries that have risen by a significant percentage for the week ending Dec. 5.

1. Wendie Jo Sperber – Film & TV actor (“Back to the Future,” “Bosom Buddies”) died Nov. 29 after a long bout with breast cancer.

2. Face Transplant – Details about the innovative surgery performed Nov. 27 on a French woman emerged in news reports last week, triggering ethical and medical debates around the world.

3. Dita Von Teese – Ironic burlesque dancer married shock rocker Marilyn Manson in Ireland on Dec. 3.

4. Tookie Williams – San Quentin death row inmate is seeking clemency; his execution is slated to take place Dec. 13.

5. Charlize Theron – Oscar winner plays a black-clad futuristic assassin in Aeon Flux, which premiered weekend of Dec. 2.

6. Anna Benson – Wife of Mets pitcher Kris Benson speculated Dec. 5 that the team was attempting to trade her husband early because she had talked with Playboy about a photo shoot.

7. Hanukkah – The Jewish Festival of Lights begins at sundown on Dec. 25.

8. James Blunt – British singer was the musical guest on the Dec. 3 Saturday Night Live.

9. Kwanzaa – Swahili for “first fruit,” this annual Dec. 26-Jan. 1 festival celebrates African-American experience and sensibilities.

10. Cynthia Watros – “Lost” TV actor arrested for DUI in Hawaii on Dec. 1.