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Barry Manilow's latest album opens at No. 1 on the charts.

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Byline: KRISTEN HAYS

Barry Manilow has landed on the top of the charts with a just-released album for the first time in 29 years.

Manilow's "The Greatest Songs of the Fifties," debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, followed by Mary J. Blige's "The Breakthrough" and Andrea Bocelli's "Amore."

The album, 13 standards such as "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" and "Unchained Melody," has sold more than 156,000 copies in the United States since it arrived Jan. 31st.

His previous debut chart-topper was the 1977 concert recording, "Live." His last ...

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