Briefly: Oasis, Toby Keith, Michelle Branch, Jay-Z, Clay Walker
No target date has been announced for a new Oasis album.
Toby Keith 's fourth album, "Shock'N Y'all," sold about 585,000 copies during its first week in stores to debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 chart, according to industry sources. It is the country singer's second straight No. 1 album.
Sarah McLachlan's "Afterglow," the singer's first studio album in six years, sold more than 360,000 copies to debut at No. 2. The compilation album "NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 14" sold more than 320,000 copies, and enters the chart at No. 3.
"The Very Best of Sheryl Crow" makes its chart debut at No. 4, and OutKast's "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" falls from No. 1 to No. 5.
Michelle Branch will headline this year's Major League Soccer Cup halftime show, which entertainer Daisy Fuentes will host. The show takes place during the Nov. 23 MLS final, which airs live on ABC Sports.
Rapper Jay-Z 's line of black Reebok shoes, dubbed "S.Carter Collection by Rbk," is scheduled to hit stores on Nov. 28. The shoe will be unveiled "in limited quantities" at Reebok's website, at Foot Locker and Champs Sports shoes in the U.S., and at select athletic specialty stores internationally, according to Reebok.
Country singer Clay Walker will receive the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Ambassador of the Year Award during the organization's national conference in Miami this week, according to a press release. Walker, 33, has battled MS for seven years. He regularly works to educate people about the disease and to raise money for MS research.
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