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The performer's song Drop It Like It's Hot crept up to the top spot after spending four weeks at number two.

Dogg displaced My Boo - a duet between R&B stars Usher and Alicia Keys - beating his previous best of number six in 2003 with Beautiful.

The rap star - whose real name is Calvin Broadus - has reached no higher than 12 in the UK singles chart.

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