People news 12/28/02

'Eminem Show' leads charts in 2002 sales

NEW YORK -- Everyone wanted seats for "The Eminem Show" in 2002.

The rapper's album sold far more than any other -- more than 7.4 million copies, according to year-end figures this week from Nielsen SoundScan.

"The Eminem Show," released in late May, features huge hits such as "Without Me" and "Cleanin' Out My Closet." It sold 1.3 million copies in its first week alone.

Eminem's other album, the soundtrack to his movie "8 Mile," was the fifth-highest selling of the year, with about 3.2 million copies sold.

Coming in second was another rapper: Nelly, whose "Nellyville" sold about 4.8 million copies. It contains this summer's ubiquitous party song, "Hot in Herre."

Canadian teen pop singer Avril Lavigne was No. 3 with "Let Go," which sold nearly 3.9 million copies. It includes the hits "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi."

Timberlake video takes swipe at ex-girlfriend

NEW YORK -- The video for Justin Timberlake's new song, "Cry Me a River," features the 'N Sync singer videotaping a bedroom escapade with a sexy brunette and making sure another woman -- who looks an awful lot like Britney Spears -- sees it.

But he's coy about whether this is a case of art imitating life. He and Spears, 21, broke up this spring after dating for three years.

"I feel I became so consumed with her that I didn't see some things that I should have seen," Timberlake tells Vibe magazine for its February issue.

-- From wire reports