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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Chris Brown is back to a familiar place — the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts.
The 21-year-old's latest song, the goodbye groove "Deuces," hit the top spot of Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart this week.
Since Brown's February 2009 altercation with then-girlfriend Rihanna, he has not had much success musically. He released his third album "Graffiti" in Dec. 2009 and it's his lowest selling CD to date. Only two songs from the album hit the charts; the first single "I Can Transform Ya" peaked at No. 20 on the pop charts.
But "Deuces" is getting the performer's music career back on the right track. It appears on his mixtape, "Fan of a Fan," and features rappers Tyga and Kevin McCall.
Brown was sentenced last year to five years' probation and six months of community labour for assaulting Rihanna.
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