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Mix Tape: Eminem Tops Decade’s Sales, Kravitz Says No to Aerosmith
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Collaborations, Gossip, The Charts, Upcoming Releases, Country, Folk, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop, R&B / Soul, Rock,
-Lenny Kravitz has shot down rumors that he may replace family friend Steven Tyler in Aerosmith. Who even thought that could be a possibility?
-Despite several years away, Eminem managed to become the top-selling artist of the decade. The Beatles’ 1 topped sales for any single album.
-A collaboration between Justin Timberlake and Jamie Foxx has just leaked. You can judge whether it’s a “Winner” for yourself here.
-She & Him, comprised of actress Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, will be releasing a new album next year. Volume 2 hits stores on March 23.
-The Ting Tings’ Katie White said their recent Grammy nom for Best New Artist led to her pulling a stomach muscle. There’s a reason why they say “Beauty is pain.”
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UPDATE: Boyle has also set a record for the US charts with the biggest first-week tally of 2009.
Reality star Susan Boyle is no longer just an internet sensation—she’s a true chart topper.
The 48-year-old Britain’s Got Talent competitor just saw her new album reach #1. Approximately 410,000 units of I Dreamed a Dream were purchased making it the quickest selling CD in Britain this year. Boyle’s entry also had the highest sales for any debut week in UK history.
“Wild Horses,” Susan’s cover of the famous Rolling Stones tune, also entered the charts with a 9th place ranking.
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Jordin Sparks Recovering from Appendicitis
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Gossip, The Charts, Pop,
What a way to spend an anniversary.
Earlier this week, former American Idol champ Jordin Sparks spent time tweeting from, of all places, her hospital bed.
“Was struck w/ acute appendicitis…took out that appendix last night. Recovering today & the next week or so,” the 19-year-old wrote yesterday on her Twitter account.
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Whitney Houston unveils I Look to You video
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Music Videos, The Charts, Pop, R&B / Soul,
Whitney Houston’s GMA performance may have had its flaws (it’s all your fault, Oprah!), but she’s looking flawless here.
In this new video for “I Look to You,” the diva comes very close - very close - to making us all forget her years on Being Bobby Brown. (Though I’m secretly hoping she won’t.)
This clip arrives just after Houston’s CD of the same name hit #1 on the album charts. The last time the artist achieved that (outside of The Bodyguard soundtrack) was in 1987 with Whitney.
Read More | Variety
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Jason Mraz Sets New Billboard Record
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, The Charts, Pop,
Having trouble getting Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours” out of your head? It seems you are not the only one.
Despite debuting over a year ago (May 3, 2008) and only peaking at #6 on the Hot 100, the song still has a lot of life. Now, after 70 weeks on that Billboard chart, the Grammy-nominated tune has broken the record previously set by LeAnn Rimes. (“How Do I Live” ended it’s 69-week run in 1998.)
“I’m Yours” is also the first tune to top each of these four radio-based charts: Mainstream Top 40/Pop Songs, Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40, and Triple A.
Read More | Entertainment Weekly
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Chris Brown Benefits from YouTube Wedding Clip
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, The Charts, Videos, R&B / Soul,
While it’s still unclear whether anyone’s buying Chris Brown’s videotaped apology, people are starting to buy his music again. Why? Well, he has Jill and Kevin to thank.
The popular YouTube clip from the couple’s wedding has sparked a boost in sales for the single “Forever.” According to Billboard, the song was downloaded 50,000 times over the last period. That’s the biggest week Chris has had since last December.
Let’s just hope this marriage fares better than Brown’s last relationship…
Read More | Entertainment Weekly
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Michael Jackson Taking Over iTunes Chart
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, The Charts, Pop, iTunes,
It should come as no surprise that less than 24 hours after Michael Jackson’s death, his library is dominating the iTunes sales chart. You can check out the entire Michael Jackson music library if you want to get in on the action.
What is surprising? Although he currently has 39 entries in the Top 100, his highest chart position is #2. What’s at #1? ‘I Gotta Feeling’ from the Black Eyed Peas. (Perez Hilton’s rivals are also still sitting at #3 with ‘Boom Boom Pow.’)
So which songs are fans are downloading the most? The King of Pop’s ‘Man in the Mirror’ currently sits at #2 while ‘Thriller’ stands at #4 and ‘The Way You Make Me Feel’ at #5. ‘Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’ and ‘Smooth Criminal’ are the only other tunes ranked in The Top 10.
Update: Looks like 8 of the Top 10 iTunes albums are also Michael Jackson’s work.
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Eminem Kills Competition with Relapse Debut
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: The Charts, Country, Hip-Hop & Rap, Rock,
With the debut of Relapse, Eminem has fallen back into old habits.
For the fifth time in his career, Slim Shady has seen his album debut at the top of the charts. Over the past week, the rapper sold 608,000 copies of his new CD. That figure marks the best one-week figure for the entire year. It’s also the largest total since AC/DC‘s release in October 2008. (That was when Black Ice recorded 784,000 purchased units.)
Last week’s chart topper, Green Day, fell to the #2 spot this week with 166,000 units sold. Kenny Chesney (89,000), Method Man and Redman (63,000) and comedian Dane Cook (61,000) rounded out the top five spots on Billboard’s 200.
Read More | Billboard
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Eminem Breaks Digital Sales Records
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Collaborations, The Charts, Hip-Hop & Rap,
Kelly Clarkson may have just had the biggest leap on Billboard’s Hot 100, but Eminem is breaking records of his own.
“Crack the Bottle,” Marshall Mather’s collaboration with 50 Cent and Dr. Dre, just scored the most digital downloads during a song’s debut week. The single was purchased 418,000 times, approximately 180,000 times more than Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You.”
Only Flo Rida’s “Low” (467,000) and Lady GaGa’s “Just Dance” (419,000) have done better than “Bottle.”
“Lose Yourself” was Eminem‘s only other song to reach the top of the Hot 100. That song spent 12 weeks at #1 after its 2002 release.
Read More | Billboard
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Kelly Clarkson Breaks Hot 100 Record
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: The Charts, Videos, Pop,
Although she might be so seven seasons ago, Kelly Clarkson is giving the contestants of American Idol 8 something to look up to.
The show’s first-ever winner has just broken a Billboard record recently set by Britney Spears. Clarkson’s new single, “My Life Would Suck Without You,” has just made the biggest leap ever to #1 in the Hot 100’s 50-year history. Tomorrow, the song will have officially jumped from #97 to #1 in just one week of release. (Britney’s “Womanizer” only moved from #96 to #1.)
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