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Written By: Sam on March 13, 2010 No Comment

Who says you need to win American Idol to get big? Chris Daughtry has proven that a long time ago and it looks like Danny Gokey is following in his steps. The season 8 contestant released his new album last week and it is already soaring up the music charts. The now country singer has [...]

Written By: Sam on March 8, 2010 No Comment

Rihanna’s new single ‘Rude Boy’ is the 14th track from the Barbadian singer to make its way on the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singles. That officially breaks Beyonce’s record of having the most Top 10s by a female artist in a decade. Rihanna is now even with Ludacris and is only second to Jay-Z [...]

Written By: Sam on January 15, 2010 No Comment

As expected, Ke$ha has catapulted to the top of the Billboard Top 200 chart with her debut album ‘Animal’ selling 151,942 copies in its first week of release. That means that the 22-year old pop singer forced Scottish Susan Boyle down to the number 2 spot after a 6-week run at the top. Ke$ha recently [...]

Written By: Sam on January 3, 2010 No Comment

For the fifth consecutive week, Susan Boyle still finds herself on top of the charts. The sensational Scottish singer’s album ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ has sold another 510,000 copies and remains comfortably at number 1 on the Billboard Top 200. To date, the YouTube phenomenon is quickly approaching the three million mark. If Susan surpasses [...]

Written By: Sam on November 30, 2009 No Comment

The early numbers have come in and Susan Boyle’s first week US album sales are projected even higher than before. The singer’s ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ is expected to sell 550,000 copies this week, 50,000 more than what Billboard previously thought. Congratulations to the YouTube sensation! Congratulations are also due out to Lady Gaga, who [...]

Written By: Sam on November 17, 2009 No Comment

After only including releases from the previous 18 months to calculate the best selling albums on the Billboard chart, Billboard will now be incorporating catalog releases due to the massive sales of both Michael Jackson and The Beatles. The sales chart on November 25 will be the first tally of the comprehensive chart. In digital [...]

Written By: Sam on October 27, 2009 No Comment

The craze over ‘Glee’ doesn’t seem to be dying down anytime soon. Billboard has revealed some very interesting stuff regarding the musical TV show. There are reports that the cast members of the show could potentially get their own record deals with Columbia. The cast is also going to be recording a special version of [...]

Written By: Sam on September 29, 2009 No Comment
Honor Society Debut At #18 On Billboard Top 200

Pop-rockers Honor Society debuted at #18 on the Billboard Top 200 this week, moving over 22,000 units of their debut album, Fashionably Late. The band kicked off their second headlining tour on Monday, September 21 in Minneapolis, MN and will continue a run of nearly 40 dates with shows across the United States and [...]

Written By: Sam on September 18, 2009 No Comment
ALICE IN CHAINS HIT NO.1 ON BILLBOARD ROCK SONGS CHART WITH LEAD SINGLE “CHECK MY BRAIN”

“CHECK MY BRAIN” VIDEO PREMIERES ON MTV2′S “UNLEASHED” – PLAYING EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR
BAND ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
Hailed by Spin as “one of the catchiest songs of Alice In Chains’ history,” lead single “Check My Brain” has blanketed rock and alternative radio and rocketed straight to No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock Songs Chart and [...]

Written By: Sam on August 26, 2009 No Comment

Jason Mraz just carved himself into the foundations of history as his song ‘I’m Yours’ is now the longest0running song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in its 51-year history. The singer has officially beaten the likes of LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood. The song is also the only track to reach number 1 on [...]

Written By: Sam on July 15, 2009 No Comment

Lady Gaga is making a big solid mark in music history as the singer is officially the third artist in history to have three number 1 songs from a debut album on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40. The only other artists to have accomplished this feat have been Ace of Base and Avril Lavigne. I [...]

Written By: Sam on July 3, 2009 No Comment

After Michael Jackson’s sudden death last week, his greatest hits and even some of his lesser known songs have earned nonstop radio airplay to honor his memory. According to Billboard, the late King of Pop’s airplay increased by 1735% from last week. Prior to his death, the singer’s hit ‘Rock with You’ was heard around [...]

Written By: Sam on June 29, 2009 No Comment

The Jonas Brothers know how to keep their fans happy and the fans know how to return the favor. For the second time in less than a year, the trio of singing brothers debuted at #1 last week’s Billboard albums chart with their latest release ‘Lines, Vines and Trying Times’. The guys from New Jersey [...]

Written By: Sam on January 30, 2009 No Comment
Britney Spears Song Curfew

The right wingers at the Parents Television Council are fussing about Britney Spears’ song ‘If U Seek
Amy’, which, as you know, spells out some dirty words when said quickly aloud. The PTC is warning radio stations to quit giving the song airplay as it “violates the broadcast indecency law” if played between 6AM and 10PM. [...]

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