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Britney Spears Breaks Billboard Record
Posted in American Idol, Billboard's Top Music, Britney Spears, Taylor Hicks on the October 16, 2009
Britney Spears’ latest single ‘3’ from her upcoming collection ‘The Singles’ has debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart! The pop singer is the first artist in over three years to debut at the top spot. The last one to have done that was American Idol winner Taylor Hicks with ‘Do I Make You Proud’ from 2006. This is also Britney’s third time at the top of mountain on the Billboard Hot 100. ‘…Baby One More Time’ was at the number one spot in 1999 and ‘Womanizer’ ruled just last year. It looks like three is the lucky number for her. Congratulations!
Lady Gaga Talks Cancelled Tour
Posted in Billboard's Top Music, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, MTV VMA, Taylor Hicks on the October 8, 2009
Lady Gaga was at the Billboard Women in Music event in New York City last Friday to receive the Rising Star Award when she decided to talk about the cancellation of her joint tour with Kanye West. The singer said “It was a mutual decision. Kanye’s going to take some time off. But the good news is that I’m going on tour in a few weeks.” The rapper should just admit it that he’s still reeling from the backlash he got from that VMA incident involving Taylor Swift. He definitely needs some serious time off from being in the spotlight.
Honor Society Debut At #18 On Billboard Top 200
Posted in Billboard's Top Music, Concert, Debut Album, Honor Society, album on the September 29, 2009
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 Canada including an appearance on The Today Show on Friday, September 25.
The release of Fashionably Late caps off a busy summer for Honor Society as they joined the Jonas Brothers on their World Tour 2009 performing to nearly 1 million fans throughout North America. Honor Society simultaneously headlined their own club tour called The Full Moon Crazy Tour where they brought their high-energy live shows to sold out venues including the Blender Theater in New York City and over 1,500 fans at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.
See below for what the press is saying about Honor Society and Fashionably Late and visit HonorSocietyMusic.com for more info and a full list of tour dates.
Rolling Stone
“Over You” (3 stars) — delivers “shiny heartbreak that splits the difference between *NSYNC and Maroon 5 - all riffing synths… and tunefulness.”
Entertainment Weekly
Honor Society are “crafty pop rock dudes” with songs that “shimmer with freeze-dried funk licks…”
People Magazine
“…fans will likely swoon over …” whose “strongest tracks include the power ballads ‘Where Are You Now’ and ‘Goodnight My Love’ both showcasing Bruno’s emotive tenor. ‘My Own Way’ is an infectious pop-rocker.”
Dallas Morning News
Honor Society are “purveyors of that frenetic catchy-crunchy pop sound of the day…”
Jay-Z is Better than Elvis Presley
Posted in Beatles, Billboard's Top Music, Elvis Presley, JAY-Z on the September 21, 2009
Jay-Z’s new album, ‘The Blueprint 3’, hit the number one spot on the Billboard 200 charts this past week by selling over 476,000 copies. That’s not unusual for the rapper though considering that his new album makes it his 11th album to hit the top of the mountain. Mind you, that also makes him the most successful solo artist since Elvis Presley! It’s a good thing that he didn’t follow through with his retirement. I don’t think many people can accomplish that kind of feat and be able to say that they are as good, or probably better, than Elvis. And if Jay-Z wants to be the best of all time, he just needs 8 more number ones to tie with The Beatles.
American Idols Tour Sells Big
Posted in Adam Lambert, American Idol, Billboard's Top Music, Concert on the August 17, 2009
The economy may be in the crapper but the American Idols are doing just fine. The Idols Live tour has consistently sold 82% of its tickets and grossed $11.2 million, fairing with last year’s sales. That’s extremely impressive considering that tickets range between $40.50 to $69.50, which runs a dollar higher than last year’s prices. Billboard senior touring editor Ray Waddell commented on this saying “40% of tickets go unsold. They’re doing better than average” especially since “these are baby acts on their first national tour, even if they’ve had the best exposure you can get.” A former Idol blogger also gave his two cents saying “The Adam Lambert fan base is incredibly avid. That dedication is what sells tickets.”
Michael Jackson Rises to Top of Charts
Posted in Billboard's Top Music, Michael Jackson, Radio Show on the July 3, 2009
When your music is universal, it’s going to live on forever. That’s the case with the music performed by the late King of Pop Michael Jackson. In spite of his sudden death, his music lives on in his absence by receiving a lot of radio airplay. It should come as no surprise that the singer has returned to the top of the Billboard charts. Industry experts say that three of the singer’s albums, ‘Number Ones’, ‘The Essential Michael Jackson’, and ‘Thriller’ each sold around 100,000 in the past week. All 3 titles will be the top 3 albums on Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog chart and Michael may secure anywhere from 6 to 9 slots in the tally’s top 10 with some of his other albums.
Taylor Swift Still Rules
Posted in Billboard's Top Music, Taylor Swift on the January 30, 2009
For the seventh nonconsecutive week, Taylor Swift’s album has been at the number one spot on the Billboard 200. The country singing sweetheart’s album has now become the longest running number one album by a solo female artist since Alanis Morissette and her 1995 record ‘Jagged Little Pill’. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Taylor’s ‘Fearless’ sold 63,000 copies during the last week and has sold 2.3 million so far. Beyonce just can’t seem to pass Taylor. She’s currently the runner up with ‘I Am… Sasha Fierce’ selling 49,000 copies. That was a good week for Beyonce but it just wasn’t good enough to beat Taylor.
Taylor Swift Makeover
Posted in Billboard's Top Music, Taylor Swift on the January 20, 2009
Taylor Swift has the number 1 album in America once again. For the sixth consecutive week, the country singing sweetheart has taken control of the top spot on the Billboard 200. Her album is now the first to spend six weeks at the top since the 2005 release of rapper 50 Cent ‘The Massacre’. Taylor seems to be enjoying her time at the top. The talented singer is guest starring on ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’. She’s playing Haley Jones, a dark teen whose family runs some little motel in Vegas. That explains the dark hair and alternative look. It looks good on her.
Country Singer Taylor Swift has the #1 stop again
Posted in Beyonce Knowles, Billboard's Top Music, Britney Spears, Keyshia Cole, Music Chart, Records Sale, Taylor Swift on the December 28, 2008
Country singer Taylor Swift has reclaimed the #1 billing and with that the top spot on the Billboard’s U.S. pop album chart for the third time in non-consecutive weeks. That is remarkable in some ways because after taking the top spot her album did see a dip and has climbed back to that position not once but twice.
This is a clear indication for her growing popularity and the nineteen year-old took the spot on Wednesday with her release Fearless, which sold 330,000 copies on the week ending December 21.
Taylor’s narrowly beat R&B star Keyshia Cole, her debut album A Different Me sold 322,000 copies, taking in the number two spot in its opening week. Singer/actor Jamie Foxx who was also making his debut with the album Intuition grabbed the 3rd spot, with sales of 265,000 copies.
But what is really heartening to see it that Britney Spears successful comeback seems to be continuing for now with Circus selling 196,000 copies which put Britney at the forth position. In fifth place is Beyonce with her release I Am…Sasha Fierce, which sold 195,000.
Taylor Beats Jonas
Posted in Billboard's Top Music, Coldplay, Jonas Brothers, Lil Wayne, Records Sale, Taylor Swift on the November 28, 2008
Taylor Swift can now stop having to make digs about ex-boyfriends just so she could get some attention as she has just beaten Joe Jonas’ butt by topping the US Billboard charts with her second album ‘Fearless’ which sold over 592,000 copies in its debut week. That means that Taylor has one of the biggest opening week sales in 2008 by a female artist. She’s also the fourth biggest overall coming behind Lil Wayne, AC/DC and Coldplay. Taylor also managed to beat the Jonas Brothers on the charts as their latest album sold about 525,000 on its first week. Taylor is getting geared up for global domination as well as her album will be released worldwide early next year.
Madonna’s New Album ‘Licorice’
Posted in Album Release, Billboard's Top Music, Madonna, Music, Music People, Music Review, New LP, Pop Music, Singers on the December 8, 2007
Earlier in the week, it has been reported that Madonna previewed her album for Warner Bros. staff members in New York. Now, we have a date for the release of Madonna’s new and last album for Warner Bros. Billboard is reporting that ‘Licorice’ is set for a late April 2008 release.
The Queen of Pop’s husband, Guy Ritchie, pimped out her album at the ‘Revolver’ premiere saying “It’s her best CD. And I’m not just saying that. Well, I am just saying it, but I also mean it.”
After the release of ‘Licorice’ and a greatest hits album, Madonna’s $120 million deal with Artist Nation and Live Nation will start.
Jay-Z Hits No. 1 on Billboards 200
Posted in Billboard's Top Music, Debut Album, Hip-Hop, Hit Song, Music Bands, Music People, R&B, Rap Music, Records Sale, Singers, Song, Top List on the November 15, 2007
Jay-Z scores his 10th No. 1 album on The Billboard 200, as “American Gangster” (Def Jam) debuts on top this week after selling 425,000 copies in the United States. The rapper thus ties Elvis Presley in second place for the most No. 1 albums on the chart; only the Beatles have had more, with 19.
Since 1998, all eight of Jay-Z’s solo studio albums have hit No. 1, in addition to his “Collision Course” project with Linkin Park and his “Unfinished Business” collaboration with R. Kelly.
After bowing at No. 1 last week, the Eagles’ “Long Road Out of Eden” (Eagles Recording Co.) slips to No. 2 with 359,000, a 49% sales decrease. Garth Brooks’ “The Ultimate Hits” (Pearl) debuts at No. 3 after shifting 352,000 units. Brooks’ last studio set, 2001’s “Scarecrow,” debuted at No. 1 with 466,000. His only releases since then have been Wal-Mart exclusives and were thus not eligible to appear on The Billboard 200.
Kanye leads 50 Cent in CD sales face-off
Posted in 50 Cent, Billboard's Top Music, Celebs, Hip-Hop, Kanye West, MTV, MTV VMA, Music, Music People, Photography, R&B on the September 13, 2007
50 Cent may be getting hip-hop’s equivalent of a gold watch next week. Early reports have Kanye West beating 50 in their much-hyped battle of album sales: West’s “Graduation” is on pace to sell about 575,000 to 700,000 its first week out, while 50 Cent’s “Curtis” is on track to do 550,000, according to Billboard magazine.
As of day one, Kanye had sold 437,000 copies to 50’s 310,000, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
Both albums came out Tuesday, and a confident 50 Cent famously announced that he would retire if West outsold him in first-week sales.
“I just don’t view him as competition based on our previous sales histories,” 50 Cent told The Associated Press last month.
But it looks as if 50 underestimated the power of West, and perhaps, overestimated his own appeal.
“I don’t think it’s helped 50 that so many of these pre release singles that have come out have fizzled on the charts right away,” said Jonathan Cohen, Billboard’s senior editor. “There were street date changes. It has just not been a good run-up to this record for him.”
Meanwhile, Cohen says West is having a more “charmed” experience, despite his recent tantrum at the MTV Video Music Awards after going home empty-handed.
“These tantrums he goes on, these outlandish comments he makes, they don’t really hurt him,” said Cohen. “If anything, they’ve got more people interested in what he’s all about.”
Still, don’t finalize those retirement party plans for 50 just yet; there are several days to go before a final tally is determined, and he could catch up and overtake West.
“It is a projection,” Cohen said of the initial sales predictions. “It can very easily deviate.”
And there’s still the potential of a third-party candidate winning the race: country superstar Kenny Chesney, who’s “Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates” also was released on Tuesday, is so far on pace to sell 400,000 to 550,000 copies.
Carrie Underwood, Carried to the Top
Posted in Billboard's Top Music, Carrie Underwood, Celebs, Music, Music People, New Single, Performance, Photography, Singers on the September 7, 2007
Carrie Underwood is sure to lead the new releases in the charts as her radio friendly single ‘So Small’ debuted at #6 on the Soundscan singles chart in the US. Her single is most likely to trump Britney Spears’ good but not really that great of a single ‘Gimme More’.
Soulja Boy’s ‘Crank That’ beat Kanye West for the top spot as Kanye’s ‘Stronger’ stepped down to #2. However, Kanye is still ahead of 50 Cent with ‘Ayo Technology’ which is all the way down at #15.
Nickelback continues to do well as the band jumped to #3 with ‘Rockstar’ while Rihanna’s ‘Shut Up and Drive’ just missed the top 10 as the single sits in at #11.
What’s interesting with this week’s chart? Pink’s ‘Who Knew’ jumped from #25 to #19. Mind you, that track was released a year ago!
Sean Kingston’s ‘Beautiful’ Summer
Posted in Billboard's Top Music, Celebs, Hit Song, Music, Music Award, Music People, Sean Kingston, Song, TV Show on the August 26, 2007
Sean Kingston’s summer hit Beautiful Girls continues to set the pace at the top of the U.S. charts, claiming a fourth week at number one. The Stand By Me revamp tops the new Billboard Hot 100, while Fergie, Timbaland and Plain White T’s stay fixed to numbers two, three and four. Great to have a your song at number one for four consecutive weeks top the charts. But what I’d like to know that with there being so many American Idol winners like Jordin Sparks and Kelly Clarkson why don’t we see them on the top of the charts, are they mere performers on the stage and can never convert their stunning wins in the TV show into major break-threw in album sales and create charting topping numbers. Looks like they can sing previous songs and sound good in the studios but can’t sing new songs until they have been sung by a Britney Spears or Gwen or other leading music artist. Poor that new talent is not achieving the heights and fulfilling the promise they earlier showed.
Rihanna Off the Top
Posted in Billboard's Top Music, Celebs, Music, Music People, R&B, Rihanna, Song on the August 1, 2007
After a record-breaking two and a half months at the top of the UK singles charts, Rihanna’s hit song ‘Umbrella’ has finally given up the top spot to a new song. Her time at the pole position is the longest that a single has been at #1 in over a decade.
The song that replaced ‘Umbrella’ was another hip-hop tune cranked out by Timbaland entitled ‘The Way I Are’. Let’s see if one of the biggest mix masters in the music world today can match, or maybe even do better, than the 19-year old Rihanna. Nevertheless, I still can’t get ‘Umbrella’ out of my head.
MTV’s Top 10 Singles
Posted in Akon, Avril Lavigne, Billboard's Top Music, Carrie Underwood, Celebs, Fergie, Gwen Stefani, Justin Timberlake, MTV, Maroon 5, Music, Music Award, Music People, Ne-Yo, Nelly Furtado, News, Song, T-Pain, Timbaland, Top List on the May 25, 2007
You don’t have to wonder anymore because Maroon 5 is leading spot in MTV’s Billboard Top 20 singles. With their hit single “Makes Me Wonder”, there are in the number one spot. On second place is “Because of You” by Ne-Yo. Closing the third spot is “Buy You A Drank (Shawty Snappin’)” by T-Pain. Below are the ones who made it to the Top 10.
1. Makes Me Wonder • Maroon 5
2. Because of You • Ne-Yo
3. Buy You A Drank (Shawty Snappin’) • T-Pain
4. Girlfriend • Avril Lavigne
5. Give It to Me (Feat. Justin Timberlake & Nelly Furtado) • Timbaland
6. I’ll Stand By You • Carrie Underwood
7. Glamorous • Fergie
8. Don’t Matter • Akon
9. I Tried (Feat. Akon) • Bone Thug-N-Harmony
10. The Sweet Escape • Gwen Stefani
