The 2012 pop charts have been dominated by young singers, it is veteran music stars, led by Madonna, who are commanding big money in tour ticket sales, according to a new Billboard list released on Tuesday. Madonna, 54, topped Billboard’s list of highest-grossing live tours, earning an estimated $228.4 million in ticket sales from her […]
Pop rocker Pink scored her first Billboard No. 1 album on Wednesday, while South Korean singer Psy, who has taken the Internet by storm with his horsey dance moves, landed at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart with his hit “Gangnam Style.” Psy recently appeared on the “Today” show and “Saturday Night Live” to […]
Lionel Richie staved off stiff competition to hold onto the top spot of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, beating out new entries from Jason Mraz and Train. “Tuskegee,” the country music-inspired 10th studio album from the 62-year-old soul singer, made the rare climb to No. 1 last week, three weeks after the album’s […]
Rapper Mac Miller became the first indie artist since 1995 to debut at the top of the Billboard Top 200 album charts on Wednesday, with his first album “Blue Slide Park.” Selling 144,000 copies in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan, Miller’s No. 1 debut beat out Michael Buble’s “Christmas” album, which climbed to […]
British singer Adele regained the top spot on the Billboard Top 200 album chart on Wednesday, marking her 13th week at No. 1 with “21” and making it the first album since the “Titanic” film soundtrack to claim as many weeks atop the chart. “21” sold 106,000 copies to pass the 4 million sales mark […]
Grammy-winning gothic rock band Evanescence topped the Billboard 200 chart on Wednesday with their latest self-titled album, “Evanescence.” The latest album sold 127,000 copies in its first week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan, sending the band straight to the number 1 spot for the second time in their career. “What You Want”, the lead […]
“American Idol” champion Scotty McCreery became the most successful winner in eight years on Wednesday when his debut country album went straight to the top of the Billboard charts. McCreery, who turned 18 years-old this week, was also the youngest male artist to see a debut release open in the No.1 spot, and “Clear As […]
Taylor Swift has been named Billboard Woman of the Year, becoming the youngest woman to ever to receive the honor. The four-time Grammy winner has been the biggest selling albums artists in any genre for the past 12 months. The 21-year old singer songwriter will receive the honor on Dec. 2 in New York. Swift […]
Amy Winehouse has reentered the Billboard album sales chart at No. 9 upon her death. Winehouse’s breakthrough “Back to Black” album, released in America in 2007, sold 37,000 copies for the sales period — virtually all of that between Saturday morning, when her death was announced, and Sunday night, when the SoundScan sales week closed. […]
With a 20th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart, Bruno Mars’ “Just the Way You Are” becomes the longest-reigning debut single in the list’s almost 50-year history. The song beats the career-opening commands of Colbie Caillat’s “Bubbly” (2008) and Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” (2006), each of which spent 19 weeks at No. […]
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