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Entries Tagged ‘Billboard Chart’

N.E.R.D. Makes Like Black Eyed Peas And Adds Female Member

Up until 2003, Los Angeles band the Black Eyed Peas was a fledgling hip-hop act best known for its impressive dance moves and feel-good beats.
But with the addition of Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson, BEP transformed into a sleek pop hit machine, churning out a seemingly endless stream of hit singles, which culminated with a record-breaking run [...]

Michael Jackson Scores Post Humous Sales Record

Michael Jackson is back on top as the King of the Pop charts!
As predicted, Jackson dominates Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog Albums chart with over 300,000 copies of his “Number Ones,” “Thriller” and “The Essential Michael Jackson” sold.
But it is the King of Pop’s domination of the top 10 that is most important.
According to Billboard, [...]

Music Industry So Weak You Only Need To Sell 83,000 To Be No. 1

The top spot on this week’s Billboard album chart belongs to Chrisette Michele. Never heard of her? Neither have many other people because Michele has scored the lowest first-week sales total in Nielsen SoundScan’s 18-year history.
Her second album, Epiphany, only sold 83,000 copies in its initial week of sales. Only two other albums have debuted [...]

‘Viva La Vida’ Has Second-best Debut of ‘08

Coldplay’s new album is already living the life.
“Viva La Vida” will debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 album chart with over 720,000 copies sold in its first week, the second-best opening week of 2008, according to the trade magazine’s Web site. Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter III” was the top album debut of [...]