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Chart Chat 5/27/09: Eminem, The Real American Idol?
In the biggest chart no-brainer of the year, Eminem debuts at #1 with “Relapse”, which scans 608,000 units in it’s first week. It’s by far the biggest debut week of the year, although it’s the slowest start for an Eminem studio album since “The Slim Shady LP” debuted in spring 1999. Granted, the music industry was in a much different place then. To put things into perspective, if the year was to end today, “Relapse” […]
First Look: Kanye West “Paranoid”
For “808s & Heartbreak”‘s third video, Kanye West has enlisted the help of labelmate Rihanna. The singer has made a few public appearances since her alleged beating at the hands of boyfriend Chris Brown (whose recent video blog touting his new album I won’t dignify with more than a sentence here), but this is the first connection to a musical event she’s had since the Brown incident. I can’t say that the video makes a […]
Did Power Texting Help Kris Allen Win American Idol?
Yahoo!’s wacky entertainment news/gossip site OMG! linked to a New York Times article about possible vote swaying by Kris Allen fans.
From the NYT piece:
Representatives of AT&T helped fans of Mr. Allen at the two Arkansas events by providing instructions on how to send 10 or more text messages at the press of a single button, known as power texts. Power texts have an exponentially greater effect on voting than do single text messages or calls […]