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Chart Chat 12/9/09: Boyle and Bocelli Do it Again!!
Young folks might be the coveted consumers when it comes to most advertising campaigns, but this week’s Billboard Album Charts prove that it’s the grown-ups who are spending the money. Last week’s champion Susan Boyle spends a second week on top, adding another 527,000 copies to a two-week haul of 1.2 million. To put that in more eye-popping terms, after only two weeks, Boyle has the 10th best selling album of 2009.
Right behind Boyle is […]
Respect Due: John Lennon
I was way too young to be affected by John Lennon’s death when it happened. I was 4 at the time, and pretty unable to grasp the concept of death, never mind the fact that I don’t think I knew what a Beatle was until I saw “Yellow Submarine” on TV maybe a year later.
Nearly three decades later, Lennon’s death is keenly felt, not only for the fact that he was an excellent songwriter and […]
New Releases 12/8/09: Chris Brown, Timbaland & More!
For some reason, December has established itself as the month when a lot of bigname urban artists release albums. I’m not sure when or how that happened, but over the past couple of years, this month has hosted releases by Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige and Jamie Foxx…and, hark! They all have new albums scheduled for release THIS December! How coincidental! However, those albums won’t be out for another week or two, so let’s concentrate […]