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*Rihanna has just earned her sixth million-selling album in the U.S. this week, as her latest release, “Unapologetic,” sails past the million mark, according to Nielsen SoundScan. “Unapologetic,” released late last year, sold another 9,000 (down 17%) in the week ending May 26, bringing its to-date total to slightly more than 1 million, Billboard reports. [...]
*R&B crooner Trey Songz has nabbed his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart with his new release, “Chapter V,” edging out three other new entries on the chart this week. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Songz’s fifth studio album sold 135,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan, moving last week’s chart-topper “Based On [...]
*Rapper Rick Ross claims his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as his latest, “God Forgives, I Don’t,” opens atop the chart with 218,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] That gives the Maybach mogul his best sales week yet, topping the 198,000 that “Trilla” opened with at No. [...]
*Rap star Nas has earned his sixth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as “Life Is Good” enters with 149,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. According to Billboard, the number surpasses initial forecasts for the set by industry prognosticators, which had pegged it to begin with around 125,000. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Nas [...]
*New day…new milestone set by Adele’s album “21.” The set enters a 22nd week atop the Billboard 200, selling 297,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which means it is now the longest-running No. 1 since Prince & the Revolution’s “Purple Rain” soundtrack scored 24 weeks at No. 1 in 1984 and 1985. This is also the [...]
*As predicted, Chris Brown achieves his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as “F.A.M.E.” bows atop the tally with 270,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. “F.A.M.E.” is his fourth top 10 album, following his self-titled debut (No. 2, 2005), “Exclusive” (No. 4, 2007) and “Graffiti” (No. 7, 2009). “F.A.M.E.’s” start also marks [...]
*Gayle is gone … well, almost. That’s right, Gayle King will is exiting her Harpo Radio program to concentrate on TV. Affiliates are being told that the final show will air on April 6. The two-hour daily talk program launched in July of 2010 on Sirius XM. —————- *Fans of late rapper/singer Nate Dogg will [...]
*Rapper Nicki Minaj has announced that she has broken a US record with her debut album “Pink Friday.” “Now 14 weeks; PINK FRIDAY BREAKS the RECORD for MOST CONSECUTIVE weeks in the TOP 10 by a female rap album on Billboard’s 200 (sic),” she tweeted Wednesday. “Thank you for your continued support.” “Pink Friday,” which [...]
*Usher looks poised to replace his protégé Justin Bieber atop the album chart next week. According to Billboard, sales of Usher’s “Raymond v Raymond” will hover around 300,000 by week’s end on April 4, which would put him at No. 1 replacing Bieber’s “My World 2.0.” Usher — who secured Bieber an audition with Island [...]
*Ludacris and Rihanna reach the top spot on Billboard’s album and singles chart this week, while gospel great Marvin Sapp is on course to earn the chart’s highest album debut next week for his new release “Here I Am.’ Luda scores his fourth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as “Battle of the Sexes” debuts [...]
*Sade’s new album “Soldier of Love” tops the Billboard 200 album chart for a third consecutive week. Her first album in almost 10 years sold 127,000 copies through the week ending Feb. 28, bringing the set’s total sales to 820,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Elsewhere on the chart, country group Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” [...]
*It’s official – Sade’s new album “Soldier of Love” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart and has reached gold status in only its first week of sales. The album — Sade’s first in ten years and first No. 1 disc in 20 years – sold 501,665 units in its first [...]
Sade performs on “Late Show with David Letterman” *Sade stopped by “Late Show with David Letterman” Tuesday to promote her new album “Soldier of Love” with a performance of its title track. [Watch clip below.] The CD, her first studio effort since 2000′s “Lover’s Rock,” will debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album [...]
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