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*After video of the president singing the first line of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” went viral last week, the R&B classic posted its best download sales week since 2003. Since President Barack Obama broke out in song at the Jan. 19 fundraising event, the tune enjoyed a 490 percent weekly sales increase, selling 16,000 [...]
*Rihanna has a new title. The pop star is now the queen of the downloads after becoming the best-selling online artist of 2011, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which puts her digital record sales at more than 47.5 million at the end of 2011. The Black Eyed Peas were named the second most popular act with [...]
*With sales of more than 5 million copies of her album “21,” Adele has reached yet another milestone, reports Reuters. After earning untold critical acclaim and countless year-end records, the latest accomplishment for the British singer-songwriter is that her album, released by independent British label XL Recordings, has become the biggest selling album in seven [...]
*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 dethrone’s Colbie Caillat’s debut single “Bubbly” (2008) and Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” (2006), each of which spent 19 weeks at No. 1. “Way” [...]
*It’s not exactly a surprise, but now it’s official. Things are not looking good for the record world. That’s what Billboard, them bible of the music industry is reporting. In their words: “Bad times just got worse.” For the week ending May 30, the U.S. music industry sold a total of 4,984,000 albums, according to [...]
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