Bon Jovi's The Circle was number one on the Billboard 200 with 163,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (More analysis at EW.com.) Among the other new releases from Nov. 10, Flyleaf debuted at number eight, Switchfoot's Hello Hurricane was...
And in the case of, well, you knew it was going to happen but you were hoping for the best, Michael Jackson has postponed his shows at London's O2 Arena, according to Billboard. Of course, he's only canceling the first...
Proving he's still king of something, Michael Jackson's 50, that's 5-0, shows at London's O2 Arena sold out in hours. Fans were e-mailed a code to just get in line for the pre-sale only after registering at a Web site....
Not that we believe in numerology or anything. And not that numbers have anything cosmic to say. But...Neil Young recorded the tunes on Sugar Mountain Live At Canterbury House 1968 Nov. 9 and 10, 1968. So about 40 years ago....
Billboard Boxscore has released it's list of the biggest tours for 2008, and Bon Jovi's Lost Highway Tour came in at No. 1 with $210.6 million from 2,157,675 fans. The list: 1. Bon Jovi's Lost Highway Tour ($210.6 million) 2....
According to Yahoo's music blog: The soundtrack to the upcoming teen vampire romance Twilight debuts at #1 on The Billboard 200. Twilight is the first soundtrack to hit #1 in advance of the movie's release since 8 Mile six years...
J-Hud's self-titled debut CD enters Billboard's pop albums chart at No. 2 with a healthy 217,000 copies sold its first week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's a good album, save for a few quibbles. Read my review of...
Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and their band mates are back at the pinnacle. Metallica's Death Magnetic, produced by Rick Rubin, is No. 1 for a second week on Billboard's pop albums chart after selling 337,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan,...
Jessica Simpson sold 65,000 copies of Do You Know during its first week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's good enough for a No. 1 entry on Billboard's country albums chart. On the pop list, Do You Know lands...
So Slipknot's All Hope Is Gone enters Billboard's pop albums chart at No. 1. That's not so surprising since the hardcore metal band's been a big seller for years. But the disc sold 239,516 copies in the United States, according...
As expected, Sugarland's Love On the Inside, now available in both deluxe and regular editions, sold 171,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and that's good enough to surpass Miley Cyrus' Breakout at the top of Billboard's pop albums chart. Breakout...
This shouldn't surprise anybody: Miley Cyrus, the most sought-after teen in America, will debut at No. 1 on Billboard's pop albums chart with Breakout, her "grown-up" pop-rock record. The disc sold 371,000 copies its first week in stores, according to...
Nas' untitled album just took over the top spot on Billboard's Top 200. It seems as if the controversy over the album's original n-word title didn't hurt. (Or could it be that everyone already has Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III?...
OK, folks, I didn't make this up: According to her busy, busy Nashville publicist, teen country singing and songwriting sensation Taylor Swift is now the only female act in the 44-year history of Billboard magazine's country singles chart to amass...
Arty British rockers Coldplay sit pretty at the top of Billboard's pop albums chart for a second week. Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends sold 249,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In fact, the Top 3 discs...
Following, well, the rest of the hip-hop luminaries with albums coming out this summer, The Game has decided to move the date of LAX back to the future -- July 22. This follows Missy Elliott and Lil Wayne with...
Al Green's new CD just grabbed the highest debut of his career, with Lay it Down coming in at No. 9 on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart, according to Blue Note. The CD is also at No. 4 on the...
Rockers 3 Doors Down sold 154,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, of its self-titled disc during its first week in stores. That's good enough for a No. 1 debut on Billboard's pop albums chart. So far, the group's four studio...
Now we know what Raven-Symone is up to this summer... The actress-singer, who just released a self-titled CD on April 29, was scheduled to appear at Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie this summer on her own headlining tour. Instead Billboard.com...
For those who feel that artists are doomed without bottomless video budgets and major label support, R&B's Mint Condition is disproving that theory with the resounding chart success of their sixth studio release, e-Life. Released last Tuesday on their...
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