Slim Shady sits at the head of this week’s new release table.
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The X Factor – And Then There Were 3
We’re down to the nitty gritty. After Marcus Canty was booted out of the show by America last week, it left just three contestants; Melanie Amaro, Josh Krajcik, and Chris Rene. Some may say that one of these things is not like the other. And they’d be right. Chris Rene is lyrically, the ugly duckling of the show. His vocals are average at best and his rapping is worse than Astro’s was … when he was five. But what Chris […]
Chart Stalker: Shooting “Lasers” at the Top
Who said battling with your record company doesn’t pay off? After numerous delays resulting from stalemates with his label, Lupe Fiasco earns his first #1 album on this week’s Billboard chart with the arrival of his third album, Lasers. The album sells over 204,000 units in it’s first frame, easily outdistancing it’s closest challenger, Adele’s 21. Fear not for the British songstress, however, as her sophomore effort scans another 133,000 copies to hang on to the #2 spot and pad […]
New Release Report: The Floodgates Open
Welcome to the first big release week of 2011. It’s kinda like the lights all of a sudden got turned on in the room, and there will be multiple albums vying for the #1 spot next week-of course, the sensible part of me wonders why these albums couldn’t have been spread out (especially since they’ve obviously all been done for quite some time), but this is the music industry…there’s no room for sense. Anyhow, here’s a look at this week’s […]
Chart Stalker!: It’s Britney, Bitch!
Welcome to another week of “how low can you go” on the Billboard album charts. Cake’s Showroom of Compassion takes the #1 spot with a paltry 44,000 units sold. It’s the California band’s first chart-topper, and a notable achievement considering their six year absence, however, scoring a #1 album with a number that’s half if not a third the number of the average #1 album is somewhat dubious. Cake scores one of four debuts in this week’s Top 20. Kentucky […]
Hear Here!: Avril Lavigne’s “What the Hell”
I’d completely forgotten about Avril Lavigne until a month or so ago. Not that I was ever a big fan of hers or anything, but she was omnipresent for four or five years, and then she kinda just disappeared. Then I spotted her on the American Music Awards, followed by her appearance (via cleverly executed sample) on Rihanna’s latest album. It was so weird-like my brain had willed her out of existence. I didn’t even have any songs of hers […]
Chartstalker 3/10/10: Who the Hell is Taio Cruz?
I’ll get to the albums chart in a minute, but I must first register my surprise at this week’s new #1 single. British newcomer Taio Cruz jumps from #53 to #1 on the Hot 100 with his new single “Break Your Heart”, which features Ludacris (who will now have an impressive three songs in the Top Ten). I’ll admit that even as I write this, I haven’t heard the song yet (bad reporting, I know…but I have the Broken Bells […]