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Chart Stalker 8/26/10: There’s Life!!!

by MJ on Aug 26, 2010 • 2 Comments

Eminem #1, yada yada yada blah blah blah. However, the remainder of the Top 10 on this week’s Billboard album chart gets an almost complete makeover, by virtue of six debuts and a reentry. The only albums in this week’s Top 10 that were also in last week’s Top 10 besides Eminem are Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” (#7) and Justin Bieber’s “My World 2.0” (#8). This week’s Top 10 debuts come from R&B singer Kem (#2), singer-songwriters Ray LaMontagne (#3) […]

Popblerd (Sort of) LiveBlogs the 10th Annual BET Awards

by MJ on Jun 27, 2010 • 5 Comments

award shows / hip-hop / Michael Jackson / music / news / pop culture / Pop Music / soul music / TV / Videos

Sometimes it pays to have other plans. The 10th Annual BET Award ceremony is tonight. Now, normally, I live blog these things so I can share in the shocks and horrors along with everyone else. This time, I had to work (yes, on a Sunday night. I know, right?), so watching the show live isn’t an option. Thank God for DVR. Now I can still deliver snark, but I can speed through the show in half the time! The BET […]

Chartstalker 3/10/10: Who the Hell is Taio Cruz?

by MJ on Mar 10, 2010 • No Comments

music / news / Pop Music / Who The Hell Is?

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 […]