Just when you think Chris Brown has nothing else stupid and/or shameless in his arsenal, the singer pulls out another doozy. The pop/R&B singer posted a message on saynow.com (I’m not even gonna bother to link to it), complaining about the lack of support he’s getting from radio and telling his fans “it’s in your power to bring me back”. “I can’t be an underground mixtape artist”, he moaned. As I mentioned in last week’s Chartstalker column, Chris’s third CD, […]
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Chartstalker 2/24/10: Featuring Wanda Sykes
So…hey everybody. Nothing came out last week! So, there’s not a helluva lot to report chart-wise. Sade holds for a second week at the top spot, scanning over 190,000 units of “Soldier of Love”. Following last week’s amazing debut, the venerable British band has sold nearly 700,000 copies of their first album in ten years-in two short weeks. Considering the previous week included Valentine’s Day-a time period during which a good deal of music is usually bought-just about every album […]
Does Billboard Know Exactly What Sexy Is??
One thing we can probably all agree on is that sexiness is relative. Everyone’s got their own quirks. Some people think it’s a 6 pack, or a big rack. For some people, it’s less visual and more intellectual. Personally, as a gay dude, I find most typically attractive men (say, Brad Pitt) pretty un-sexy. Too Metro for my tastes (although I will admit that seeing him in “Thelma & Louise” gave me quite the teenage boner). Billboard Magazine, that bastion […]
Rihanna's "Rude Boy": Where Have I Seen This Before?
I must admit, I’m sort of confused by the image Rihanna has been projecting these days. I mean, I kinda dig the fact that she’s going the whole Grace Jones route, although she should probably acknowledge that fact for the benefit of folks who aren’t as old as I am and would thus not be aware of the fact that Miss Jones pioneered this whole shtick first. What leaves me a little cold is that she seems to have sexed […]