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AC/DC Proves They Are Still A Force; Debut at No. 1

October 29, 2008 - No Comments Last night, AC/DC did something they have never accomplished before — the band scored a Billboard-200 topping debut with “Black Ice.” The Colombia released album blasted onto the scene with a whopping 784,000 copies sold, the second highest number of the year, according to Neilson SoundScan. Released exclusively through Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club, the band still came in second only to Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter III”....

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Katy Perry STILL On Top of Billboard Hot 100

July 17, 2008 - No Comments Katy Perry’s cash grab single “I Kissed A Girl” has settled into the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 for the fourth consecutive week, solidifying its status as a bonified smash hit, and one of the biggest songs of the summer. Rihanna’s “take a bow” and LIl Wayne’s “Lollipop” were the closest competitors coming in at 2 and 3 respectively.  The staying power of a song about lesbianism is a testament....

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Lil Wayne Back on Top

July 10, 2008 - 1 Comment After debuting at #1 with over 1 million copies sold in the first week, Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III  took a two week vacation, landing in the #2 spot in the Billboard top 200, behind Coldplay’s Viva la Vida or Death and All HIs Friends.  This week however, the lil rapper retook the #1 throne, outselling Coldplay by a mere 6,000 copies. The two albums have been far and away the year’s biggest sellers, with Lil Wayne’s disc....

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Motley Crue Debut at #4 After 11 Year Layoff

July 3, 2008 - No Comments Veteran hair-metal outfit Motley Crue debuted at #4 on the U.S. pop charts with the band’s original lineup releasing its first album in 11 years.  The album, entitled “Saints of Los Angeles” sold 99,000 copies in its first week and marked the groups 9th album in its 27 year history.  The new record outsold the bands previous release “generation swine”, which also debuted at #4 but sold only 80,500 copies.  This showing....

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Lil Wayne Sells 1,000,000 Records in a Week

June 20, 2008 - No Comments Rapper Lil Wayne’s The Carter III has sold over 1,000,000 copies in just one week. It sold over 400,000 copies in its first day, already giving Lil Wayne the #1 album in the country. This is the first album to sell more than 1,000,000 copies in a week since 50 cent’s original offering in 2005. So, what does Wayne think about his monumental success? Well, he’s pretty humble. Thank you, that’s it, he told MTV News when asked....

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