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Kris Allen Will Not Pull Off An ‘American Idol’ Hat Trick On The Album Chart Next Week

Robbie Daw
May 24th, 2012 // 7 Comments
Kris Allen's Favorites
Kris Allen Favorites
The singer shares his favorite things with us. Read More »
Kris Is Busted
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Beach bummer! Police stop Kris Allen from busking. Read More »
Gaga Cover
Hear Kris' covers of tunes by Lady Gaga & Rihanna. Read More »
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This week Adam Lambert made American Idol-related chart history when his LP Trespassing succeeded Blown Away by fellow AI alum Carrie Underwood at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 — a first for onetime Idol contestants. But the hopes of those looking to Kris Allen to pull off a threepeat of sorts with Thank You Camellia are likely to be dashed by the time next week’s chart rolls around.

Billboard has John Mayer‘s latest LP Born And Raised pegged as the next #1, and indicates that industry sources say it could sell upwards of 220,000 copies by the time data is added up. Both Allen’s Thank You Camellia and Haley Reinhart‘s debut Listen Up are expected to crack the Top 20.

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Adam Lambert Caught ‘Trespassing’ Atop Album Chart

Robbie Daw
May 23rd, 2012 // 1 Comment
Review Revue
Adam Lambert Trespassing
See how critics rated Trespassing. Read More »
"Never" Video Tease
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Adam's cryptic "Never Close Our Eyes" clip. Read More »
We Quiz Adam!
Adam Lambert Trespassing
See how Adam did on Idolator's "This Is Your Career!" quiz. Read More »
Adam Lambert

Adam Lambert‘s Trespassing has sailed to the #1 position on the Billboard Top 200 in its first week, marking the American Idol alum’s first chart-topping LP. (Previous offering For Your Entertainment peaked at #3 in 2009.) This gives the “Never Close Our Eyes” crooner the distinction of being the first openly-gay singer to top the main album chart in the US, according to the Village Voice‘s math, with a single-artist title. Another interesting tidbit: this marks the first time one Idol alum has succeeded another — in this case, Carrie Underwood — in the Top 200′s upper-most position. More »

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Carrie Underwood Keeps Blowing Away The Competition On The Album Chart

Robbie Daw
May 16th, 2012 // Leave a Comment
Carrie On DWTS
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The good girl does Dancing With The Stars. Read More »
Our Carrie Q&A
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See what Underwood had to say to us! Read More »
Carrie On Late Night
Ms. Underwood stops by Letterman. Read More »
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Carrie Underwood‘s fourth LP Blown Away manages to cling to the peak position on Billboard‘s Top 200 for a second week, after music buyers grabbed another 120,000 copies. Both that album and Adele‘s 21 (101,000), which is back up to #2, sold well in the lead-up to Mother’s Day this past Sunday. Guess it’s safe to say that, when it comes to music, Mom is into good girls and heartache? More »

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Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” Makes History, Tops Three Charts At Once

Becky Bain
May 14th, 2012 // 1 Comment
Gotye On 'SNL'
Gotye and Kimbra perform on Saturday Night Live. Read More »
Gotye At Coachella
Gotye Coachella 2012
Check out the "Somebody" singer's stellar set. Read More »
Glee's Sour Note
Gotye initially slammed the series' treatment of his tune. Read More »
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You might be so over Gotye‘s “Somebody That I Used To Know”, but the singer’s smash single with Kimbra is only getting more popular. “Somebody” has become the first song to hit #1 on the Hot 100, the Alternative chart and the Dance/Club charts simultaneously. The Belgium-born Australian artist can thank the electronic genre’s various remixes of his bitter breakup tune, such as this one by Tiesto, for helping it become a hit on the dance charts. More cause for celebration: not only is the song topping the Alternative charts, “Somebody” is now the longest-reigning #1 single by a soloist in the chart’s 23-year history. Looks like all that heartache was worth it! [Via Billboard]

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Carrie Underwood Is #1, Beastie Boys Return To Album Chart

Robbie Daw
May 9th, 2012 // Leave a Comment
Yauch Dead At 47
Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys
The founding Beastie Boys member loses life to cancer. Read More »
Hall Of Fame Tribute
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The Top Beastie Videos
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Carrie Underwood‘s fourth LP Blown Away becomes her third to blow to the peak position on Billboard‘s Top 200 this week. The album sold 267,000 copies out of the gate, putting it behind only Madonna‘s MDNA, which started with 358,000 last month, as far as biggest opening-week sales in 2012. Billboard also notes that Carrie joins Linda Ronstadt and Faith Hill as only the third female country artist to rack up three chart-topping albums on the Top 200. More »

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Jack White Tops Album Chart For First Time, The Wanted Debut In The Top 10

Robbie Daw
May 2nd, 2012 // Leave a Comment
Richie's Chart Triumph
Lionel is #1 for the first time in 26 years. Read More »
The Wanted's EP
Read up on the boy band's US debut release. Read More »
Xtina's A Bitch?
The Wanted must not know that words can't bring her down. Read More »
Jack White Blunderbuss

Jack White has released albums over the past 13 years as a part of The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, but it took the Detroit rocker going solo to finally reach the peak position on Billboard‘s Top 200. White’s LP Blunderbuss sold 138,000 copies out of the gate, enough to land at #1 and bump Lionel Richie‘s former chart-topper Tuskegee (#3, 78,000) off the throne. Billboard notes that White’s previous-best entry on the Top 200 came with The White Stripes’ 2007 LP Icky Thump, which reached #2. More »

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Tupac’s Hologram Sold A Lot Of Tupac Records

Nicole Sia
April 27th, 2012 // Leave a Comment
2Pac Back
Watch the gone-too-soon MC's Coachella set. Read More »
...But Not On Tour
Dr. Dre denies plans to pack HoloPac into the tour bus. Read More »
'Cause It Ain't Cheap
Tupac hologram Coachella
The Coachella projection cost six figures to produce. Read More »
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It’s been 12 years since the late Tupac Shakur has appeared on the Billboard 200 chart, but thanks to his virtual resurrection at Coachella this year, the rapper’s album and song sales are also back from the dead. Since his 2D projection hit the stage during the festival’s first weekend (Apr. 15), ‘Pac’s 1998 Greatest Hits release has reappeared at #129 on the album chart, up 571% in sales with more than 4,000 copies sold. “Hail Mary” — Tupac’s last single, released in 1997 off The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory — was downloaded more than 13,000 times last week, up a staggering 1,530% since his CGI effigy opened with it on stage alongside Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. “California Love” and “2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted” also made substantial gains. [via Billboard]

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Maroon 5′s “Payphone” Sets Digital Sales Record

Robbie Daw
April 25th, 2012 // Leave a Comment
Hear The Song
Dial up "Payphone" and see what all the chatter is about. Read More »
See The Performance
Adam and M5 rocked out a live version on The Voice. Read More »
Watch Lyric Video
Maroon 5 get animated for "Payphone" lyric vid. Read More »
Maroon 5: Overexposed
The band announce a new album for 2012. Read More »
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Maroon 5 have officially dialed up a hit with their Wiz Khalifa pair-up “Payphone”. The sugary pop song sold a whopping 493,000 digital downloads in its first week — enough for it to land at #3 on the Hot 100, just behind Gotye and Kimbra‘s “Somebody That I Used To Know” (which is #1 for a second week) and fun. and Janelle Monae‘s former chart-topper “We Are Young”. Billboard notes that Maroon 5 now have the distinction of racking up the best sales week for a single by a group, a feat previously achieved by the Black Eyes Peas with “Boom Boom Pow” back in 2009. As for the overall artist with the highest sales week for a single, that title belongs to Flo Rida, whose Ke$ha-featuring “Right Round” moved 636,000 downloads in late February 2009. All we can think is, damn, that’s a lot of quarters that went toward “Payphone”. Ba-zingggg!

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Lionel Richie Keeps Jason Mraz And Train At Bay On Album Chart

Robbie Daw
April 25th, 2012 // 1 Comment
Lionel Owes IRS
Lionel Richie ordered to pay $1.1 million in taxes. Read More »

Lionel Richie easily fends off new releases Jason Mraz, Train and Future on Billboard‘s Top 200 chart this week, as Tuskegee maintains its #1 position following another 114,000 copies sold. As mentioned last week, Tuskegee marks Richie’s first chart-topper on the main album roundup since Dancing On The Ceiling waltzed its way to the peak position in 1986. And the singer’s renaissance has arrived just in time, too, given his recent woes with unpaid taxes. More »

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Gotye And Kimbra Top Hot 100 With “Somebody That I Used To Know”

Robbie Daw
April 18th, 2012 // Leave a Comment
Gotye On SNL
Gotye and Kimbra perform on Saturday Night Live. Read More »
Get To Know Kimbra
The New Zealand pop star is bubbling up the U.S. charts. Read More »
Kimbra's Vows
The singer's album is getting an American release. Read More »

Saturday Night Live proved to be not only a winning performance for with regards to the album chart — his LP Making Mirrors flew back into the Top 10 of the Top 200 this week — but also on the Hot 100 singles chart. The moody “Somebody That I Used To Know” has unseated and ‘s “We Are Young” and becomes Gotye and his duet partner ‘s first chart-topper in the States. The 31-year-old singer is also now the first Australian artist to top the Hot 100 in the new millennium. (Gotye, whose real name is Wouter De Backer, was technically born in Belgium, but moved Down Under at the age of two.) Thank goodness for bitter breakups.

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