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Who Charted?: Norah Jones Slips, But Stays At No. 1
Wed Feb 28 2007 by Maura
Despite a 53% dip in sales last week, Norah Jones’ third album, Not Too Late, remains atop the Billboard 200. More »
NFL Already Worried About Super Bowl XLII Halftime Show
Mon Feb 26 2007 by Maura
The NFL is apparently figuring that there’s only one way to top this year’s completely epic performance by Prince at this year’s Super Bowl, and that’s to bring in The Boss. From Variety:
Bruce Springsteen and Norah Jones are at the top of the list. The NFL is hoping the recent successes of Prince, the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney can be used as leverage to bring in the Boss while Jones would be ideal to sing the National Anthem during the pregame ceremonies, according to NFL VP of programming Charles Coplin. More »
Who Charted?: Norah Jones Is Everybody’s Favorite Valentine
Wed Feb 21 2007 by Maura
Norah Jones performed the neat trick of failing upward this week. Not Too Late, her third album, experienced an 11% drop in sales, but its 211,000 copies sold were enough to help her reclaim the top spot on the Billboard 200 in the album’s third week on the chart. More »
Get In The Q: We Read The British Music Magazines, So You Don’t Have To
Fri Feb 16 2007 by Brian Raftery
Who Charted?: Fall Out Boy Wins Its Arms Race Against Norah Jones
Wed Feb 14 2007 by Maura
Pete Wentz may have a reason to smile. Fall Out Boy’s Infinity On High debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week, narrowly inching out Norah Jones’ Not Too Late for the top spot. More »
Who Charted?: Norah Jones Is No. 1 On The Chart, And In America’s Hearts
Wed Feb 7 2007 by Maura
As expected by pretty much everyone who’s ever heard a note of music in the last five years, Norah Jones’ Not Too Late took the top spot on this week’s Billboard 200. The adorable singer’s third full-length sold 405,000 copies–a jump from last week’s No. More »
RIAA Might Now Be Suing On Grounds Of Criminally Bad Taste
Tue Feb 6 2007 by Brian Raftery
Pity poor Scott Hines: He’s the 23-year-old Maine resident who was sued by the RIAA last week for allegedly downloading five songs. More »
Men’s Mags Tell Readers How To Waste Their Money On Music
Thu Feb 1 2007 by idolguest2
Occasionally, we get a little bored and start picking up men’s fashion magazines for the award-winning journalism and free cologne samples. While learning that we can drink red wine with fish now (GQ), that Sienna Miller has complex emotions (Esquire) or that getting a divorce is the hot new trend (Details), we discovered that each magazine contained a music section. This would be generally regarded as a good thing, but since these magazines have a target audience that tends to buy whatever they’re told, perhaps someone needs to review these publications’ reviews. As a public service to the reader, we leaf through the current issues of the big three American men’s fashion mags to determine which one provides the least-awful musical advice.
Idolator’s Record-Review Round-Up: Norah Jones Is Dreamy, But Kinda Sleep-Inducing, Too
Tue Jan 30 2007 by Maura
- “Without the Hoagy Carmichael and Duke Ellington covers and the jazz-inflected compositions of her guitarist Jesse Harris (whose song “Don’t Know Why” catapulted Jones to stardom), Not Too Late has a more consistent singer-songwriter feel. More »
