Posts Tagged ‘Andrea Bocelli’

Drake Takes ‘Care’ To #1 On Album Chart

Wed Nov 23 2011 by Robbie Daw
While the Rihanna vs. Nickelback battle for next week's chart is already heating up, let's not forget about the current Top 200. Drake didn't quite achieve that figure of 675,000 copies that was predicted for Take Care's first-week sales. Still, his sophomore LP easily enters the #1 position after moving 631,000 — enough to give him the third-best sales week for an album in 2011 so far, behind Lady Gaga's Born This Way (1.1 million) and Lil Wayne's Tha Carver IV (964,000). More »

Grammy Awards 2010: The Performances

Sun Jan 31 2010 by Becky Bain
We still can't believe Beyonce covered a 15-year old Alanis Morissette song or that Pink basically turned the Grammy audience into Sea World's splash zone with her gravity-defying, water-sprinkling performance. Take the jump to relive all the amazing Grammy performances. (We'll be updating as we find 'em!) More »

R. Kelly Getting Stiffed By Susan Boyle, Lashes Out At The Haters

Fri Dec 4 2009 by Robbie Daw

R. Kelly’s new album Untitled doesn’t appear to be too much of a threat—well, unless you’re worried you might suddenly find yourself in the family way after listening to it.

Billboard is projecting that the battle for the peak position on next week’s Top 200 Albums chart is between the current #1, Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed A Dream, and Andrea Bocelli’s encroaching My Christmas, which has been lodged at #2 for the past three weeks. Each is said to possibly sell upwards of 375,000 copies by week’s end.

R. Kelly, on the other hand, is expected to only move about 100,000 copies. Maybe he should have titled his album, after all. More »