Posts Tagged ‘Ingrid Michaelson’

Will Lana Del Rey’s ‘Born To Die’ Bump Adele’s ‘21′ From #1 Next Week?

Wed Feb 1 2012 by Robbie Daw
Adele's 21 is in the peak position on Billboard's Top 200 for an 18th non-consecutive week, though she may have some competition on the horizon in the form of Lana Del Rey's debut Born To Die — the standard and deluxe versions of which are occupying the top two spots on iTunes. The divisive “Video Games songstress is also tops at Amazon's MP3 store. As for this week, Adele's Grammy-nominated sophomore effort is #1 after another 116,000 in sales. More »
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Popping Up: Cara Salimando

Tue Apr 27 2010 by Becky Bain
Popping Up is our recurring look at new artists making noise on the music landscape. Because, hey, Madonna and Britney were once unknown, too.

Cara Salimando says she's been inspired by the confessional songwriting of Fiona Apple ever since she was in grade school, but this 18-year-old singer-songwriter has her own hell to raise. With an unaffected but knowing voice, Salimando sings of night skies and broken hearts, and—lest anyone think she's one of those dime-a-dozen coffeehouse singers covering songs on YouTube—know that the teenage artist caught the eye of the pop masterminds behind Rihanna.

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On The Borders: What People Aren’t Buying

Thu Apr 2 2009 by Lucas Jensen

As part of book giant Borders’ slashing of its DVD and CD sections, the store here in Athens, Ga., is selling its CD and DVD inventory at 50% off. The standard pre-liquidation price for a CD? $18.99. So at 50% off, most of the remaining inventory was still as much as it would have been at Best Buy, Target, or Wal-Mart. In fact, in most cases the prices were exactly twice what they were at the Big Boxers, particularly in the DVD/Blu-Ray section. I decided to document the dregs of Borders’ music collection to see what people weren’t buying, much like I did last year during the Circuit City fire sale. All of the releases documented after the jump had at least four copies for sale.

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