Susan Boyle was surprised with an early Christmas gift on U.K. TV as she received a platinum record for her history-making album sales. The record-breaking disc has sold more than five million worldwide since its release in November more

So much for Chris Brown rant about being "blackballed" by retailers. It looks like that excuse won't work. It just looks like the public just aren't buying it! Billboard reports: A survey and store visits find that Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Trans World, Newbury Comics are all carrying the Brown record and sources say that his album received widespread distribution and promotion by his label, Jive Records, and his distributor, Sony Music Entertainment. Jive shipped over 400,000 units of "Graffiti," and also had it positioned in prime stores space at all key accounts, according to sources. In fact, sources suggest that Jive may have overshipped his record, as sales are slow. "Not only am I carrying it, I am over carrying it, because it isn't selling," says the head of purchasing at one large chain. "I wish I could return it." more

But there is more! MTV had this: Chris Brown's irate state of mind, as displayed over the weekend in a series of angry tweets, came to an end Monday afternoon (December 14) when the embattled R&B artist abruptly canceled his Twitter account and abandoned tens of thousands of followers. more.

And Hits Double Daily has 70% of their total in and at this point they show Chris Brown's new album has sold 60,723 copies in the U.S. this week. Expect that to bump up a little with the final numbers but he's neck in neck with Gucci Mane for 9th place.

Adam Lambert suffered a big dropped again this week. At this point he is sitting at No 34 with sales of 27,181 in his third week, but that number is beating R.Kelly's new one by a couple hundred copies. Who said controversy sells albums?

Meanwhile, Susan Boyle sits a top the chart for a third week, selling an additional 276,009 copies last week. Again that's with only 70% counted so all of these numbers will climb, you can see the latest numbers here

Oasis have revealed plans to release their first album without Noel Gallagher. Currently working under the name 'Oasis 2.0', Liam Gallagher has said he wants an album out by next summer. more

The Princess and the Frog, the latest animated film from Disney, has topped the North America box office chart in its first weekend on wide release. The family fantasy made $25m over the weekend more

Erykah Badu will release her sixth studio album, New Amerykah, Part II: Return of the Ankh, on February 23 via Universal Motown. The singer says the set is called Part II because unlike 2008's more conscious-driven New Amerykah Part I: 4th World War more

The X Factor was watched by more than 19 million people as Olly Murs and Joe McElderry fought for the title, according to the latest figures. An average of 15.5m people tuned in to watch the full two-hour final on Sunday night. more

Mariah Carey reportedly will come out with two remix albums. According to MariahDaily, the singer will drop both of the efforts, which are re-works to her latest studio installment "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel", early next year. more

Kid Cudi has punched a fan during his concert in Vancouver over the weekend. The rapper reportedly was upset when a wallet was thrown onto the stage by a concertgoer. more

Contradiction of the day! This one comes from Yahoo News who had these two headlines stacked on their menu: Golden Globe nominations don't ensure Oscar love Reuters and Golden Globe picks help sort out Oscar prospects AP - given AP's horrid article on the AMAs a few weeks back, we'll go with Reuters.

Actor Nick Cannon and Atlantic Records are launching a worldwide search for three girls to resurrect Josie and the Pussycats, a band based on the Archie Comics characters. more.