Day in Pop Report for 04/22/2010
Justin Bieber led the U.S. album chart for a third non-consecutive week Wednesday, while rock duo MGMT's second album debuted at No. 2. more Coroner's officials say the death of Marie Osmond's son has been ruled a suicide and that drugs or alcohol didn't play a role in the teen's fall from a balcony. more B.o.B will bounce Rihanna from the top slot of the Hot 100 singles chart to be released on Thursday. B.o.B's "Nothin' On You," featuring Bruno Mars, will rise one place to No. 1 more Christina Aguilera answers Akon's claim that she copied Lady GaGa. In an interview with Atlanta's Star 94 FM as part of her "Bionic" promotion, she sets the record straight, saying "No rip-offs, we're all inspired by different things." "I was inspired ... by artists that came before me. ..." But she had nice things to say about new artists more The former partner of rapper Guru has bid a gracious goodbye to his one-time Gang Starr sidekick, despite a deathbed letter from Guru that dismissed their friendship. AP reports that producer DJ Premier issued a farewell statement Wednesday, following Guru's posthumous online proclamation more Kelly Clarkson said Thursday she was not aware her Indonesian concert was sponsored by a tobacco company and refused to cancel the show despite appeals from anti-smoking groups. She said her "only option" was cancel the show, but she could not justify "penalizing my fans for someone else's oversight". more Time finally ran out for "American Idol" contestant Tim Urban on Wednesday as Elton John, Alicia Keys, Carrie Underwood and The Black Eyed Peas all took to the stage for a fund-raising special benefiting children's, hunger and health charities. more Cartoon Network said Wednesday during its "upfront" presentation to advertisers that it is launching a new version of Warner Bros.' classic "Looney Tunes" series starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. more The fourth and final movie of the animated "Shrek" series opened the Tribeca film festival on Wednesday night, but this time in 3D, marking the festival's shift from independent fare to more commercial movies. more Lil Wayne is currently serving a year-long sentence at New York's Rikers Island prison after pleading guilty to gun possession charges. But Wayne, real name Dwayne Carter Jr., is facing more legal problems after Jim Jonsin, who co-wrote the star's Grammy-winning "Lollipop", filed a lawsuit alleging he has yet to receive any royalty payments for his work on the hit single. more Rufus Wainwright has banned fans from applauding him on his current U.K. tour. The singer is currently playing concerts around Britain, but he's requested audience members refrain from clapping during the first half of his show. more The range of characters that Leonard Nimoy has played in his time is staggering � there was Spock in Star Trek, and Spock in the Star Trek movies, now Leonard Nimoy has decided to retire from acting... more
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Animal has scanned 600k units since and has been in the Top 20 albums every week since release in January and this marks its 5th week in the Top 10. Ke$ha has sold over 8.5 million tracks and ringtones in the U.S. alone.
The track is New & Active this week at #52-bullet on the Top 40 Mediabase chart, with over 3 million in audience and growing. Upon impact the single was added to 50 stations across the pop and rhythm radio formats.
A native of the British Virgin Islands, Iyaz is at the forefront of the "Island Pop" sound � a brilliant fusion of rap, reggae, pop, and island vibes that has been popularized by fellow Beluga Heights recording artist Sean Kingston. Kingston discovered Iyaz through his MySpace Page in 2008 and introduced him to Rotem, who saw immediate potential in the 23-year-old's vocal and songwriting talent. In just a few short months, Iyaz has already seen his star ascend with the blockbuster success of his debut single "Replay," which soared to No. 1 on the Top 40 chart and the UK singles chart, and has been certified triple-platinum by the R.I.A.A. - more on this story
The "Wet Dreams promo video" is the second release from their highly anticipated project, "Sex Tape" due to drop June 1st, 2010.
The initial six CDs, including four twofers, are Rawhide's Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites, Bobby Rydell Salutes The Great Ones/Rydell at the Copa, Chubby Checker's It's Pony Time/Let's Twist Again, The Orlons' The Wah-Watusi/South Street, Terry Knight And The Pack/Reflections plus the compilation Remember Me Baby: Cameo Parkway Vocal Groups Vol. 1 which features The Lydells, The Dovells, The Tymes, Lee Andrews, Billy And The Essentials and more. For some time ABKCO had been looking for the right team with whom to delve into its vaults to create an ongoing Cameo Parkway reissue program. ABKCO found the right mix in Collectors' Choice Music and have entered into an exclusive arrangement, ensuring that a flow of reissues and compilations will be available over the next few years. All releases will be curated by Teri Landi, ABKCO's resident engineer and catalog archivist, and annotated by respected music journalists.
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The featured single is currently positioned at #32 on Billboard's Nextmusic Charts, and can been seen topping others including Billboard's Mike Bordes Sprint Radio Alltel Playlist, and Promo-only Charts.
The consecutive rankings are further proof that the album has been gathering a fierce and constantly expanding fan base. In addition, the band's first single "Home" makes its first appearance in the AAA top 20 chart. The much-talked-about band made a triumphant first appearance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival in Indio, CA last weekend. Among the hoards of fans that came out for their show- which amassed the largest crowds for a daytime set that the festival saw all weekend- was hip-hop power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce. The band graced the cover of a recent New York Times arts section, also celebrating their performance.
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Additionally, "Jason Castro" debuts in the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 coming in at #18. The collection is already earning praise, with favorable reviews in Us Weekly, People and Entertainment Weekly among others. Earlier this week, Castro kicked off his first-ever headlining tour with a sold out show at The Loft in his hometown of Dallas, TX. The cross-country trek celebrates the release of his self-titled debut LP and continues with dates into mid-May
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Ragsdale's track (co-written by Verlon Thompson), "Bad Angel," features Dierks Bentley joined by special guest vocalists Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson, two other powerhouses of country music. The song originally appeared on the Ragsdale/Thompson album, Out of Our Hands. "I feel like I've found the proverbial magic lamp and the genie has granted my three wishes: Dierks, Miranda and Jamey," said Ragsdale upon hearing her song for the first time as it was performed on the new CD. - more on this story
Reeves has just launched a month-long spring tour throughout the East Coast and the Midwest. This past Monday, Jason performed "Terrified," a song he co-wrote with Warner Bros. Records' Senior Vice President of A&R and current American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, on George Lopez's TBS show Lopez Tonight. Reeves sings a duet of the song with Katharine McPhee, who has included it on her current album Unbroken. The track was also performed multiple times on American Idol by contestant Didi Benami, who received rave reviews from the judges and fans. Reeves, a 25-year-old Iowa City native who was signed by DioGuardi, is completing his first album for Warner Bros. Records. His independent album, The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache (and Other Frightening Tales), was re-released by Warner Bros. Records after selling briskly as an independent release in 2007. The album's hook-filled songs of love, hope, heartbreak, and renewal, matched with Reeves' engaging tenor voice, led iTunes to name Reeves one of the Top Indie Singer-Songwriters of 2007. - more on this story
The DVD and Blu-Ray package of Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same includes Blackgoat, a 69-minute film by Brock Enright, video loops used in his art installation, a conversation between Robert Longo & Brock Enright and an essay by artist Carroll Dunham. The limited edition package also includes a vinyl LP of music by Brock Enright and Kirsten Deirup titled Torben, a film poster and original artwork hand drawn on each record by Brock. Lipes' v�rit� film follows controversial emerging artist Brock Enright and his girlfriend, painter Kirsten Deirup, as Enright prepares a career-breaking exhibition for New York City's prominent Perry Rubinstein Gallery.
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The nationally acclaimed Minnesota-based pianists launched a national search for song ideas -- and the stories behind them -- in February, and were inundated with hundreds of song suggestions and stories, some touching, some sentimental, some inspiring. Lullabies: By Request is available at www.pianobrothers.com, iTunes, Amazon and gift shops across the country. The idea for the new CD was initially sparked by an experience that affected the entire O'Neill family. Last May, older O'Neill Brother Tim O'Neill and his wife Annie celebrated the birth of twins. Owen and Gabi O'Neill were born two months prematurely, and spent more than seven weeks in the NICU. The twins are at home with mom and dad now, and doing well, and Tim and Annie attribute at least some of the babies' recovery to the piano music they played for them throughout their hospital stay.
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