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  Who Charted? Adam Lambert Breaks Records, Beach House Storm Top 10

  May 23, 2012 – First! Adam Lambert's Trespassing tops this week's Billboard 200 albums chart with just a 77,000-copy debut, making the album not only the first No. 1 for Lambert (his major-label debut For Your Entertainment only got to No. 3, beat by Susan Boyle and Andrea Bocelli), but also the first solo album by an openly gay artist to top the ranking. It's also the lowest-selling No. …
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  Billboard Music Awards 2012: Everything You Need To Know About Last Night's Ceremony

  May 21, 2012 – The Billboard Music Awards (or BBMAs), which were revived last year after a four-year hiatus, are the real People's Choice Awards — with the exception of the occasional editorial call, winners are selected based on hard data mined from Billboard's charts over a year period. In other words, you bought this music, people, and last night at Las Vegas' MGM Grand, the artists reaped the prizes. …
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  Who Charted? Silversun Pickups Pull Out Week's Best Debut

  May 16, 2012 – First! Carrie Underwood has pwned the competition and taken No. 1 for a second week on the Billboard 200, with 102,000 copies of Blown Away sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Are you seeing this, Celebrity Apprentice star Clay Aiken? 2 Through 10: No big surprises here, either — Adele (No. 2 with 102,000), Lionel Richie (No. 3 with 71,000), the Now 42 compilation (No. 4 with 65,000), Norah Jones (No. 5 with 60,000). …
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  Bjork Issues Creatively Punctuated Cancellation Apology

  May 10, 2012 – Björk recently joined the ever-growing list of artists recently sidelined with throat problems. An inflamed nodule on her vocal cord has been aggravated by her recent residencies and festival appearances in support of last year's iPad album, Biophilia. …
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  Who Charted? Beastie Boys Sales Soar as Fans Honor MCA

  May 9, 2012 – First! Carrie Underwood's big arrival on the Billboard 200 this week makes Jack White's personally historic No. 1 last week look slightly less impressive, regardless of how much we loved that album. The American Idol superstar's latest LP Blown Away sold 267,000 copies, nearly doubling Blunderbuss's 138,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. 2 Through 10: Norah Jones' ...Little Broken Hearts arrives at No. …
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  Adele, LMFAO, Rihanna Up for Tons of 2012 Billboard Awards

  April 20, 2012 – The Grammys may manage to squeeze in a couple of eyebrow-raising wild-card nominees every year, but the Billboard Music Awards provide few surprises since they're based on the firm metrics the trade magazine uses to track the music biz (sales and downloads, radio airplay, tour figures, and social media presence). …
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  Speechless: 5 Artists Recently Sidelined With Throat Problems

  April 13, 2012 – Just a week ago, Kathleen Edwards revealed she has fallen victim to the throat drama plaguing so many singers in recent months. "No voice. No show," Edwards tweeted, announcing that concerts in several Canadian prairie cities, as well as a Minneapolis gig, have been canceled. Today we can add Rod Stewart to the pile of artists on the DL. …
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  Who Charted? Madonna Is Queen of Album Sales (Again)

  April 4, 2012 – First! She did it! Perhaps thanks to a few winky references and online spats, the numbers for MDNA, Madonna's first album since 2008, reached a healthy 359,000 copies sold its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The No. 1 on the Billboard 200 is her fifth in a row and her eighth total. Why are people so much more excited about this album than Hard Candy, which sold nearly 100K less four years ago? …
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  Relax, Adele Will Release At Least a Single in 2012

  April 2, 2012 – Adele told everyone post-Grammys that a new album wouldn't be coming for at least two years, causing mass panic in the record biz (which she has saved) and the tissue biz (because SNL sort of nailed that one).But she also gave an interview via translator to a French radio station this morning, in which she says that the world can expect at least a single in the next year or so. …
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  Who Charted? The 'Hunger Games' Soundtrack, Duh

  March 29, 2012 – First! As predicted, the Appalachialicious Hunger Games soundtrack arrived at No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200, becoming the first film soundtrack to hit the top spot since Michael Jackson's This is It in November 2009. It gets even better, though, because if you get more specific, it's the first No. …
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