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  Who Charted? Nicki Minaj, Still a Monster, Unseats Madonna

  April 11, 2012 – First! As predicted, Nicki Minaj coolly takes her throne at No. 1 this week on Billboard's Top 200. Barbs and non-Barbs alike gobbled up 253,000 copies of Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, which apparently was even better than analysts expected for the record (via Billboard). …
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  One Direction's Hair Gives Passionate 'SNL' Performance

  April 9, 2012 – One Direction, the British boy band assembled out of pieces of X Factor contestants like an adorable phoenix, performed their hit single and their song that sounds like "I Want It That Way" on Saturday Night Live this weekend. You may use this space to debate whose hair did the best job. Remember, your options are Harry, Liam, Louis, Niall, and Zayn.  …
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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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  Who Charted? It's Cool, One Direction's Got This

  March 21, 2012 – First! In an unsurprising upset, Brit boy band One Direction stormed the Billboard 200 albums chart with Up All Night, which sold 176,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That makes the English group the first U.K. act to open at No. 1 with their debut album. (Thanks, social media promotion!) Can we safely say that boy bands are back now? …
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  Brit Awards Breakdown: Adele Is Sassy! Blur Return! Lana Del Rey Is Adored!

  February 22, 2012 – The U.K. press is well-known for its ruthlessness, but last night at the Brit Awards, which took place at London's O2 Arena, they came off as far more forgiving than our own media. Not only did Adele, who naturally won top accolades for British Female Solo Artist and Mastercard British Album of the Year, get away with what M.I.A. …
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