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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Billboard Update



Jay-Z and Alicia Keys continue to dominate the Hot 100 with Empire State Of Mind, stopping Lady Gaga's Bad Romance from hitting the top spot, settling for second place. Ke$ha's party jam TiK ToK climbs to #5 this week. The Black Eyed Peas' latest single Meet Me Halfway gains momentum again as it climbs from #15 to #12. Kally Clarkson's Already Gone has a new peak of #16 this week, thanks to that performance at the AMAs. Chris Brown's new single I Can Transform Ya' makes a slow climb to #22 this week, while Leona Lewis literally leaps from #59 to #31 this week with Happy. Kris Allen's debut single Live Like We're Dying also climbs this week to #41 up from #70 last week. OneRepublic's latest single All The Right Moves climbs and peaks at #53 this week due to this week's album release. Alicia Keys hasn't done too well with Doesn't Mean Anything, the lead single for her newest studio album The Element Of Freedom which will be released on the 15th of December this year, and has thus moved on to Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart, the second single for her album which has just debuted at #58. Justin Bieber's new songs Down To Earth, Bigger and Last Dance debuted at #79, #94 and #99 respectively this week, with Rihanna's second single Hard also debuting at #80 this week.

On the Billboard 200 albums chart, John Mayer took top spot with his newest album Battle Studies with sales of 286,000 in its first week of release. Norah Jones' latest album The Fall debuts at #3 on the Billboard 200 this week. Justin Bieber's EP My World debuts at #6 this week. American Idol Season 8 winner Kris Allen debuts at a disappointing #11 with sales just passing the 80, 000 mark. Leona Lewis' sophomore album also debuts at a disappointing #13 this week, but with Happy climbing the charts, I hope it does better. OneRepublic's sophomore disc has also debuted at #21 this week. Adam Lambert's pre-Idol recordings compiled into an album called Take One has debuted this week at #72. Michael Buble's 2005 album It's Time re-enters the albums chart at #127; and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible re-enters the charts at #134; and his self-titled album re-enters at #191. Katy Perry's MTV Unplugged EP debuts at #168 this week.

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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Norah Jones - The Fall



I was first introduced to Norah Jones with her single Don't Know Why which was a little bit of jazz. Now, with her latest studio album, she's gone for a more contemporary rock sound with The Fall which comes out November 17th. Enjoy.

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Monday, November 2, 2009
Big News: Albums to look out for this year (Nov - Dec 15th)

These are a list of albums to look out for coming this November all through December 15th. It's gonna be GREAT. I will update more when more albums have a release date after 15th December.



Country superstar who won the hearts of America back in Season 4 of American Idol is getting ready to release her third studio album entitled Play On on November 3rd.



Britney Spears celebrates her decade-long career in the music industry full of ups and downs. Right now, she has lots to celebrate for because she became the first artist in 11 years (excluding any American Idol related artist) to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, which she did with 3, the lead single from her Singles Collection coming out November 10th.



Leona Lewis won The X Factor UK back in 2006 and took a year to record her debut album Spirit, which the lead single Bleeding Love shot her to #1 all around the world with. After successfully breaking into the US music industry, she's set to release Echo on November 16th, her sophomore album that should be another success for her, where Happy, the lead single from the album is expected to climb the charts.



Norah Jones broke onto the music scene in 2002 when her debut album went straight to #1 and has since released 3 commercially successful studio albums. She's going to release her fourth studio album The Fall November 17th.



Kris Allen appeared as the humble college student who took the crown of the eighth season of American Idol and has since inked a record deal with Jive/19 Recordings and will release his post-Idol self-titled album on November 17th. He has already released his first single Live Like We're Dying.



The boys of OneRepublic shot to worldwide fame literally overnight when their debut single Apologize shot straight to #1 on the charts and their second single Stop And Stare did really well too. OneRepublic has since been hard at work with their follow-up album Waking Up due for release on 17th of November. First single All the Right Moves has already been released.



15 year-old Canadian singer Justin Bieber was first discovered on Youtube and has been signed as of 2008 and will be releasing his debut album My World on November 17th. His first two singles One Time and One Less Lonely Girl have been Top 20 hits in the US and Top 15 hits in Canada which should give him a relatively stable career.



Susan Boyle, who was such an Internet phenomenon had always wanted to release an album and now that dream is about to materialise. 23rd November is the day Susan Boyle releases her debut album I Dreamed A Dream.



Lady Gaga rocketed straight to the top of the charts when her debut singles Just Dance and Pokerface hit the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. Now, she's going to re-release her debut album titled The Fame: Monster on the 23rd of November.



After the Chris Brown incident, many thought Barbardos singer Rihanna would take a while to recover inside but instead she went straight back to work and started work on her fourth studio album Rated R, where the first single released Russian Roulette debuted at the Billboard Hot 100 at #100.



Adam Lambert finished in second on Season 8 of American Idol and is working on his debut album For Your Entertainment to be released November 23rd. His single for the soundtrack from the upcoming film 2012 has debuted at #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the first single from his debut album For Your Entertainment is confirmed to be the title track.



Latin singer Shakira will release the US edition of her latest English studio album She Wolf on the 24th of November and the first single She Wolf has peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and second single is confirmed to be called Give It Up To Me.



16 year-old rocker Allison Iraheta was first discovered on Season 8 of American Idol and was booted off the competition, finishing fourth and after much speculation, has been signed under Jive/19 Recordings and her album Just Like You will be out December 1st and her single Friday I'll Be Over U will be available for digital distribution November 3rd.



Chris Brown is set to release his comeback album after the Rihanna incident tarnished his reputation somewhat. Graffiti marks his third studio album and he has confirmed that it is already completed and was scheduled to hit stores December 15th but has since moved forth to December 8th.



There is no offical album cover for Alicia Keys' The Element Of Freedom yet, so this is the cover for the lead single Doesn't Mean Anything which is her highest chart debut so far. This will be her fourth studio album after putting out three studio albums that have done very well. The Element Of Freedom will be released December 15th.


Who's album are you anticipating?

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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Norah Jones - Chasing Pirates [Music Video Premiere]

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