Posted Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:41am PST
"Just Dance" by Lady GaGa featuring Colby O'Donis sold 419,000 downloads in the last week of 2008. Only one other song has ever sold that many downloads in a one-week period. 
Posted Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:08am PST
In 2008, for the first time, more fans paid to download the year's #1 song than bought the year's #1 album. In fact, the year's top five songs each rang up more paid downloads than the year's #1 album achieved in total sales. 
Posted Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:55am PST
The weaker sex? Hardly. For the first time in more than 11 years, female solo artists hold down four of the top five spots on The Billboard 200. Taylor Swift and Keyshia Cole lead the way. 
Posted Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:33am PST
If someone asked you to name the #1 album of the year in Billboard's year-end issue, you might say Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III. Or maybe Josh Groban's Noel. But Alicia Keys' As I Am? How'd that happen? 
Posted Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:28pm PST
A couple of years ago, Britney Spears' career was on the slide. This week, she's back at #1 with Circus, which sold 505,000 copies. It's Spears' best week on the charts in more than five years. 
Posted Fri Dec 5, 2008 7:00am PST
This is the 32nd holiday season since Elvis Presley went to trim that big Christmas tree in the sky, but he still has the most popular holiday album of all time. Sorry, Kenny G. 
Posted Wed Dec 3, 2008 11:35am PST
Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak debuts at #1 with first-week sales of 450,000. That's less than half of what his last album sold in its first week. But it's more than Guns N' Roses managed. | Select a Blog | Posts |
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