AP - Dec 1, 2008
Coldplay was the hottest iTunes album download this year: Its Viva la Vida was crowned the best-selling album of 2008, while Leona Lewis s Bleeding Love was named the top-selling single. Coldplay s CD...
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Mellow music king Jack Johnson gave summer a gentle sendoff Sunday night, turning a massive stage at UCLA's Intramural Field into a breezy beachfront shack. All that was missing was the sound of...
More »Reuters - Apr 22, 2008
Going green has become a focus in recent years for many artists who are trying to help save the environment with everything from carbon offsets, to giving away autographed compost bins, to philanthropy...
More »E! Online - Feb 27, 2008
The charts are officially Jacked! For the second straight week, Jack Johnson and Michael Jackson have the country's bestselling albums and held down the top spots on their respective charts. For...
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Jack Johnson believes musicians should be consistent when it comes to honing their craft. I think the responsibility is to stick to your game, the singer told AP Radio. If you were just making people...
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In an age of self-aggrandizing pop stars who put their music on par with spouses, religion and the greatest works of art, Jack Johnson is refreshingly honest about where his mellow songs fit in the general...
More »E! Online - Apr 13, 2005
The First Lady finished second. Faith Evans became the latest chart pretender to get Massacre-d, as her latest disc fell just 8,000 copies shy of the top slot that 50 Cent has owned for six straight...
More »E! Online - Apr 6, 2005
It looks like Beck and Beanie are the latest victims of the 50 Cent massacre. In a week that saw new releases fill up five of the top seven spots on the charts, it s hard to believe that 50 Cent...
More »E! Online - Mar 30, 2005
Leave it to 50 Cent to turn this past month into the March Massacre. For the fourth straight week, 50 Cent s The Massacre remained the album that no one could unseat from the top of the charts. According...
More »AP - Mar 27, 2005
Michael Jackson tried to close the door on a 1993 claim of child molestation when he paid millions to a young accuser, but a court hearing in his current trial could resurrect those allegations. Judge...
More »Reuters - Mar 23, 2005
Although sales amounted to less than half those of the previous week, enough copies of 50 Cent s The Massacre made their way into the hands of consumers to keep the title at No. 1 on the Billboard 200...
More »E! Online - Mar 23, 2005
Now that s what I call a massacre. The latest edition of the hugely popular Now That s What I Call Music! series just turned legal with Volume 18, but didn t get lucky, thanks to 50 Cent. For the...
More »E! Online - Mar 16, 2005
By David Jenison Whether it s J.Lo or J.Jo, 50 Cent refuses to relinquish his chokehold on the album chart. Having staved off Jennifer Lopez s Rebirth last week, 50 Cent s The Massacre...
More »AP - Mar 16, 2005
50 Cent is still making a killing at record stores. In its first full week of release, The Massacre, 50 Cent s sophomore album sold an estimated 771,000 copies. That s on top of the 1.1 million it sold...
More »E! Online - Mar 9, 2005
Leave it to 50 Cent to ruin Jennifer Lopez s rebirth. With leaks and bootleggers forcing Fiddy s label to move up the release of The Massacre, J.Lo suddenly had no chance of giving Rebirth a chart...
More »AP - Mar 3, 2005
Beef is selling well these days, at least for 50 Cent. The feud-loving rapper has three of the top five slots on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart: Candy Shop at No. 1; How We Do, his collaboration...
More »Reuters - Dec 15, 2004
A trip to The Red Light District scored Ludacris his second consecutive No. 1 album on the U.S. pop charts Wednesday. The Atlanta rapper/actor s fourth Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam South effort sold...
More »AP - Dec 15, 2004
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week s ranking is in parentheses. The list is...
More »AP - Dec 15, 2004
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can t get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV s Pimp My Ride ? Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician Xzibit was before becoming an actor...
More »Reuters - Oct 24, 2004
AC/DC formed in Sydney in 1974, but it s the Australian city of Melbourne that has honored the veteran hard rock band with its own street. On Oct. 1, Melbourne City Council renamed Corporation Lane...
More »Reuters - Oct 15, 2004
The Black Eyed Peas are the focal point of an initiative that ties together Electronic Arts The Urbs: Sims in the City with Apple s iTunes Music Store and the hip-hop band s label, A&M Records. First...
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