Sales indicators that projected that Drake’s ‘Take Care’ would enter the Billboard 200 at #1 within the range of 625K to 725K copies have proven to be quite accurate. In fact, the record has debuted with sales exceeding 631K units.
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Bruno Mars impressively scored the theme song – ‘It Will Rain’ – for ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 1)’ movie and now that the film has debuted in theatres, he has joined the associated promotional campaign. As such, the singer/songwriter performed the tune on ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show’.
Last week, Rihanna matched Beyonce’s 36-week total time period spent atop the Billboard Hot 100. However, the vixen’s ‘We Found Love’ has clocked a 3rd week at the chart’s peak, thus giving her the boost to surpass her predecessor on the tally.
Rihanna and JLS are known for having monster hit singles and on this week’s Official UK Singles Chart lineup, they proved their worth. In fact, the former has reasserted her dominance on the tally with as she reclaimed its the top spot with ‘We Found Love’.
In addition to a dazzling performance of ‘Marry The Night’ by the ever-eccentric Lady Gaga at the 2011 MTV European Music Awards today, a host of other acts also hit the stage. Among these artists were Jessie J, Jason Derulo and Bruno Mars, who all delivered unique showings at the annual event.
The 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards are underway at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland and the brightest young stars of Pop music have already filed into the venue. As expected, several acts, including Katy Perry, Jessie J and Bruno Mars, flaunted their red carpet fashions at the exciting event.
Justin Bieber and Nicole Scherzinger helped to break the monotony of the UK charts this week after scoring top 20 debuts with their latest releases. However, they achieved their respective feats on different tallies.
The MTV Voices Dinner was held last evening as part of the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards festivities at the Merchant Hotel in Belfast, Northern Ireland. During the ceremony, several artistic portraits were unveiled that represented the current dominant group of Pop acts, including Beyonce and Lady Gaga.
Rihanna’s ‘We Found Love’ quickly shot to the top of the United World Track Chart last week after less than 6 weeks of availability. However, following the trend of almost all of the Pop star’s previous hit songs, the track quickly lost its grip of the #1 slot.