Katy Perry is reaping the benefits from her performance of ‘The One That Got Away’ on ‘The X Factor (UK)’ last week as both the song and her ‘Teenage Dream’ album have surged on the UK charts. However, her close friend and chart rival, Rihanna, also enjoyed growth on the UK Albums Chart as ‘Loud’ [...]
When we reflect on 2011, there will be one name that will symbolise the year’s greatest commercial accomplishments – Adele. In fact, after holding the the #1 spot for an astonishing 26 weeks on the United World Chart, the singer has gone far beyond what any other singer achieved during the last calendar year as her ’21′ [...]
Adele’s ’21′ was certified quadruple platinum in the US earlier this month and after exhibiting a consistent performance since that time, it was only a matter of time before the record’s retail sales matched its shipments. Indeed, after only 34 weeks on the BIllboard 200, ’21′ has now sold over 4 million copies.
Rihanna’s dominance of the Official UK Singles Chart has continued as ‘We Found Love’ clocked the #1 spot on the tally for a 2nd consecutive week. Yet, her fellow auto-tune enthusiast, Jason Derulo, had the surprising story of the week as he found both love and hope on the the UK Albums Chart with his ‘Future [...]
With barely a month until 2011 American Music Awards, the first group of performers have just been announced! Set to air live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on November 20th at 8pm ET on ABC, the event will include performances from Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj and several others.
Rihanna’s ‘We Found Love’ continued its ascent on the United World Track Chart this week as it achieved a new peak at #3. However, her Roc Nation associate J. Cole was not as fortunate as his ‘Cole World: The Sideline Story’ album, which debuted at #3 on the United World Album Chart last week, has tumbled [...]
The results of Usher and David Guetta’s green screen experiment have been released in their new intercontinental ‘Without You’ video. The included song maintained a spot at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week and has thus far been Guetta’s only top 10 US hit from his ‘Nothing but the Beat’ album.
Rihanna’s ‘We Found Love’ barreled into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 last week and set a new record on the tally. However, despite continued growth, the track still fell short of toppling this week’s reigning champion, ‘Someone Like You’ by Adele.
Just days after unseating Madonna’s longstanding record for the fastest achievement of 20 top 10 singles in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 among female acts, Rihanna has now accomplished a similar astonishing feat on the Official UK Singles Chart. However, this time the Pop star has bested herself.
Usher and David Guetta’s ‘Without You’ has already developed into a worldwide hit so it was only a matter of time before the duo filmed a video for the song. As such, the pair have provided a behind the scenes look at the production, which entails a theme of global unity.