Adele ’21′ was crowned as Billboard’s Top Album of 2011 so it was no surprise that the record also notched top honors in her UK home territory. However, the British Soul singer had to share space in the top 10 of the UK Year-End charts with a range of foreign in artists in what could [...]
Just when it seemed that Adele’s ’21′ had lost momentum on the Billboard 200, the record exhibited a massive surge in popularity and achieved a new sales peak during the Christmas sales rush. However, while Adele’s ’21′ was successful on the basis of quality material, people had to be convinced to purchase Rihanna’s ‘Talk That [...]
Last week, Rihanna matched the 7-week #1 run of her monster hit ‘Umbrella’ with her latest chart-topper, ‘We Found Love’. However, the latter tune has surpassed its predecessor to give the vixen her long-running #1 song on the lineup as well as the longest residency at the summit of any song in 2011.
Amy Winehouse’s ‘Lioness: Hidden Treasures’ pounced onto the top spot on the UK Albums Chart last week and although it has lost it’s grip of the peak position, it still managed to maintain a place in the top three. However, ‘Lioness’ wasn’t the only record to exhibit strong momentum. Indeed, Lloyd’s ‘Dedication to My Ex (Miss [...]
Rihanna has landed a stunning 11 #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 throughout her career but few of them have held the top slot for more than 3 weeks. However, thanks to the continuous gains in airplay of her latest hit, ‘We Found Love’, the colourful vixen has finally matched the success of her longest-running [...]
Did you know that Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ was the first piano-and-vocal-only ballad to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100?
Adele has enjoyed a groundbreaking year on commercial and critical fronts. With over 4.8 million copies of her ’21′ album sold, the Soul singer was heralded as Billboard’s Top Artist of 2011 and aptly graced the cover of the magazine’s latest issue as she caps of the year that will forever be remembered for her [...]
2011 has been an eventful year for the music industry and although several artists experienced commercial upsets, there were those who enjoyed incredible success. Of couse, no other act made an impact on the Billboard Year-End charts quite like Adele.
Rihanna’s ‘We Found Love’ has clocked a 6th week atop the Billboard Hot 100 and increased her cumulative career total time at the top to 40 weeks yet it was her mentor who achieved a historic feat on the tally. Jay-Z has achieved his 18th top 10 single on the lineup – the most for [...]
Rihanna’s reign atop the UK Albums Chart was shorter than her vocal runs. In fact, after achieving a historic debut at #1 on the tally last week, the Barbadian as already been ousted from the chart’s summit.