Adele’s ’21′ was an unbeatable force on the Billboard 200 in 2011 and it appears that the album will continue to occupy the upper regions of the chart in 2012. In fact, the record has logged its 14th week at the summit of the lineup and matched one of the accomplishments of another famous singer [...]
Billboard previously announced that Adele’s ‘Rolling in the Deep’ and ’21′ were the Top Song and Top Album of the December 4th 2010 to November 26 2011 period, respectively. However, the singer’s domination did not end there as it has been revealed that both titles were also the top-selling releases of the 52-week 2011 year that [...]
While Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga and others were celebrating the dawn of 2012 on ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’, a host of other acts ventured to NBC to perform on ‘New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly’. Among the featured artists on the show were Jessie J, Drake and Cee Lo Green, who all delivered renditions [...]
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 [...]
J. Cole wasn’t the only rapper who attempted to grab the attention of Holiday shoppers yesterday. Drake also joined the fray by releasing the video for his latest Rhythmic Top 40 single, ‘The Motto’, which featured his Young Money comrades Lil Wayne and Tyga.
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.
The annual Power 106 ‘Cali Christmas’ concert took place last night at the Los Angeles Gibson Amphitheatre and several of Hip-Hop’s biggest acts hit the stage at the event. Among the headlining acts were J. Cole, Drake and Big Sean.
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 [...]
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 became the first female artist in history to score 6 #1 singles on the Official UK Singles Chart earlier this year and now that her ‘Talk That Talk’ album has been released, she has nabbed yet another spot in the history books. In fact, the Pop star has positioned herself in a class with [...]