It has been another major week of commercial achievements on the US charts, and Frank Ocean, Pink and Adele were all among the big winners. From an impressive debut of one artist to the everlasting success of another, the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 were action packed!
The 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards ceremony was hosted this evening in Toronto and several of the industry’s biggest stars hit the stage at the event. Among the performers were Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson and Justin Bieber, each of whom entertained the audience with their latest hits.
The reign Adele’s ’21′ may have ended in the UK but its domination continued in the US. In fact, album has achieved the near impossible by returning to the top of the Billboard 200 for a 24th week, thus matching the chart rule or Prince & the Revolution’s ‘Purple Rain’.
The 2012 Capital FM Summertime Ball was held earlier today at London’s Wembley Stadium and several of music’s biggest stars were there to rock the stage. Among those acts were Kelly Clarkson, Justin Bieber, Rita Ora, Katy Perry, Jessie J, Flo Rida and Usher.
Last year, Rihanna matched Whitney Houston’s tally of 11 #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and now she is inching closer to equalling another of the late diva’s feats. Indeed, Rihanna is just a single song away from tying Houston’s total number of top 10 tunes on the chart.
Jennifer Lopez performed her new single, ‘Goin’ In’, last evening on ‘American Idol’ and now she has debut the studio recording of the tune. Featuring Flo Rida and chanting by Lil Jon, ‘Goin’ In’ will appear on the ‘Step Up Revolution’ soundtrack, which hits stores on July 9th.
Nicki Minaj’s Pop single ‘Starships’ continued to make a major impact on the airwaves during the last week but its listeners were not interest in purchasing her ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ album. Indeed, the album remained shut out of the Billboard 200′s top 10 for another week.
As projected last week, Adele has accomplished an enormous feat with her ’21′ album. Astonishingly, in a time when massive record sales were considered a distant memory, the British Soul singer’s sophomore LP has topped the 9 million sales mark in the US.
Get ready to celebrate another milestone in Adele’s career because her ’21′ album has reached the border of a major accomplishment. The record has sold accumulated total US sales of 8.99 million copies and will surpass the 9 million sales mark next week!
Nicki Minaj said that starships were meant to fly but her ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ album has crashed and burned. In fact, the record has plummeted on the Billboard 200 and will soon exit the top 10 of the chart.