Posted Fri Nov 7, 2008 12:04pm PST
To help you bone up for the CMA Awards, here are two lists. The first ranks the 15 best-selling country albums. The second lists the 10 most downloaded country songs. On these lists, everybody is Big & Rich. 
Posted Wed Nov 5, 2008 11:12am PST
P!nk has been a star for nearly a decade, but until this week she'd never cracked the top five on The Billboard 200. That changes as her new album Funhouse debuts at #2. What kept her out of the #1 spot? Black Ice. 
Posted Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:12am PDT
AC/DC's Black Ice debuts at #1 with sales of 784,000. That's the biggest first-week tally for a rock album since U2's How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. It's the biggest opening ever for a mainstream hard rock album. 
Posted Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:05am PDT
Which country artist has had the most #1 albums on The Billboard 200 in this decade? Kenny Chesney and Alan Jackson were tied with four each, but one of them surges ahead this week to take the title outright. 
Posted Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:33pm PDT
Who has amassed the most top 10 albums since Billboard published its first album chart in 1945? Elvis? The Beatles? The Stones? Or somebody else? If you said "somebody else," you're right. 
Posted Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:39am PDT
Britney Spears lands her first #1 hit on the Hot 100 since her debut release as "Womanizer" zooms from #96 to #1. It's the biggest leap to #1 in the chart's history. Also: Bob Dylan's latest album debuts at #6. 
Posted Wed Oct 8, 2008 12:11pm PDT
T.I.'s "Live Your Life" sets a new record for the biggest jump into the #1 spot in the 50-year history of Billboard's Hot 100. Who held the old record? T.I. Also, the rap star's album debuts at #1 with a hefty tally. 
Posted Fri Oct 3, 2008 10:42am PDT
Just 11 albums topped the 1 million mark in sales in the first nine months of 2008. The biggest album so far this year has sold a shade under 2.5 million copies. Are albums going out of style? 
Posted Wed Oct 1, 2008 10:45am PDT
Demi Lovato is the latest in a long line of performers to parlay exposure on Disney TV shows into hit records. They're all here, from Annette to Mickey Mouse Club alums Justin, Britney and Christina. 
Posted Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:07am PDT
Who has sold more albums since 1991--Metallica or Celine Dion? Elvis or Kenny G? You know you want to know, and now you finally can. This column will settle your wagers and may even blow your mind. Backstreet Boys?!! | Select a Blog | Posts |
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