Not unexpectedly, Adele's "21" album spends a 22nd week atop the Billboard 200, selling 297,000 (down 59%), according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's now the longest-running No. 1 since Prince & the Revolution's "Purple Rain" soundtrack scored 24 weeks at No. 1 in 1984 and 1985. This is also the... Read more...
Via: Artists are constantly being told to tweet. And tweet. And tweet… just to stay connected with their fans and stay relevant. But is that the best advice, especially when it comes to selling stuff (like albums)? The answer is not for every artist, especially for those courting a less m... Read more...
BIG APPLAUSE to Mike Marqusee's article "The 'world music' fallacy." That condescending term has begged to be called out for quite some time. That every non-Western style can be lumped into the same weirdly oblique category merely speaks toward the grip that economic and political imperialism ho... Read more...
Hits 1.”F*ck You” for Song of the Year Yes. Thank you Jesus. 2. No Ke$ha Also, thanks to the Grammy voters for shutting out that highly offensive, wildly trashy pop trifle Ke$ha. 3. Janelle Monae’s Triumph Standing ovation for nominating the awesomely talented and weird Janelle ... Read more...
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12/12/2009,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Albums,
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[vodpod id=Groupvideo.4185333&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dinstance%253Dnews%2526vid%253D463347] Timbaland told MTV News that if he makes another Shock Value LP, he'll give it away. "If this album does as semi-well as the last one, I'm done," Timbaland said. "I'm not going through the... Read more...