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'Hope for Haiti Now' is No. 1 on Billboard chart

'Hope for Haiti Now' is No. 1 on Billboard chart

The all-star "Hope for Haiti Now" album has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the first digital-only album to hit the top spot....

 

Boyle Top Star of 2009

Boyle Top Star of 2009

The Scottish singing sensation went from dowdy unknown to Internet sensation to the top of the charts, and then some!

 

On the Charts: Mary J. Blige Not “Stronger” Than Susan Boyle

For the second consecutive time, Mary J. Blige had to settle for a Number Two debut as the diva’s Stronger With Every Tear was outsold by Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream on the Billboard Top 200. Stronger sold 330,000 copies, but it wasn’t in the same weight class as I Dreamed ...

 

Bon Jovi tops the album charts

'The Circle' sells 163,000 copies to debut at #1 -- Bon Jovi climbed into the driver's seat on the U.S. album chart this week, as the New Jersey band debuted at No. 1 with its Island release "The Circle."

 

Peas break Billboard chart record

Peas break Billboard chart record

Black Eyed Peas set a new record for the longest successive stay at the top of the US singles chart by a duo or group.

 

Clarkson's record smashed

Clarkson's record smashed

Daughtry's sophomore album, Leave This Town, enters The Billboard 200 at #1. This makes the band's leader, Chris Daughtry, the first American Idol alumnus to land back-to-back #1 albums. Daughtry rang the bell for two weeks in early 2007. Kelly Clarkson is the only other Idol alum to notch two #1 albums, and hers weren't consecutive.

 

Will new Michael Jackson music be released?

Michael Jackson's songs and albums went to the top of the charts in the days and weeks following his death --and there may be plenty more hits to come, if his rumored plethora of unreleased songs find their way to the public.

 

Montana Can't Move Michael, Maxwell on Charts

Michael Jackson is still King, but Maxwell and Hannah Montana make for a nice royal court. Despite big bows from the Brooklyn crooner and the Disney queen, the late King of...

 

Jackson still 'King of Pop' on Billboard charts

Jackson still 'King of Pop' on Billboard charts

Michael Jackson's music sales keep soaring as fans purchased more than 800,000 of his albums last week, Billboard magazine said.

 

On the Charts: Jonas Brothers Climb “Lines, Vines” To Top Spot

It’s been a day of seconds for the Jonas Brothers: After we revealed the JoBros featured on their second Rolling Stone cover, the trio also learned that they’ve topped the sales chart for the second time as Lines, Vines and Trying Times cruised to Number One with 247,000 copies sold.

 

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