It was a fun year for pop music, but mostly it was fun.’s year for pop music. The trio dominated radio with its hits “We Are Young” and “Some Nights,” a pair of ambitious, restless singles that encapsulated the wide open possibilities of pop music in 2012. “We Are Young” was played endlessly alongside hits … Continue Reading →
Adele’s record breaking chart week was even more gigantic than expected: “21″ sold a mammoth 730,000 copies its birthday week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, thanks to a healthy post-Grammy bump. How big is that? It’s the biggest sales week since Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter IV” debuted with 964,000 sales last summer, and the largest tally … Continue Reading →
Grammy queen Adele holds on to the No. 1 spot on this week’s Billboard Top 200, fending off the new album from Van Halen which debuts at No. 2. Her “21″ surges with 237,000 copies sold — up from 122,000 the week prior — while Van Halen’s “A Different Kind of Truth,” the band’s first … Continue Reading →
We’re less than a month into the new year, and already Metro Detroit has been walloped with a number of major concert announcements. Van Halen, Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane’s Addiction and Nickelback have all lined up big shows in the coming months, and the ticket on-sales are piling up faster than … Continue Reading →