At this point I kind of wish Adele would drop a new mixtape bragging about her Billboard chart status. When Lil Wayne sold 1 million copies of “Tha Carter III” back in 2008, within a week he released a new version of “A Milli” addressing his chart status and thanking his fans. Certainly Adele realizes … 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 →
Whitney Houston — pop superstar, tabloid fixture, singing legend — died Saturday at age 48. An appreciation of Houston can be read here. But Houston is best seen and heard, so here are 10 videos and performances that celebrate the extraordinary career of Whitney Houston. How Will I Know (1985) That spirit, that hair, that … Continue Reading →