R5, the pop-rock family band fronted by 17-year-old Disney Channel star Ross Lynch, has scored a top 30 debut with first album "Louder," which sold 15,000 first-week copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Sinead O'Connor has reacted angrily to online taunting by Miley Cyrus in the wake of her impassioned letter to the singer, demanding an apology and threatening legal action for potentially damaging her career.
This weekend, the first of two pop divas take the "SNL" stage. Miley Cyrus will do double duty as the host and musical guest during this weekend's show, while Katy Perry returns to "SNL" as the musical guest for next week's Bruce Willis episode.
Welcome to the debut episode of the Billboard.com Pop Shop Podcast, a weekly half-hour series that will present Billboard's expert chart analysis and nonstop music coverage through a dynamic audio format.
Miley Cyrus has received your open letter, Sinead O'Connor, with its warnings against "selling your body" for attention and profit. In response the 20-year-old pop singer, fresh off her first Hot 100 No. 1 with "Wrecking Ball," has decided to mock you.
Christina Grimmie has quickly moved beyond her (highly successful) YouTube covers and has established herself as a recording artist to keep an eye on with her new album "With Love." "Tell My Mama," a standout cut from the full-length, has been given a brightly colored music video, launching exclusively on Billboard.com.