1. A$AP Rocky Set for No. 1 Debut on Next Week's Billboard 200 Chart

    January 17, 2013 1:55 PM EST Rapper A$AP Rocky is aiming for the No. 1 slot next week on the Billboard 200. Industry sources suggest his major-label debut "Long.Live.A$AP." could sell around 130,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Jan. 20. The new ...

  2. Chart Alert: Bruno Mars Leads Hot 100, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Rise To No. 2, Justin Timberlake Debuts

    January 16, 2013 6:42 PM EST Mars' 'Locked Out of Heaven' reigns again, but the rap duo's ode to bargain-hunting closes in, while topping Hot Digital Songs, and Justin Timberlake's 'Suit & Tie' bows. Bruno Mars remains atop the Billboard ...

  3. Chris Tomlin Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart

    January 16, 2013 4:58 PM EST 3 388 8 0 Singer/songwriter Chris Tomlin claims his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as his "Burning Lights" opens atop the list with 73,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. The Christian music veteran's new set also arrives ...

  4. A Beatle's Last Hot 100 No. 1: 25 Years Ago Today

    January 16, 2013 4:31 PM EST 8 0 0     Twenty-five years ago today, a member of the Beatles topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the last time. On this date (Jan. 16) in 1988, George Harrison rose 2-1 on the survey with "Got My Mind Set on You," the first single from his albu ...

  5. Business Matters: Relaunched Myspace Is a Success as Music Service -- But As a Social Network? We'll See ...

    January 16, 2013 2:43 PM EST The redesigned Myspace finally opened up to the public Tuesday. A year and a half in the works, the site is both a social network and a music discovery destination.   The new Myspace would be a success if success were determined on style points al ...

  6. Pop Leads U.K. Album Sales for Second Year Running

    January 14, 2013 2:30 PM EST Big-selling albums from Emeli Sandé, Adele, Ed Sheeran and One Direction ensured that pop remained the most-popular genre in the United Kingdom in 2012, according to new figures released by the Official Charts Company (OCC) and British labels trad ...

  7. Essence to Honor Solange Knowles, Lianne La Havas During Grammy Week

    January 11, 2013 3:39 PM EST Rising singer/songwriters Lianne La Havas and Solange Knowles will be this year's honorees at Essence Black Women in Music. The fourth annual, invitation-only Grammy Week event will take place on Feb. 6 in Los Angeles with Grammy Award winner ...

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