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Weekly Chart Notes: Brenda Russell Talks Flo Rida's 'I Cry'
October 07, 2012 6:05 AM EDT What does the smooth R&B singer think of the Sunshine State rapper's reworking of her 1988 hit ballad 'Piano in the Dark'? SWIFT STARTS: Taylor Swift pads her lead for the most top 10 debuts in the Hot 100's 54-year history, ...
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Miley Cyrus' 'Sick' Album Eyed for Early 2013
September 23, 2012 12:20 AM EDT Working With Pharrell Williams, Da Internz; Meeting With Labels Although many red-carpet interviews during this year's VMAs chose to characterize Miley Cyrus ' busy schedule as having a new haircut and a fiance, the artist formerly known a ...
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Katy Perry's 'Part of Me' Opens to $11 Million in Ticket Sales
July 09, 2012 1:50 PM EDT How does first-week box office stack up to other 3D concert films? "Katy Perry: Part of Me" attracted enough paying customers in its opening weekend to make the top 10, but missed crossing a threshold that makes concert-based biographies a ...
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Katy Perry Concert Film Pulls In $10.4 Million Over First Weekend
July 09, 2012 1:23 PM EDT Katy Perry: Part of Me attracted enough paying customers in its opening weekend to make the top 10, but missed crossing a threshold that makes concert-based biographies a mass-market genre. Opening the day after a national holiday, Paramount' ...
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Katy Perry in Talks With Paramount For 3D Movie
January 31, 2012 10:02 PM EST Katy Perry could be headed to the big-screen -- and in 3D, to boot. Paramount has initiated talks with Perry's camp, as well as Imagine Entertainment, to create a documentary-style 3D film centered on the powerhouse singer-songwriter. Dealmak ...
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Taylor Swift: Birthday Girl, By-The-Numbers
December 13, 2011 10:05 AM EST "I'm so 22 right now," birthday girl Taylor Swift Tweeted this morning (Dec. 13). In honor of her special day, Chart Beat spotlights a host of the chart records that Billboard's 2011 Woman of the Year and the top country artist o ...
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Uncharted Territory: Dave Days Breaks Top 10, Colette Carr Returns
June 10, 2011 9:59 AM EDT This week on Uncharted, German electro house artist Zedd debuts at No. 33, with a gain of 19,000 SoundCloud plays. His original mix of "Dovregubben," released digitally on May 31, is among the top 10 downloads at Beatport-a popular digital ...
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Billy Ray Cyrus Drops Divorce, Praises 'Hannah Montana'
March 18, 2011 2:19 PM EDT Despite telling GQ that "Hannah Montana" "destroyed his family," Billy Ray Cyrus is praising the Disney Channel show again -- and calling off his divorce with wife of 17 years, Tish Cyrus. Cyrus took to TV's "The View&q ...
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Weekly Chart Notes: 'Glee,' Black Eyed Peas, Susan Boyle
November 18, 2010 6:35 PM EST CLASS RANK: The "Glee" cast accomplishes a feat on the Billboard Hot 100 that it couldn't quite manage at Regionals. While McKinley High School's show choir placed third in its most important singing competition to-date in the &q ...
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Weekly Chart Notes: Taylor Swift, Ke$ha, Mark Salling
November 04, 2010 5:55 PM EDT QUEEN OF STARTS, PART 1: While "Speak Now" storms in atop the Billboard 200 , becoming the first album since 2005 to begin with sales of more than a million , according to Nielsen SoundScan, Taylor Swift 's chart domination extends to ...
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Rock Mafia Recruits Miley Cyrus For 'The Big Bang' Video
November 02, 2010 4:50 PM EDT Welcome to the latest stop on Miley Cyrus 's path to prove that she's a fully grown woman and ensure that she is never called Hannah Montana again. In her most recent endeavor, Cyrus is playing video star for the Rock Mafia song, "The ...
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Far*East Holds on Hot 100, Swift Makes Another Top Debut
October 28, 2010 11:10 AM EDT While Far*East Movement holds at No. 1 for a second week on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Like a G6," Taylor Swift makes a record-breaking arrival with the final single in the countdown to the release of her "Speak Now" album. Afte ...
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Taylor Swift: By-The-Numbers
October 26, 2010 9:05 AM EDT Upon the release of Taylor Swift 's third studio album, "Speak Now," Chart Beat looks at the numerous records that the star country singer/songwriter/producer has already set since her arrival just more than four years ago. Swift firs ...
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Lifelike Japanese Robot Holds Concert
October 19, 2010 1:16 PM EDT Throughout the past several decades, the world has seen a marvel of technological advancements: the Internet, the cell phone, the mp3 player, the robot singer. Yes, that was correct - the robot singer. The HRP-4C is a singing and dancing robot creat ...
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Weekly Chart Notes: John Lennon, Taylor Swift, 'Glee'
October 14, 2010 7:36 PM EDT LENNON LEGEND: Capitol Records' celebration of what would have been John Lennon 's 70th birthday Oct. 9 brings the party to both the Billboard 200 and Top Pop Catalog Albums. Eight of Lennon's classic solo albums were remastered and r ...
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21 Under 21: Miley Cyrus
September 23, 2010 11:13 AM EDT No. 10: Miley Cyrus Birthdate: November 23, 1992 (age 17) Why She's Hot: She was cast as Hannah Montana at age 12, and when the show premiered to the Disney Channel's largest audience ever, Cyrus was an instant teen idol. The "Hannah ...
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KISS Tour Is for the Children, Says Gene Simmons
July 24, 2010 11:48 AM EDT K ISS For Kids could well be the theme of the iconic rock group's just-started North American tour. In a novel move for its amphitheater dates, the costumed quartet is giving free lawn tickets to up to four children with each paying adult. &quo ...
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Chart Beat Thursday: "Glee" Gleans 2nd No. 1
May 27, 2010 5:15 PM EDT TV SETS: With an album that opens with a cover of the Beatles ' "Hello Goodbye," the "Glee" cast breaks a Billboard 200 record that the Fab Four had held for almost 44 years. Just four weeks after the troupe topped the Billb ...
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Miley Cyrus: Summer Album Preview 2010
May 26, 2010 11:43 AM EDT "Can't Be Tamed" (Hollywood, June 22) Miley aficionados may be wondering what her next album will bring: More uplifting country-tinged ballads, a la "The Climb"? Or more poppy earwigs like "Party in the U.S.A."? As ...
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LL Cool J Knocks Out Palin Plans, Miley Cyrus Movie Panned
April 01, 2010 1:50 PM EDT In today's Daily Noise, brought to you by Fuse and Billboard.com, an interview with LL Cool J has been removed from tonight's debut episode of Sarah Palin's talk show on Fox, because it turns out he wasn't actually interviewed fo ...
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Ask Billboard: "Idol" Worship
December 04, 2009 4:55 PM EST Ask Billboard is updated every Friday. Submit your burning music questions to Gary Trust at askbb@billboard.com . Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the U.S. CHARTING THE DECADE Dear Gary, Ho ...
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Chart Beat Thursday: Happy (Early) Holidays
October 22, 2009 6:49 PM EDT IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE ...: More than a week before Halloween, and five weeks before Thanksgiving, the Billboard 200 is being decorated with a sleighful of yuletide albums. Five new holiday sets enter the Billboard 200, led by Bob Dy ...
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Hot Soundtracks: Twlight New Moon, This Is It, Where the Wild Things Are
October 15, 2009 12:17 PM EDT Billboard chronicles what's hot in movie music with our weekly Soundtracks chart , and right here on Billboard.com you can listen to some of the biggest soundtracks of the week in their entirety. Just click on the "play" buttons below ...
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Chart Beat Thursday: Michael Buble, Michael Jackson, Kiss
October 15, 2009 11:31 AM EDT '3,' OH '3': Check out yesterday's Chart Beat for the many highlights of Britney Spears ' Billboard Hot 100 coronation with "3." Perhaps no one is more excited about the achievement than Spears herself. In the ...
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Chart Beat Wednesday: Britney By The Numbers
October 14, 2009 5:16 PM EDT '3' IS THE NEW 1: As previously reported , Britney Spears ' "3" rockets onto the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1. The song's arrival at the summit marks just the 15th song in the Hot 100's history to open at No. 1: Sept ...
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Chart Beat Thursday: Live-Blogging The Hot 100
September 24, 2009 1:58 PM EDT HOW HOT IS IT?: There's so much action on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, perhaps it makes the most sense to simply run down the chart's most notable positions, number-by-number, dissecting the numerous highlights. Kind of like a live blo ...
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Chart Beat: Hannah Montana, Mariah Carey, Maxwell
July 16, 2009 4:14 PM EDT BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: Miley Cyrus' TV alter ego Hannah Montana claims her first Billboard Hot 100 top 10, as "He Could Be the One," co-written by "American Idol" judge (and newlywed) Kara DioGuardi, debuts at No. 10. It makes ...
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Hannah Montana, Mariah Carey Hit The Billboard Hot 100
July 16, 2009 11:04 AM EDT Hannah Montana edges out Mariah Carey on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, as Miley Cyrus' TV alter ego claims her first top 10 on the chart. "He Could Be the One" debuts at No. 10, just above Carey's "Obsessed," which d ...
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Hannah Montana, Mariah Carey Debut High On Billboard Hot 100
July 16, 2009 11:00 AM EDT Hannah Montana edges out Mariah Carey on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, as Miley Cyrus' TV alter ego claims her first top 10 on the chart. "He Could Be the One" debuts at No. 10, just above Carey's "Obsessed," which d ...
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Chart Beat: Lady Gaga, Lady Antebellum, Britney Spears
July 15, 2009 5:13 PM EDT LADY FIRST, PART 1 : Lady Gaga becomes just the third artist in the 16-year history of the Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart to collect three No. 1s from a debut album. "LoveGame" rises 2-1, marking Lady Gaga's third No. 1 following &qu ...
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Chart Beat: Michael Jackson, Colbie Caillat, Shakira
July 09, 2009 4:43 PM EDT JACKSON ACTION: Tuesday's (July 7) star-studded, and oftentimes touching, memorial at Los Angeles' Staples Center may have begun to engender a sense of closure for fans of Michael Jackson following his passing June 25. On the newest Billbo ...
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How 'Hannah Montana' Impacts Country Sales
July 09, 2009 12:00 AM EDT Country sales are having a good year. The genre has accounted for 11.8% of all album sales through July 5, an increase from 10.3% last year, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Digital sales are up as well, to 11.5% of all country album sales from 7.8 ...
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TicketsNow Operated Sites Shut Down, Company Hit With Fine
June 30, 2009 12:00 AM EDT A Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. subsidiary has reached an agreement with the Illinois Attorney General after complaints of overly high-priced tickets to Hannah Montana and Bruce Springsteen concerts. The state attorney general's office anno ...
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Miley Cyrus Breaks Out U.K. Concert Dates
June 12, 2009 1:22 PM EDT Teen pop sensation Miley Cyrus has announced dates for her first U.K. tour which will start in December, as she continues to build a pop music career in her own right rather than as her alter-ego Hannah Montana. Cyrus, 16, who plays a schoolgirl wit ...
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Miley Cyrus Plans 2009 Tour With Paperless Ticketing
June 03, 2009 1:54 PM EDT Miley Cyrus, riding high on the success of her "Hannah Montana" film and soundtrack, has announced plans for a 45-date North American tour this fall. The tour, which features Metro Station as opening act, kicks off September 14 in Portland ...
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Miley Cyrus Plans 2009 Tour With Paperless Ticketing
June 03, 2009 12:00 AM EDT Miley Cyrus, riding high on the success of her "Hannah Montana" film and soundtrack, has announced plans for a 45-date North American tour this fall. The tour, which features Metro Station as opening act, kicks off September 14 in Portla ...
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Chart Beat: Eminem, "Hannah Montana: The Movie", "Britain's Got Talent"
April 23, 2009 12:30 PM EDT Chart Beat now offers a sneak peak at chart action with a first-look edition on Wednesdays. On Thursdays, when all of our online charts are refreshed with the latest data, Chart Beat appears as always in its full form, spotlighting achievements from ...
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Chart Beat: Rascal Flatts, Miley Cyrus, Eminem, Jason Mraz
April 16, 2009 12:45 PM EDT Chart Beat now offers a sneak peak at chart action with a first-look edition on Wednesdays. On Thursdays, when all of our online charts are refreshed with the latest data, Chart Beat appears as always in its full form, spotlighting achievements from ...
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'Hannah Montana' Boosts Six Songs On Hot 100
April 16, 2009 11:00 AM EDT The Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" still reigns atop the Billboard Hot 100, but a big opening weekend for "Hannah Montana: The Movie" boosts or debuts six of the soundtrack's songs on the Hot 100. Miley Cyrus' &q ...
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'Hannah Montana' Boosts Six Songs On Hot 100
April 16, 2009 12:00 AM EDT The Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" still reigns atop the Billboard Hot 100, but a big opening weekend for "Hannah Montana: The Movie" boosts or debuts six of the soundtrack's songs on the Hot 100. Miley Cyrus' ...
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'Hannah Montana' Rocks Box Office With $34 Million Opening
April 13, 2009 7:57 AM EDT OMG! OMG! Sixteen-year-old actress Miley Cyrus became one of the biggest stars in Hollywood on Sunday as her first nonconcert movie topped the North American box office, earning twice as much as Disney had forecast. Walt Disney Co's "Hanna ...
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Chart Beat: Lady GaGa, "Now 30", Taylor Swift
April 02, 2009 12:22 PM EDT Chart Beat now offers a sneak peak at chart action with a first-look edition on Wednesdays. On Thursdays, when all of our online charts are refreshed with the latest data, Chart Beat appears as always in its full form, spotlighting achievements from ...
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Jonas Brothers 3D Film Falls Flat
March 02, 2009 10:08 AM EST The Jonas Brothers' performance at the weekend boxoffice proved not so extra-dimensional. Disney's "Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert" rung up an estimated $12.7 million to open in second place among domestic rankings. The haul was ...
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Chart Beat Chat
November 26, 2008 2:28 PM EST HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Hello Fred, I'm afraid it might get lost in the shuffle but it certainly was a milestone at the time. But it is just 10 years since the Hot 100 dropped its rule of commercial availability. On Dec. 5, 1998, the Hot 100 featured ...
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Taylor Swift Notches Six Hot 100 Debuts
November 20, 2008 1:43 PM EST T.I. begins a fourth non-consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Live Your Life" featuring Rihanna, but the big story on the chart this week is Taylor Swift's six new entries, led by "White Horse" at No. 13. ...
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Taylor Swift Notches Six Hot 100 Debuts
November 20, 2008 12:00 AM EST T.I. begins a fourth non-consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Live Your Life" featuring Rihanna, but the big story on the chart this week is Taylor Swift's six new entries, led by T.I. begins a fourth non-consecuti ...
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Taylor Swift Soars To No. 1 Debut
November 19, 2008 12:00 AM EST With the best sales week for a country album in a year, 18-year-old Taylor Swift debuts at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums with her sophomore set, "Fearless." The Big Machine release With the best sales week for a country ...
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Sophomore Superstar: Taylor Swift
November 07, 2008 12:00 AM EST On the eve of the release of her second album, "Fearless," which is due Nov. 11 on Big Machine Records, multi-platinum country star Taylor Swift shared her thoughts on a variety of topics with Billboa On the eve of the release of her secon ...
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Bon Jovi, Springsteen, Police Lead Touring Award Finalists
October 16, 2008 12:00 AM EDT Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and the Police are among the finalists for the 2008 Billboard Touring Awards, set for Nov. 20 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and the Police ...
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