Posts Tagged ‘Billboard’

November 18 2011

‘Billboard’ Changes Rules Thanks To Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ 99 Cent Sale

Many people were critical of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way’s incredible first-week sales of 1,108,000 copies sold, as 440,000 of those albums were sold through Amazon.com, and only for 99 cents. Though that may have been a genius marketing strategy at the time to secure an impressive first-week figure, Billboard is changing its rules so that scoring a #1 album by lowering the price of your LP will be a thing of the past.

January 20 2011

Britney’s Record-Breaking Song “Hold It Against Me” Debuts In The Number One Position In U.S. And 19 Other Countries

Britney Spears continues to break records with her newest trailblazing hit, “Hold It Against Me.” This week, “Hold It Against Me” debuts at Number One on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart, selling 411K digital singles in the U.S. within just one week of its exclusive release on iTunes.

August 5 2010

Avenged Sevenfold scores first No. 1 album on Billboard 200

Avenged Sevenfold garners its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart as “Nightmare” arrives atop the list, bumping Eminem’s “Recovery” to No. 2 after a five week reign at No. 1. Avenged begins with 163,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan, trumping “Recovery” (159,000; down 15%) by less than 4,000 units.
May 15 2010

Christina Aguilera on the cover of Billboard magazine

Billboard showcases a Bionic-era Christina Aguilera on their latest issue, and guess what, Xtina could care less what you think of her.

April 22 2010

Jeff Beck enters BillboardTOP 200 Chart at #11, the highest debut of his 45 year career

One thing has proved itself crystal clear since the April 13 debut of Jeff Beck’s album Emotion & Commotion, his first in seven years: Beck is back! The legendary guitarist and 2010 Grammy® winner entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart this week at #11, the highest debut of his 45 year career and his highest chart position since 1975’s Blow By Blow. Emotion & Commotion also claimed Beck’s best single sales week of the Soundscan era with over 26,000 units sold.