Jay-Z to break Elvis Presley's album recordSeptember 17th, 2009 LONDON - Jay-Z may soon become the solo artist with the most chart-toppers in US chart history beating King of Rock 'n' Roll Elvis Presley. The rap star's new album 'Blueprint 3' might as well be his 11th American number one album, which will take him past the late 'Jailhouse Rock' hitmaker's record of 10 number ones.
Celebration As Madonna Scores Her 40th U.s. Dance Chart Number OneSeptember 14th, 2009 MADONNA has scored her 40th number one single on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The pop superstar, who stunned the MTV Video Music Awards with a heartfelt tribute to Michael Jackson on Sunday (13Sep09), starts the new week with another pop
record.
Carey Scores A 27th Top 10, Peas Stay On TopSeptember 10th, 2009 MARIAH CAREY has tied ELTON JOHN and JANET JACKSON with 27 top 10 hits in America's Billboard Hot 100 after taking her new single, OBSESSED, to number seven on the new countdown. The trio shares the fifth spot on the all-time hits chart behind Madonna (37), The Beatles (34) and Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder (28).
Calvin Harris knocks MJ off the top spot in UK album chartAugust 25th, 2009 LONDON - Late King of Pop Michael Jackson has finally been knocked from the top of the UK album chart. Calvin Harris has leapt straight to the top of the UK album chart with new release 'Ready For The Weekend, knocking Jackson's album 'The Essential' from the perch, where it had been for seven weeks, reports the BBC.
JACKSON STILL THRILLS U.K. ALBUM CHARTAugust 9th, 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON has continued his reign at the top of the U.K. album chart for a sixth week running.
JACKSON CONTINUES CHART DOMINATION IN EUROPEAugust 7th, 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON continues to dominate the charts from beyond the grave - his compilation album THE COLLECTION is Europe's new number one. Sales of Jackson's extensive back catalogue have soared since his death on 25 June (09), with his pop hits topping charts in the U.S.
Black Eyed Peas set new US Billboard chart recordAugust 1st, 2009 LONDON - American hip-hop group 'Black Eyed Peas' are said to have set a new record for their continuous stay at the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Spending 12 weeks at the top of the chart with 'Boom Boom Pow', they are now celebrating their fifth week at number one with 'I Gotta Feeling', reports the BBC.
MJ's dream - moonwalk on the moonJuly 31st, 2009 LONDON - Pop legend Michael Jackson was in advanced talks with a space scientist in a desperate bid to do his famous moonwalk on the moon before he died, says his friend. The singer wanted to beat his rivals into space by actually making it first to the moon to do his famous dance move in a $1.97 billion project, reported newsoftheworld.co.uk.
Daughtry beats MJ on US album chartJuly 24th, 2009 LONDON - Rock band Daughtry has outsold Michael Jackson and claimed the top spot in the US album chart. Fronted by Chris Daughtry, the group went straight to the top of the Billboard 200 album chart with 'Leave This Town'.
Nielsen SoundScan says sales of Michael Jackson albums soared last week, dominating Top 10July 8th, 2009 Sales of Michael Jackson albums soared last weekNEW YORK — Nielsen SoundScan says 800,000 copies of Michael Jackson albums were bought in the U.S. last week — nearly double his sales from the previous week.
Jacko was extremely well-read, says his lawyerJuly 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson was an avid reader who had a library at Neverland that held 10,000 volumes on its shelves, his lawyer has revealed. Bob Sanger, the King of Pop's lawyer for 16 years, said that Jackson was fascinated by philosophy and history - and covered his books with notes.
Fans grab 2M Jacko songs and 300K albums in 3 days post his deathJuly 1st, 2009 NEW YORK - Late King of Pop Michael Jackson's fans have bought almost 300,000 to 400,000 copies of his albums and 1.8 million individual digital tracks in the three days after his death, according to Billboard Magazine. However, figures have revealed that Jackson's albums sold just 10,000 copies in the week before his death, while digital sales capped at 40,000.
Michael Jackson's albums seem set to top UK album chartJune 28th, 2009 LONDON - Britain's official chart compilers have revealed that late King of Pop Michael Jackson is all set to top the country's album chart six years after his last number one hit. The Official Charts Company says that the greatest hits album, Number Ones, is on its way to the top spot after a surge in sales in the days since Jackson's death on Thursday.
A look at the career of Michael JacksonJune 26th, 2009 A look at the career of Michael JacksonA look at the career of Michael Jackson:
— Aug. 29, 1958: Michael Joseph Jackson is born in Gary, Ind., the seventh of nine children.
Singer Michael Jackson is dead: Reports (Second Lead)June 26th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Pop star Michael Jackson has died in Los Angeles, aged 50, media reports say. Paramedics were called to the singer's home around midday local time Thursday after he stopped breathing and suffered a suspected cardiac arrest, BBC reported.
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