Bennett Lands New $10 Million DealSeptember 28th, 2009 Singer TONY BENNETT has landed a new $10 million (GBP6.6 million) contract with Sony-Columbia, in return for full control of the 83 year old's back catalogue and all future releases. As part of the deal, Sony executives have promised to spend $1 million (GBP667,000) on promoting every future Bennett release.
Meatballs Movie Is America's Top TreatSeptember 27th, 2009 Disney's latest creation CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS is America's number one movie for the second week running - taking a meaty $24.6 million (£16.4 million) at the box office. The 3-D comedy beat out competition from new releases Surrogates and Fame, which took a disappointing $15 million (£10 million) and $10 million (£6.7 million) respectively.
MJ's mum may sue his doc for $100m over 'wrongful death'August 19th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's mother plans to sue the star's personal doctor with a 100-million dollar "wrongful death" claim. Katherine Jackson aims to target Dr Conrad Murray who admitted administering the sedative Propofol via an IV drip to help the King of Pop sleep.
Met Opera sets record with $2.5 million on first day of individual ticket salesAugust 17th, 2009 Met Opera sells record $2.5 million of ticketsNEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera was singing a happy song about the first day of individual box office sales for the upcoming season. The Met sold $2.5 million worth of tickets on Sunday at its box office, telephone call center and Web site, up from $2 million on the first day of sales last year.
MJ may become top-earning dead starAugust 14th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson has been predicted to become the top-earning dead star and his estate is expected to amass 120 million pounds alone this year. The late King of Pop's earnings since his death on June 25 were apparently set to top the entire 90 million pounds earned by Jimi Hendrix since he died in 1970.
MJ's 'Number Ones' becomes No 2 bestseller of 2009 in USAugust 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Sales of Michael Jackson's greatest hits compilation 'Number Ones' are still going strong, making the album the second biggest release of 2009. Ever since his death on June 25, Jackson has ruled the US charts.
Jackson thought 'Bad' album was a flopAugust 1st, 2009 LONDON - Pop legend Michael Jackson thought his acclaimed album "Bad" was a failure because it didn't match the sales of "Thriller", his friend and collaborator Quincy Jones says. "He sold 25 million copies of 'Bad'.
Coroner's report on Michael Jackson's death delayedJuly 18th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - The coroner's report into the death of Michael Jackson has been delayed for another two weeks as speculation continues to swirl about the cause of the megastar's June 25 death, the Los Angeles County coroner's office said Friday. Prior to the announcement, the coroner had been expected to issue the report at the beginning of next week.
List of top 15 cable programs in the Nielsen ratings for July 6-12July 15th, 2009 Top cable programs for July 6-12Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of July 6-12. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses:
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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.
Jackson makes posthomous chart history in the USJuly 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Pop legend Michael Jackson has made a posthomous chart history in America by claiming the top nine spots on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums countdown since his sudden death last week. For the first time in Billboard history, the evergreen Catalog Albums chart-topper sold more than the number one album on the Billboard 200 countdown.
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.
More Michael Jackson albums sell in the week since his death than for 6 months priorJuly 1st, 2009 Michael Jackson album sales explode since deathLOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's album sales have exploded — three of his albums are in the top three spots and 2.3 million tracks have been downloaded in the United States since his death, Nielsen SoundScan said Wednesday. Album sales for the week through Sunday hit 422,000 in the U.S., up from 10,000 a week earlier.
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.
'Up' tops box office for second week runningJune 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Animated action comedy 'Up' has topped the box office for the second week in a row after raking in 44.2 million dollars. According to studio estimates, 'The Hangover' came second with 43.3 million dollars.
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