Sean's Down Moves Up To End The Black Eyed Peas' U.s. Chart DominationOctober 8th, 2009 Hip-hop star JAY SEAN has finally ended the BLACK EYED PEAS' reign at the top of the U.S. pop charts after 26 weeks.
Jay-z Is Top Man On The U.s. ChartsSeptember 16th, 2009 Rapper JAY-Z has made history at the top of the U.S. album charts after scoring his 11th number one.
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
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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).
Jay-z Beats New Protegees In U.k. Chart BattleSeptember 7th, 2009 JAY-Z has proved who's boss - he has beaten his newly signed act the SUGABABES to the top of the U.K. charts with comeback single RUN THIS TOWN.
Reba Scores A Second Number One, Scores Country Music Chart HistoryAugust 27th, 2009 REBA MCENTIRE has scored her second number one on the U.S. album chart, giving country music a three-week run on top.
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.
MJ's reign as King of Pop continues in EuropeAugust 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Late Michael Jackson has scored a triple triumph at the top of the albums chart in Europe. The King of Pop CD has jumped from number five to claim the top spot, while other Jackson compilation discs The Collection and The Essential remain popular in second and third places, respectively, reports Contactmusic.
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.
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.
U2 pay tribute to Jackson during Europe tourJuly 2nd, 2009 LONDON - U2 paid tribute to Michael Jackson as they began their first tour in three years in Barcelona. Bono, Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, who will be performing at 15 stadiums across Europe, dedicated Angel Of Harlem, originally penned about Billie Holiday, to the late King of Pop.
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.