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New Releases: February 9, 2010 February 9, 2010

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Here are this week’s new music releases:

AM – Future Sons & Daughters
Bigga Haitian – Sak Pase
Celtic Thunder – It’s Entertainment!
Gerald Clayton – Two-Shade
Shannon Curfman – What You’re Getting Into
Fear Factory – Mechanize
Galactic – Ya-Ka-May
The Goat the Occasional Others – The Goat Speaks
HIM – Screamworks: Love in Theory & Practice
Hot Chip – One Life Stand
Jaheim – Another Round
Massive Attack – Heligoland
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds – Live in Las Vegas
Allison Moorer – Crows
Pantha Du Prince – Black Noise
Ralph’s World – All Around Ralph’s World
Reckless Kelly – Somewhere in Time
Sade – Soldier of Love
Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here
Smile Smile – Truth on Tape
tobyMac – Tonight
Josh Turner – Haywire
The Watson Twins – Talking to You, Talking to Me
Yeasayer – Odd Blood

Lady Antebellum Debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 February 3, 2010

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Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now debuts at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album sold 481,000 copies in its first week of release.

The Hope for Haiti Now compilation albums falls one spot to number two, selling 143,000 copies; this is only a 16% decrease in sales from last week. Lady Gaga’s The Fame holds steady at number three, selling 68,000 copies (this is a 10% increase in sales).

Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream falls two spots to number four, selling 59,000 copies (which is a 31% decrease in sales). Barry Manilow’s The Greatest Love Songs of All Time debuts at number five, selling 57,000 copies in its first week of release.

The This Is It soundtrack moves up eleven spots to re-enter the top ten at number six, selling 55,000 copies (this is a 136% increase in sales from last week). Corinne Bailey Rae’s The Sea debuts at number seven, selling 53,000 copies in its first week of release.

The Grammy Nominees 2010 compilation album falls three spots to number eight, selling 45,000 copies; this is a 7% decrease in sales. Celtic Woman’s Songs From the Heart debuts at number nine, selling 42,000 copies in its first week of release. The Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D. is at number ten, selling 40,000 copies; this is a 14% increase in sales from last week.

This week’s sales (6.50 million units) are up 11% from last week, and down .06% from the same week last year.

New Releases: February 2, 2010 February 2, 2010

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Here are this week’s new music releases:

The Album Leaf – A Chorus of Storytellers
BT – These Hopeful Machines
Creature With the Atom Brain – Transylvania
FM Belfast – How to Make Friends
Nick Jonas & The Administration – Who I Am
Lil Wayne – Rebirth
Midlake – The Courage of Others
Nneka – Concrete Jungle
Priestess – Prior to the Fire
Edward Rogers – Sparkle Lane
Salvador Santana – Keyboard City
The Soft Pack – The Soft Pack
George Winston – Love Will Come: The Music of Vince Guaraldi, Volume 2
Rob Zombie – Hellbilly Deluxe 2

Winners of the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards February 2, 2010

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Here are the winners in the major categories at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards.

Record of the Year
Kings Of Leon – “Use Somebody”

Album of the Year
Taylor Swift – Fearless

Song of the Year
Beyonce – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

Best New Artist
Zac Brown Band

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Beyonce – “Halo”

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Jason Mraz – “Make It Mine”

Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals
The Black Eyed Peas – “I Gotta Feeling”

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat – “Lucky”

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Bela Fleck – “Throw Down Your Heart”

Best Pop Instrumental Album
Booker T. Jones – Potato Hole

Best Pop Vocal Album
The Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D.

Best Dance Recording
Lady Gaga – “Poker Face”

Best Electronic/Dance Album
Lady Gaga – The Fame

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Michael Buble – Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Bruce Springsteen – “Working on a Dream”

Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals
Kings Of Leon – “Use Somebody”

Best Hard Rock Performance
AC/DC – “War Machine”

Best Metal Performance
Judas Priest – “Dissident Aggressor”

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Jeff Beck – “A Day in the Life”

Best Rock Song
Kings Of Leon – “Use Somebody”

Best Rock Album
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown

Best Alternative Music Album
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Beyonce – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Maxwell – “Pretty Wings”

Best R&B Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain – “Blame It”

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Beyonce – “At Last”

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
India.Arie & Dobet Gnahoe – “Pearls”

Best R&B Song
Beyonce – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

Best R&B Album
Maxwell – Blacksummers’ Night

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Beyonce – I Am… Sasha Fierce

Best Rap Solo Performance
Jay-Z – “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”

Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group
Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent – “Crack A Bottle”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”

Best Rap Song
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”

Best Rap Album
Eminem – Relapse

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Taylor Swift – “White Horse”

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Keith Urban – “Sweet Thing”

Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals
Landy Antebellum – “I Run To You”

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis – “I Told You So”

Best Country Instrumental Performance
Steve Wariner – “Producer’s Medley”

Best Country Song
Taylor Swift – “White Horse”

Best Country Album
Taylor Swift – Fearless

Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Jackson

Hope for Haiti Now Debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 January 27, 2010

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The Hope for Haiti Now digital-only compilation album debuts at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart, selling 171,000 copies in its first week of release. This is the first digital-exclusive set to top the Billboard 200 chart in its nearly 54-year history.

Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream holds steady at number two, selling 86,000 copies; this is a 12% increase in sales from last week. Lady Gaga’s The Fame moves up one spot to number three, selling 62,000 copies (which is a 3% decrease in sales).

Spoon’s Transference debuts at number four, selling 53,000 copies in its first week of release. The 2010 Grammy Nominees compilation album debuts at number five, selling 49,000 copies in its first week of release.

Vampire Weekend’s Contra falls five spots to number six, selling 43,000 copies; this is a 65% sales decline from last week. Alicia Keys’ The Element of Freedom falls two spots to number seven, selling 40,000 copies (which is a 16% decrease in sales).

Ke$ha’s Animal falls five spots to number eight, selling 35,000 copies; this is a 47% decrease in sales. Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D. moves up one spot to number nine, selling 35,000 copies (this is a 7% increase in sales from last week). Taylor Swift’s Fearless falls two spots to number ten, selling 32,000 copies; this is a 5% decrease in sales.

This week’s album sales (5.84 million units) is up 3% from last week, but down 9% compared to the same week last year.

New Releases: January 26, 2010 January 26, 2010

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Here are this week’s new music releases:

Arj Barker – LYAO [CD/DVD]
Beach House – Teen Dream [CD/DVD]
Eric Bibb – Booker’s Guitar
Blue Rodeo – The Things We Left Behind
Basia Bulat – Heart of My Own
Celtic Woman – Songs From the Heart
Day of Fire – Losing All
Joe Firstman – El Porto
Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM
Patty Griffin – Downtown Church
Hiromi – Place to Be
Kidz Bop Kids – Kidz Bop 17
Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
The Magnetic Fields – Realism
Barry Manilow – The Greatest Love Songs of All Time
Maysa – A Woman in Love
Pat Metheny – Orchestrion
Mondo Drag – New Rituals
Never Shout Never – What Is Love?
Oh No Ono – Eggs
Laura Pasini – Laura Live Giral ‘09 [CD/DVD]
Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea
Redeye Empire – Sea to Sky [MP3 Download Only]
David Sanborn – Only Everything
Neil Sedaka – The Music of My Life
7dayBinge – 7dayBinge
Shurman – Still Waiting for the Sunset
WOW Gospel 2010 compilation album

Scorpions Will Be Disbanding January 25, 2010

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Scorpions, the German rock band, has announced that the band will be disbanding after being together for four decades. The band has said it will release one final album, Sting in the Tail, in March. Then, the band will start a tour in Germany in May; the band says the world tour will takem them across the world “over the next few years.”

Scorpions was founded by guitarist Rudolf Schenker in Hannover, Germany, in 1965. Singer Klaus Meine joined the group a few years later.

Simon Cowell’s Haiti Benefit Single is “Everybody Hurts” January 24, 2010

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It has been announced that the benefit single that Simon Cowell is producing for Haiti relief is a recording of R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts.”

So far, it has been announced that Susan Boyle, Michael Buble, Rod Stewart, and Leona Lewis are participating in the recording.

Aerosmith Holding Auditions for New Lead Singer January 21, 2010

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Aerosmith has begun the process of auditioning a new lead singer; however, it is not currently known whether the replacement would be temporary or permanent. Guitarist Joe Perry says that the band will begin auditions at some point after Perry finishes his committment with Motley Crue on February 5.

Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith, is currently in rehab for an addiction to painkillers.

Simon Cowell Putting Together Haiti Benefit Single January 21, 2010

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Simon Cowell says he is putting together a charity single to raise money to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Simon does not know who he will have on the single yet; however, it is assumed that artists such as Susan Boyle, Leona Lewis, and Cheryl Cole will participate.

Cowell has been quoted as saying, “(Prime Minister Gordon Brown) called me a couple days ago and said if I put a record out, he’d waive the VAT. It is not the best time. Logistically, we’re all over the place, but we’ll make it happen.”