Billboard Charts

Madonna Sets Humiliating Record

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 04.10.2012

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Madonna's MDNA may be the first album to both top the Billboard charts and be a massive commercial failure. The record debuted at No. 1 on the cha...

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Madonna Scores Eighth No. 1 Album With 'MDNA'

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 04.04.2012

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Despite a few lackluster reviews -- and a very public feud with house producer Deadmau5 -- Madonna scored her eighth career No. 1 album with MDNA. ...

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Why We Should Make M83's "Midnight City" the #1 Song in America

Nico Lang | Posted 05.23.2012

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Nico Lang

What we blog about on the Internet, what we think about culture and what we choose to listen to matter. We vote with our ears, and if we choose to listen to songs we deem to be masterpieces, that's what we will get back.

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Who Could Take Down Adele & Bruce Springsteen?

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 03.16.2012

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Bruce Springsteen may have topped the Billboard charts this week with his new album Wrecking Ball -- knocking Adele's 21 out of the No. 1 spot after 2...

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Rock Music In Dire Straits: Critic

Rock Music Has Worst Year Ever | Posted 02.28.2012

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How dire is the state of mainstream rock? So dire that "Sublime With Rome," a band with no higher ambition than mimicking Sublime, has had a song on t...

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What's Her Secret? The Method to Adele's Madness

Judah Joseph | Posted 12.04.2011

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Judah Joseph

I tend to be able to gauge a musician's commercial worth on one thing: mothers' approval. If I were to play a song by Adele in the car with my mom, not only would she approve, but she would sing and clap along, too. Adele, if you can win over my mother, you deserve your #1 spot on nearly every worldwide chart.

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Pop Music Is Human Nature

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.14.2011

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Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

I've got a proud confession to make: I'm a pop music junkie. Drizzy Drake, Britney, Adele, Nicki, Ke$ha, you name it. I love it. But I've got to admit...

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Katy Perry Makes History, Ties With Michael Jackson!

Posted 10.03.2011

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Let's call 2011 the year that Katy Perry ruled the world. Not only does Katy currently star in "The Smurfs", which opened at No. 2 at the box office, ...

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Ray LaMontagne: Digging Deep And Doing What He Does

Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen Sterling

Ray LaMontagne is living his dream and, unlike so many dreams, his seems to have never been a soft, misty vision.

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