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Justin Timberlake Single 'Suit & Tie' Breaks Billboard Records (Video)

 January 22, 2013 By Greg Gilman 17 weeks ago

Justin Timberlake's collaboration with Jay-Z has scored the most first-week radio plays in the 20-year history of Billboard's Pop Songs chart, making it the highest debut for a song by a male artist

  

Billboard Hires New Top Editor: Former Blender, Maxim Honcho Joe Levy

Media
 March 28, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

A consumer music mag veteran, Joe Levy hasn't worked at an industry trade mag before

  

Billboard Publisher, Editor Out, Other Top Staffers Follow

Media
 March 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Billboard, the music industry's leading trade publication, has lost its editor, publisher and other top staffers

  

Thanks to Gaga and Adele, Music Business Finally Improves in 2011

 December 26, 2011 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

Album sales are up only about 1%, but that's still great news after a decade-plus of decline

  

'Idol' Winner Scotty McCreery's Debut Album Tops Billboard Chart

Television
 October 13, 2011 By Kimberly Potts 1 year ago

The "American Idol" winner is the youngest male artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart

  

Charts: Freshman Rapper J. Cole Routs Blink-182's Comeback

 October 5, 2011 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

Jay-Z's protégé bowed with an impressive 218,000, well ahead of debuting rockers Blink-182 and Wilco

  

Charts: Tony Bennett Becomes First Eightysomething to Top Billboard Chart

 September 28, 2011 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

The octogenarian's "Duets II" album sold 179,000. On the other end of the age spectrum, teens Demi Lovato, Mindless Behavior, and Cody Simpson all made strong album-chart impressions

  

Lady Antebellum Owns 'Night' -- and Billboard Chart

 September 21, 2011 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

Easily aced failed comebacks by a whacked Bush and petered-out Primus

  

Charts: George Strait Takes Narrow Path to Billboard's Top Debut, Edging Out Beatles

 September 14, 2011 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

On the digital songs chart, Kelly Clarkson managed a so-so debut for "Mr. Know It All"

  

Charts: Lil Wayne Falls Just a Lil' Shy of a Million; MTV Awards Boost Adele's Ballad to No. 1

 September 7, 2011 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

"The Carter IV" is almost on par with Lil Wayne's past sales glory, with 964,000 sold, while Adele's bravura awards-show turn actually pushed an old-school ballad into the top spot on the digital songs chart

  

Charts: Streisand, The Game Are Both Off Their Sales Game

 August 31, 2011 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

Game was off his game with a still-charttopping 98,000 in album sales, while Streisand's Bergman-esque tribute sold 66,000 to bow at No. 4

  

Charts: Jay-Z & Kanye Unbowed; Lil Wayne Can and 'Will' Sell Singles

 August 24, 2011 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

Modestly debuting releases from the Eli Young Band and Jeff Bridges posed no threat to week 2 of the Kanye/Jay-Z dynasty ... or to Adele, whose album passed the 3 million mark

  

Music Charts: Jay-Z & Kanye Fall Short; Katy Perry Ties Jackson's Singles Record

 August 17, 2011 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

Meanwhile, “Glee 3D” entered the album chart at No. 16 with a shockingly modest 20,000 copies

  

Katy Perry Breaks Record Set by Gaga, Timberlake -- But Can't Yet Tell Jacko to Beat It

 August 3, 2011 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

Country star Eric Church debuted at No. 1 on the album sales chart, while Perry is poised to tie Michael Jackson's record for most chart-topping singles from a single LP

  

THR's Beckman: 'Not Yet Where We Want to Be With the End Goal'

Media | Magazines
 July 29, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

With Finkelstein running the day-to-day, he says: “I am the CEO, I was the CEO and will continue to be the CEO”

  

Music Charts: Amy Winehouse's 'Back to Black' Back in Billboard's Top 10

Media
 July 27, 2011 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

The late singer's 2006 multi-Grammy-winning album returns to the top 10 after just two days of posthumous sales fever

  

Music Charts: Blake Shelton, Demi Lovato Make Splashy Bows

Media
 July 20, 2011 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

'Voice' judge Shelton found an agreeable jury for his first No. 1 album, while Lovato's 'Skyscraper' is a rehabilitative hit on the singles chart

  

TheWrap Replaces THR as Reuters News Partner

Media | Movies
 July 1, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

We're growing again! Now we will be launching a Reviews section to meet the needs of our new global Reuters partnership

  

'Glee' Topples Elvis' 'Billboard' Hot 100 Record

Television
 February 16, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and the gang knock the King off of his music-chart throne

  

Michael Jackson for Christmas #1? - Look Out Susan Boyle and Taylor Swift

Media | Music
 December 16, 2010 By Dominic Patten 2 years ago

“Michael” sales could topple the British sensation and country ingénue to end 2010 on a high note for dead King of Pop.

  

'Glee' Breaks Beatles' Billboard Record

Television
 October 6, 2010 By Billboard 2 years ago

Recordings from Ryan Murphy show have charted the Hot 100 list 75 times

  

From Apple to Google, Music's a High-Tech Buzzword Again

Media | Music
 August 31, 2010 By Dominic Patten 2 years ago

Apple's big announcement Wednesday may put iTunes on the web, while Google has been talking quietly to the labels about the Droid

  

Andy Rooney Doesn't Get Lady Gaga (Video)

Media | Music
 May 10, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 3 years ago

CBS News commentator also unaware of this Usher fellow

  

'Hope For Haiti Now' Tops Billboard Albums Chart

Television
 January 28, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 3 years ago

First digital-only #1; Susan Boyle slips to #2

  

Susan Boyle Tops Charts Again

Deal Central
 December 30, 2009 By the Hollywood Reporter 3 years ago

"I Dreamed a Dream" holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for a fifth consecutive week

  

Inside the Hollywood Reporter Sale

Media | Magazines
 December 10, 2009 By Dylan Stableford 3 years ago

What Finkelstein plans to do with his new magazines is unclear, but one thing is: they're struggling

  
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