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Bet you can't guess what performer finished on top of the Billboard 200 this week! Taylor Swift and 1989? Okay, maybe it wasn't that hard to figure out. Although the album saw a big drop in terms of equivalent album sales (down to 155,000, the first time at less than 200,000 for the set), it still managed to take its ninth week at no. 1 since debuting 11 weeks ago. Ed Sheeran and Nicki Minaj still factor high. -
Rock in Rio Las Vegas Adds Sam Smith, Charli XCX and Jessie J to Pop Weekend Already Featuring Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran
The biggest music festival debut in the United States this year may very well be Rock in Rio, which will head to Las Vegas for two huge weekends in May. The festival added more firepower to a show already featuring headlining sets from Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Metallica and more. Sam Smith, Charli XCX, Jessie J, Bleachers, Tove Lo, Empire of The Sun and Echosmith are the latest performers to be added to the lineup as of Tuesday. -
Taylor Swift Tops Albums Chart with '1989' But Comes Up Short of Usher's Record; 'Guardians of The Galaxy' Leads Soundtrack Charge
Taylor Swift may have topped the Albums Sales Charts for the eighth time but her "low" week of 172,000 copies sold means that 1989 will not catch Usher's streak of 200,000-plus sales weeks that he set with Confessions during 2004. -
Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" Bumps Taylor Swift, Meghan Trainor from Top of Hot 100 [VIDEOS]
Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars's "Uptown Funk" promised it was gonna give it to ya, and now it's kicking off the new year by doing just that. After 19 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 of female domination, two men finally take the No. 1 spot away from Taylor Swift and Meghan Trainor, all thanks to a little funk. -
Taylor Swift and '1989' Take Eighth Billboard 200 No. 1 Spot; Nicki Minaj Remains No. 2, 'Into The Woods' Soundtrack Gets Only Sales Increase
It's still cold out there for new music releases after the first full week of album sales during 2015, so it's not surprise that Taylor Swift was still on top of the Billboard 200 when today's numbers came out. It's the eighth week of ten that 1989 has been available where the record ended up on top, which makes it her second most-decorated album yet (Fearless spent 13 nonconsecutive weeks at no. 1 during 2008-'09). It moved 244,000 equivalent albums last week. -
Sam Smith Defends Decision To Visit SeaWorld Australia With Boyfriend Jonathan Zeizel
Yesterday, photos surfaced on Instagram of Sam Smith and his new boyfriend Jonathan Zeizel on vacation in Sydney, Australia. They posed for snapshots on a boat in the ocean and at SeaWorld, playing with seals. Now the "I'm Not The Only One" crooner has been forced to defend his visit to SeaWorld Australia after fans criticized him for supporting animal cruelty and some even threatened to boycott his music. -
Sam Smith Slams Fellow Pop Stars in 'V Magazine' Interview with Chaka Khan [PHOTO]
Sam Smith may be one of the biggest names in pop coming in to 2015, but don't assume that the "I'm Not The Only One" singer is necessarily a fan of all of his contemporaries. In a new interview with Chaka Khan in "The Music Issue" of V Magazine, Smith calls out his fellow pop stars for not always being wholly graceful in the midst of their success. -
Sam Smith, Boyfriend Jonathan Zeizel Show Off New Love on Instagram
Is a relationship really a relationship if it isn't plastered all over Instagram? Luckily for Sam Smith's new boyfriend Jonathan Zeizel, he doesn't have to worry about that. Yes, the "I'm Not The Only One" singer has found new love, and he's launching his 2015 off with plenty of happiness by sharing a lot of personal relationship snapshots on Instagram. -
Despite Big Sales Years for Taylor Swift and 'Frozen,' Album Sales Still Down 11 Percent during 2014; Downloads Also Down 9 Percent
Earlier this week we got the exciting news that Taylor Swift and 1989 had passed the Frozen Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to become the bestselling album of 2014. Both albums went well beyond triple-platinum status during their 2014 sales runs and it seems Swift's most recent album will be one of the bestselling albums of the decade, if not the sole best selling record, but the time it's done. But now it's time to take the facts into consideration: Album sales as a whole were down by more than 11 percent during 2014. -
Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith Lead 2014 UK Album Sales Chart Featuring Nothing But British Artists for First Time Ever
If you peruse Billboard's websites for the album charts from other countries you'll notice that very often foreign talent infiltrates the top spots. The Uk can proudly declare that during 2014, every single performer in its Top 10 for album sales was homegrown for the first time. Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith were among the bestselling musicians of the year in the UK. -
Taylor Swift No. 2 All Time for Weeks at No. 1 with '1989'; No New Albums to Interrupt Nicki Minaj, Pentatonix and One Direction Post-Christmas
Another week and another run at history by Taylor Swift: Her album 1989 managed to top the Billboard 200 for the seventh time during its nine weeks on the charts, selling 326,000 full copies and generating 430 multi-metric equivalent albums (MME's). That no. 1 spot moves her into second place all-time for women atop the Billboard 200 with 31 weeks at no. 1, trailing only Whitney Houston and her crazy 46 week total. -
Taylor Swift "Blank Space" Ends 2014 Atop Hot 100 Above Mark Ronson, Sam Smith & Ed Sheeran [VIDEOS]
Taylor Swift is leaving no "Blank Space" at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. For the seventh week in a row, the latest single from her new album 1989 is sitting cozy atop the U.S. singles chart, beating out other hit singles from the likes of Mark Ronson, Hozier, Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran.
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