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With the news of Metallica's "Black Album" breaking the 16 million mark in sales, by far its most successful album, I began looking into the sales figures of other huge artists. What I found was that in many cases, an artist's top selling album isn't necessarily its best. Here are seven artists where that's precisely the case, starting with the band that inspired this list... -
Iggy Azalea Joins The Beatles as Only Acts to Fill Both No. 1 and 2 on Billboard Hot 100 Chart
What do Iggy Azalea and The Beatles have in common? Not too much. They both share an impressive charts record however: They are the only two acts to occupy both the no. 1 and no. 2 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. -
7 Artists Who Could Have Been Sued for Plagiarism (But Weren't): The Smiths, Nirvana, and More
Though there have been plenty of times when musicians were sued for plagiarizing one of their songs, this usually only happens when the song becomes a hit. Musicians steal from each other far more than you might think, and most of the time it isn't brought to court. Here are seven great artists who could have been sued for plagiarism, but weren't. -
Miley Cyrus Orders Emergency Restraining Order Against Crazed Fan
Miley Cyrus gets a restraining order against crazed fan, Devon Meek. Given all of Miley's recent antics – from the twerking to sitting naked atop a wrecking ball to whatever that tongue thing was – perhaps it's not such a shocker that fans of the pop singer might get a little crazy. -
7 Pairs Of Albums With The Same Title: Which Is Better?
A while back, I wrote an article comparing songs that happen to have the same title. Though two songs sharing the same title is fairly common (I could rewrite that list many times over with new songs), two albums sharing a title doesn't happen nearly as much. Let's unfairly compare some albums whose only similarities are their titles. -
7 Artists Who Recruited Old Bandmates For Solo Albums: Peter Gabriel, Iggy Pop, and more
When musicians leave their bands and go on to record solo albums, it seems like their former bandmates would be the last people they'd want to help out. However, these seven musicians actually recruited their old bandmates to perform on their solo albums. -
Paul McCartney Cancels Japan Tour
Due to an illness, Paul McCartney has cancelled his entire Japanese tour. Out There No More. . . No, it's not the daunting fear of being flattened by Godzilla that's keeping Sir Paul McCartney out of Japan. -
6 Bands Who Shouldn't Have Switched Producers: The Black Keys, R.E.M., and more
It's usually a good idea to try out new things, especially when it comes to music, but these six bands probably should have stuck with the producers who brought out their best sound. -
7 Album Covers That Are Homages to Other Albums: The Clash, Weezer, and more
Musicians steal from each other all the times, whether it comes to lyrics, riffs, fashion, or in this case, album covers. Here are seven album covers that are homages (or rip-offs) to other albums. -
WATCH: Paul McCartney dances with a robot in 'Appreciate' video
In Paul McCartney's newest music video, he journeys through a museum of humans, dancing about and jamming with a robot named Newman. -
6 Songs with studio banter: The Beatles, Radiohead, and more
There are probably thousands of hours of recording studio banter between musicians that have been thrown away by engineers, but sometimes, artists choose to leave these little bits of conversation in the album's finished version. Here are six songs that have studio banter in them. -
8 Musicians Who Switched Their Instruments: Paul McCartney, Joey Ramone, and more
It's not uncommon for members of a band to switch around the instruments they play every once in a while, but what is uncommon is for someone to permanently take up a different instrument than the one they originally played. Here are eight musicians who changed the instrument they played for their band.
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