Monday, November 9, 2009 – 13:09 Scott:
OT, but this thread has a wide audience. Quick post to say I’ve listened to Kris Allen’s album on popeater and I think it’s fantastic. It’s ROCK! Jive not only let him put out a medium-rock album, it’s not over produced. Kris’s vocals are clear and crisp and shine thru (something I wish they let David’s do a little more on DCTR- gotta say). There are ballads that sound like ONe Republic but with Kris’ unmistakable vocals. Other songs have a To Have Heroes feel to me. The album is varied and eclectic, yet cohesive. They re-recorded Heartless. LLWD is, IMO, the weakest song on the album. Give it a try. Love to read y”all’s feedback in the OT thread.

Not everyone agrees…

Monday, November 9, 2009 – 18:16 Megg:
Alright Scott, I checked Kris Allen’s album out on Popeater. My fav is Alright With Me, because I think his voice is better on the faster songs, this one’s got a good driving fun beat.

Kris’s album fits him, though. I am surprised there aren’t more fast songs.

Monday, November 9, 2009 – 02:04 linvilla:
The concert was fantastic. This was only my 2nd show, my first was Winstar back in July, but I’ve seen dozens if not hundreds of you tubes. You can tell he absolutely loves what he does, after 140 shows he still puts 100+% into all of his performances. He really rocked out more tonight and sounded absolutely perfect! The set list was great, I didn’t get MITB or TIB, but it was a great set. I swear I saw the sound guys bring out the acoustic guitar, so was really hoping for something acoustic, but we didn’t get it. Lie was beautiful & since the crowd was kinda lame, we had no problem staying quiet. We also didn’t do too well on singing Come Back to Me, but we did great singing Heroes. I was surrounded by several guys and they all enjoyed it. Unfortunately, it was not sold out. It was hard to tell since everyone was either packed like sardines at the front or sitting at the tables at the back, but I think it was only about two thirds full. He ended with Straight Ahead and went down into the crowd and walked back and forth along the front, but I was further back, so I didn’t see alot of that.

…and the rationalization begins:

Monday, November 9, 2009 – 02:17 PeachMango:
Too bad about the place only being 2/3 full. Wasn’t it like that in Houston, too? Sadz. Seems the Texas shows were added late so maybe they didn’t have enough time to advertise? Glad to see the Script guys getting involved in the shenanigans.

The Palladium Ballroom has a capacity of 1200.

Belated birthday pressies

Thanks Lisa. I saved you a piece of cake, but you’ll have to come to chat to get it…

50 CENT ON THE DOLLAR: With 50 Cent’s new album, Before I Self Destruct, available digitally starting today, in advance of the actual album in-stores on Nov. 17, SoundScan has already confirmed it will combine downloads and physical sales when the release debuts on the chart of Nov. 24. That leaves some to question whether the other big releases of that week, including John Mayer, Norah Jones and Idol winner Kris Allen, will follow suit. The only previous time Billboard did something similar was with Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy album. Expect plenty of carping about the seeming inconsistency of the music industry bible’s decision. (11/9p)

Rumor Mill

1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 211,036 PLAY ON
2 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 86,892 THIS IS IT
3 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 86,503 NOW 32
4 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 60,426 MY CHRISTMAS
5 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 51,256 GLEE, VOL. 1
6 TIM MCGRAW CURB 30,122 SOUTHERN VOICE
7 TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 26,509 SOUNDTRACK
8 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 25,158 FEARLESS
9 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 25,137 TIME OF OUR LIVES
10 CREED WIND-UP 23,395 FULL CIRCLE
11 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 22,751 NUMBER ONES
12 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 20,474 CRAZY LOVE
13 FOO FIGHTERS ROSWELL/RCA/RMG 19,649 GREATEST HITS
14 ROD STEWART J RECORDS/RMG 19,629 SOULBOOK
15 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 17,758 FOUNDATION
16 JAY-Z ROC NATION/ATLANTIC 17,169 BLUEPRINT 3
17 WEEZER DGC/INTERSCOPE 16,981 RADITUDE
18 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 15,459 E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
19 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 14,711 LADY ANTEBELLUM
20 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 13,988 FAME
21 STING DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 13,447 IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT
22 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 12,887 WIDE OPEN
23 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LAVA/ATLANTIC 12,506 NIGHT CASTLE
24 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 12,302 REVOLUTION
25 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY 11,943 SOUNDTRACK
26 OWL CITY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 11,190 OCEAN EYES
27 TOBY KEITH SHOW DOG 11,141 AMERICAN RIDE
28 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 10,472 NOEL
29 BREAKING BENJAMIN HOLLYWOOD 9,958 DEAR AGONY
30 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 9,079 ESSENTIAL
31 SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE HOLLYWOOD 9,015 KISS & TELL
32 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 8,829 DOIN’ MY THING
33 CHICKENFOOT REDLINE 8,789 CHICKENFOOT
34 SLAYER COLUMBIA 8,748 WORLD PAINTED BLOOD
35 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 8,608 TAYLOR SWIFT
36 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 8,242 ONLY BY THE NIGHT
37 BEBE & CECE WINANS MALACO 8,031 STILL
38 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 7,762 MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL
39 AMERIE DEF JAM/IDJ 7,703 IN LOVE & WAR
40 WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA/RMG 7,312 I LOOK TO YOU
41 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 7,270 DARK HORSE
42 ALICE IN CHAINS VIRGIN 6,973 BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE
43 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 6,717 LEARN TO LIVE
44 DRAKE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 6,523 SO FAR GONE
45 PARAMORE FUELED BY RAMEN 6,512 BRAND NEW EYES
46 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 6,366 EN CONCERT
47 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 6,192 READY
48 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 5,876 NOW 31
49 THREE DAYS GRACE JIVE/JLG 5,488 LIFE STARTS NOW
50 BROOKS & DUNN ARISTA NASHVILLE 5,384 #1S & THEN SOME

Tsk tsk, once again the arrogant poser tool has dropped out of HDD’s Top 50 building sales chart. It doesn’t look like those hardcore, foaming-at-the-mouth fangirls were up to the challenge after all.

I hated being a teenager, until I discovered just how powerful the world of popular music was. It helped me find an identity and find myself.

Something the internet has most definitely done is bring more music from more places and more eras into the hearts and minds of us all, but young people in particular, which is great.

BBC

Not long ago, if you wanted music, you had to save up your pocket money, take a trip to the local record shop and lovingly leaf through its racks.

We all know what the alleged future of music will look like. The record industry will be reduced to a smouldering ruin, the album replaced by endless individual songs and music rendered pretty much worthless by the fact that it’s universally free.

BBC

When Michael Jackson was the country’s best-selling artist after his untimely death, Billboard ignored him in its Top 200 sales chart.

Throughout, HITS’ Top 50 Album sales chart continued to reflect what was really going on sales-wise, and now the Bible will follow our lead.

Hits Daily Double