This Day in Music…November 24
1934 – Composer Alfred Schnittke was born.
1950 – The musical “Guys and Dolls” opened.
1961 – Howlin’ Wolf arrived in London for his first European tour.
1972 – ABC-TV debuted “In Concert.”
1985 – Singer Big Joe Turner died of a heart attack.
1991 – Eric Carr (Kiss) died of cancer at 41. Carr had joined Kiss in 1982 when founding drummer, Peter Criss, left the group.
1991 – Freddie Mercury of Queen died of AIDS complications at the age of 45.
1991 – Cyndi Lauper and David Thornton were married.
1994 – Prince performed “Peach” on the European MTV Awards. He claimed the song was a “cover tune by a good friend.”
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about 3 months ago
Per Rickey, Adam Lambert’s Good Morning America (ABC) appearance scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled. Instead, he will be on CBS’ Early Show tomorrow.
Also per Rickey, Adam Lambert’s For Your Entertainment album mp3 download is on sale at Amazon for $3.99. If you use the coupon code MP34FREE at checkout, the total price is $.99.
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about 3 months ago
I’ll hang on to my $.99.
Stephen Holden gives an unexpectedly (to me) thoughtful — and positive — review of Susan Boyle’s album.
Who knew.
about 3 months ago
The Mormons aren’t happy?? The world is upside down I tell ya.
At least Taylor (who?) catches a break…
about 3 months ago
Hits Daily Double, with 69.42% reporting:
1 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 218,324 BATTLE STUDIES
2 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 84,173 MY WORLD
3 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 80,004 THE FALL
4 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 72,226 MY CHRISTMAS
5 50 CENT SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 65,308 BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT
6 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 65,251 PLAY ON
7 TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 58,597 SOUNDTRACK
8 KRIS ALLEN 19/JIVE/ZLG 54,131 KRIS ALLEN
9 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 53,290 THIS IS IT
10 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 52,191 ECHO
11 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 46,129 NOW 32
12 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 41,432 HOLIDAY COLLECTION
13 THEM CROOKED VULTURES INTERSCOPE 41,137 THEM CROOKED VULTURES
14 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 37,809 GLEE, VOL. 1
15 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 34,973 FEARLESS
16 BON JOVI ISLAND/IDJMG 31,092 THE CIRCLE
17 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 29,112 TIME OF OUR LIVES
18 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 27,479 NOEL
19 ONEREPUBLIC INTERSCOPE 26,013 WAKING UP
20 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 24,259 CRAZY LOVE
21 JANET JACKSON A&M 21,833 #1′S
22 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 21,489 GOLD & GREEN
23 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 20,409 LADY ANTEBELLUM
24 PAUL MCCARTNEY HEAR MUSIC 20,195 GOOD EVENING NEW YORK
25 TIM MCGRAW CURB 19,476 SOUTHERN VOICE
26 CASTING CROWNS PROVIDENT/REUNION 18,777 UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS
27 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 16,744 LEARN TO LIVE
28 OWL CITY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 16,512 OCEAN EYES
29 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 15,832 FAME
30 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 15,263 FOUNDATION
31 STING DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 15,019 IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT
32 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 13,639 E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
33 JAY-Z ROC NATION/ATLANTIC 13,604 BLUEPRINT 3
34 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 12,958 WIDE OPEN
35 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 12,018 CHRISTMAS: 25TH ANNIVERSARY
36 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 11,752 NUMBER ONES
37 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 9,894 REVOLUTION
38 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 9,421 I AM… SASHA FIERCE
39 CREED WIND-UP 9,211 FULL CIRCLE
40 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY 6,707 SOUNDTRACK
41 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 6,481 DARK HORSE
42 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 6,315 DOIN’ MY THING
43 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 5,898 ESSENTIAL
44 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 5,782 LET IT SNOW
45 BREAKING BENJAMIN HOLLYWOOD 5,728 DEAR AGONY
46 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 5,552 ONLY BY THE NIGHT
47 ROD STEWART J RECORDS/RMG 5,534 SOULBOOK
48 FOO FIGHTERS ROSWELL/RCA/RMG 5,355 GREATEST HITS
49 BEBE & CECE WINANS MALACO 5,270 STILL
50 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/JLG 4,888 SINGLES COLLECTION
Still no sign of the wanker.
about 3 months ago
In other words bland and with no emotion, might as well let a robot sing.
about 3 months ago
Lisa. Are you there?
LEEESAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Has ‘Ashes to Ashes’ started filming for the third season yet?
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Oh shit. Manheim Steamroller season is starting up again
about 3 months ago
Yes, broadcasting here 2010, it’ll be set in 1983, talk of a 3d episode.
about 3 months ago
Lancaster: ‘Ashes has no more mileage’
Marshall Lancaster has revealed that he is glad Ashes To Ashes is ending after its third series.
According to The Sun, the 34-year-old actor, who plays DC Chris Skelton in the BBC series, said that he wants to show to go out on a high rather than being “flogged to death”.
“These sorts of shows have only so much mileage and it will have gone as far as it can,” he said. “I think we can stretch only one more series out of it.
“Everything should draw to an end at some point and sometimes you can flog these things to death. You’ve got to aim for something like Fawlty Towers where they didn’t film many episodes but they were all brilliant.”
Discussing the final series of Ashes, he teased: “It will be a real eye-opener and won’t be what everybody expects.”
about 3 months ago
“These sorts of shows have only so much mileage and it will have gone as far as it can,” he said. “I think we can stretch only one more series out of it.
*Sniff*
Can’t say I disagree, though.
about 3 months ago
You know how at one point something can get you all indignant and opinionated, and then that same thing continued to the extreme can make you laugh so hard you can’t catch your breath and be snarky? Well, this is that thing:
“-Mariah had two people help lower her to the sofa.
-The entourage made sure she was filmed at the best angle.
-She brought her own toilet paper to the studio. (No word on whether someone else had to flush for her)
-Her entourage outnumbered the entire GMTV crew. (Do you really need that many people traveling with you all of the time? Can’t Nick do it all on his own? I mean that is why you married him right?)
-One person walked backwards while Mariah walked forwards. This was done in case Mariah started to fall.”
about 3 months ago
Here are the FINAL sales estimates from Hits Daily Double:
1 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 301,204 — BATTLE STUDIES
2 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 192,190 +39% MY CHRISTMAS
3 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 177,382 — THE FALL
4 50 CENT SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 156,863 — BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT
5 CASTING CROWNS PROVIDENT/REUNION 146,250 — UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS
6 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 133,872 — MY WORLD
7 TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 107,060 +112% SOUNDTRACK
8 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 98,556 -20% THIS IS IT
9 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 85,501 -32% PLAY ON
10 KRIS ALLEN 19/JIVE/ZLG 84,846 — KRIS ALLEN
11 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 82,796 -9% FEARLESS
12 THEM CROOKED VULTURES INTERSCOPE 68,471 — THEM CROOKED VULTURES
13 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 68,413 — ECHO
14 CASTING CROWNS PROVIDENT/REUNION 66,853 +85% PEACE ON EARTH
15 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 59,586 -10% NOW 32
16 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 55,275 -14% CRAZY LOVE
17 PAUL MCCARTNEY HEAR MUSIC 55,032 — GOOD EVENING NEW YORK
18 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 51,737 -7% GLEE, VOL. 1
19 BON JOVI ISLAND/IDJMG 50,153 -70% THE CIRCLE
20 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 43,341 -5% HOLIDAY COLLECTION
21 ONEREPUBLIC INTERSCOPE 40,509 — WAKING UP
22 JANET JACKSON A&M 40,374 — #1′S
23 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 37,132 +67% NOEL
24 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 36,425 -21% LADY ANTEBELLUM
25 STING DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 33,349 -31% IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT
26 TIM MCGRAW CURB 32,592 -10% SOUTHERN VOICE
27 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 32,326 +7% E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
28 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 31,362 — CHRISTMAS: 25TH ANNIVERSARY
29 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 30,860 -4% TIME OF OUR LIVES
30 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LAVA/ATLANTIC 30,032 +8% NIGHT CASTLE
31 CITIES 97 SAMPLER, VOL. 21 KTCZ 29,788 — VARIOUS
32 JAY-Z ROC NATION/ATLANTIC 29,594 -11% BLUEPRINT 3
33 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 29,553 -20% FOUNDATION
34 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 29,068 -5% FAME
35 OWL CITY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 28,454 -7% OCEAN EYES
36 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 28,071 +65% GOLD & GREEN
37 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 24,755 -14% NUMBER ONES
38 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 21,690 -6% LEARN TO LIVE
39 FOO FIGHTERS ROSWELL/RCA/RMG 21,512 -3% GREATEST HITS
40 ROD STEWART J RECORDS/RMG 20,978 -17% SOULBOOK
41 CREED WIND-UP 19,759 -19% FULL CIRCLE
42 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 19,687 +10% WIDE OPEN
43 FLYLEAF A&M/OCTONE 17,930 -67% MEMENTO MORI
44 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY 16,109 -3% SOUNDTRACK
45 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 15,898 -3% TAYLOR SWIFT
46 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 15,773 +6% ONLY BY THE NIGHT
47 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 15,751 -24% REVOLUTION
48 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 15,253 — I AM… SASHA FIERCE
49 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 14,283 — LET IT SNOW
50 WEEZER DGC/INTERSCOPE 14,150 -16% RADITUDE
Only two Idols in the Top 50…
about 3 months ago
STEALING GRAMMY THUNDER: Sunday night’s AMAs telecast on ABC earned its largest rating since 2002, with a star-studded line-up that included Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, Adam Lambert, Rihanna, Eminem, Jennifer Lopez, Green Day, Janet Jackson, Black Eyed Peas, Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, daughtry, Shakira and Lady Gaga, among others. With a stated policy of not allowing AMA performers to appear on the Grammys, who will be left for the venerable awards show, which this year takes place Jan. 31 at Staples Center, a week earlier than usual to avoid the Winter Olympics, to book?. Of course, Taylor Swift, who swept the AMAs, but was in London and unable to perform, will be front and center at the Grammys, but the Recording Academy has already ruled Lady Gaga ineligible for a Best New Artist nod, while Jay-Z and Alicia’s “Empire State of Mind” came out too late to qualify. Will the Recording Academy be forced to back down on its long-standing policy? (11/24p)
Rumor Mill
Grammy nominations will be announced next Tuesday, December 2nd. Brace yourself for either (1) excessive celebrations or (2) fangirl fury.
about 3 months ago
In concert news:
Apple iTunes on Tuesday began featuring downloads of live concerts by about 20 artists who are promoted by Live Nation.
iTunes will have a section featuring the concerts of singers and bands ranging from Jesse McCartney to Ziggy Marley, when the service begins, the companies said in a statement. They expect hundreds of more shows in the coming months. Prices will start at about $7.99.
Reuters
about 3 months ago
My oh my, so much self-righteous indignation and moralizing on fansites.
about 3 months ago
**kneels and begins praying to the Snark God**
about 3 months ago
Adam Lambert’s video: For Your Entertainment
about 3 months ago
Thanks Boulder, I heard there was a video but haven’t had time to go looking for it.
The more I hear this song, the better I like it, and it’s not even close to being the kind of music I generally listen to.
about 3 months ago
No problem, Nevada. Like you, the song is growing on me, too.
Interesting update from Billboard.
Susan Boyle’s First-Week U.S. Album Sales Projected At 550K+
U.S. music retailers say they are realizing Susan Boyle’s dreams, as her album “I Dreamed A Dream” is blowing up way beyond sales expectations.
Label and distribution executives, meanwhile, project that based on early sales returns at the big box stores and pre-orders at direct marketers like Amazon and QVC, Boyle’s album is in contention to beat this year’s top debut-week seller, Eminem’s “Relapse.” That title scanned 608,000 units in the week ending May 24, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That week also represents the best overall sales week for an album this year.
Meanwhile, Adam Lambert’s “For Your Entertainment” is also outperforming sales expectations, despite—or perhaps because of—the risque performance he turned in at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 22. Label and distribution sources project that “For Your Entertainment” could sell about 225,000 units in its first week.
Likewise, Lady Gaga and her three-pronged sales attack on consumers’ purses is also much stronger than expected. Of the new “The
Fame Monster” deluxe edition, “The Fame” original version, and
“The Fame Monster” EP, also just issued, the former two combined could sell about 150,000 units while the EP is expected to top 200,000 units….
about 3 months ago
RE: Adam’s projections…
Worried Cooktards are quick to point out that David sold ~280k in 6 days, whereas, if the predictions hold, had 7 days worth of sales.
about 3 months ago
“Likewise, Lady Gaga …”
It’s because of that
awesome gas fireplacepiano she played at the AMA’s.