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Posted: 14 Dec 2011 10:08 PM PST


The 'X Factor' Top Four: Predictably Yours
Well, there were several predictable things about this Wednesday's "X Factor" semifinals. Nicole Scherzinger was predictably booed by the studio audience, indicating that America still holds a grudge against her after last week's "Crowgate" scandal. (We'll see if she gets booed again when she performs on Thursday night's results show.)  Two of the contestants sang [...]

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:09 PM PST


Week Ending Dec. 11, 2011. Songs: Mariah's Christmas Gift
Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has just become the first Christmas song to top the 2 million mark in digital sales. It has sold more digital copies than the next two best-selling Christmas hits combined. They are Trans-Siberian Orchestra's 1996 hit "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" (864K) and the Chipmunks' 1958 novelty [...]

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:09 PM PST


Memorial Fund Created For Late Conscious Daughters Member Special One
Follow me on Facebook, Twitter. [Update: The family of the Conscious Daughters member, Karryl "Special One" Smith, who died Saturday of unknown causes, has established a memorial fund for the late rap star. "Thank you for your prayers and condolences," the family said in a statement. "We have set up a memorial fund so the [...]

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 05:22 PM PST


Memorial Fund Created For Late Conscious Daughter Member Special One
Follow me on Facebook, Twitter. [Update: The family of the Conscious Daughter member, Karryl "Special One" Smith, who died Saturday of unknown causes, has established a memorial fund for the late rap star. "Thank you for your prayers and condolences," the family said in a statement. "We have set up a memorial fund so the [...]

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 04:34 PM PST


2011 — It Was a Year!
Another year is kaput. In the meantime, things happened this year in what's left of the music business. While everyone has their own favorite moment of the year -- mine, for the record, was driving other people crazy playing Rebecca Black's "Friday" with a nasty smile on my face -- here are 25 that surely [...]

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 04:34 PM PST


Elf Bands
From time to time I like to do playlists based on band names. To create them I just look for bands whose names have something in common, like short band names, bands with numbers in their name, or band names that include the color black. Then I select each band's most popular track and put [...]

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 02:46 PM PST


Adam Lambert Reveals New Single Artwork; Internet Explodes
Anticipation for Adam Lambert's new single, "Better Than I Know Myself," continues to build at a heart-palpitating pace. After months of semi-hibernating in the studio working on his second album, Trespassing, he's raised his perfectly coiffed profile as of late, previewing his album in Rolling Stone and appearing on "Project Runway," "Majors & Minors," "On The Line [...]

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:46 PM PST


Chart Watch Extra: The Year's Top 25 Hits
Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" rolled to a record this year. The song has sold more copies than any other song has sold in a calendar year in digital history. To find the last song that has sold as many copies in a calendar year you have to go back to the pre-digital era for [...]

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 10:19 AM PST


The Top Earning Women in Music
Alicia Keys gave birth to her first child in October 2010, but she barely skipped a beat in the year that followed. In 2011, the "Empire State of Mind" songstress co-directed a short film called Five, co-produced the Broadway debut of Stick Fly, grossed nearly $700,000 per night for a string of live concerts, and [...]

Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:51 AM PST


Week Ending Dec. 11, 2011. Albums: Naughty & Nice
I managed to get hold of Santa's list and I'm here to tell you who has been naughty and nice this year. Michael Buble, The Black Keys and Andrea Bocelli have apparently been very nice, judging by their rewards on this week's chart. Buble's Christmas sold 479K copies this week, which enables it to scoot [...]