Last week, “Weird Al” Yankovic took the internet by storm when he relentlessly debuted 8 music videos including parodies of everything from Pharrell’s “Happy” to Lorde’s “Royals” in order to celebrate the release of his 14th studio album, Mandatory Fun, on July 15. In addition to the success of the hilarious and star-studded music videos, […]
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Weird Al’s ‘Mandatory Fun’ Becomes First No. 1 Comedy Album in Half a Century
July 23rd, 2014 
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J. Cole Debuts At Number One, Blink Opens In Third
October 4th, 2011 James Shotwell “Rapper,” which I’m using lightly here, J. Cole has debuted atop this week’s Billboard album chart, leaving a pop’s new queen and pop punk’s aging deities in the dust. According to a report on Hits Daily Double, Cole’s Cole World: A Sideline Story moved an estimated 161,576 units in the final week of September, besting […]
Posted in News Tags: album sales, billboard 200, Blink 182, cole world a sideline story, J. Cole, neighborhoods, sales numbers 2 Comments »Born Of Osiris open at #87 on the Billboard 200
March 30th, 2011 James Shotwell Congratulations to Born Of Osiris who opened at #87 on this week’s Billboard 200. According to the chart, The Discovery sold just over 6500 copies, with over 50% of sales coming from physical product (CD).
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November 3rd, 2010 James Shotwell Taylor Swift’s Speak Now has not only open at number one on the Billboard 200 chart in America, but sold a staggering 1,047,000 copies in the process. This is the largest single week sales since 50 Cent’s The Massacre was released in 2005. Congrats Taylor!
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