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COLDPLAY HITS #1
Colplay is sitting pretty at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts with “Viva La Vida” after peaking at #2 last week. The single is helped by the 246,000 digital sales and marks Coldplay’s first #1 on the chart. The last British group to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 was the Spice Girls with “Wannabe” in 1997.
Coldplay gets another reason to celebrate as their fourth studio album, “Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends”, is expected to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
If there’s anyone else who should be celebrating for chart success, it would be Coldplay’s record label – Capitol. Their (Capitol) own Katy Perry moves from 4 to 2 with “I Kissed A Girl” garnering the greatest sales and airplay. This marks the first time Capitol occupies the first and second slot on the Hot 100 in the same week since Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode To Billie Joe” and the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” at #1 and #2 respectively back in September 2, 1967.
Here’s the list of top ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
#1 Colplay – “Viva La Vida”
#2 Katy Perry – “I Kissed A Girl”
#3 Lil Wayne – “Lollipop”
#4 Leona Lewis – “Bleeding Love”
#5 Rihanna – “Take A Bow”
#6 Natasha Bedingfield – “Pocketful Of Sunshine”
#7 Jordin Sparks – “No Air”
#8 Chris Brown – “Forever”
#9 Usher – “Love In This Club”
#10 Metro Station – “Shake It”
LIL WAYNE’S SIX-FIGURE DEBUT
“Tha Carter III”, Lil Wayne’s sixth studio album, bowed at #1 on the Billboard 200 after selling over a million copies in the US on its first week of release. The album’s weekly sales figure is the highest since 50 Cent‘s second effort “The Massacre” in March 2005.
The “Lollipop” rapper’s biggest sales week was 238,000 back in 2005 for the release of “Tha Carter II” which entered at #2 on the Billboard 200. “Tha Carter III” is Lil Wayne’s first #1 on the Billboard 200 and it is propelled by the smash single “Lollipop” featuring Static Major.
Other notable debuts on the Billboard 200 include the following:
Plies, “Definition Of Real” at #2
N*E*R*D, “Seeing Sounds” at #7
Alanis Morissette, “Flavors Of Entanglement” at #8
Evil Urges, “My Morning Jacket” at #9
Montgomery Gentry, “Back When I Knew It All” at #20
Emmylou Harris, “All I Intended To Be” at #22
Jakob Dylan, “Seeing Things” at #24
iCarly Soundtrack at #28
DJ Skribble, “Total Club Hits” at 30
HAYDEN PANETTIERE CAN SING?
We all know that “Heroes” is still in hiatus and we are all anticipating for its comeback season but do we know that the famous cheerleader we all loved in the TV series is launching a music career? Oh, I didn’t see this coming and I have no idea that Hayden Panettiere can carry a tune or two.
According to billboard.com, Candie is teaming up with Hayden to promote “Wake Up Call”, the lead single from Panettiere’s upcoming yet still-untitled debut album slated for 2009.
Candie is known to link its teen clothing line to a young female music act with the likes of Fergie, whom was the last deal last summer and whose songs “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “Glamorous” were promoted in Candie’s TV commercials. The ad campaign for Panettiere will begin airing at the end of July.
“Wake Up Call”, not the Maroon 5 single, is a reggae-flavored pop song that was written by Andreas “Quiz” Romdhane and Josef Larossi, will be released digitally on August 5.
Sounds like Claire Bennett got a lot of things to do aside from cheerleading and saving the world. She also has to practice singing, rehearse lip synching, go out on tour and of course, make tons of TV appearances in promoting her album.
Hayden Panettiere can sing? I’m interested to hear her. Oh I hope she wouldn’t break a leg – I mean her leg like it did in the series. It will definitely hurt a lot. But still, save the cheerleader, save the world!!!
JESSICA SIMPSON’S COUNTRY SHIFT PAYS OFF
Well, what do you know? Jessica Simpson made a good decision after all.
As reported, Jess moved to country music and her debut country single, Come on Over, makes a historic debut at #41 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart this week.
The song, which is described to be flirtatious and uptempo, was written by Simpson with Rachel Proctor and Victoria Banks. The single is getting positive responses from both the radio and the listeners.
The feedback overwhelms even Jessica who finds the process of recording and releasing a country album exciting. “I feel like a brand-new artist”, she said. “It’s a great feeling”.
“I look in the mirror and I know I’m doing the right thing with my career and my life,” she added. “It’s a great place of comfort.”
You sure did Jess! You’ve got an early gift for your birthday!
IT’S OFFICIAL: USHER STANDS ATOP
Here I Stand, Usher’s fifth studio album, debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 433,000 copies sold in the US, enough to be the second biggest debut this year behind Mariah Carey’s E=MC2 with 463,000 figure.
This is the second time Usher reaches the summit after four years when “Confessions” made a whopping 1,096,000 start and topped the penthouse for nine weeks. The said album went on to be the best-seller back in 2004.
Love in This Club, the lead single from “Here I Stand” featuring Young Jeezy, spent 3 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Other notable debuts include:
Sex And The City Soundtrack at #2
Al Green’s “Lay It Down” at #9
Cyndi Lauper’s “Bring Ya to the Brink” at #41
Fergie’s “The Dutchess: The Deluxe E.P.” at #46
Congratulations Usher!
WHO TOOK HOME THE GOLDEN POPCORN?
Here’s the list of winners from the recently concluded 2008 MTV Movie Awards:
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Ellen Page – Juno
BEST FIGHT
Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet – Never Back Down
BEST SUMMER MOVIE SO FAR
Iron Man
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Will Smith – I Am Legend
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE WINNER
Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Zac Efron – Hairspray
BEST VILLAIN
Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd
BEST KISS
Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman – Step Up 2 the Streets
BEST MOVIE
Transformers
What a sweet night for Johnny Depp. He now owns 2 popcorn trophies for his comedic and villainy performances for Pirates of the Caribbean and Sweeny Todd, respectively.
Oh, Zac Efron won too. I didn’t feel him when I watched Hairspray though.
And hooray for Transformers! It finally got the recognition for being the best movie last year. For me, it really was the best…
THE 2008 MTV MOVIE AWARDS AIRS LIVE TONIGHT
So who’s going to win the golden popcorn? Find out later at 8 PM ET.
Watch as the Pussycat Dolls perform their single “When I Grow Up” from their upcoming album. Coldplay will also be on stage performing “Viva La Vida” off from their new album out June 17.
This is gonna be a one hot night!!!
THE 2008 MTV MOVIE AWARDS PRESENTERS AND PERFORMERS
The coveted popcorn does not have any feet to walk on its own and hand over itself to the declared winner of the night so it has to be handed out. And what’s the best way to usher the honor? Why not get the biggest stars in showbiz to date?
Here are the announced presenters, in no particular order, for this year’s award ceremony:
Tom Cruise
Will Smith
Will Ferrell
Sarah Jessica Parker
Lindsay Lohan
Steve Carell
Robert Downey Jr.
Seth Rogen
Charlize Theron
Rainn Wilson
Anna Faris
Katherine McPhee
Megan Fox
Brendan Fraser
Danny McBride
Liv Tyler
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Jennifer Hudson
To spice up the show more, why not hire the most popular pop/rock group in the industry for a one hot steamy performance. As of this writing, the confirmed acts to perform are Coldplay and the Pussycat Dolls.
Isn’t this exciting or what? Guess I have to see the whole thing first before I speak. And oh, I did see Lindsay Lohan on the list of presenters. Hmm…
The 2008 MTV Movie Awards will be airing live from from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA on Sunday, June 1st.
THE 2008 MTV MOVIE AWARDS AIRS LIVE ON JUNE 1
So what’s MTV cookin’ lately? Whatelse but popcorn – and it’s golden popcorn. Does this ring a bell? Of course, it’s the 17th annual MTV Movie Awards which airs from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA on Sunday, June 1st.
Be amazed as the show unfolds its curtain for a star-studded night full of A-List celebrities, comedic moments, live performances, special apperances and suprises we should’nt want to miss. As we all know, this award show is not like any other award shows. The show speaks for itself.
Produced by Emmy Award winning producer, Mark Burnett, the show will be hosted by Mike Myers. I bet the program’s going to be real fun.
Go watch it!!!
