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Madonna May Set Sales Drop Milestone With ‘MDNA’

Posted on April 10, 2012 by popdirt
Madonna smoking in 'Girl Gone Wild' music video

Forbes hears from sources that sales of ’s new album ‘MDNA’ will drop by 88 percent from its opening week of 359,000 copies sold. Madge is on track to sell around 46,000 units of her twelfth studio album in its second week in stores. The sales drop would make it the largest second week drop in history. The Hollywood Reporter says the first week sales were boosted by 185,000 copies of ‘MDNA’ being included with a concert ticket package deal.

With 56% of sales in at HitsDailyDouble and Madonna currently at 35,000 copies of ‘MDNA’ sold for the week, that 46k number may be light. Nicki Minaj and Adele’s ’21′ are in a battle for the top spot at 119k and 114k respectively.

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Carly Rae Jepsen Tops UK Singles Chart With ‘Call Me Maybe’

Posted on April 8, 2012 by popdirt
Carly Rae Jepsen 'Call Me Maybe'

Former ‘Canadian Idol’ contestant Carly Rae Jepsen topped the UK singles chart for the week with her song ‘Call Me Maybe’, which got a huge publicity boost thanks to and Selena Gomez creating a viral video dancing to the track that has so far accumulated 30 million YouTube views. According to the UK’s Official Charts Company, ‘Call Me Maybe’ sold more than 100,000 in one week. The chart topping honor adds to Jepsen’s pole position in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

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Elliott Yamin Gets Platinum Plaque For ‘Now That’s What I Call Music 25′

Posted on June 21, 2011 by popdirt
Elliott Yamin

checked in with his Twitter followers (@elliottyamin) on Monday (June 20) after receiving a recognition for album sales for his contribution to the compilation album ‘Now That’s What I Call Music 25′. The UTV Records release includes his song ‘Wait For You’, which was the ‘American Idol’ alum’s most successful single, peaking at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2007. Yamin writes:

just got home from the gym, and look what was waiting by the door.. my 1st and probably my last platinum plaque http://lockerz.com/s/112632843

Ha, sorry y’all.. I wasn’t being an ungrateful bastard… I’m actually honored AND thrilled 2 get that plaque!.. thanks 2 Universal.. and wasn’t selling myself short. It’s just that… it’s extremely hard 2 sell a million albums these days… and I did it with the help of 15 other hits!…ha! #NOW!

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Katy Perry Celebrates ‘Teenage Dream’ #1 Debut With Cupcakes

Posted on August 31, 2010 by popdirt
Katy Perry cupcakes No. 1 album

is celebrating the #1 debut of her second album ‘Teenage Dream’, which HitsDailyDouble.com reports had sales of 194,000 units for its first week, enough to beat out Fantasia’s ‘Back To Me’ at #2 with 122,000 sales. Perry told her Twitter followers (@katyperry):

Before I purr off to dreamland I want to say THANK YOU! Thank you so much for my FIRST #1 RECORD DEBUT! I couldn’t have done it without YOU

YAY CUPCAKES FOR EVERYONEEEEEEEEEE! #1TEENAGEDREAMDEBUT!

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Continuing The Top Selling Female Artist Madonna Or Mariah Carey

Posted on June 18, 2010 by popdirt

This is a post to further continue discussion on whether or is the top selling female artist in a post from StilettoSadist. Check out the original post and the 400+ comments here.

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Mariah Carey’s 20 Years Of Billboard Chart Achievements

Posted on June 4, 2010 by popdirt

’s people offered a look at the most notable achievements, by the numbers, from her first 20 years of being a staple on the Billboard charts. Carey’s debut single ‘Vision of Love’ entered the Billboard Hot 100, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Adult Contemporary in the issue dated June 2, 1990. Among the stats:

64.5 million
Carey’s career U.S. album sales [as certified by the RIAA], since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, the highest sum among female artists. Celine Dion ranks second among women with sales of 51 million, followed by Shania Twain (33.9 million), Britney Spears (31.5 million) and Reba McEntire (29.3 million).

17.2 million
Carey’s career U.S. physical singles sales, according to SoundScan. Her best-selling single is “One Sweet Day,” with sales to date of 2,334,000.

13.8 million
Carey’s career U.S. digital song sales, according to SoundScan. Her most-downloaded track is “All I Want for Christmas is You,” with sales to date of 1,582,000.

Check out the rest here.

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Katy Perry’s ‘California Gurls’ Debuts At #2 On Billboard’s Hot 100

Posted on May 21, 2010 by popdirt
Katy Perry 'Teenage Dream'

’s new single ‘California Gurls’, featuring Snoop Dogg, debuted at No. 2 this week on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, just behind Usher’s ‘OMG’, which reclaimed the top spot from Eminem. ‘California Gurls’ is the first single from Perry’s upcoming album ‘Teenage Dream’, out August 24th on Capitol Records.

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Justin Bieber Leaving Peas Gig With Scooter Braun’s Girlfriend

Posted on March 31, 2010 by popdirt
Justin Bieber

was spotted leaving the Black Eyed Peas concert with his arm around the girlfriend of his manager Scooter Braun on Tuesday (March 30) in Los Angeles.

The pop star awoke to news that his new album ‘My World 2.0′ debuted atop the Billboard album charts after selling 283,000 copies in its first week. Bieber’s first album, ‘My World’, debuted at #6 last November. The 16-years old has become the youngest solo male artist to reach the top spot on the Billboard 200 since Stevie Wonder did on August 24, 1963 at the age of 13 with ‘Little Stevie Wonder/The 12 Year Old Genius.’

Still, the news wasn’t viewed as impressive to Simon Vozick-Levinson of ew.com, who wrote that wasn’t “a knock-out, blockbuster number, even in today’s ever-diminishing commercial market” in comparison to recent releases by Sade and Lady Antebellum. That commentary didn’t go over well with Justin, who told his Twitter followers (@justinbieber):

It’s sad that some adults need to try and bring people down

It’s all good.. let’s prove the haterz wrong.. go get MY WORLD 2.0 in stores NOW

Note: The original image provided by Bauer Griffin has since been removed.

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Nikki Yanofsky Hits #1 In Canada With ‘I Believe’

Posted on February 17, 2010 by popdirt
Nikki Yanofsky

16-year-old singing sensation is the voice of the 2010 Winter Olympics in her home country of Canada with her latest recording ‘I Believe’. Nikki sings the English-language version of the song, which is the official theme of Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium. ‘I Believe’ is the young star’s first #1 single, recently breaking into the top 10 on Canadian radio and passing the platinum sales mark on iTunes Canada, where the song has been a best-seller since its release.

“The song has such a universal message,” Nikki tells CTV. “It doesn’t even need to be applied to the Olympics. It’s really just about believing in yourself and your talent, and that when you’re down, there’s people around you that really do support you.”

‘I Believe’ will be included on Yanofsky’s upcoming debut album ‘Nikki’, scheduled for release later this Spring. The album was produced by legendary producer Phil Ramone and Grammy Award winner Jesse Harris (Norah Jones), and will be a combination of original songs and classic covers – an album Nikki describes as “sophisticated pop.”

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Lady Gaga Makes Billboard History With ‘Bad Romance’

Posted on January 7, 2010 by popdirt
Lady Gaga 'Bad Romance'

Billboard’s Pop Songs radio airplay chart has been topped again by Lady Gaga, this time with ‘Bad Romance’. The accomplishment marks a first in the survey’s 17-year history, with the 23-year-old landing her first five singles in the #1 spot. The other four #1s off ‘The Fame’ were ‘Poker Face’ (five weeks, beginning April 25), ‘LoveGame’ (two weeks, beginning July 25) and ‘Paparazzi’ (two weeks, beginning Nov. 14).

“Just six months ago, ‘Bad Romance’ was nothing but a dream, a recurring melody, a lyric hidden on a napkin on my tour bus,” Lady Gaga told Billboard.com. “Now, it’s my fifth No. 1 record, and a reminder to fans to always follow their dreams. I would like to thank all my beautiful little monsters and my incredibly supportive team for the most memorable year of my life. To have had such a phenomenal reception to my second album, ‘The Fame Monster,’ is life-changing.”

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