After finding (and posting here) the top ten selling vinyl albums of 2008 last year I wanted to do the same thing this year when the numbers became available and they have and so I am.
These numbers come from soundscan which has been keeping track of album sales since 1991. The 2.5 million new vinyl […]

Alright, this is my third Thursday of taking a look at the Billboard 200 album charts. I don’t list every single album on the chart, I just pick out a few that I want to ramble on about.
#1 - Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream (debut)
The biggest single week sales of the […]

Using a similar criteria as I used in my post on the top 20 ’90s artists on Last.FM - these are the top 10 ’80s artists on the Last.FM charts. I find this interesting because it lets us know which bands or “artists” from the past are new listeners (as most of the people using […]

Guns N Roses’ (very) long awaited new studio album, Chinese Democracy, has finally been released (today.) It can be streamed online at their MySpace page and it can be purchased (exclusively) at Best Buy. It’s the band’s first studio album of original songs since 1991’s Use Your Illusions I & II.
Work on the album […]

A selection of bands whose best album was their first album. Includes Weezer, Van Halen, The Velvet Underground, & The Stone Roses.