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 […]

Soundscan is out with their final sales numbers for 2009 and the three biggest sellers of the year were Michael Jackson with 8.3 million albums sold, Taylor Swift with 4.6 million albums sold, and The Beatles with 3.3 million albums sold.
That a pop singer known mostly for his work in the 1980s and a […]

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 […]

As a part of the many deals Amazon has today for “Black Friday” they are apparently going to have a great deal on The Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set beginning at 2 PM EST (11AM PST) — Although since they are only dropping hints, it’s possible that it’s The Beatles Mono Box Set they’re talking […]

I don’t know if I’ll be sticking with doing this silly little feature every week but I did do it last week as well.
I’m particularly interested in this week’s album charts because this is the first week since way back in 1991 that older albums are allowed to be included in the Billboard 200 […]

As I noted many times when writing about the huge sales for Michael Jackson’s albums in the weeks following his death, Billboard only allowed newer albums to be included on their Billboard 200 chart. Because of this, MJ’s Number Ones was kept off of it’s rightful place as the #1 album of the week for […]

The This Is It documentary (on the preparation for the Jackson concert series that never happened) was the #1 movie in the US last week and now the accompanying This Is It soundtrack (which is essentially another “greatest hits” package with the title track being the only new song) debuted at #1 on the US […]

In many theaters around the US (and in Canada) Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” film is opening at midnight tonight. I recommend checking “the Google” to see if it’s playing at one of your local theaters.
“This Is It” was going to be a worldwide tour beginning with a series of 50 concerts in London […]

I was thinking: “I wonder how many of the 200 albums on the Billboard 200 are by artists I dig?” This may seem like a rather thin concept for a blog post, but compared to a lot of the crap I post here, this is brilliant!
#002 Twilight Soundtrack
No, I’m not a fan of the Twilight […]

A new Michael Jackson single will be unveiled on October 12th on his official website. The song is titled “This Is It” and it features backing vocals by his brothers.
The song will be included on a new compilation album being released on October 27th. It closes out disc 1 one of the double disc set. […]