Music News this week – to October 26th
Billboard top songs this week
#1 Album
Magic by Bruce Springsteen
#1 Song
Crank That (Soulja Boy) by Soulja Boy
Music News
Kid Rock was arrested on Sunday morning after a fight at a Waffle House restaurant in Atlanta. The arrest comes in the same week as Kid scores his first #1 album on the Billboard Music Charts with Rock N Roll Jesus. After the Atlanta concert, Kid Rock went with his entourage to eat at a Waffle House. An argument with another customer turned into a fight that ended with all parties involved being arrested.
http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSN2136982720071022
Country singer and actress Marie Osmond fainted after her dancing performance on the popular live TV show “Dancing With The Stars”. Osmond and her dancing partner Jonathan Roberts were not eliminated on the show the following night.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/DancingStars/story?id=3764050
On Tuesday, British and Dutch police shut down illegal subscription-based music download site OiNK.com by arresting its site administrator. The site had leaked over 60 albums this year that had not yet been released to the general public. The website had 180,000 paid subscribers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/7057812.stm
New Music to check out this week.
This week Colbie Caillat peaked at #1 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 Charts. The 22 year old singer from California released her debut album Coco in July 2007. The album has already reached #1 on the iTunes music sales chart. |