Music News to November 9th, 2007
Billboard top songs this week
#1 Album
Long Road Out of Eden by Eagles
#1 Song
Kiss Kiss by Chris Brown featuring T-Pain
Music News
This week, the Record Industry Association (RIAA) announced that Garth Brooks has eclipsed Elvis by becoming the most successful solo artist in music history. Regardless of his new status, YouthRoots Music won’t see Garth Brooks as the new “King” until he has 80,001 impersonators. http://www.nme.com/news/garth-brooks/32313
Jennifer Lopez announced at a concert on Wednesday night in Miami that she is in fact pregnant. Miami was the last night of the combined concert tour with her husband, singer Marc Anthony. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/08/AR2007110801109.html
CMA Awards were given to top Country music stars in Nashville this week. Carrie Underwood won Single of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year, and Brad Paisley won Male Vocalist of the Year and Music Video of the Year. http://www.cmaawards.com/2007/
Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne, Ja Rule and Remy Ma all appeared in court in New York Thursday on separate charges. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1573713/20071107/lil_wayne.jhtml
Amy Winehouse’s house was raided by police, and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, was later arrested. The couple were recently arrested in Norway for illegal drugs, but this arrest was connected with an assault by Winehouse’s husband. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5itjO64MOY5zSRXGQET71vAk5Cw1QD8SQB2B80
New Music to check out this week.
Austin Texas indie band Spoon released their ablum Ga Ga Ga Ga Gat in July, and from it has come many hits, including the song “Don’t You Evah.” Watch this great video of the song with the dancing Keepon robot.
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