Bieber Wins Big but P!nk Steals the Show at the American Music Awards

Teen sensation Justin Bieber may have been the big winner at last night’s American Music Awards taking home 3 trophies, but the true victor from the show was P!nk with an astounding performance of her new single “Try”. In fact, pretty much everything from the show was a bit forgettable when compared with P!nk’s gorgeous moving and intense performance. With that said, take a look at my rankings of all the performances below. And can we please stop with all the lip synching? It was an atrocious lip synched mess for like 70% of the “singers” last night! .. As for the winners, a rather annoying Bieber took home Artist of the Year, Male Artist and Pop Album and he really needs to learn how to make an acceptance speech and get a sense of humor. A sense of humor would also help Taylor Swift, a winner for Country female, whose fake humility and incredibly irritating persona is grating on mine and a lot of other people’s nerves (and don’t get me started on that horrible performance)… Other big winners included Nicki Minaj with two awards and one apiece for Carrie Underwood, Rihanna, Adele, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Usher, Beyonce and Best New Artist Carly Rae Jepsen… For more on my take on the show and the winners, check out my twitter feed from last night here. (Yes, I live twatted the whole show!)…. And take a gander at all the winners below.

2012 American Music Award Winners:

Artist of the year: Justin Bieber
New artist of the year: Carly Rae Jepsen
Pop/rock female artist: Katy Perry
Pop/rock male artist: Justin Bieber
Pop/rock band, duo or group: Maroon 5
Pop/rock album: Justin Bieber, Believe
Country female artist: Taylor Swift
Country male artist: Luke Bryan
Country band, duo or group: Lady Antebellum
Country album: Carrie Underwood, Blown Away
Rap/hip-hop artist: Nicki Minaj
Rap/hip-hop album: Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Soul/R&B female artist: Beyonce
Soul/R&B male artist: Usher
Soul/R&B album: Rihanna, Talk That Talk
Alternative rock artist: Linkin Park
Adult contemporary artist: Adele
Latin artist: Shakira
Contemporary inspirational artist: tobyMac
Electronic dance music artist: David Guetta

Ranking the AMA Performances~

1. P!nk “Try”: this performance was simply stunning as P!nk married lyrical contemporary choreography and gorgeous emotional vocals to perfection in a duo with dancer Colt Prattes. It really defies words. Take a look below. Amazing. Grade: A+
2. Kelly Clarkson “Miss Independent/Since U Been Gone/Stronger/Catch My Breath”: with arguably the best vocal of the night, Clarkson paid homage to her American Idol roots and gave a flawless and fantastically fun performance. Now, that is how you sing LIVE people! Grade: A
3. Stevie Wonder “Dick Clark Tribute”: there’s a reason he’s a legend people and he proved it again… and he werrrrrked some serious purple to boot! Grade: A-
4. Linkin Park “Burn It Down”: giving you early 2000′s realness and a rocking good time, Linkin Park brought intense energy and precision to their industrial rap rock fusion hit. Grade: A-
5. No Doubt “Looking Hot”: they’ve still go it! Gwen is definitely still hot. Adrian is still crazy and Tony still looks stoned. Grade: B+
6. Carrie Underwood “Two Black Cadillacs”: despite a little pitchy start, Underwood nailed the rest of her delightfully dark and dramatic single. Grade: B+
7. Psy with Hammer “Gangnam Style/2 Legit 2 Quit”: there is no escaping the Korean Macarena and you know you loved it when Hammer showed up for a mashup of these dance hits… However, billing Hammer as an “international superstar” was a big much AMA’s… It’s not 1991. I’m just saying…. Grade: B
8. Justin Bieber “As Long As You Love Me”: I don’t know about you but I was shocked at how good and surprisingly authentic this acoustic performance was. It was easily the best thing I’ve ever seen him do. Grade: B
9. The Wanted “I Found You”: the hotter British boy band (sorry One Direction) actually sang live for most of the song and I’m kinda sucker for their rocking Ibiza dance party vibe. Grade: B
10. Christina Aguilera “Lotus/Army of Me/Let There Be Love”: Ok, the lip synched “Lotus” beginning was bad, but the let your freak fly positivity message was great. Plus she can wail like no other. It was just a bit of too much overall though. Grade: B-
11. Pitbull “Don’t Stop the Party: Ptibull is a fantastic performer and this generic but incredibly infectious song got everyone on their feet. However, did you really need to lip synch too Pit? Um, you’re rapping! Automatic point deduction. Grade: C+
12. Usher “Numb/Cant Stop Wont Stop/Medley”: it was a half sung/half lip synched vogueing laser show with a treadmill! He literally threw in everything but the kitchen sink. Grade: C+
13. Ke$ha “Die Young”: It was Game of Thrones meets Day of the Dead with a touch of Stomp at a gay circuit party. Oh, and another lip synched, but it was fun. Grade: C
14. Carly Rae Jepsen “This Kiss/Call Me Maybe”: it was fun but forgetful and this girl really needs to learn how to lip synch for her life. Grade: C-
15. Justin Bieber w/Nicki Minaj “Beauty and a Beat”: it was a second-rate wannabe NSYNC number, that was lip synced to boot. And Bieber looked rather tired. He is no JT people! Grade: C-
16. Nicki Minaj “Freedom”: here’s something I never thought I’d say about a Nicki Minaj performance~ that was BORING. Seriously boring and lip synched to boot. I had more fun staring at her Staypuff Marshmellow man meets Mariah Carey Christmas costume outfit. Grade: D+
17. Taylor Swift “I Knew You Were Trouble”: this was atrocious! It was a lip synched crapfest that stole from everyone including Madonna (“Vogue” at the VMAs), the Backstreet Boys (the “Everybody” video), Annie Lennox (the “Walking on Broken Glass” video) not to mention Gaga and Rihanna and more. Just belch. And Taylor would you please admit you’re not a country artist for once? That song is total pop meets dub step. Grade: D-
18. Swiss Beatz/douchebag Chris Brown/Ludacris performance: in a word, AWFUL. Grade: F

To end on a positive note, here are my two favorite performances. Enjoy the astounding P!nk and the fabulous Kelly Clarkson.

P!nk “Try” live at the AMA’s

Kelly Clarkson Medley live at the AMA‘s

One Direction Rules a dreadful VMA’s.

This year’s MTV Video Music Awards ratings were down 50 percent and I’m not really surprised. The show was really lackluster with only Pink delivering a killer performance with her latest amazing single “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)”. Other performances by Taylor Swift, One Direction, and Rihanna were pretty blah while Green Day and Alicia Keys (featuring gold medal winning Olympian Gaby Douglas) could only muster a little more excitement. And then there was the mess that was 2 Chainz. Aside from that you had egotistical and arrogant winners like Rihanna and her douchebag jerk bf Chris Brown spouting ungrateful speeches or just incoherent ones from the likes of Nicki Minaj (oh dear what is she gonna be like on American Idol next season?)… Speaking of One Direction, they were the big winners with 3 awards while Rihanna took home two including Video of the Year for “We Found Love”. Take a look at all the winners below and head to MTV here for more info on the show and the performances.

2012 MTV Video Music Award Winners~

Video of the Year: “We Found Love”- Rihanna w/ Calvin Harris
Female Video: “Starships”- Nicki Minaj
Male Video: “Turn Up the Music”- Chris Brown
Pop Video: “What Makes You Beautiful”- One Direction
New Artist: “What Makes You Beautiful”- One Direction
Hip Hop Video: HYFR”- Drake w/ Lil Wayne
Rock Video: “Paradise”- Coldplay
Video with a Message: “Skyscraper”- Demi Lovato
Electronic/Dance Video: “Feel So Close”- Calvin Harris
Shareworthy Video: “What Makes You Beautiful”- One Direction
Art Direction: “Wide Awake”- Katy Perry
Choreography: “Turn Up the Music”- Chris Brown
Cinematography: “Bad Girls”- M.I.A.
Editing: “Countdown”- Beyonce
Visual Effects: “First of the Year”- Skrillex
Direction: “Bad Girls”- M.I.A.

And here’s Pink’s amazing performance of “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)”

http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/832106/blow-me-one-last-kiss-live.jhtml#id=1692712

 

Carly Rae Jepsen and Zac Brown Band continue to Rule the Charts

The Zac Brown Band hit the top of the Billboard Charts two weeks ago with their latest album, Uncaged, and this week they return to the summit. The country boys edge out edge out last week’s topper Nas and debuts from The Gaslight Anthem and Gossamer. Take a look a the latest top ten below.

Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Uncaged- Zac Brown Band (last week~ 2)
2. Life is Good- Nas (lw~ 1)
3. Handwritten- The Gaslight Anthem (debut)
4. Passion Pit- Gossamer (debut)
5. Kidz Bop 22 collection (lw~ 3)
6. Believe- Justin Bieber (lw~ 5)
7. Up All NIght- One Direction (lw~ 7)
8. Channel Orange- Frank Ocean (lw~ 4)
9. 21- Adele (lw~ 9)
10. Overexposed- Maroon 5 (lw~ 10)

Over on the Hot 100 Singles Chart, Carly Rae Jepsen ties Gotye for the longest run atop that chart this year with 8 weeks in a row for her smash “Call Me Maybe”. That reign may finally come to an end in a tight battle next week with Katy Perry and Flo Rida. We also may see a surprise charge into the top ten from American Idol winner Phillip Phillips whose coronation single “Home” has flown up to the top spot on the iTunes charts following its use in Olympics gymnastic coverage. Stay tuned… In the meantime, check out the latest top ten below.

Top Ten Singles on the Billboard Hot 100:

1. “Call Me Maybe”- Carly Rae Jepsen (lw~ 1)
2. “Wide Awake”- Katy Perry (lw~ 3)
3. “Payphone”- Maroon 5 w/Wiz Khalifa (lw~ 2)
4. “Whistle”- Flo Rida (lw~ 6)
5. “Lights”- Ellie Goulding (lw~ 4)
6. “Somebody that I Used to Know”- Gotye w/Kimbra (lw~ 5)
7. “Where Have You Been?”- Rihanna (lw~ 7)
8. “Titanium”- David Guetta w/Sia (lw~8)
9. “Scream”- Usher (lw~ 9)
10. “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)”- P!nk (lw~ 10)

And here’s a little treat for you… Check out the brand new single and video from Maroon 5 who is currently in the top ten of the albums and singles chart. They should keep up that momentum with their new one “One More Night”. (And watch for the super sweet and talented  Minka Kelly in the video too!) Enjoy

Maroon 5 “One More Night”

The MTV Video Music Award Nominations “Love” Rihanna and Drake

Rihanna and Drake led this morning’s MTV Video Music Award nominations with five apiece for Rihanna’s clip “We Found Love”, Drake’s “HYFR” and their collaboration “Take Care”. Katy Perry was next in line with four nominations for her latest hit “Wide Awake”. Take a look at all the nominees below and note the surprising absence of Kelly Clarkson‘s smash “Stronger”. I find it rather shocking that she didn’t land Female or Pop Video noms. Clarkson at least did grab one nod for her wonderful “Dark Side” clip in the Best Video with a Message category. Oh and one other complaint… where on Earth is Madonna‘s “Girl Gone Wild”??? It absolutely should’ve made the Dance, Choreography and Female categories… I guess MTV is just afraid of veteran artists? … Well, regardless, check out who wins on the MTV Video Music Awards Sept. 6th.

2012 MTV VMA Nominees~

Video of the Year
Katy Perry, “Wide Awake”
Gotye, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
Rihanna, “We Found Love”
Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”
M.I.A., “Bad Girls”

Best New Artist
Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, “We Are Young”
Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”
Frank Ocean, “Swim Good”
One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
The Wanted, “Glad You Came”

Best Hip-Hop Video
Childish Gambino, “Heartbeat”
Drake feat. Lil Wayne, “HYFR”
Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean & 2 Chainz, “Mercy”
The Throne, “Paris”
Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz, “Beez in the Trap”

Best Male Video
Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”
Frank Ocean, “Swim Good”
Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”
Chris Brown, “Turn Up the Music”
Usher, “Climax”

Best Female Video
Rihanna, “We Found Love”
Katy Perry, “Part of Me”
Beyoncé, “Love on Top”
Nicki Minaj, “Starships”
Selena Gomez & The Scene, “Love You Like a Love Song”

Best Pop Video
One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, “We Are Young”
Rihanna, “We Found Love”
Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”
Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa, “Payphone”

Best Rock Video
Coldplay, “Paradise”
The Black Keys, “Lonely Boy”
Linkin Park, “BURN IT DOWN”
Jack White, “Sixteen Saltines”
Imagine Dragons, “It’s Time”

Best Electronic Dance Music Video
Duck Sauce, “Big Bad Wolf”
Calvin Harris, “Feel So Close”
Skrillex, “First of the Year (Equinox)”
Martin Solveig, “The Night Out”
Avicii, “Le7els”

Best Video With a Message
Demi Lovato, “Skyscraper”
Rise Against, “Ballad of Hollis Brown”
Kelly Clarkson, “Dark Side”
Gym Class Heroes, “The Fighter”
K’Naan feat. Nelly Furtado, “Is Anybody Out There?”
Lil Wayne, “How to Love”

Best Art Direction
Katy Perry, “Wide Awake”
Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”
Lana Del Rey, “Born to Die”
Regina Spektor, “All the Rowboats”
Of Monsters & Men, “Little Talks”

Best Choreography
Chris Brown, “Turn Up the Music”
Rihanna, “Where Have You Been”
Beyoncé, “Countdown”
Avicii, “Le7els”
Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull, “Dance Again”

Best Cinematography
M.I.A., “Bad Girls”
Adele, “Someone Like You”
Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”
Coldplay feat. Rihanna, “Princess of China”
Lana Del Rey, “Born to Die”

Best Direction
M.I.A., “Bad Girls”
Duck Sauce, “Big Bad Wolf”
Coldplay feat. Rihanna, “Princess of China”
Frank Ocean, “Swim Good”
The Throne, “Otis”

Best Editing
Beyoncé, “Countdown”
A$AP Rocky, “Goldie”
Gotye, “Somebody That I Used to Know”
The Throne, “Paris”
Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz, “Mercy”

Best Visual Effects
Katy Perry, “Wide Awake”
Rihanna, “Where Have You Been”
David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, “Turn Me On”
Linkin Park, “BURN IT DOWN”

And here’s one of the big nominees~ Rihanna’s “We Found Love”

Kelly Clarkson lets Katy and Britney Have It!

Grammy winning pop superstar Kelly Clarkson is currently on the summer leg of her fantastic Stronger summer tour and she has picked up where her spring tour left off by playing fan requests each night. The Duets star has tackled everyone from Coldplay to Barbra Streisand, the Foo Fighters and Heart and in her recent concerts, she took on two of her contemporaries, Britney Spears and Katy Perry. The results were naturally astonishing as Kelly utterly destroyed the other two ladies with brilliant versions of their hits “Everytime” and “Wide Awake” that showcased Clarkson’s amazing vocals. Check out both tracks below and Katy and Britney, please take note, this is how you sing live! … Also, head to Kelly’s website here for more deets on her tour and I’ll fill you in on my experience seeing her tonight at the world-famous Hollywood Bowl. I can’t wait!!! My life would suck without Kelly Clarkson!

Kelly Clarkson “Everytime” (live)

Kelly Clarkson “Wide Awake” (live)

Carly Rae Jepsen and Nas Top the Charts

Canadian Idol refugee Carly Rae Jepsen makes it a lucky 7 weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 with her debut single “Call Me Maybe” this week as she fends off Maroon 5 and Katy Perry in a tight battle. We could finally see a new number one next week as she is losing points while the others continue to gain. There’s not much other news on the singles chart aside from a little jump for Flo Rida‘s “Whistle” which may be a threat in the weeks ahead. For more on this chart and all the music charts, head to Billboard here. Then, take a look a the latest top ten below.

Top Ten Songs on the Billboard Hot 100:

1. “Call Me Maybe”- Carly Rae Jepsen (last week~ 1) * 7 weeks on top
2. “Payphone”- Maroon 5 w/ Wiz Khalifa (lw~ 2)
3. “Wide Awake”- Katy Perry (lw~ 3)
4. “Lights”- Ellie Goulding (lw~ 5)
5. “Somebody that I Used to Know”- Gotye w/Kimbra (lw~ 4)
6. “Whistle”- Flo Rida (lw~ 7)
7. “Where Have You Been?”- Rihanna (lw~ 6)
8. “Titanium”- David Guetta w/Sia (lw~8)
9. “Scream”- Usher (lw~ 10)
10. “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)”- P!nk

Over on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, rapper Nas grabs his sixth # 1 album with Life is Good. He holds off debuts from the Kidz Bop series and The Dark Knight Rises soundtrack. Also blasting into the top ten due to a $ .99 sale at Amazon.com is Phil Collins’ Hits collection which flies up to # 6 going him a fifth top ten solo album and his first since 1989′s …But Seriously. Welcome back Phil! … Take a look at the new top ten below and head to Billboard for all your album chart info.

Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Life is Good- Nas (debut)
2. Uncaged- Zac Brown Band (lw~ 1)
3. Kidz Bop 22 (debu)
4. Channel Orange- Frank Ocean (lw~ 2)
5. Believe- Justin Bieber (lw~ 3)
6. HIts- Phil Collins (Re-Entry) *new peak… previously hit # 18 in 1998
7. Up All Night- One Direction (lw~ 7)
8. The Dark Knight Rises soundtrack (debut)
9. 21- Adele (lw~8)
10. Overexposed- Maroon 5 (lw~ 5)

Carly Rae Jepsen, Katy Perry and Chris Brown conquer the Charts

Carly Rae Jepsen just won’t settle down til everyone in American gives her a ring as her smash “Call Me Maybe” makes it 5 weeks in a row on top of the Billboard Hot 100. She fends off the usual challengers Maroon 5 and Katy Perry while David Guetta & Sia make the biggest move up from 9 to 7 with “Titanium”. We’ll see if any of them can stop her from holding at # 1 next week. However, a sleeper may stop her in the form of P!nk’s brand new single “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)” which debuts on the Hot 100 at# 58 but is now featured on the front page of iTunes and has risen to # 2 on that sales chart. Stay tuned. In the meantime, check out the new top ten singles below.

Top Ten Singles on the Hot 100:
1. “Call Me Maybe”- Carly Rae Jepsen (last week~ 1)
2. “Payphone”- Maroon 5 w/ Wiz Khalifa (lw~ 2)
3. “Somebody that I Used to Know”- Gotye w/ Kimbra (lw~ 3)
4. “Wide Awake”- Katy Perry (lw~ 4)
5. “Lights”- Ellie Goulding (lw~ 7)
6. “Where Have You Been?”- Rihanna (lw~ 5)
7. “Titanium”- David Guetta w/ Sia (lw~ 9)
8. “We Are Young”- fun. w/Janelle Monae (lw~ 7(
9. “Starships”- Nicki Minaj (lw~8) * sets the record for longest reign a song has spent in the top ten of the Hot 100 that debuted there with 21 weeks
10. “Scream”- Usher (lw~ 1)

Over on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, that douchebag unapologetic jerk Chris Brown grabs his second #1 album with Fortune. However, the collection sells only 134,000 copies, less that half of his last album to land at the top of the chart… Right behind him making a massive 21 to 2 move is Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream aided by the release of her concert film Katy Perry: Part of Me. That album also benefitted from a $.99 sale at Amazon.com last week on July 3rd where a ton of albums were sold at that discount price. Others benefitting from that sale were The Black Keys, Gotye and fun. who all return to the top ten. For more on that sale and all the numbers, head to Billboard here and check out the new top ten below.

Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Fortune- Chris Brown (debut)
2. Teenage Dream- Katy Perry (last week~ 21)
3. Believe- Justin Bieber (lw~ 3)
4. Overexposed- Maroon 5 (lw~ 2)
5. Living Things- Linkin Park (lw~ 1)
6. Making Mirrors- Gotye (lw~ 31)
7. Some Nights- fun. (lw~ 27)
8. Welcome to the Fishbowl- Kenny Chesney (lw~ 6)
9. 21- Adele (lw~ 7)
10. El Camino- The Black Keys (lw~ 55)

And here’s the latest video from Katy Perry, featured on her Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection collection, for “Wide Awake”. Enjoy

“Spiderman” is Pretty Great but not totally “Amazing” at the Box Office

While it missed the lofty box office heights of its predecessors, the latest comic book reboot, The Amazing Spiderman, still did pretty darn good at the box office in its opening weekend. Spiderman took in $65 million over the weekend and a total of $140 million since opening on Tuesday for the 4th of July holiday. That’s good for a rebirth of the saga, along the lines of the grosses for Batman Begins and X-Men First Class, as Box Office Mojo notes. However, it was below the last trilogy’s opening numbers. The new film stars Golden Globe nominees Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone along with Oscar winner Sally Field, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Martin Sheen and Emmy nominee Denis Leary in some fantastic performances in a very solid film. I gave Spiderman an A- grade and I think it could hold up very well in the weeks ahead…. As for the other new films, Oliver Stone’s Savages took in a lackluster $16 million (continuing Taylor Kitsch‘s 2012 losing streak) while Katy Perry‘s concert film Katy Perry: Part of Me was a disappointment with only $7 million and $10 million total since Thursday. Also tumbling this week was Magic Mike which took an expected giant drop of 60%. However, that film is already massively profitable… For more on all the numbers, head to Box Office Mojo here and check out the new top ten below.

TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 N The Amazing Spider-Man Sony $65,000,000 – 4,318 – $15,053 $140,000,000 $230 1
2 1 Ted Uni. $32,593,000 -40.1% 3,256 +17 $10,010 $120,240,000 $50 2
3 3 Brave BV $20,162,000 -40.9% 3,891 -273 $5,182 $174,519,000 $185 3
4 N Savages (2012) Uni. $16,162,000 – 2,628 – $6,150 $16,162,000 $45 1
5 2 Magic Mike WB $15,610,000 -60.1% 3,120 +190 $5,003 $72,797,000 $7 2
6 4 Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection LGF $10,200,000 -59.8% 2,161 – $4,720 $45,846,000 $20 2
7 5 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted P/DW $7,700,000 -35.0% 2,861 -854 $2,691 $196,020,000 $145 5
8 N Katy Perry: Part of Me Par. $7,150,000 – 2,730 – $2,619 $10,250,000 $12 1
9 7 Moonrise Kingdom Focus $4,642,000 -5.8% 884 +30 $5,251 $26,893,000 $16 7
10 17 To Rome with Love SPC $3,502,000 +405.9% 806 +777 $4,345 $5,621,000 – 3

Usher, Carly Rae Jepsen and “Rock of Ages” rock the Charts

Usher bags his 4th # 1 album this week as his latest, Looking 4 Myself, debuts atop the Billboard 200 Albums chart. However, with only 128,000 copies sold, that is the lowest start for any of his albums since 1997. Nonetheless, he holds off debuts from classic rockers Rush, country crooner Josh Turner, British newbie Ed Sheeran and rapper Waka Flocka Flame. Also moving into the top ten this week is the super-entertaining Rock of Ages soundtrack which flies up to # 9 after the film hit theaters this weekend. Check out the new top ten below.

Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Looking 4 Myself- Usher (debut)
2. Clockwork Angels- Rush (debut)
3. 21- Adele (last week~ 1)
4. Punching Bag- Josh Turner (debut)
5. + – Ed Sheeran (debut)
6. Up All Night- One Direction (lw~ 6)
7. Americana- Neil Young and Crazy Horse (lw~ 4)
8. Thirty Miles West- Alan Jackson (lw~ 2)
9. Rock of Ages soundtrack- Various Artists (lw~ 15)
10. Triple F Life- Waka Flocka Flame (debut)

And enjoy the video for Rock of Ages version of Journey‘s “Anyway You Want It” featuring vocals from Mary J. Blige, Julianne Hough and the Tony nominated star of the Broadway version of Ages who cameos in the film, American Idol’s Constantine Maroulis.

Over on the Hot 100 singles chart, Carly Rae Jepsen extends her streak at # 1 to two weeks with “Call Me Maybe”. She may have some competition soon though from Katy Perry’s “Wide Awake” which charges up to # 4. Take a look at the new top ten below and head to Billboard here for more on all the charts.

Top Ten Singles on the Billboard Hot 100:
1. “Call Me Maybe”- Carly Rae Jepsen (last week~ 1) * 2 weeks on top
2. “Somebody that I Used to Know”- Gotye w/Kimra (lw~ 2)
3. “Payphone”- Maroon 5 w/Wiz Khalifa (lw~ 3)
4. “Wide Awake”- Katy Perry (lw~ 9)
5. “We Are Young”- fun. w/Janelle Monae (lw~ 4)
6. “What Makes you Beautiful”- One Direction (lw~ 5)
7. “Starships”- Nicki Minaj (lw~ 6)
8. “Where Have You Been?”- Rihanna (lw~8)
9. “Wild Ones”- Flo Rida w/Sia (lw~ 7)
10. “Boyfriend”- Justin Bieber (lw~ 10)

Adele and Carly Rae Jepsen~ “Call” them # 1

Adele just won’t stop… selling albums, that is, as her massive smash 21 returns to the top of the Billboard 200 Albums chart for a 24th frame at # 1. That run makes 21 the longest running # 1 album since Prince’s Purple Rain soundtrack grabbed 24 weeks on top in 1984. It also places in a tie for 6th place for the longest running # 1 album in history. Congrats Adele! With another 75,000 records sold, 21 has now totaled over 9.34 million in the U.S. which is unheard of these days when most hit albums struggle to get over 1 or 2 million total…. Adele (whose album has never left the top ten in its entire 68 week run) holds off a few debuts from Alan Jackson who grabs his 12th top ten record with Thirty Miles West at # 2 and legendary group The Beach Boys who grab their highest charting album since 1974 at # 3 with That’s Why God Made the Radio. Other top ten debuts come from Neil Young, Big K.R.I.T., Curren$y and Brandi Carlisle. For more on Adele’s feats and this chart, head to Billboard here and check out the new top ten below.

Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. 21- Adele (last week~ 2) * 24 weeks at # 1
2. Thirty Miles West- Alan Jackson (debut)
3. That’s Why God Made the Radio- The Beach Boys (debut)
4. Americana- Neil Young (debut)
5. Live from the Underground- Big K.R.I.T. (debut)
6. Up All Night- One Direction (lw~ 4)
7. Born & Raised- John Mayer (lw~ 1)
8. The Stoned Immaculate- Curren$y (debut)
9. Blown Away- Carrie Underwood (lw~ 6)
10. Bear Creek- Brandi Carlisle (debut)

Over on the Hot 100 Singles Chart, Canadian Idol finalist Carly Rae Jepsen officially conquers America as her “Call Me Maybe” hits # 1 booting out Gotye after 8 weeks on top. The single is pretty much inescapable on the radio and is the top-selling single in the country for 4 weeks now…. The other big news comes Katy Perry‘s “Wide Awake” which flies into the top ten at # 9 giving her an 11th top ten hit! Take a look at the new top ten below and for more on all the charts, head here.

Top Ten Singles on the Billboard Hot 100:
1. “Call Me Maybe”- Carly Rae Jepsen (last week~ 2)
2. “Somebody that I Used to Know”- Gotye w/Kimbra (lw~ !)
3. “Payphone”- Maroon 5 w/Wiz Khalifa (lw~ 3)
4. “We Are Young”- fun. w/Janelle Monae (lw~ 4)
5. “What Makes You Beautiful”- One Direction (lw~ 6)
6. “Starships”- Nicki Minaj (lw~ 5)
7. “Wild Ones”- Flo Rida w/Sia (lw~ 7)
8. “Where Have You Been?”- Rihanna (lw~ 9)
9. “Wide Awake”- Katy Perry (lw~ 19)
10. “Boyfriend”- Justin Bieber (lw~8)

And here’s the hilarious and delightful video for the incredibly addictive new # 1 song in the land, Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe”