The Women of “Idol” wow at the Billboard Awards

Last night’s Billboard Awards aired on ABC, but there was a whole lot of Fox going on as three previous winners of American Idol stole the show. Those three women Grammy winners Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood and Grammy nominee Jordin Sparks all gave astounding performances that made everyone else look pretty silly. Kelly did her amazing new single “Dark Side” and it was simply a gorgeous vocal (and she looked wonderful too) while Carrie threw down the gauntlet with a soaring version of her next single “Blown Away”. However, I actually think the best performance of the night belonged to Sparks who tackled the late great Whitney Houston‘s “I Will Always Love You” in a special tribute to her. It was beautiful, powerful and emotional and a fitting tribute to this brilliant lost singer who Sparks will costar with in her final film this summer, Sparkle.
There were other performances of course and I will rank them below, but the night was also about awards as Billboard handed out trophies for the biggest hits, albums and artists of the past year. Adele (who was conspicuously absent and thus all of her wins were off camera) was the big winner with 12 awards including Artist and Album of the Year. LMFAO grabbed 6 awards while Coldplay nabbed 4. For more on the awards show which also featured tributes to Stevie Wonder and the recently passed Queen of Disco Donna Summer and all the winners, head to Billboard here. And check out all the winners below.

2012 Billboard Music Award Winners~
ARTIST AWARDS

Top Artist: Adele
Top New Artist: Wiz Khalifa
Top Male Artist: Lil Wayne
Top Female Artist: Adele
Top Duo/Group: – LMFAO
Top Billboard 200 Artist: Adele
Top Hot 100 Artist: Adele
Top Digital Songs Artist: – Adele
Top Radio Songs Artist: – Adele
Top Touring Artist – U2
Top Social Artist: – Justin Bieber
Top Streaming Artist: – Rihanna
Top Digital Media Artist – Adele
Top Pop Artist: – Adele
Top R&B Artist: – Chris Brown
Top Rap Artist: – Lil Wayne
Top Country Artist: – Lady Antebellum
Top Rock Artist: – Coldplay
Top Alternative Artist: – Coldplay
Top Latin Artist – Shakira
Top Dance Artist – Lady Gaga
Top Christian Artist – Casting Crowns

ALBUMS AWARDS:

Top Billboard 200 Album: – Adele “21”
Top Pop Album – Adele “21”
Top R&B Album – Beyonce “4”
Top Rap Album: – Lil Wayne “Tha Carter IV”
Top Country Album: – Jason Aldean “My Kinda Party”
Top Rock Album: – Coldplay “Mylo Xyloto”
Top Alternative Album: – Coldplay “Mylo Xyloto”
Top Latin Album: -Romeo Santos “Formula: Vol. 1″
Top Dance Album: – Lady Gaga “Born This Way”
Top Christian Album: – Casting Crowns “Come To The Well”

SONG AWARDS:

Top Hot 100 Song: – LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
Top Digital Song : – LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
Top Radio Song: – Pitbull Feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer “Give Me Everything”
Top Streaming Song (Audio): – Adele “Rolling in the Deep”
Top Streaming Song (Video): – Nicki Minaj “Super Bass”
Top Pop Song: – LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
Top R&B Song: – Kelly Rowland Feat. Lil Wayne “Motivation”
Top Rap Song: – LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
Top Country Song: – Jason Aldean “Dirt Road Anthem”
Top Rock Song: – Foster The People “Pumped Up Kicks”
Top Alternative Song: – Adele “Rolling In The Deep”
Top Latin Song: – Don Omar & Lucenzo “Danza Kuduro”
Top Dance Song: – LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
Top Christian Song: – Laura Story “Blessings”

Ranking the 2012 Billboard Award Performances:
~ the great
1. Jordin Sparks- “I Will Always Love You”: brilliant and heartbreaking

2. Carrie Underwood- “Blown Away”: FANtastic… literally!

3. Kelly Clarkson- “Dark Side”: all hail Ms. Clarkson!

~the good
4. John Legend- “Greatest Love of All”: lovely
5. CeeLo Green & Goodie Mob- “Fight to Win/Fight for Your Right to Party”: awesome and that one-legged dancer was incredible!
~ the pretty good
6. Usher- “Scream”
7. Stevie Wonder & Alicia Keyes medley
8. The Wanted- “Chasing the Sun/Glad You Came”: um, yes, they’re hot and I think they were on key!
9. Carly Rae Jepsen- “Call Me Maybe”: well, that was surprisingly delightful!
10. Natasha Bedingfield- “Last Dance”: it felt a bit off vocally at times, but it was a nice sentiment to the late Ms. Summer
~ the decent
11. LMFAO- “Party Rock Anthem/Sexy and I Know It”: it was a hot mess, but a really fun one
12. Linkin Park- “Building it Up”
~ the BAD
13. Katy Perry- “Wide Awake”: um, Pink did that at the Grammys a million times better than you girl
14. Justin Bieber- “Boyfriend”: boyfriend sure likes to lip sync for his life!
15. Nelly Furtado- “Big Hoops”: has her voice always been this awful, nasal and annoying? And um, that song kinda sucks.
16. Chris Brown- “Turn Up the Radio: Um, everything he does is awful. He is a hateful talentless lip syncing turd.

Madonna Grabs her 41st # 1 Dance Hit!

It seems like only an hour ago, I posted two clips from Madonna’s new album… Oh wait, I did, but now we have more Madge news. Today, Billboard just announced Madonna has the new # 1 Dance hit in the nation with “Give Me All Your Luvin’” featuring Nicky Minaj & M.I.A. The track with remixes by Nicky Romero, Laidback Luke and LMFAO rose to the top in only 4 weeks and becomes her record-breaking 41st # 1 Dance hit. She has now had # 1 hits on this chart in four different decades going back to her first chart topper “Holiday/Lucky Star” in 1983. She extends her lead for most # 1s on this chart as Janet Jackson is waaaaaaaaaay behind in second with 19… I also think she will be extending it to 42 chart toppers as her new single “Girl Gone Wild” is exploding on the dance chart (and expect several more smashes from the new album MDNA out March 26th). For more on this story, head to Billboard here. And check out the list of all of Madonna’s Dance # 1′s below.

Madonna’s 41 # 1 Dance Hits~

1983, “Holiday/Lucky Star” (five weeks; double-sided chart single)
1984, “Like a Virgin” (three weeks)
1985, “Material Girl”
1985, “Angel/Into the Groove” (double-sided chart single)
1987, “Open Your Heart”

1987, “Causing a Commotion (Remix)”
1988, “You Can Dance (LP Cuts)”
1989, “Like a Prayer” (two weeks)
1989, “Express Yourself” (three weeks)
1990, “Keep It Together”

1990, “Vogue” (two weeks)
1991, “Justify My Love” (two weeks)
1992, “Erotica”
1993, “Deeper and Deeper”
1993, “Fever”

1994, “Secret” (two weeks)
1995, “Bedtime Story”
1997, “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”
1998, “Frozen” (two weeks)
1998, “Ray of Light” (four weeks)

1999, “Nothing Really Matters” (two weeks)
1999, “Beautiful Stranger” (two weeks)
2000, “American Pie”
2000, “Music” (five weeks)
2001, “Don’t Tell Me”

2001, “What It Feels Like for a Girl”
2001, “Impressive Instant” (two weeks)
2002, “Die Another Day” (two weeks)
2003, “American Life”
2003, “Hollywood”

2003, “Me Against the Music,” Britney Spears featuring Madonna (two weeks)
2004, “Nothing Fails”
2004, “Love Profusion”
2005, “Hung Up” (four weeks)
2006, “Sorry” (two weeks)

2006, “Get Together”
2006, “Jump” (two weeks)
2008, “4 Minutes,” Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland (two weeks)
2008, “Give It 2 Me”
2009, “Celebration”

2012, “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” Madonna featuring Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.

And here’s the delightful LMFAO remix of Madonna’s “Give Me All Your Luvin’” below. Enjoy.

Relive Madonna’s Magnificent Super Bowl Appearance

There’s no disputing that Madonna is the Queen of Pop. The Grammy winning superstar proved it yet again tonight stealing the show at the Super Bowl with a stupendous performance. She was simply brilliant in a medley of her biggest hits “Vogue”, “Music”, “Open Your Hear” and “Like A Prayer”. She also employed guests LMFAO on the “Music/Party Rock Anthem” section, Cee Lo Green on “Heart” and  ”Prayer” (with a touch of “Express Yourself”) and M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj on her awesome new single “Give Me All Your Luvin’”. After the performance, the song flew up to # 3 on iTunes and is rising fast. Not too bad for a 53-year-old. Madge is simply unstoppable. Her new album, MDNA, is already # 1 in 41 countries from pre-orders too. It’s astounding and now you can watch her fantastic performance again. Take a look below…. Oh, and let’s just take a moment to acknowledge the great sentiment of “World Peace” she left as her last image. She’s got class too. Long Live the Queen!

Madonna~ the Super Bowl Performance

Ricky Martin is Sexy and He Knows It!

Grammy Award winner Ricky Martin has always been labeled a sexy superstar, and now he’s declaring it on national TV. You see he’s about to guest star on Glee as a new Spanish teacher and his introductory number to the glee club kids is LMFAO‘s recent # 1 smash “Sexy and I Know It”. The clip for the song just hit the web and Ricky turns it out! It looks like another great episode for the show and if Ricky follows the lead of other wonderful Glee guest stars like Kristin Chenoweth and Gwyneth Paltrow, he could grab an Emmy nomination… Speaking of entertainment awards, Ricky may find himself up for a Tony Award for the much-anticipated revival of Evita that is set to hit Broadway on March 12th. Martin will play Che alongside Olivier Award nominee Elena Roger as Evita and Tony winner Michael Cerveris (Assassins) as Peron. This will be Ricky’s second stint on the Great White Way after performing in Les Miserables in the 90′s.  For more on that show, head here and watch Ricky Martin bring some Latin flavor to Glee this Tuesday 2/7 on Fox.

Glee~ “Sexy and I Know It” (with Ricky Martin)

The Madonna Onslaught is Coming…

Grammy winning pop icon Madonna is about to be everywhere. She has a new film, her second directorial effort, W.E. opening on Friday (and it was just nominated for an Oscar for Best Costume Design), plus her new single “Give Me All Your Luvin” featuring MIA and Nicki Minaj drops on Friday at radio and iTunes, and as ya’ll know she’s performing at the Super Bowl on Sunday the 5th. It’s gonna be an amazing show and both MIA and Minaj will help her out with that super performance along with LMFAO. Her new album, MDNA, hits stores and digital outlets in March and will feature production by Martin Solvieg (the dance smash “Hello”) and her Grammy winning Ray of Light cohort William Orbit. On top of all that, the video for “Give Me All Your Lovin’” will premiere on this Thursday’s episode of American Idol. Hello, the woman knows how to cross promote! I, for one, can’t wait… So, for more on all of Madonna’s efforts including her Golden Globe winning song “Masterpiece” from W.E., head here and check out some previews for her new projects below.
MDNA sneak peak

“Give Me All Your Lovin’” teaser

W.E. trailer (in theatres Friday Feb 3rd)

Jason Mraz, Rihanna and Adele makes waves on the Music Charts

Adele just won’t quit. As the third single from her # 1 album 21, “Set Fire to the Rain” , vaulted into the top five, her parent album logs a 15th non-consecutive week atop the Billboard 200 Albums chart. It’s the longest run on top since the Titanic soundtrack notched 16 weeks at # 1. Watch for Adele to tie that run next week. The only other news in the top ten of the Albums list was a debut for rockers Safety Suit who hit the upper regions for the first time. Take a look at the new top ten below.

Top Ten albums on the Billboard 200:
1. 21- Adele (last week~ 1)
2. Take Care- Drake (lw~ 2)
3. El Camino- The Black Keys (lw~ 7)
4.TM103: Hustlerz Ambition- Young Jeezy (lw~ 3)
5. Mylo Xyloto- Coldplay (lw~8)
6. Talk that Talk- Rihanna (lw~ 9)
7. These Times- SafetySuit (debut)
8. Sorry for the Party Rocking- LMFAO (lw~ 5)
9. Now 40 Compilation- Various Artists (lw~ 10)
10. Ceremonials- Florence + the Machine (lw~ 6)

Over on the Hot 100 Singles chart, Rihanna returns to the roost with her smash “We Found Love” as it grabs a 9th non-consecutive week at # 1. It’s her longest running chart topper to date and pushes LMFAO back into the runner-up position. The other big news on the Hot 100 comes from Grammy winner Jason Mraz who has a massive debut at # 8 with “I Won’t Give Up” his new single from his forthcoming album. The track which hasn’t even been sent to radio yet hit the top of the digital singles sales chart and gives him his second top ten on the Hot 100. He previously hit # 6 with “I’m Yours” which holds the record for most weeks by any song on the Hot 100 with 76 weeks on the list. Take a look at the hottest singles below.

Top Ten Songs on the Hot 100:
1.”We Found Love”- Rihanna w/Calvin Harris (lw~ 2)
2. “Sexy and I Know It”- LMFAO (lw~ 1)
3. “It Will Rain”- Bruno Mars (lw~ 4)
4. “Set Fire to the Rain”- Adele (lw~8)
5. “Good Feeling”- Flo Rida (lw~ 5)
6. “The One that Got Away”- Katy Perry (lw~ 3)
7. “Ni**as in Paris”- Jay Z & Kanye West (lw~ 7)
8. “I Won’t Give Up”- Jason Mraz (debut)
9. “Party Rock Anthem”- LMFAO (lw~ 6)
10. “Someone Like You”- Adele (lw~ 9)

And here’s your first taste of Jason Mraz’s beautiful new single, “I Won’t Give Up”. I see a big Grammy contender for next year with this one.Top Ten Songs on the Hot 100

My Music Roundup for 2011

The other day I posted my top five albums for 2011 led by the one and only Adele whose album 21 stole everyone’s heart including mine. Every song on it was brilliant and two of them end up on my top 5 songs list for this year. Now, remember this list is what I liked the most, so don’t giggle when you see a lot of pop divas. Let’s be honest, they are my favorites. I do love all kinds of music, but the divas do rule the day… Anywho, take a look at my top 20 Singles for 2011 and more music notes about the year below.

My Top 25 Songs of 2011:

1. “Don’t You Wanna Stay”- Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson

2. “Someone Like You” – Adele

3. “We Found Love”- Rihanna w/Calvin Harris

4. “Rolling in the Deep”- Adele

5. “Fuckin’ Perfect”- P!nk

6. “Born This Way”- Lady Gaga
7. “Firework”- Katy Perry
8. “Mr. Know It All”- Kelly Clarkson
9. “Run”- Matt Nathanson & Sugarland
10. “Give Me Everything Tonight”- Pitbull w/Ne Yo, Nayer & Afrojack
11. “The Edge of Glory”- Lady Gaga
12. “Grenade”- Bruno Mars
13. “For the First Time”- The Script
14. “Moves Like Jagger”- Maroon 5 w/Christina Aguilera
15. “S & M”- Rihanna
16. “Party Rock Anthem”- LMFAO
17. “Pumped Up Kicks”- Foster the People
18. “On the Floor”- Jennifer Lopez w/ Pitbull
19. “Call Your Girlfriend”- Robyn
20. “Uncharted”- Sara Bareilles
21. “Fuck You”- Cee Lo Green
22. “Sexy and I Know It”- LMFAO
23. “I Wanna Go”- Britney Spears
24. “E.T.”- Katy Perry w/ Kanye West
25. “Just a Kiss”- Lady Antebellum

And some random musings….

Favorite Dance Tracks (that didn’t make the top 25)…
“Night of Your Life”- David Guetta w/ Jennifer Hudson
“Higher”- Taio Cruz w/Travie McCoy & Kylie Minogue
“Save the World”- Swedish House Mafia
“Hello”- Martin Solveig
“Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)”- Kylie Minogue
“Good Girl”- Alexis Jordan

Songs by Tween Titans that won me over:
“Love You Like a Love Song”- Selena Gomez & The Scene
“Skyscraper”- Demi Lovato

Album I was surprised to really like: Country Strong soundtrack (featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester, Faith Hill, Sara Evans, Tim McGraw, etc)

Song that Beat me into submission til I loved it: “E.T.”- Katy Perry w/Kanye West
Stupidest Song of the year (and perhaps ever): “Red Solo Cup”- Toby Keith
Song I never want that I never want to hear again: “Hey Soul Sister”- Train
Most Disappointing Album: 4 by Beyonce

Best Glee cover: “Rumour Has It/Someone Like You” (both originally by Adele)

Most Fun Trend in Music: Potty Mouth Songs….
“S & M”- Rihanna
“Tonight I’m Fucking You”- Enrique Iglesias
“Fuck You”- Cee Lo Green
“Fuckin’ Perfect”- Pink

Please take a Loooooooooong Nap: Taylor Swift
Please go away and never come back: Justin Bieber
Sorry, it’s apparently never going to happen: Nicole Scherzinger’s solo career

So, there’s a brief recap of some of my favorite songs and some fun musings on the music biz from last year… Who were your faves? And who are you looking forward to in 2012? … For me, it’s Madonna, but I bet you could’ve figured that out. =)

LMFAO brings “Sexy” to the top of the Charts

LMFAO finally hits the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Sexy and I Know It” after 7 weeks in the runner-up position. The group makes it two consecutive chart toppers after hitting # 1 with “Party Rock Anthem” this summer which returns to the top ten at # 9 this week for a 27th week in the upper region of the chart. They displace Rihanna who falls to # 2…. One other artist has two songs in the top ten and that’s the biggest artist of 2011, Adele. She grabs her third consecutive top ten with “Set Fire to the Rain” at # 7. Check out the final top ten of the year below.

Top Ten Songs on the Hot 100:
1. “Sexy and I Know It”- LMFAO (last week~ 2)
2. We Found Love”- Rihanna w/Calvin Harris (lw~ 1)
3. “The One that Got Away”- Katy Perry(lw~ 5)
4. “It Will Rain”- Bruno Mars (lw~ 3)
5. “Ni**as in Paris”- Jay Z & Kanye West (lw~ 6)
6. “Good Feeling”- Flo Rida (lw~ 4)
7. “Set Fire to the Rain”- Adele (lw~ 13)
8. “Someone Like You”- Adele (lw~ 7)
9. “Party Rock Anthem”- LMFAO w/Goonrock & Lauren Bennett (lw~ 15)
10. “Dance (A$$)”- Big Sean w/Nicki Minaj (lw~ 12)

Over on the Albums chart, it’s business as usual as Michael Buble’s Christmas logs a 5th week on top-selling another 467,000 copies. That brings his total to 2.43 million making it the second biggest album of the year behind Adele’s 21 which has now shifted 5.68 million. Watch for Adele to return to the top next week as holiday albums, like Buble’s, tend to plummet after Christmas. For more on all these numbers and all the charts, head to Billboard here. And check out the final top ten albums of the year below.

Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Christmas- Michael Buble (last week~ 1)
2. 21- Adele (lw~ 1)
3. TM 103:Hustlerz Ambition- Young Jeezy (debut)
4. Under the Mistletoe- Justin Bieber (lw~ 3)
5. Take Care- Drake (lw~ 7)
6. We Own the Night- Lady Antebellum (lw~ 5)
7. Talk that Talk- Rihanna (lw~ 15)
8. Here and Now- Nickelback (lw~ 6)
9. El Camino- Black Keys (lw~ 4)
10. The Dreamer, The Believer- Common (debut)

And before I go, please enjoy the final # 1 of 2011, LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It”

Michael Buble throws down Some Christmas Cheer on Chart newcomers Rihanna, Nickelback and Daughtry

Americans are clearly in the mood for a Canadian Christmas as Michael Buble’s holiday album eecked out a victory to be the biggest album in the country for the post Thanksgiving week. His album narrowly beat fellow Canadians Nickelback with their latest crapfest, Here and Now, by just 2%. Rihanna had to settle for a 3rd place debut for her 6th top ten album, Talk that Talk. At least she still has the # 1 song in the country with “We Found Love”… Other debuts came from Mary J. Blige who grabbed her 9th top ten record with My Life II: the Journey Continues Act 1 and Daughtry whose Break the Spell became their third consecutive top ten. (Unfortunately, it’s also their first to not hit the top)… Speaking of reality tv vet Chris Daughtry, he’s joined in the top ten by American Idol’s current champ Scotty McCreery who returns to the upper echelons with his former chart topper, Clear as Day, at # 9. One of his competitors from this season, James Durbin has a much less exciting debut way down at #36 with Memories of a Beautiful Disaster selling only 28,000 copies. It’s unlikely he’ll come anywhere close to McCreery’s current total of 587,000 or even runner-up Lauren Alaina’s total of 162,000 for her former top ten record. Faring even worse than Durbin was the winner of The Voice, Javier Colon, whose debut tanked with just 9,900 copies sold for #139.
Debuting outside of the top ten was Taylor Swifts live record Speak Now Live World Tour at # 11, Big Time Rush’s new one Elevate at # 12 and the Ultimate Hits from Bob Segar & the Silver Bullet Band at # 19…. For more on all these numbers, head to Billboard here and check out the new top ten below.

Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Christmas- Michael Buble (last week~ 2)
2. Here and Now- Nickelback (debut)
3. Talk that Talk- Rihanna (debut)
4. Take Care- Drake (lw~ 1)
5. My Life II: The Journey Continues Act 1- Mary J. Blige (debut)
6. Under the Mistletoe- Justin Bieber (lw~ 5)
7. 21- Adele (lw~ 3)
8. Break the Spell- Daughtry (debut)
9. Clear as Day- Scotty McCreery (lw~ 13)
10. Mylo Xyloto- Coldplay (lw~ 9)

And here’s the new top ten on the Hot 100 Singles chart…

Hot 100 Top Ten Singles:
1. “We Found Love”- Rihanna w/Calvin Harris (lw~ 1)
2. “Sexy and I Know It”- LMFAO (lw~ 1)
3. “It Will Rain”- Bruno Mars (lw~ 5)
4. “Moves Like Jagger”- Maroon 5 w/Christina Aguilera (lw~ 6)
5. “Someone Like You”- Adele (lw~ 3)
6. “Without You”- David Guetta w/Usher (lw~ 4)
7. “Stereo Hearts”- Gym Class Heroes w/Adam Levine (lw~8)
8. “Good Feeling”- Flo Rida (lw~ 7)
9. “The One That Got Away”- Katy Perry (lw~ 10)
10. “Party Rock Anthem”- LMFAO (lw ~ 16)

Before I go, here’s a fun treat, the current # 2 in the country, LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It”. Watch for this one to finally hit the top next week.
LMFAO “Sexy and I Know It”

Baby Daddy (?) Bieber Leads the Charts

Justin Bieber just can’t get out of the news. Following the claims that the 17 year-old fathered some chick’s baby (which he vehemently denies), the Biebs got some good news today as he nabbed his third # 1 album. Selling 210,000 copies, Bieber’s Under the Mistletoe debuts on top of the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart making it the first Christmas album from a solo male artist to debut in that position. (On a personal note, I can’t stand hearing any Christmas music til at least after Thanksgiving~ better yet mid December. So, please don’t be playin’ the Biebs holiday tidings near me, lol). Justin also lays claim to the title of most # 1 albums (3) by an artist under 18 years-old breaking his tie with LeAnn Rimes who had two…. Now, it wasn’t all about tween heart-throbs on the chart this week as 5 other records debuted in the top ten from rapper Wale, Grammy winning country singer Miranda Lambert, Grammy nominees Florence + the Machine, R& B crooner Tyrese and former X-Factor contender Susan Boyle whose latest gave her a third top 5 album, albeit with a huge drop off in sales compared to her last two…. For more on this chart, head to Billboard here and check out the top ten albums below.

Top Ten Albums on the Billboard 200:
1. Under the Mistletoe- Justin Bieber (debut)
2. Ambition- Wale (debut)
3. Four the Record- Miranda Lambert (debut)
4. Someone to Watch Over Me- Susan Boyle (debut)
5. 21- Adele (last week~ 4)
6. Ceremonials- Florence + the Machince (debut)
7. Mylo Xyloto- Coldplay (lw~ 1)
8. Christmas- Michael Buble (lw~ 5)
9. Open Invitation- Tyrese (debut)
10. Stronger- Kelly Clarkson (lw~ 2)

And here’s Miranda Lambert’s rocking current top 5 country smash “Baggage Claim”. Watch for her to perform it on the CMA Awards tonight on ABC.

Looking at the Hot 100 Singles chart, Rihanna makes it two weeks in a row with “We Found Love” featuring Calvin Harris. She is likely to hold on another week despite the quickly rising LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It”. Take a gander at the new top ten below.

Top Ten Singles on the Hot 100:
1. “We Found Love”- Rihanna w/ Calvin Harris (last week~ 1)
2. “Sexy and I Know It”- LMFAO (lw~ 3)
3. “Someone Like You”- Adele (lw~ 2)
4. “Moves Like Jagger”- Maroon 5 w/ Christina Aguilera (lw~ 4)
5. “Stereo Hearts”- Gym Class Heroes w/ Adam Levine (lw~ 6)
6. “Without You”- David Guetta w/Usher (lw~ 7)
7. “Pumped Up Kicks”- Foster the People (lw~ 5)
8. “Good Feeling”- Flo Rida (lw~ 12)
9. “You Make Me Feel”- Cobra Starship w/Sabi (lw~ 9)
10. “Party Rock Anthem”- LMFAO (lw~8)