Månad: november 2010

The Beatles Top Act on Last.FM Following iTunes Announcement


CHART SPOTLIGHT. With more than 1.3m plays this week, The Beatles is the most popular act on Last.FM this week. Interest surged over the past week as Apple announced the availability of the group’s catalogue on iTunes a few days ago. This further cemented The Beatles’ popularity on Last.FM where “Come Together” is the most popular hit ahead of “Let It Be” and “Here Comes the Sun.”

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The announcement was preceded by a cryptic iTunes message which sparked rumors about this event. Years of dispute have prevented fans from purchasing The Beatles songs digitally. “It has been a long and winding road to get here. Thanks to the Beatles and EMI, we are now realizing a dream we’ve had since we launched iTunes ten years ago,” said Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a statement. The complete roster of 13 studio albums is now available via iTunes. WelcheMusic hopes that the whole catalogue will be available via Spotify real soon.

On the latest Apple iTunes charts, The Beatles’ Abbey Road is the highest charting album at No.4 ahead of White Album (No.8), Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Band (No.9) and The Blue Album at No.10.

UPDATE. On Jan.23 2011, The Beatles remained atop the Last.fm weekly artist chart with 1.3m plays and 107,761 listeners.

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Jessica Simpson Puts a Ring on It


WelcheMusic congratulates Jessica Simpson on her newly announced engagement with former NFL player Eric Johnson. Simpson parted with ex-husband Nick Lachey back in 2005.Tomorrow, Simpson will release the holiday album Happy Christmas, including the preceding single “My Only Wish.” The set will be released via Primary Wave Records, famous for purchasing 50% of Kurt Cobain’s music catalog. Earlier this fall, it was announced that Jessica Simpson’s in the studio with producers The-Dream and Tricky Stewart working on up-coming albums.

Jessica Simpson made her debut in November 1999 with the album Sweet Kisses. The set was certified 2x platinum in the States and yielded three singles.  Her debut hit was “I Wanna Love You Forever,” a No.3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The track reached the top ten across the world  – including the UK, Norway, Sweden, Australia and Japan. That track was quickly followed by “Where You Are,” a duet with former hub Lachey.

Despite six studio albums, her own MTV reality show and endless press coverage, Jessica Simpson has only reached Billboard Hot 100 top ten with her debut hit. She’s even had a more successful career in the UK where “With You” (2003) and “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” (2005) have reached the top ten.

Jessica Simpson’s latest album came in September 2008 – an attempt to cross over to country. Her last pop album was “A Public Affair,” including the title track which featured appearances from Christina Applegate, Christina Milian, Eva Longoria Parker and Ryan Seacrest in the video. That set was released in 1996.

Jessica Simpson is engaged to be married. Her new fiancé is a former NFL player.

Glee Comes to the UK

CHART SPOTLIGHT. As WelcheMusic previously reported, The Glee cast toured the United States. Now, the turn has come to the UK. The cast will play a five-date tour next summer. The tour will kick off at the Manchester MEN Arena. Ryan Murphy, the co-creator of “Glee” said in a statement: “We had such a great time putting together last year’s shows and the response from the fans was incredible. People around the world want to see our cast live and in person, so this European tour is our way of thanking them for the unbelievable way they’ve embraced our little show.”

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Don’t expect Gwyenth Paltrow to join, despite being a surefire success when performing Cee Lo Green’s UK No.1 hit “Forget You” on the show.

2011-03-11 – Don’t miss the new Glee version of P!nk’s “Raise Your Glass.”

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Is Lady Gaga Almost Perfect?

Lady Gaga is scheduled to release the new album Born This Way next year. The other day she tweeted  “Endless melodies, hooks, + poetry sledge-hammering my skull. It won’t be much longer, its almost perfect. But I (we) don’t want almost.” No, we don’t. Keep to it, Gaga. (@ladygaga)

Her debut album The Fame debuted on the Billboard 200 almost exactly two years ago, on Nov.15 2008. So far it has sold more than 14 million copies around the world. The set is currently sitting at No.25 on the UK album chart, having spent almost 100 weeks on the tally! The set reached No.2 on the Billboard 200 and has spent 107 weeks there. The final single to be lifted off the album was “Paparazzi” from July 2009.

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