Bruno Mars’ “Doo-Wops & Hooligans” celebrated a year on the U.K. album chart on January 15th by going back to where it started, at No. 1.
Mars’ album debuted at the album chart summit a year ago, falling to No. 2 in its second week, but has never dropped lower than No. 14 in its entire sales year. It now has total U.K. sales of 1.28 million copies, according to the Official Charts Company, but sold a mere 24,000 new units last week to go back to the top.
Rapper Nicki Minaj will make her debut Grammy performance next month, joining Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars and country singer Jason Aldean on the list of artists who will take to the stage on the recording industry’s biggest night.
Grammy organizers said on Thursday that Minaj, who has four Grammy nominations, will perform at the February 12 awards show, as well as country sensation Taylor Swift, and Kelly Clarkson.
Rapper Kanye West, who leads this year’s Grammys with seven nominations, is also yet to be confirmed as a performer at the live awards show in Los Angeles.
Organizers said additional performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.
Adam Lambert has set a March 20, 2012 release date for his sophomore album, “Trespassing.” The disc’s first single, “Better Than I Know Myself,” will debut on Tuesday the 20th.
For the follow-up to 2009′s “For Your Entertainment,” the former “American Idol” star brought in Dr. Luke, Pharrell Williams, Benny Blanco and Bruno Mars for producing and songwriting duties, among others. Meanwhile, Lambert served as the album’s executive producer.
The singer describes the album in a press release as “an exciting journey through the past two years of my life. It’s been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I’ve experienced. All these songs honestly explore the ups and downs of my reality.”
After finishing as the runner-up on the eighth season of “American Idol” in May 2009, Lambert issued “For Your Entertainment” that November. Supported by the single “Whataya Want From Me” and a sexually charged performance at the 2009 American Music Awards, the album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
The Grammy nominations were announced on Wednesday, and leading the lineup of nominated artists was Kanye West with a total of seven nominations, primarily for the song, “All of the Lights.” His album was left off of best album contention, and “Lights” was not nominated for Record of the Year.
Following close behind Kanye are Adele, Bruno Mars and Foo Fighters, each competing for album, record of the year. All artists earned six nominations each.
Also up for top album honors, aside from Adele’s “21″ and Mars’ “Doo-Wops & Hooligans,” is Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” and Rihanna’s “Loud.”
Surprising newcomer to the nominations list is Bon Iver, an indie-folk singer who appeared on much of Kanye West’s latest album. Iver is up for Record of the Year for “Holocene,” which also snagged a nomination for Song of the Year, and is competing against Nicki Minaj, Skrillex, J. Cole and The Band Perry for Best New Artist.
The 54th Grammys will be held Feb. 12 in Los Angeles on CBS.
iTunes’ top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Dec. 20, 2010:
Singles:
1. “Grenade,” Bruno Mars
2. “Firework,” Katy Perry
3. “6 Foot 7 Foot (feat. Cory Gunz),” Lil Wayne, Cory Gunz
4. “The Time (Dirty Bit),” Black Eyed Peas
5. “What’s My Name?” Rihanna, Drake
6. “We R Who We R,” Ke$ha
7. “Raise Your Glass,” P!nk
8. “Black and Yellow,” Wiz Khalifa
9. “Tonight (feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E),” Enrique Iglesias
10. “Bottoms Up (feat. Nicki Minaj),” Trey Songz
Albums:
1. “TRON: Legacy,” Daft Punk
2. “Glee: The Music — The Christmas Album,” Glee Cast
3. “Love Letter,” R. Kelly
4. “Michael,” Michael Jackson
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iTunes’ top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Oct. 4, 2010:
Singles:
1. “Like a G6 (feat. Cataracs & Dev),” Far East Movement
2. “Just the Way You Are,” Bruno Mars
3. “Just a Dream,” Nelly
4. “Only Girl (In the World),” Rihanna
5. “Teenage Dream,” Katy Perry
6. “Club Can’t Handle Me (feat. David Guetta)(From “Step Up 3D”),” Flo Rida
7. “Toxic (Glee Cast Version),” Glee Cast
8. “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love,” Usher
9. “Dynamite,” Taio Cruz
10. “Gonerrhea,” Lil Wayne, Drake
Albums:
1. “I Am Not a Human Being,” Lil Wayne
2. “Hemingway’s Whiskey,” Kenny Chesney
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Just days after he was arrested in Las Vegas on a cocaine charge, rising R&B singer Bruno Mars, claimed his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart Wednesday.
“Just the Way You Are,” which also marks his first charting single as a lead artist, rose two places to the top and ended the two-week reign of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream,” which fell to No. 4. (Mars previously went to No. 1 in May, as the featured artist on B.o.B’s “Nothin’ On You”).
Mars was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of possessing cocaine after a suspicious bathroom attendant at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino alerted authorities.
Don’t ruin your career before it’s really taken off!
iTunes’ top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Sept. 20, 2010:
Singles:
1. “Only Girl (In the World),” Rihanna
2. “Just the Way You Are,” Bruno Mars
3. “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love,” Usher
4. “Teenage Dream,” Katy Perry
5. “Just a Dream,” Nelly
6. “Like a G6 (feat. Cataracs & Dev),” Far East Movement
7. “Love the Way You Lie,” Eminem
8. “Club Can’t Handle Me (feat. David Guetta)(From “Step Up 3D”),” Flo Rida
9. “Dynamite,” Taio Cruz
10. “I Like It,” Enrique Iglesias
Albums:
1. “A Thousand Suns,” Linkin Park
2. “Passion, Pain & Pleasure,” Trey Songz
3. “Recovery,” Eminem
4. “The Guitar Song,” Jamey Johnson
5. “Flamingo,” Brandon Flowers
6. “Come Around Sundown,” Kings of Leon
7. “Kaleidoscope Heart,” Sara Bareilles
8. “Lungs,” Florence + The Machine
9. “Hurley,” Weezer
10. “Sigh No More,” Mumford & Sons
Lady Gaga and Katy Perry will be going head-to-head at the MTV Europe Music Awards in November, with five nominations each, let the feud continue!
The U.S. pop princesses are both shortlisted in four categories — best pop act, best song, best female act and best video. Completing the nominations for Lady Gaga is best live act and for Katy Perry “best world stage performance.”
Elsewhere in the nominations list, rapper Eminem has four nominations including best song, best male act, best hip hop and best video for his Rihanna collaboration “Love the Way You Lie.”
Pop phenomenon Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, B.o.B, Plan B and Jason Derulo are nominated for best new act.
Perry and Linkin Park are confirmed to perform at the annual event, one of pop music’s biggest nights outside the United States.
Check out a list of the main nominations for the MTV Europe Music Awards, to be held in Madrid on November 7.
- Best Rock: Kings of Leon; Linkin Park; Thirty Seconds to Mars; Muse; Ozzy Osbourne
- Best Pop: Lady Gaga; Usher; Katy Perry; Miley Cyrus; Rihanna
- Best Live Act: Bon Jovi; Lady Gaga; Muse; Kings of Leon; Linkin Park
- Best Male: Eminem; Justin Bieber; Usher; Enrique Iglesias; Kanye West
- Best Female: Lady Gaga; Katy Perry; Miley Cyrus; Shakira; Rihanna
- Best New Act: Ke$ha; B.o.B.; Jason Derulo; Plan B; Justin Bieber
- Best Alternative: Gorillaz; Gossip; Paramore; Vampire Weekend; Arcade Fire
- Best Hip Hop: T.I.; Eminem; Kanye West; Lil Wayne; Snoop Dogg
- Best Song: Usher/OMG; Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg/California Gurls; Eminem feat. Rihanna/Love the Way You Lie; Rihanna/Rude Boy; Lady Gaga/Bad Romance
-Best Video: Thirty Seconds to Mars/Kings and Queens; Katy Perry/California Gurls; Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce/Telephone; Plan B/Prayin’; Eminem feat. Rihanna/Love the Way You Lie.
Katy Perry has had back to back #1 entries on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart Thursday as the title track from her recent chart-topping album “Teenage Dream” rose one place to the top.
Perry ended the nonconsecutive seven-week reign of Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie,” which slipped to No. 2. She previously ruled the chart for six weeks with the summer hit “California Gurls,” which currently ranks at No. 10, down three.
Elsewhere, Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite” held at No. 3, Bruno Mars’ “Just the Way You Are” rose two to No. 4, and “I Like It” by Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull slipped one to No. 5.
Usher’s “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love,” also featuring Pitbull, fell one to No. 6, Taylor Swift’s “Mine” rose two to No. 7, and “Take It Off” by Ke$ha jumped two to No. 8.
Nelly returned to the top 10 for the first time in more than four years as “Just a Dream” climbed four to No. 9. The rapper was last in the upper tier when “Grillz,” featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp, topped the list for two weeks in January 2006.
Way to go Katy Perry! She must be rollin in the dough now!
