<!– –> <!– –> WINNER OF THE WEEK: Bland pop albums. Peaceful, mellifluous romantics are beating the crap out of each other this week for chart dominance. Jason Mraz’ touchy-feely Love Is a Four Letter Word opens at Number Two with 102,000 copies sold, but it can’t dislodge the Eternal Monarch of Adult Contemporary, Lionel [...]
Chart Watch: The Triumph of Bland Pop
April 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Guitar
Tags: Adam Levine·Flo Rida·Gotye·Jason Mraz·Kanye West·Lionel Richie·Nicki Minaj·Rihanna·Rolling Stone News·Sia·Wiz Khalifa
On the Charts: Nicki Minaj Reloads, Madonna Posts a Record-Low
April 12th, 2012 · No Comments · Guitar
<!– –> <!– –> WINNER OF THE WEEK: Nicki Minaj. Despite mixed reviews and a disturbing, but still somehow great performance during the Grammys, the pink-haired dervish tops the Billboard charts this week with her not-a-sequel album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. Minaj sold 253,000 copies, better than industry expectations, but not what you’d expect for [...]
Tags: Bruce Springsteen·Jay-Z·Lady Gaga·Lionel Richie·Madonna·Nicki Minaj·Prince·Rolling Stone News·Roman Reloaded·singer /songwriter·tabloid reporter
On the Charts: Nicki Minaj Reloads, Madonna Posts a Record-Low
April 12th, 2012 · No Comments · Guitar
<!– –> <!– –> WINNER OF THE WEEK: Nicki Minaj. Despite mixed reviews and a disturbing, but still somehow great performance during the Grammys, the pink-haired dervish tops the Billboard charts this week with her not-a-sequel album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. Minaj sold 253,000 copies, better than industry expectations, but not what you’d expect for [...]
Tags: Bruce Springsteen·Jay-Z·Lady Gaga·Lionel Richie·Madonna·Nicki Minaj·Prince·Rolling Stone News·Roman Reloaded·singer /songwriter·tabloid reporter
Nicki Minaj Lights Up Times Square, Debuts ‘Starships’ Remix
April 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Guitar
<!– –> <!– –> Yesterday in New York, as dusk set in and the emblems of capitalism lit up the sky, Nicki Minaj surprised a throng of thousands with a performance in the heart of Times Square. Following hours of speculation as to who the secret performer would be, fans, tourists and general gawkers watched [...]
Tags: CGI technology·Chris Brown·London·New York·Nicki Minaj·producer·Queens-raised rapper·rapper·Rolling Stone News·smartphone·Times Square
Madonna Sits Down With Jimmy Fallon for a Live Facebook Chat
March 25th, 2012 · No Comments · Guitar
<!– –> <!– –> “I thought it would be best to talk to my fans,” Madonna told Jimmy Fallon on Saturday, explaining why her Facebook chat with the Late Night host is the only live press she’s doing for her new album, MDNA. Taped in front of an audience and live steamed through Madonna’s Facebook [...]
Tags: Director·Jimmy Fallon·M.I.A.·Madonna·Nicki Minaj·President·President of the United States·Queen·Quentin Tarantino·Rolling Stone News·Youtube
Fred Durst and Birdman Explain Why Limp Bizkit Signed With Cash Money
March 10th, 2012 · No Comments · Guitar
<!– –> <!– –> Last November, Cash Money Records co-founder Bryan “Birdman” Williams received an unexpected call. On the other end of the line was Fred Durst. The Limp Bizkit frontman, Williams learned, had called to inform him that his band was interested in inking a deal with Cash Money. “I was honored, really, that [...]
Tags: Birdman Wayne·Bryan "Birdman" Williams·Cash Money·Fred Durst·Interscope Records·Lil Wayne·Limp Bizkit·Nicki Minaj·platinum rapper·Records co-founder·Rolling Stone News
Lil Wayne: Cash Money Signs Limp Bizkit
February 25th, 2012 · No Comments · Guitar
<!– –> <!– –> Lil Wayne says Cash Money has signed rap-rockers Limp Bizkit. During a phone call with New York’s 98.7 KissFM Thursday night, the rapper revealed the label is on a spending spree – they’re reportedly on the verge of inking Ashanti, too – following recent success with acts including Drake and Nicki [...]
Tags: Cobra·Drake Minaj·Fred Durst·Gold·guitarist·Lil Wayne·Limp Bizkit·Nicki Minaj·rapper·Rolling Stone News·Wes Borland
On the Charts: 730,000 New Adele Fans
February 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · Guitar
<!– –> <!– –> WINNER OF THE WEEK: Adele. Remember last week, when we suggested after a day’s worth of data that the only star receiving a post-Grammy sales bump was Whitney Houston? Turns out our estimates were on the conservative side! Adele dramatically eclipsed an average week, selling a ridiculous 730,000 copies of 21, [...]
Tags: Alanis Morissette·Bon Iver·Bruno Mars·Carlos Santana·Chris Brown·Katy Perry·Nicki Minaj·Rihanna·Rolling Stone News·Taylor Swift·Whitney Houston
New Reviews: Sleigh Bells Get Noisier on ‘Reign of Terror’
February 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · Guitar
<!– –> <!– –> In this week’s slate of Rolling Stone reviews, Rob Sheffield hails Sleigh Bells’ second album, Reign of Terror, which “flattens you with its cartoonishly over-modulated, into-the-red guitar sound.” Also, Jon Dolan says that Gorillaz, Andre 3000 and James Murphy’s “DoYaThing” is a “zippy future-freak soul summit,” and Jody Rosen dismisses Katy [...]
Tags: Gotye·James Murphy·Jessie Baylin·Jody Rosen·Jon Dolan·Katy Perry·Nicki Minaj·Reign of Terror·Rob Sheffield·Rolling Stone News·Sinead O'Connor
Bon Iver Has Long Wishlist of Collaborators
February 14th, 2012 · No Comments · Guitar
Bon Iver and frontman Justin Vernon were already winners before last night’s Grammys telecast began, taking home the award for Best Alternative Music Album for Bon Iver. But Vernon’s biggest moment came in the ten o’clock hour, when the band won the award for Best New Artist, defeating J. Cole, Skrillex, The Band Perry and [...]
Tags: Bon Iver·Frank Rogers·great engineer·James Blake·Justin Vernon·Kanye West·Nicki Minaj·respected songwriter·Rolling Stone News·the Wisconsinite·Tom Waits
