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Wednesday, Dec 17
Yep, Lots Of People Will Get The Taylor Swift Album For Christmas This Year [Who Charted]
Hey, do I know what people want to give for the holidays or what? Other big gainers included Miley Cyrus' Breakout (No. 20, 60,000 copies sold), AC/DC's Black Ice (No. 8, 110,000 copies sold), and Rascal Flatts' new greatest-hits collection (No. 23, 53,000 sold). Also of note is that in its thi...
Friday, Dec 12
Doubled His Pleasure, Quadrupled His Fun: Chris Brown is 2008’s Stealth Chart Star
2. George Strait, “I Saw God Today” (MCA Nashville) 10. Brad Paisley, “I'm Still A Guy” (Arista Nashville) 12. Alan Jackson, “Good Time” (Arista Nashville) 16. Carrie Underwood, “Just A Dream” (19/Arista/Arista Nashville) 20. Rascal Flatts, “Every Day” (Lyric Street)
Thursday, Dec 11
Bon Jovi Gets It Done On The Road
3. Madonna ($162 million for the still-underway Sticky & Sweet tour) 5. Celine Dion ($91 million) 6. Kenny Chesney ($86 million) 7. Neil Diamond ($81.2 million) 8. Spice Girls ($70 million) 9. Eagles ($56.6 million) 10. Rascal Flatts ($55.8 million).
Friday, Dec 5
Limey Lass Vs. Gator Crass: Predicting The Year-End Hot 100
This will be the third time this decade alone that the Billboard album-of-the-year winner and the actual biggest seller have diverged. In 2001, Billboard crowned the Beatles’ compilation 1, but the real Soundscan winner was Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory. And last year, Billboard gave the...
Wednesday, Dec 3
The 2009 Grammy Nominees
Nominees for the 2009 Grammy Awards, announced Wednesday, Dec. 3: BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP Brooks & Dunn, "God Must Be Busy" Lady Antebellum, "Love Don't Love Here" Rascal Flatts, "Every Day" The Steel Drivers, "Blue Side Of The Mountain" Sugarland, "Stay"
Sunday, Nov 23
Live-Blogging The 2008 American Music Awards: Get Ready For The Triumphant Return Of The Medley
8:38 p.m. Ugh, Rascal Flatts win. Not that I really had a dog in this particular fight, but Rascal Flatts are just so awful. COUNTRY MUSIC Favorite Female Artist: Taylor Swift Favorite Band, Duo or Group: Rascal Flatts Favorite Album: Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride
Thursday, Nov 13
Teenage Vampire Freaks Take A Bite Out Of AC/DC
Top 10 Digital Albums (sales totals in parentheses) 1. Twilight soundtrack (48,000) 2. Hinder, Take It To The Limit (14,000) 3. Maroon 5, Songs About Jane (14,000) 4. High School Musical 3: Senior Year soundtrack (12,000) 5. Q-Tip, The Renaissance (11,000) 6. Pink, Funhouse (11,000)
Weezy Shows Up At The CMAs And... Air Guitars?!
Hey, but hats off to former semi-Athenian Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland, who racked up two awards. And can we just admit that Rascal Flatts is going to keep winning Best Vocal Group until they break up because there aren't really any country bands out there? They should just call it the Alab...
Tuesday, Nov 11
The CMA Awards Exist In Their Own Space-Time Continuum
The Country Music Association Awards take place tomorrow night, and anyone interested in country music (who isn't Toby Keith) is likely to be somewhat interested in the results. But one look at the nominees makes one wonder if the whole shebang isn't in need of revamping its rules, or at le...
Hard Economic Times Take The New York State Fair's Concert Series Down With Them
The crumbling state of the American economy hadn't really connected with me until recently—squatters are largely immune to changes in the home-mortgage industry, after all—but today, it finally hit home: The New York State Fair has announced that it'll be cutting back on big-name act...
Monday, Nov 10
Peoples' Choice Awards Once Again Give People Chance To Act Like They Care About Music
FAVORITE FEMALE SINGER Alicia Keys Rihanna Carrie Underwood FAVORITE GROUP Coldplay Maroon 5 Rascal Flatts FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG Last Name" by Carrie Underwood Love Story" by Taylor Swift Take Me There" by Rascal Flatts Nominees Announced For 2009 People's Choice Awards [Zap2It]
Friday, Nov 7
Steady Chasin' That Paper: T.I. Replaces Self, Settles In Atop Charts [100 And Single]
Hot Country Songs 1. Carrie Underwood, "Just a Dream" (LW No. 1, 17 weeks) 2. Taylor Swift, "Love Story" (LW No. 3, 8 weeks) 4. Tim McGraw, "Let It Go" (LW No. 5, 16 weeks) 7. Sugarland, "Already Gone" (LW No. 9, 10 weeks) 9. Rascal Flatts, "Here" (LW No. 11, 9 weeks)
Tuesday, Oct 14
The American Music Awards Pretty Much Give Up [Everybody's A Winner]
FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST Reba McEntire Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood FAVORITE COUNTRY BAND, DUO OR GROUP Brooks & Dunn Rascal Flatts Sugarland FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM Garth Brooks, The Ultimate Hits Rascal Flatts, Still Feels Good Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride
Tuesday, Apr 15
The CMT Awards Take "One-Hit Wonder" Jokes To An Uncomfortable New Level [Everybody's A Winner]
Video of the year: Taylor Swift, "Our Song." Female video: Taylor Swift, "Our Song." Group video: Rascal Flatts, "Take Me There." Duo video: Sugarland, "Stay." Performance of the year: Kellie Pickler, "I Wonder" from 41st Annual CMA Awards.
Wednesday, Nov 7
Idolator Live-Blogs The CMA Awards: This Should Be Quite The Carnival Ride
8:50 p.m. Rascal Flatts wins the Vocal Group of the Year award, which—at least in sheer chart terms—makes sense. 8:59 p.m. Carrie Underwood singing "So Small." Oh come on, everyone—surely you all know the words from that CMT marathon of the clip a few weeks back?
