Taio Cruz Makes Billboard History: Hits #1 On Hot 100

British import Taio Cruz made Billboard history this week when his single ‘Break Your Heart’ jumped from #53 to #1 on the Hot 100. The previous record for the largest jump to #1 was held by the original Idol, Kelly Clarkson’s single ‘A Moment Like This’.

Check out the video for his chart-topping single ‘Break Your Heart’ -

Danny Gokey Makes Impressive Country Debut

Season 8 American Idol contestant Danny Gokey just released his debut album, My Best Days, and debuted at #3 country album-sales chart. Gokey sold over 65,000 copies of his CD landing his album at #4 on the Billboard 200.

Taking first or second on Idol doesn’t mean anything anymore. Your appeal to the middle american consumer is what counts.

Congratulations!

Lady Antebellum’s Big Debut

Lady Antebellum has quickly made quite a name for themselves. Leading into 2010, the country trio won vocal group and single of the year at the Country Music Awards in November. At the 2010 Grammys, the band won the award for Best Country Performance by a duo or group with vocals for their single ‘I Run To You’. And now, Lady Antebellum’s sophomore album Need You Now has debuted on top of the Billboard 200 chart by selling 481,000 copies, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

This is the biggest debut for a country album since November 2008 and it’s also the biggest debut sales week for any album since Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream topped the Billboard 200 with 701,000 in November 2009.

Congratulations!

The 2010 Grammy Awards Winners List

The 52nd Grammy Awards was held at Los Angeles Staple Stadium on Sunday night and it played host to some remarkable performances by Pink, a duet by Lady Gaga and Elton John and a Michael Jackson Tribute by Celine Dion, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Usher.

Beyonce was the biggest winner of the night, winning six Grammys followed by Taylor Swift who won four including the Album of the Year.

Here is the complete list of the Grammy winners.
Album of the Year: Fearless- Taylor Swift
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: “Halo”- Beyoncé
Song of the Year: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” — Thaddis Harrell, Beyonc— Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyonc—)
Best Solo Rock Performance: “Working on a Dream” — Bruce Springsteen
Record of the Year: “Use Somebody” — Kings of Leon
Best Country Album: Fearless — Taylor Swift
Best Rock Album: 21st Century Breakdown — Green Day
Best Hard Rock Performance: “War Machine” — AC/DC
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: “Run This Town” — Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
Best Dance Recording: “Poker Face” — Lady Gaga
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “Use Somebody” — Kings of Leon
Best New Artist: Zac Brown Band
Best Electronic/Dance Album: The Fame — Lady Gaga
Best Alternative Music Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix — Phoenix
Best Contemporary R&B Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce — Beyoncé
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” — Beyoncé
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “I Gotta Feeling” — The Black Eyed Peas
Best Rock Song: “Use Somebody” — Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
Best Pop Vocal Album: The E.N.D. — The Black Eyed Peas
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: “Pretty Wings” — Maxwell
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “Blame It” — Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: “At Last” — Beyoncé
Best Rock Instrumental Performance: “A Day in the Life” — Jeff Beck
Best Urban/Alternative Performance: “Pearls” — India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore
Best R&B Song: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” — Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Best Rap Solo Performance: “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” — Jay-Z
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group: “Crack a Bottle” — Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
Best Rap Song: “Run This Town” — Jeff Bhasker, Shawn Carter, Robyn Fenty, Kanye West & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Athanasios Alatas, songwriter) (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West)
Best Rap Album: Relapse — Eminem
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: “Make It Mine” — Jason Mraz
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Lucky” — Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Best Female Country Vocal Performance: “White Horse” — Taylor Swift
Best Male Country Vocal Performance: “Sweet Thing” — Keith Urban
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden — Michael Bublé
Best Metal Performance: “Dissident Aggressor” — Judas Priest
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “I Run to You” — Lady Antebellum
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: “I Told You So” — Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
Best Country Song: “White Horse” — Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Best Americana Album: Electric Dirt — Levon Helm
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Already Free — The Derek Trucks Band
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Slumdog Millionaire — Various Artists, A.R. Rahman, producer
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: “Jai Ho” (From Slumdog Millionaire) — Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters (A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash)
Best Recording Package: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today — Stefan Sagmeister, art director (David Byrne & Brian Eno)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963-1972) — Gary Burden, Jenice Heo & Neil Young, art directors (Neil Young)
Best Short Form Music Video: “Boom Boom Pow” — The Black Eyed Peas
Best Long Form Music Video: “The Beatles Love – All Together Now” — (Various Artists)
Best Comedy Album: A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! — Stephen Colbert

Taylor Swift Breaks Female Download Record

Taylor Swift’s new single ‘Today Was A Fairytale’ off the soundtrack to her acting debut film Valentine’s Day has set a new record for the highest opening-week downloads by a female artist in the history of Nielsen SoundScan. ‘Today Was A Fairytale’ debuted at No. 1 on the Hot Digital Songs chart with 325,000 downloads, breaking the former record by 39,000 downloads which was set by Britney Spears’ ‘Womanizer’ in 2008.

Swift’s new single also debuted at No. 2 on the Hot 100 chart, coming in second to Ke$ha’s ‘Tik Tok’ which tops the chart for the sixth week in a row.

Congratulations.

Ke$ha Continues To Break More Records

There’s no escaping Ke$ha. She’s started 2010 off with a bang on top of the Billboard charts, the same place that Lady Gaga started 2009.

And now, one week after Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad Romance’ broke the record for most airplay of a song in one week with 10,859 plays, Ke$ha has come along and broken Gaga’s record with ‘Tik Tok’ getting 11,224 plays in a single week!

Congratulations.

Ke$ha Tops The Billboard Charts More Than Once

Ke$ha has a lot to celebrate. Not only did her album Animal knock Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed A Dream out of the top spot, but she also has the No. 1 single on the Hot 100 chart with ‘Tik Tok’. Ke$ha is the first artist to top both charts since Leona Lewis in 2008.

But it doesn’t stop there!

Ke$ha’s second single ‘Blah Blah Blah’ skyrocketed to the No. 7 spot on the Hot 100 chart and debuted at the No. 2 spot on the Digital Songs Chart. ‘Tik Tok’ is No. 1 on the Digital Songs Chart. Ke$ha is the first artist to hold down both spots since the Black Eyed Peas did it with ‘Boom Boom Pow’ and ‘I Gotta Feeling’.

Congratulations.

Let The Numbers Speak For Themselves: Chris Allen Outsells Adam Lambert

If you pay attention to the press, it’s easy to think that Adam Lambert is easily outselling Idol winner Chris Allen. But, as it turns out, that isn’t the case at all!

Lambert may have had a bigger first week in sales than Allen, but, according to the numbers for their singles, Allen’s ‘Live Like We’re Dying’ has sold just under 500,000 downloads and is #27 on the Soundscan singles chart while Lambert’s For Your Entertainment has sold just over 200,000.

Let the numbers speak for themselves. Reports claim Allen is already working on his follow-up album.

The Top 10 Singles And Albums On iTunes

Ke$ha (pictured above) is ruling the iTunes’ top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Jan. 11, 2010:

Singles:
1. “Tik Tok,” Ke$ha
2. “Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3),” Ke$ha
3. “Bad Romance,” Lady GaGa
4. “Replay,” Iyaz
5. “Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys),” Jay-Z
6. “Fireflies,” Owl City
7. “Drop the World (feat. Eminem),” Lil Wayne
8. “BedRock,” Lloyd, Young Money
9. “I Gotta Feeling,” Black Eyed Peas
10. “Sexy Chick (feat. Akon),” David Guetta

Albums:
1. “Animal,” Ke$ha
2. “The Fame Monster (standard),” Lady GaGa
3. “Ocean Eyes,” Owl City
4. “Glee — The Music, Vol. 2,” Glee Cast
5. “Avatar,” James Horner
6. “Glee — The Music, Vol. 1,” Glee Cast
7. “The Element of Freedom,” Alicia Keys
8. “Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack),” Various Artists
9. “Battle Studies,” John Mayer
10. “The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies),” Black Eyed Peas

Ke$ha Likely To Top Susan Boyle

The official Billboard chart won’t be released until tomorrow Jan 13th, but it looks like newcomer Ke$ha will takeover the top spot that has been held by Susan Boyle. Initially, Ke$ha was expected to sell 100,000 units in the final week leading up to the charts which would have put her neck and neck with Boyle, but Ke$ha has surpassed that expectation by selling 150,000 and will likely claim the top spot tomorrow.

And how does Ke$ha feel about beating Boyle?

“…I feel kinda mean. But no, she got to kick it at the top for a while, so I don’t feel too bad.

OK, if I’m number 1, I’ll be in New York… so let me think about this. I’m going to round up my band of trannies and we’re going to march down Broadway with fireworks.”

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