plus 4, Best Sellers-Audio - Danbury News-Times

Best Sellers-Audio - Danbury News-Times
Britney Spears Not in Another Meltdown - AceShowbiz
Heidi is Superficial - Crimson White Online
Clottey upset over Cotto gives boxing therapeutic enema - Examiner
Letterman Won’t Shut Up About Carson Daly - Nymag.com

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 11:54 PM PST

Weekly charts for the nation's best-selling recorded music as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted with permission. (Platinum signifies more than 1 million copies sold; Gold signifies more than 500,000 copies sold.):

Billboard Hot 100: Top 20

(Airplay monitored by Nielsen/BDS. Sales data compiled by Nielsen/SoundScan.)

1. "TiK ToK," Ke$ha. Kemosabe/RCA/RMG.

2. "Bad Romance," Lady Gaga. Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope.

3. "Empire State Of Mind," Jay-Z + Alicia Keys. Roc Nation.

4. "Replay," Iyaz. Time Is Money/Beluga Heights/Reprise.

5. "Fireflies," Owl City. Universal Republic.

6. "Sexy Chick," David Guetta feat. Akon. Gum/Astralwerks/Capitol.

7. "Blah Blah Blah," Ke$ha feat. 3OH!3. Kemosabe/RCA/RMG.

8. "Bedrock," Young Money feat. Lloyd. Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown.

9. "Hard," Rihanna feat. Jeezy. SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG.

10. "Down," Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne. Cash Money/Universal Republic.

11. "Whatcha Say," Jason DeRulo. Beluga Heights/Warner Bros.

12. "I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas. Interscope.

13. "Do You Remember," Jay Sean feat. Sean Paul & Lil Jon. Cash Money/Universal Republic.

14. "How Low," Ludacris. DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG.

15. "3," Britney Spears. Jive/JLG.

16. "You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift. Big Machine/Universal Republic.

17. "Party In The U.S.A.," Miley Cyrus. Hollywood.

18. "Forever," Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem. Harvey Mason/Zone 4.

19. "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum. Capitol Nashville.

20. "Drop The World," Lil Wayne feat. Eminem. Cash Money/Universal Motown.

The Billboard 200 (Top Albums): Top 20

(Airplay monitored by Nielsen/BDS. Sales data compiled by Nielsen/SoundScan.)

1. "Animal," Ke$ha. Kemosabe/RCA/RMG.

2. "I Dreamed A Dream," Susan Boyle. SYCO/Columbia/Sony Music.

3. "The Fame," Lady Gaga. Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope/IGA.

4. "The Element Of Freedom," Alicia Keys. MBK/J/RMG.

5. "Stronger with Each Tear," Mary J. Blige. Matriarch/Geffen/IGA.

6. "Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel." Soundtrack. Fox/Rhino.

7. "Fearless," Taylor Swift. Big Machine.

8. "The E.N.D.," The Black Eyed Peas. Interscope/IGA.

9. "My World (EP)," Justin Bieber. SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun/Island/IDJMG.

10. "The Fame Monster (EP)," Lady Gaga. Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope/IGA.

11. "Rated R," Rihanna. SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG.

12. "Crazy Love," Michael Buble. 143/Reprise/Warner Bros.

13. "We Are Young Money," Young Money. Cash Money/Universal Motown/UMRG.

14. "Ocean Eyes," Owl City. Universal Republic/UMRG.

15. "Glee: Season One: The Music Volume 2." Soundtrack. Fox/Columbia/Sony Music.

16. "Relapse," Eminem. Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope/IGA.

17. "Lady Antebellum," Lady Antebellum. Capitol Nashville.

18. "Play On," Carrie Underwood. 19/Arista Nashville/SMN.

19. "Battle Studies," John Mayer. Columbia/Sony Music.

20. "Glee: Season One: The Music Volume 1." Soundtrack. Fox/Columbia/Sony Music.

Hot Adult Contemporary Songs

(Airplay monitored by Nielsen/BDS.)

1. "You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift. Big Machine/Universal Republic.

2. "Fallin' For You," Colbie Caillat. Universal Republic.

3. "Haven't Met You Yet," Michael Buble. 143/Reprise.

4. "Her Diamonds," Rob Thomas. Emblem/Atlantic.

5. "The Climb," Miley Cyrus. Walt Disney/Hollywood.

6. "No Surprise," Daughtry. 19/RCA/RMG.

7. "Please Don't Leave Me," Pink. LaFace/JLG.

8. "Come On Get Higher," Matt Nathanson. Vanguard/Capitol.

9. "Chances," Five For Fighting. Aware/Columbia.

10. "I Want To Know What Love Is," Mariah Carey. Island/IDJMG.

Top Christian Albums

(Sales data compiled by Nielsen/SoundScan.)

1. "Speaking Louder Than Before," Jeremy Camp. BEC/EMI CMG.

2. "Until The Whole World Hears," Casting Crowns. Beach Street/Reunion/Provident-Integrity.

3. "WOW Hits 2010," Various artists. Word-Curb/Provident-Integrity/EMI CMG.

4. "Memento Mori," Flyleaf. A&M/Octone/EMI CMG.

5. "Awake," Skillet. Ardent/INO/Atlantic/Provident-Integrity.

6. "Hello Hurricane," Switchfoot. lowercase people/Atlantic/Credential/EMI CMG.

7. "It Is Well," Kutless. BEC/EMI CMG.

8. "Church Music," David Crowder Band. Sixsteps/Sparrow/EMI CMG.

9. "Beauty Will Rise," Steven Curtis Chapman. Sparrow/EMI CMG.

10. "Over And Underneath," Tenth Avenue North. Reunion/Provident-Integrity.

Mainstream Rock Songs

(Airplay monitored by Nielsen/BDS.)

1. "Break," Three Days Grace. Jive/JLG.

2. "I Will Not Bow," Breaking Benjamin. Hollywood.

3. "If You Only Knew," Shinedown. Atlantic.

4. "Monster," Skillet. Ardent/INO/Atlantic.

5. "Snuff," Slipknot. Roadrunner/RRP.

6. "Spaceship," Puddle Of Mudd. Flawless/Geffen/Interscope.

7. "Scream With Me," Mudvayne. Epic.

8. "Your Decision," Alice In Chains. Virgin/Capitol.

9. "You're Going Down," Sick Puppies. RMR/Virgin/Capitol.

10. "Check My Brain," Alice In Chains. Virgin/Capitol.

Alternative/Modern Rock Tracks

(Airplay monitored by Nielsen/BDS.)

1. "Uprising," Muse. Warner Bros.

2. "Kings And Queens," 30 Seconds To Mars. Immortal/Virgin/Capitol.

3. "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To," Weezer. DGC/Interscope.

4. "1901," Phoenix. Loyaute/Glassnote.

5. "Break," Three Days Grace. Jive/JLG.

6. "Savior," Rise Against. DGC/Interscope.

7. "I Will Not Bow," Breaking Benjamin. Hollywood.

8. "Back Against The Wall," Cage The Elephant. DSP/Jive/JLG.

9. "If You Only Knew," Shinedown. Atlantic.

10. "Just Breathe," Pearl Jam. Monkeywrench.

Hot Country Songs

(Airplay monitored by Nielsen/BDS. Sales data compiled by Nielsen/SoundScan.)

1. "Consider Me Gone," Reba. Starstruck/Valory.

2. "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes," Dierks Bentley. Capitol Nashville.

3. "Southern Voice," Tim McGraw. Curb.

4. "White Liar," Miranda Lambert. Columbia.

5. "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum. Capitol Nashville.

6. "The Truth," Jason Aldean. Broken Bow.

7. "Do I," Luke Bryan. Capitol Nashville.

8. "History In The Making," Darius Rucker. Capitol Nashville.

9. "Why Don't We Just Dance," Josh Turner. MCA Nashville.

10. "American Saturday Night," Brad Paisley. Arista Nashville.

Top Country Albums

(Sales data compiled by Nielsen/SoundScan.)

1. "Fearless," Taylor Swift. Big Machine.

2. "Lady Antebellum," Lady Antebellum. Capitol Nashville.

3. "Play On," Carrie Underwood. 19/Arista Nashville/SMN.

4. "The Foundation," Zac Brown Band. Roar/Big Picture/Home Grown/Atlantic/AG.

5. "Wide Open," Jason Aldean. Broken Bow.

6. "Learn To Live," Darius Rucker. Capitol Nashville.

7. "Revolution," Miranda Lambert. Columbia/SMN.

8. "Southern Voice," Tim McGraw. Curb.

9. "Taylor Swift," Taylor Swift. Big Machine.

10. "Defying Gravity," Keith Urban. Capitol Nashville.

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

(Airplay monitored by Nielsen/BDS. Sales data compiled by Nielsen/SoundSan.)

1. "It Kills Me," Melanie Fiona. SRC/Universal Motown/UMRG.

2. "I Invented Sex," Trey Songz feat. Drake. Song Book/Atlantic.

3. "Say Aah," Trey Songz feat. Fabolous. Song Book/Atlantic.

4. "Bedrock," Young Money feat. Lloyd. Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown/UMRG.

5. "How Low," Ludacris. DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG.

6. "Money To Blow," Birdman feat. Lil Wayne & Drake. Cash Money/Universal Motown.

7. "Papers," Usher. LaFace/JLG.

8. "Bad Habits," Maxwell. Columbia.

9. "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart," Alicia Keys. MBK/J/RMG.

10. "I Am," Mary J. Blige. Matriarch/Geffen/Interscope.

Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Britney Spears Not in Another Meltdown - AceShowbiz

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 08:05 PM PST

After an article mentioned Britney Spears has been in another meltdown, the singer's rep has denied the report, stating that it is 'Bulls**t.'

Britney Spears' representatives have been quick to slam a report alleging the singer is heading for another meltdown, branding it "untrue". The National Enquirer published an article this week headlined "Britney headed back to psych ward", which claimed the "Toxic" hitmaker is "seriously depressed" and has been engaging in a "frightening display of tantrums and cries for help."

But a representative for Spears has taken to the star's official website to post a large "Bulls**t" sign over a copy of the National Enquirer's article to dismiss the report. Meanwhile, a source close to Spears tells GossipCop.com the story is "untrue".

Following her split from husband Kevin Federline and the death of her closest aunt Sandra Bridges Covington in 2007, Britney Spears had attended several rehabilitations. She showed her depression with several peculiar behaviors such as shaving her head with electric clippers and attacking a paparazzi's vehicle with an umbrella. She also dealt with drug and alcohol issues.

Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Heidi is Superficial - Crimson White Online

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 04:30 PM PST

Adrian Garcia 1/14/10 7:16 PM

Print this article

Reality superstar gone pop singer, Heidi Montag, just dropped her debut album, Superficial. The technicolor, synth-pop cheese is skin deep, but that's not what Montag thinks.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly (EW), the Superficial singer thinks this is one of the greatest pop albums ever likening it to Michael Jackson's Thriller. She claims that her album is just as good or better than a Britney Spears album!

She spent close to $2 million and three years on the 12 track LP and released it on her own independent album. With music industry heavyweights like Cathy Dennis (Britney Spears' Toxic), you'd think the album would be golden!

While I'll admit there are some "stand-out" songs (Superficial, More is More, Blackout), the album is so mediocre. The production is sound but amateur, and her vocals are out of this world, which isn't a good thing.

Regardless of how well the album does, Montag claims that as long as she can afford it she'll do music until the day she dies.

Older

M.I.A. Gets Political

Comments

Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Clottey upset over Cotto gives boxing therapeutic enema - Examiner

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 03:40 PM PST

3 comments

RSS

Going back a few decades there was a decent Mexican heavyweight fighter.

No names will be mentioned here to protect the partially innocent (?).

Anyway, the big fellow got an offer to fight in the Midwest against a guy who was a complete fake, a guy whose record was more padded than Britney Spears.

It didn't take long for the heavyweight to indicate his acceptance of a fixed fight in which he would make a big splash.

"Me fall down, make good money, good," the heavyweight said.

Sure enough, this method actor handled his role perfectly. He laid down so easily you would have thought he had been a mattress tester.

I say that to say this.

Sometimes, boxing can use a good upset for therapeutic effect.

Sometimes, a stimulating upset victory acts as a flushing agent to give boxing a productive enema.

Now no one even hints there is anything not on the level about Miguel Cotto's WBO welterweight title defense Saturday night at Madison Square Garden against plucky Ghanaian Joshua Clottey.

But the possibility of such a cleansing upset is quite real.

Personally, I cannot root against Cotto. On the other hand, unless you've been one of his tortured promoters or managers, it would be hard to root against Clottey.

if you have been one of his managers or promoters, then you know what an obstinate little M.F. Clottey can be. M.F., of course as Redd Foxx would say, stands for Maryland Farmer.

Clottey has come up the hard way, no pampered treatment for him.

This is his big shot, his chance to show he's A Level and not the B Level fighter most in boxing consider him to be.

A loss here in a competitive fight won't ruin Cotto but it would be a serious setback.

A loss here for Clottey and it could be Palookaville rather than Pacquiaoville as his next destination.

I've got it.

I'm just rooting for a real, down in the trenches brawl.

If that happens, then boxing wins.

Michael is a former sports columnist at the New York Post. He was a criminal defense attorney and worked for sports legends Howard Cosell and Don King. Marley also operates Boxingconfidential.com. Email him your thoughts. He makes it a practice to always recommend Pacland, Philboxing and feisty upstart Pacfanscorner.

Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Letterman Won’t Shut Up About Carson Daly - Nymag.com

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST

Archer's Chris Parnell Talks Well-Endowed Cartoon Characters, Being Fired From SNL Twice

Photo: Getty Images

Chris Parnell first made a name for himself during his eight-year stint as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, but in the intervening years, he's carved out quite a career for himself as a go-to comedic character actor in both television and film. In addition to his hilarious recurring role as the quacky Dr. Leo Spaceman on 30 Rock, Parnell is contributing his voice talents to FX's new animated spy spoof, Archer. Vulture spoke to him about his Method preparation for playing a cartoon character with a 12-inch wang, what it was like to be fired by Lorne Michaels not once but twice (!) and whether he's on Team Conan or Team Leno.

In Archer, you play a numbers-crunching bureaucrat with jealousy issues who works in the office of a company that specializes in spying and international intrigue. We're assuming you've never held a position like that in real life, so where do you draw your inspiration from?
Oh gosh. I appreciate and enjoy mathematics and science and all that side of things I definitely have that side of me even though I'm not by any means an expert, but I love reading about physics and math and that kind of stuff. I wish I knew more than I did. I mean, I read books written for laymen, not textbooks or anything. So that and just drawing on my own insecurities and nerdishness.

Does it take any special preparation to play an extremely well-endowed cartoon character, one that the ladies in the office gossip about being 12 inches down there? Or is it totally just a Method thing?
Well, I guess it's something you keep in your pocket, so to speak. It only occasionally, probably, colors how he presents himself. It gives him a little extra confidence at times, but he's so insecure about Lana and Archer's relationship that it doesn't quite make up for that.

Most of America first came to know you during your 8 year stint on SNL. That was one of the longest runs in the history of the program, but it also meant that Lorne Michaels had to let you go on two separate occasions. What was it like leaving the first time, then going back, then having to leave again?
Yeah, well, overall SNL was fantastic. I feel incredibly lucky that I was able to do that for the amount of time that I was between the job itself, what it got for me professionally but even a lot of ways more importantly, the people that I worked with and that I've met, the friendships that I've made there and all the hosts that came through and getting to work with all those people. It wasn't always great, there were definitely tough times, the toughest of which was when I was fired the first time and which really came out of left field and pretty devastating.

I'd been on for three seasons and, some people go in there with guns blazing like Will Ferrell and Jimmy [Fallon] too, they're just right there and off with the gun. For me, it took me a bit longer to build up my confidence and find my footing and as soon as I was feeling like I had done that I got cut loose and that was pretty hard.

Was it a tough decision to go back?
Not at all. There was no consideration, I was absolutely going back, I absolutely wanted to. There had been such an outpouring of support from both the cast and the writers, people where were just like, I can't believe this happened and from what I hear Will [Ferrell] and [Chris] Kattan went to bat for me and certainly one of the writers did. There were a lot of people who were in my camp and you know Lorne to his credit at the TCA panel we did the next year, it came up and Lorne admitted that he made a mistake, which was really cool of him.

From what we have heard, he rarely does stuff like that.
So I appreciated that and our relationship is still good. When I got let go the second time, I was pretty okay with it. It still stung a little because you don't ever want to be let go but it was me, Horatio [Sanz], [Rachel] Dratch and I knew they had to cut $10 million out of the budget. I was a little burnt out, so it was alright.

Something we felt you never got the proper credit for was the runaway success of "Lazy Sunday." That came out towards the end of your run, and the way we see it, you really pioneered that form with your Weekend Update raps about Britney Spears and Jennifer Garner.
Yeah, well Akiva [Schaffer] and Andy [Samberg] and Jorma [Taccone], you know they had had this website already, The Lonely Island, and they had been making music videos and stuff for the site, so they came to SNL with the skill set already. They had seen the raps I had done previously so they came to me and said "Hey, we want to try and do a rap and do you want to do it with us." And I said, "Yeah, of course, absolutely." So the four of us sat down in their office and wrote it over the course of a Monday and Tuesday and recorded it that Tuesday night, went out and shot it all on Thursday. Akiva was doing the camera work and Jorma was sort of doing everything else, holding the playback of what we recorded on Tuesday night and just sort of running around New York shooting it. That was my involvement with it.

And then Saturday night, I got to see what they had come up with, what they put together and it was just crazy. It got a really nice response from the audience and I was like, "Ah that was gratifying, that was fun." I knew they were going to post it to their site, I didn't know that it was going to be posted necessarily to YouTube, I don't think. That was the last show before Christmas and I went back to Memphis for the holidays and I was there with my family and I got a call from Marc Liepis from NBC publicity saying, "Hey, the New York Times wants to interview you about this music video, it's become this thing" and I was like, "What?" I really had no idea, that was my first hint that it had become a phenomenon.

So, can you tell us what the future holds for Dr. Spacemen on 30 Rock? What do you think he does in his off-time?
I'm always up to exploring more aspects of Leo's personality, but they do a pretty good job of going there for me. As for his off-time, I'm sure he's involved in some shady research or he's off in a foreign country doing something questionable medically.

One last question for you. Are you team Conan or team Leno?
Well, Conan clearly is the one that's gotten screwed in all of this, along with everyone who had jobs for those five one hour blocks on NBC and all the NBC affiliates. I definitely feel for Conan on this one. Clearly, this is something that meant a lot to him, being a host of the Tonight Show and he did earn his way up there. I can't completely fault NBC, I think the deal that happened back in 2004 whenever it was, was probably questionable to assume that Leno was going to be ready to retire in 2009 and all of that. Yeah, it's a mess, but I definitely my heart goes out to Conan and all the people that work on the show, he's the one who's been wronged. I'd love to see him go to Fox, I'd love to continue to see him do a great show, wherever it is.

Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.