Author: JD
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.” -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
LTL PHOTO: FRESCO KANE /YING YANG TWINS PHOTO SHOOT
I BEEN IN PHOTO SHOOTS ALL DAY FOR THE FRESCO KANE SINGLE COVER AND THE YING YANG TWINS, WHO’S NEW SINGLE “FIST PUMP ,JUMP JUMP” HITS ITUNES JULY 3RD
Official: Justin Bieber’s ‘Believe’ Is Biggest Debut Of Year, Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart
June 26, 2012 | By Keith Caulfield (@keith_caulfield), Los Angeles It’s official. Justin Bieber’s Believe has sold 374,000 in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan, garnering the 18-year-old his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. That’s the most chart-toppers for any act in the two-and-a-half-year span since Bieber made his chart debut in December 2009. Believe registers the biggest debut sales week for an album this year, surpassing the 359,000 start of Madonna’s MDNA. The last set to earn a larger launch was Drake’s Take Care on the tally dated Dec. 3, 2011. It started with 631,000. (The best sales frame overall in 2012 for an album was earned by Adele’s 21 in the wake of her multiple Grammy Awards wins in February. It sold 730,000 in the week after the Grammy show.) Bieber also notches his own personal best sales week, beating the 291,000 that My World 2.0 sold in its second week back in April of 2010. A full recap of the week’s top 10 selling albums and digital songs will follow on the morning of Wednesday, June 27. Last Wednesday (June 20), industry sources had initially projected that Believe was going to debut with between 410,000 to 440,000. That figure was scaled back to 390,000 to 410,000 by Friday (22) and then down to 360,000 to 380,000 by Sunday (24). As we’ve noted previously, estimating future sales is difficult and projections can change on a daily basis. Believe‘s original forecast was inflated by the set’s huge first-day sales and significant number of pre-orders. Bieber previously led the Billboard 200 with My World 2.0, 2011’s Never Say Never: The Remixesand Under the Mistletoe. Believe is his sixth top 10 effort overall — he’s only missed the No. 1 rung with his My World debut (No. 5) and My Worlds Acoustic (No. 7). Believe was led by the hit single “Boyfriend,” which debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The set’s second official single is “As Long As You Love Me,” and its radio promotion will begin in earnest on July 9. During release week, Bieber was in full-on promotion mode to tout the new album. NBC aired a two-night special dedicated to the star (June 20-21), while he also sat down for a live YouTube chat with NBC personality Jimmy Fallon (21). He also stopped by MTV on June 19 for a “TRL”-style “Bieber Live” show and visited CBS’ “Late Show With David Letterman,” BET’s “106 & Park” and ABC’s “The View” (all on June 20).
The Real Mistresses Of Atlanta (Reality Show)
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Big Jon Platt to Leave EMI Music Publishing
After 17 years, “Big” Jon Platt will be leaving EMI Music Publishing, a source close to the situation confirmed to Billboard.biz today. Reportedly he made the announcement to his staff this afternoon. Over the years, he has signed Kanye West, Jay-Z, Diddy, Beyonce, Drake, Usher, Ludacris and many others to the company. The news comes after months of speculation, and the next question is what Platt’s next move might be. Some rumors have him joining former boss Martin Bandier at Sony/ATV; others land him in an Ethiopia Habtemariam-type dual label/publisher role at Warner Music. His last day at EMI will be Friday, when he’ll lead the EMI Music Publishing team picking up the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Award for Publisher of the Year for the 18th year in a row. Platt is expected to make an announcement about his future in the next month, the source said. Billboard.biz will have more on this situation as it develops.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves – or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.” -Ayn Rand
DEADMAU5 “LOOK MA! NO SWEAR WORDS! :D”
LOL DEADMAU5 GOING OFF!! I’m going see if i can get through this whole post without using a single explicative. Well, i suppose in summary, to all i’ve said before, about the faux DJ’ing stuff. The pauly D’s the Paris Hiltons, the play pressers, it’s all part of this same point i’ve been trying to make i guess. EDM has turned into a massively marketed cruise ship, and it’s sinking fast. Not because of ll the passengers, but perhaps there are too many cooks in the kitchen. I think i might have pissed off more people than i would have liked to in my previous posts and rants. A couple people come to mind, sure my heart broke a little when dave clarke chimed in on my “way too overstretched opinion on everyone and everything” … but i suppose it was a bit like carpet bombing. A few innocent bystanders are bound to get unintentionally hit. Im a reasonable man, and i know what “controllerism” is. i also know that there are MANY groups and individuals out there who put in serious work and effort to bring a live or CREATIVE element into EDM performance. And if you didnt know that those people were exempt from my argument, then you need to get off the boat too. Back to my first point, let’s look at this… today, EDM is as commercially viable as coca cola. And what ‘popular’ entity WOULDN’T want to cash in on that? Exactly why were starting to see reality stars and famous for nothing celebrities turn into overnight DJ’s, Majors signing ‘dance music oriented’ artists and producing major events, pre-exisiting pop artists and markets dabbling in the ‘EDM’ market to switch up the style using the same old pop business / marketing models… and this marriage of the two things is only going to make cash, move units, sell tickets and keep it ‘fresh’ coz its allll new to them, and theyre loving it. coz it fuckin works (for now). All im trying to do, is put on my life jacket and swim as far away from this shipwreck as fast as i can. Because in all honesty, i just wanna be in the studio, making electronic music, and expressing myself by means of sitting in a comfy chair with my cat and my equipment… and of course, occaisionally strap on a foamy mau5head get on the road and press a few buttons for you guys 😉