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Summer Wrap: Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit summer (Timeline)

August 20th, 2012

No one has had a more successful summer this year than our very own Canadian pop darling, Carly Rae Jepsen. With a hit single that broke records to performing at this year’s MMVAs, Jepsen has blown up both in Canada and around the world. Here’s a round-up of what Carly Rae Jepsen’s been up to [...]

Tags: 90210, Billboard, Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen, good time, jimmy fallon, justin bieber, lady gaga, mmvas, owl city, summer wrap up, Teen Choice Awards, timeline, twitter
Posted in Blog, Summer Wrap | Posted by Melody

Katy Perry and Rihanna tie for most number 1s on the Billboard charts

July 30th, 2012

Katy Perry’s recent No. 1 on the Billboard Top 100 for Wide Awake has now tied her with close friend Rihanna for most No. 1s on the Billboard charts with nine each. This is an impressive feat, especially when you take into account that Rihanna didn’t release her first single until 2005 and Perry in [...]

Tags: Billboard, katy perry, number one, record, rihanna
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Melody

Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj celebrate Billboard’s Woman of the Year

December 2nd, 2011

Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj were honoured last night as part of Billboard’s yearly awards, with Swift taking home the title Woman of the Year and Minaj being honoured as Billboard’s Rising Star. Swift is the youngest entertainer to ever win the coveted title, topping off her hugely successful year with the album release and [...]

Tags: Billboard, News, nicki minaj, taylor swift
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Allison

RapCity A.M. News Round Up: Lil Twist’s Album Has Drake, Minaj, C-Breezy, & Bieber

August 30th, 2011

Lil Twist catches up with Rap-Up to let them know why his collaboration with Wayne was cut from Tha Carter IV and his plans for his album. Apparently “Flowers” wasn’t finished in time for Tha Carter IV because Wayne didn’t finish his verse on it. Maybe we’ll see the song on Twist’s album, which he [...]

Tags: Billboard, chris brown, drake, jay-z, justin bieber, Kanye West, kreayshawn, Lil Twist, lil wayne, mack maine, music, nicki minaj, rap, rick ross, T.I, Teflon Don
Posted in News, RapCity | Posted by Emily

Throwback Thursday

July 7th, 2011

Since the old influences the new, and the past is still kicking around in the present, we want to remind you of some of our favorite moments in hip hop history. Today’s Thursday Throwback is Lil Bow Wow’s “That’s My Name.” Bow Wow hasn’t been up to a whole lot in the last couple of [...]

Tags: BET, Billboard, Bow Wow
Posted in Blog, News, RapCity | Posted by Emily

15th Anniversary of Jay-Z’s “Reasonable Doubt”

June 29th, 2011

June 25th, 2011 marks the 15th anniversary of Jay-Z’s debut album “Reasonable Doubt”. In addition to being Jay-Z’s artistic debut, it the first album released by the label he co-founded, Roc-A-Fella Records. “Reasonable Doubt” is regarded as one of the greatest rap albums of all time. Jay-Z has evolved as a rapper and a businessman [...]

Tags: albums, Billboard, jay-z, roc-a-fella
Posted in Blog, News, RapCity | Posted by Emily

Adele stays put at #1 on Billboard

March 9th, 2011

It’s official – Adele cannot be stopped. The UK singer’s sophomore album 21 has surpassed Mumford and Sons Sigh No More to become the year’s biggest seller with over 520,000 units sold in two weeks. The album has just scored it’s second week at the number one position on the Billboard 200 albums chart, most [...]

Tags: adele, Billboard, News
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Allison

Rihanna, Bieber, and Eminem Top New Social Networking List

December 3rd, 2010

Eminem, Rihanna and Justin Bieber are all on the top of a new Billboard list that tracks musicians ranking on social network sites. Social 50 is a brand new chart that ranks the musicians based on a formula that includes their weekly friends and fans, Twitter followers and song plays on MySpace.com, YouTube.com, Twitter.com and [...]

Tags: Billboard, eminem, justin bieber, lady gaga, nicki minaj, rihanna
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Jessica F

Glee’s Britney Beats Beatles on Billboard’s Hot 100

October 7th, 2010

In Billboard’s 52-year history the Beatles had bragging rights on having the most sought after songs on the airwaves. That all changed after Glee’s Britney Spears episode hit the airwaves. With six debuts this week (five Britney songs and Paramore’s “The Only Exception”) Glee’s total chart entries hits 75 songs. TRANSLATION: it took Glee “one [...]

Tags: Billboard, Britney Spears, Glee, music, The Beatles, tv
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Headlines & Current Events, News, tv | Posted by Michael

Good Charlotte talk Cardiology

April 15th, 2010

After a three year hiatus Good Charlotte are back and ready with a new album, but it didn’t come easy. In the interview below with Billboard Magazine the Madden twins talk about the process for the upcoming release of their fifth album Cardiology, which included writing an entire record only to throw it out and [...]

Tags: Benji Madden, Billboard, Cardiology, Don Gilmore, Good Charlotte, Joel Madden
Posted in Blog, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Allison