Thanks to artists like Adele and Eminem, the music industry is seeing its highest comparison numbers since 2004!
What exactly do we mean by that? We mean sales are higher than the previous year. That hasn't happened in seven years!
The industry has Adele and Em to thank for the extra push.
Adele's 21 has sold 3.8 million units! Astounding! And Eminem pulled his weight too with an impressive 2.7 million.
Congrats, music industry! You're soundtracking the world's emotions, and your accountants can shut up now!
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Wowsa, Weezy!
Billboard.com has put together a list of the artists who have the MOST songs that have sold millions of downloads, and Lil Wayne is #1 by quite a bit!
Check out a list of the top 'million-selling' artists, along with how many songs of theirs have sold at least one million downloads AFTER THE JUMP!
Which artists' songs have U downloaded the most?
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Maybe in the next album Roman should stay away from Eminem to avoid more controversy!
During a recent interview, Nicki Minaj opened up about her next album, and she made it clear that Roman would be featured more prominently.
Here's what she had to say about it:
Sorry Tyler, but we just don't see how it's okay to see the word "fa**ot" 213 times in an album!!!!
Yesterday, GLAAD and other LGBT groups spoke out against MTV VMA winner Tyler the Creator's new album, and we were pretty sad to hear all the facts about the anti-gay album.
Now, Tyler has responded to the widespread public criticism. Here's what he had to say about it:
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Cool glasses, Justin!!
Mr. Biebs won the Best Male Video award at the 2011 MTV VMAs for U Smile. He came out on top against Eminem, Cee-Lo Green, Kanye, and Bruno Mars.
That's a huge accomplishment, Justin! Congratulations on your win!
As always, Eminem and Bruno Mars kill it!
As soon as we heard this song for the first time, we couldn't wait for the music video and now here it is!
We are NOT disappointed.
Soo beautiful. Soo real. Soo powerful.
LOVE IT!
Hawt! Hawt! Hawt!!
Eminem joined Rihanna on stage at Britain's V Festival Saturday night for a surprise duet of their hit song Love The Way You Lie.
They're amazing together! Ch-ch-check 'em out above!
