Madonna's low-selling No.1 album |
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Madonna's album 'American Life' has gone to No.1 in the American chart,
despite only selling 241,000 copies.
She didn't face much competition for the top spot - 50 Cent's 'Get Rich
Or Die Tryin'' is at No.2 in its twelfth week, but even that managed to
sell nearly 142,000 copies.
Madonna's last album 'Music' in 2000 sold 420,000 discs in its first week.
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Stars Give Hope To Children Of Iraq |
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Eighteen of the world's top music stars among them Sir Paul McCartney,
Avril Lavigne, David Bowie, New Order, Ronan Keating, Blue's Lee Ryan,
Travis and George Michael, have contributed exclusive new tracks to
'Hope', released on Monday May 12th to help the child victims of the war
in Iraq.
All the acts are giving their services for free and Warner Music
Australia has agreed to donate recording royalties payable from the album to
War Child. Hope was recorded around the world in 25 days.
War Child was founded in 1993 in response to the conflict in the former
Yugoslavia. The charity was responsible for the 1995 'Help' album
recorded by 20 top bands and artists which raised more £1.25 million for the
children of Bosnia. War Child has since expanded its fieldwork to
conflicts around the world.
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Matrix Reloaded' To Feature Linkin Park, Manson, P.O.D. & Deftones. |
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The two-CD 'Matrix Reloaded: The Album' will have plenty of the bangin'
hard rock you would expect to hear on the soundtrack to one of the
year's most anticipated action movies.
Along with new tracks from Rob Zombie ('Reload'), Marilyn Manson ('This
Is the New Sh--'), P.O.D. ('Sleeping Awake') and Deftones ('Lucky
You'), the soundtrack will feature a number of interactive materials tied to
the movie and a second album with 40 minutes of the movie's score.
Among the acts offering previously unreleased tracks are Fluke, Juno
Reactor, Paul Oakenfold and Team Sleep (the side band of Deftones leader
Chino Moreno). 'Session'. from Linkin Park's 'Meteora', will also
appear on the album, as will previously released songs from Rage Against the
Machine and Unloco
The set's first disc will also have some enhanced features, including
access to an exclusive "Matrix Reloaded" trailer, an extended preview of
the animated spinoff 'Animatrix', and behind-the-scenes footage of the
making of the 'Enter the Matrix'.
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J Lo’s Got a New Flashdance |
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The good news about Jennifer Lopez’s homage to « Flashdance » in her «
I’m Glad » video is that she’s apparently so impressive that the studio
behind the original 1983 film is talking with the actress about a
remake.
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After Kylie it’s Robbie |
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Robbie’s following the footsteps oh his singing pal kylie, by appearing
in advertising for motor vehicule. Kylie was a major force in the
success of sales for the Ford Ka when she was photographed draped over the
bonnett of the tiny Ka. Now Robbie’s lending some of his best features
to a set of wheels named ’Smart’ car. He’s already filmed new ads for
the car that features a busker singing Robbie’s hit « Feel » badly out of
the tune before Robbie tosses him some money.
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World Tour for Mariah |
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Mariah Carey is planning to do what she does best and that is sing. She
will launch her first world tour in more than three years in support of
her new album « Charmbracelet ». She kicks off the Charmbracelet world
tour in Osaka, Japan, on June 24, before returning to the US for 47
dates. She will then travel to Asia before heading to the UK later in the
year, finishing in November. She will be performing tracks from
Charmbracelet, which sold one million since it’s December release.
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Shape Sugababes |
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‘Shape’ is the latest Sugabebes tune, it samples Sting’s 1993 ‘Shape of
my heart’ which is weird because the latest Craig David single also
samples sting as well. The girls recently picked up a Brit award for the
best dance act and have a reputation for being quite the party ladies.
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