With Adele holding up the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week with "Set Fire To The Rain," another UK act, The Wanted , bring up the rear ( ahem ) of the Top 40 with their debut US single "Glad You Came" (at #40 ). Previously, The Wanted, a group comprised of hot piece Max George and those four other guys who aren't Max George, topped the UK chart with "Glad You Came" last summer. Here in the States, they debuted the song with a live performance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show last month. The reason The Wanted ...

The Nielsen SoundScan 2011 year-end review is in, and to the surprise of no one, Adele blew away her competition, locking up nearly superlative SoundScan has to offer, from Best Selling Album to Best Selling Digital Song and everything in between (except, sadly, Top Selling Seasonal Album). The Grammy favorite sold a combined 5.8 million copies of her Album of the Year-nominated 21 , and "Rolling in the Deep" alone was downloaded 5.8 million times on digital music services. In short, it was a good year to be Adele, and shockingly, the music industry as a whole ended 2011 ...

Following up on the ultimatum delivered by Punchline bassist Chris Fafalios, that due to "a delay over at iTunes" their new EP So Nice To Meet You did not launch Tuesday morning, but did make it to the iTunes store by Tuesday evening. Underthegunereview.com posted the band statement: "Trying to laugh it off that the album isn't live on iTunes and be optimistic that it will be there in the next few minutes. Everything is good on our end, just up to iTunes to do their part. I'll bet LMFAO doesn't have this problem, but they ...

Months after the song first mylo-xyloto'd its way into the public consciousness, Coldplay 's "Paradise" has finally climbed to the top of the UK singles chart, and thus becomes the first #1 single of 2012 in the band's home country. Quick — flashback time! The #1 single in the UK this time last year was Matt Cardle 's "When We Collide," his X Factor coronation song , and a re-titled cover a Biffy Clyro 's "Many Of Horror." The #1 single in the UK this week 10 years ago was Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman 's cover of Frank and ...

Does LMFAO now stand for “Laughing My Flaming Ass Off”? The scene at the anthemic party rockers’ Honduras concert got a little too hot last night when the Coliseo Nacional de Ingenieros literally caught fire. Fortunately, neither the band nor their fans were seriously injured, though some people were treated for smoke inhalation (no, not ... More »

Special Mention: Rebecca Black - Friday Sure, the song's horrible (in all the best ways), but no other track had a better story behind it than this one. I'd be insane if I didn't at least mention it! 10. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem So right for all the wrong reasons. If you told me a year ago that I'd be putting an LMFAO song in my top ten, I'd have said you were crazy. Just shows what an incredible hook (or hooks) can do. 9. Kyla La Grange - Heavy Stone A little known track that barely ...

Where will you be on December 31, 2011? If the answer is "in front of a television set with a bag of Funyans" you have a few options: • Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve will return with host Ryan Seacrest live from New York's Times Square (and Fergie live from somewhere in Los Angeles). The show features Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Florence + the Machine, Blink-182, Justin Bieber, LMFAO, Pitbull, Will.i.am, OneRepublic, Taio Cruz, Gym Glass Heroes, the Band Perry, and Hot Chelle Rae. When/Where: 10 p.m. on ABC • Carson Daly will also be ...

When considering how to cover New York City's biggest holiday concert — "Jingle Ball," sponsored by pop powerhouse radio station Z100 and featuring Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, LMFAO, David Guetta, and many more, at Madison Square Garden on December 9 — we could've assigned the review to any number of professional critics who would've provided plenty of savvy contextualizing and quippy gibes. Instead, we asked an actual New York teenager to observe the teen-pop pageant, and she gave us, well, plenty of savvy contextualizing and quippy gibes. Go figure. I first learned about Z100's Jingle Ball three years ...

2012 is going swoop in with a pop music bang. New acts have been announced for the Los Angeles edition of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve." The sexy L.A. party will include performances by The Band Perry, blink-182, Christina Perri, Florence + the Machine, Gym Class Heroes, LMFAO, OneRepublic,

Epitaph Records is thrilled to announce the signing of Skip The Foreplay. Known for their distinct musical style, which mashes up elements of dubstep and house with pop and metal-core, the ground-breaking Montreal - based band has been electrifying audiences with their intoxicating blend of hardcore heaviness and dance floor energy since 2010. Skip The Foreplay will be releasing their anticipated full length Epitaph debut this spring. "Aside from having one of the greatest names in history, Skip The Foreplay are simply Satan's delivery system for music of mass destruction," offers Epitaph founder and President Brett Gurewitz. Skip The Foreplay ...

The Band Perry and OneRepublic have been added as performers on the 2011 American Music Awards The bands will join previously announced performers Nicki Minaj and David Guetta Katy Perry Justin Bieber Mary J Blige Chris Brown Christina Aguilera Kelly Clarkson LMFAO Maroon 5 Pitbull and Marc Anthony...

Someone should really cc Professor Green on the next memo regarding "Love The Way You Lie" knockoffs being so 2010. His tacky "Read All About It" ends Rihanna and Calvin Harris' three-week reign at the top with "We Found Love" and becomes the new #1 single in the UK, and he's even dragged the otherwise stellar Emeli Sande into this garbage. The more interesting action is on the album chart, where Coldplay 's Mylo Xyloto arrives at #1 on the strength of 208,000 copies sold, which gives the band the second best first week sales for an album ...

After blogging feverishly about the newly-reunited Steps over the past month, Chart Rigger lived up to its classy name this week by helping the band land The Ultimate Collection at #1 on the UK album chart. Well, the Sky Living series Steps Reunion and the fivesome's recent appearances on Lorraine and This Morning maybe, possibly had something to do with it. too. This marks Steps first #1 album since their last greatest hits collection Gold was released this very same week back in 2001. It also give the band three #1 albums to their credit, including their second studio ...

Nominees for the 39th annual American Music Awards were revealed today by Nicki Minaj and Pitbull. OneRepublic have been confirmed as nominees for Favorite Band, Duo or Group alongside Maroon 5 and LMFAO. Fans of the band can go to ABC.com to cast their vote before voting ends on Friday, November 11th. Winners will be announced live during the 2011 AMAs on Sunday, November 20th at 8/7c on ABC. OneRepublic have indeed been living the “Good Life” this year…

Temporarily mute singer Adele leads all nominees for the 2011 American Music Awards with four nods, including Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Adult Contemporary Music (Favorite Artist), and Pop or Rock Music (Favorite Female Artist). Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and country act the Band Perry followed with three noms each, and Bruno Mars and Beyoncé picked up two apiece. It was a different story a few months ago when Teenage Dream Perry earned a landslide nine nominations for MTV's Video Music Awards, but Gaga is still having a relatively slow year in ...