Music: Newswire: People Still Buy Music: Anybody who didn’t already have 21 is now buying it
For the 14th non-consecutive week, Adele’s 21 tops the Billboard albums chart. Last year’s most successful album has spent the most weeks at No. 1 since the Titanic soundtrack in 1998, and trails only Whitney Houston’s soundtrack to The Bodyguard and Carole King’s Tapestry for the most weeks in the top spot for an album made by a woman. Adele assumed the top spot after Michael Buble’s Christmas took a post-holiday tumble from No. 1 to No. 24 .
Every album in the Top 25 sold less than the week before, which allowed Drake’s Take Care to move from No. 5 to No. 2 with 72,000.
Competition Winners Conquer at Carnegie
NEW YORK—“Julie Jordan Presents” offered persuasive and compelling performances by the five winners of its inaugural 2011 International Piano Concerto Competition in a pair of concerts December 16 and 17. The concerts took place at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and the Yamaha Piano Salon on Fifth Avenue.
Dr. Julie Jordan, the Competition’s Artistic Director, is currently observing her 26th year on the piano faculty of The Juilliard School Evening Division.
The 2011 International Piano Competition uncovered some major talents from around the world. The winners’ concerts offered numerous instances of superior music-making. The perform
Elton John wants Justin Timberlake
Elton John is working on making a movie about his life. Yep. Some people would probably have a hard time deciding who would portray themselves in a feature film but Elton John is one step ahead of the curve and has admitted that he has a choice in mind and that choice is none other than Justin Timberlake.
John discussed the project during a recent interview with The LA Times ( The Hollywood Reporter), in which he confirmed that the biopic is “very much in the works” with a (as yet unnamed) director signed on and a script by Billy Elliot scribe Lee Hall. Onc
Salisbury – the city of ancient history
Wiltshire is a county in England, famous for its pre-Roman archaeology, the Stonehenge and stone circles. If you want to visit this area, you need to find a Wiltshire hotel and the best place may be Salisbury.
The City of Salisbury, established in 1220, is located in the eastern part of south Wiltshire, England and has a long and varied history. The old name of this city is New Sarum to separate it from a former colony to the north called Old Sarum. There are still outward signs of an Iron Age fort which the Romans called Sorviodunum. The Saxons called this region Searsbyrig and the Normans gave it the name Sereberi. Full article…
‘X Factor’ Tulisa Contostavlos: ‘I’m more confident away from N-Dubz’
X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos has revealed that she gained “confidence” while appearing on the show.
The 23-year-old, who won the ITV contest on Sunday (December 11) with her girlband Little Mix, said that she was grateful for the opportunity to break away from N-Dubz.
“I’ve become my own woman, not ‘the N-Dubz bird’,” she told Now upon being crowned their ‘Woman Of The Year’. “Getting away from the band and finding out what I want to do has given me confidence.
“You know how I used to spend so much time stressing? Full article…