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THIS WEEK'S SALES 7/14/09-7/21/09

TOP 50 ALBUM SALES

1 DAUGHTRY 19/RCA/RMG 270,070 LEAVE THIS TOWN
2 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 175,399 NUMBER ONES
3 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 119,550 ESSENTIAL
4 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 107,013 THRILLER
5 MAXWELL COLUMBIA 96,946 -BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT
6 HANNAH MONTANA 3 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 69,912 SOUNDTRACK
7 NOW 31 SONY MUSIC 67,354 VARIOUS ARTISTS
8 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 61,479 OFF THE WALL
9 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 56,399 BAD
10 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 54,206 E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
11 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 51,554 DANGEROUS
12 JOE KEDAR ENTERAINMENT 49,367 SIGNATURE
13 THE DEAD WEATHER THIRD MAN/WARNER BROTHERS 44,501 HOREHOUND
14 TWISTA GET MONEY GANG 42,374 CATEGORY F5
15 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 36,790 FEARLESS
16 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 32,765 ONLY BY THE NIGHT
17 JACKSON 5 MOTOWN 30,737 ULTIMATE COLLECTION
18 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 30,501 FAME
19 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 28,329 RELAPSE
20 JACKSON 5 MOTOWN 27,655 20TH CENTURY MASTERS
21 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY RECORDS 27,448
22 BRAD PAISLEY ARISTA NASHVILLE 26,848 AMERICAN SATURDAY NIGHT
23 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 25,897 LINES, VINES & TRYING TIMES
24 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 24,829 FOUNDATION
25 ROB THOMAS ATLANTIC 23,927 CRADLESONG
26 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 23,247 DARK HORSE
27 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 22,020 WIDE OPEN
28 GREEN DAY REPRISE 21,183 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN
29 JEREMIH DEF JAM/IDJ 19,949 JEREMIH
30 ALL TIME LOW HOPELESS 19,765 NOTHING PERSONAL
31 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND RCA/RMG 19,141 BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KING
32 WILCO NONESUCH 18,050 WILCO (THE ALBUM)
33 OWL CITY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 17,855 OCEAN EYES
34 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 17,280 LEARN TO LIVE
35 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 16,567 SOUND OF MADNESS
36 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/RCA NASHVILLE 16,444 GREATEST HITS II
37 HARRY POTTER/HALF BLOOD PRINCE NEW LINE 16,373 SOUNDTRACK
38 AUGUST BURNS RED TOOTH & NAIL 16,097 CONSTELLATIONS
39 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 15,841 LADY ANTEBELLUM
40 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 15,418 UNSTOPPABLE
41 SICK PUPPIES RMR/VIRGIN 15,174 TRI-POLAR
42 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 14,603 I AM... SASHA FIERCE
43 TRANSFORMERS - MUSIC FROM REPRISE 14,574 REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
44 DEVILDRIVER ROADRUNNER 13,831 PRAY FOR VILLAINS
45 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 13,290 SOUNDTRACK
46 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ROADRUNNER 12,456 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
47 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 11,902 FUNHOUSE
48 BILLY CURRINGTON MERCURY NASHVILLE 11,540 LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING
49 CLUTCH WEATHERMAKER MUSIC 11,358 STRANGE COUSINS FROM THE WEST
50 CHICKENFOOT REDLINE 11,289

*FYI THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST THIS WEEKS SALES...THEY ARE NOT THE TOTAL SALES NUMBERS*

50 Cent - Funny How Time Flies

I'M FEELING THIS RECORD...50 CENT IS RAPPING LIKE HE'S HUNGRY AGAIN.

Flo Rida (feat. Nelly Furtado)- Jump

NO ID SPEAKS ON THE MAKING OF "DEATH OF AUTOTUNE"

GOOD INTERVIEW...THAT CAMERA IS LIKE HD ON STEROIDS

THIS WEEK'S SALES 7/7/09-7/14/09

TOP 50 ALBUM SALES
1 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 333,261 NUMBER ONES
2 MAXWELL COLUMBIA 310,725 BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT
3 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY/EPIC 218,943 THRILLER
4 HANNAH MONTANA 3 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 137,469 SOUNDTRACK
5 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY/EPIC 132,687 ESSENTIAL
6 NOW 31 SONY MUSIC 99,643 VARIOUS ARTISTS
7 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY/EPIC 89,155 OFF THE WALL
8 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY/EPIC 83,326 BAD
9 ALL TIME LOW HOPELESS 69,524 NOTHING PERSONAL
10 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 63,052 E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
11 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY/EPIC 62,047 DANGEROUS
12 BRAD PAISLEY ARISTA NASHVILLE 44,833 AMERICAN SATURDAY NIGHT
13 JACKSON 5 MOTOWN 40,951 ULTIMATE COLLECTION
14 ROB THOMAS ATLANTIC 40,643 CRADLESONG
15 WILCO NONESUCH 39,465 WILCO (THE ALBUM)
16 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 35,948 FEARLESS
17 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 34,746 RELAPSE
18 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 34,352 LINES, VINES & TRYING TIMES
19 HANNAH MONTANA:THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY RECORDS 33,452 SOUNDTRACK
20 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 32,884 FAME
21 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 29,280 ONLY BY THE NIGHT
22 JEREMIH DEF JAM/IDJ 25,428 JEREMIH
23 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 22,833 FOUNDATION
24 GREEN DAY REPRISE 22,402 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN
25 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 21,944 DARK HORSE
26 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND RCA/RMG 21,904 BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KING
27 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 21,614 WIDE OPEN
28 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY/EPIC 21,329 HISTORY: GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1
29 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ROADRUNNER 20,975 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
30 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 19,394 LEARN TO LIVE
31 TRANSFORMERS - REPRISE 18,472 REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
32 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 17,966 UNSTOPPABLE
33 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/RCA NASHVILLE 17,631 GREATEST HITS II
34 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 16,755 LADY ANTEBELLUM
35 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 16,611 SOUND OF MADNESS
36 CHICKENFOOT REDLINE 15,806 CHICKENFOOT
37 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 14,929 SOUNDTRACK
38 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 13,807 I AM... SASHA FIERCE
39 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 13,076 FUNHOUSE
40 AVENTURA SONY MUSIC LATIN 12,955 LAST
41 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY/EPIC 12,676 INVINCIBLE
42 LMFAO INTERSCOPE 11,531 PARTY ROCK
43 MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY/EPIC 11,478 HISTORY - PAST PRESENT & FUTURE
44 AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 8 19/RCA/RMG 11,254 VARIOUS ARTISTS
45 REGINA SPEKTOR WARNER BROS. 11,217 FAR
46 JOB FOR A COWBOY METAL BLADE 11,205 RUINATION
47 GINUWINE ASYLUM 11,192 A MAN'S THOUGHTS
48 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 11,030 TAYLOR SWIFT
49 BILLY CURRINGTON MERCURY NASHVILLE 10,930 LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING
50 THEORY OF A DEADMAN ROADRUNNER 10,741 SCARS & SOUVENIRS

*FYI THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST THIS WEEKS SALES...THEY ARE NOT THE TOTAL SALES NUMBERS*
*MICHAEL JACKSON IS STILL KICKING ASS ON THE CHARTS...PEOPLE WANT TO STILL BUY ALBUMS...THEY JUST NEED GREAT MATERIAL*

RICK ROSS ft. GUNPLAY- GUNPLAY

Maino feat. Swizz Beatz - Million Bucks

FEEL GOOD RECORD RIGHT HERE...I FUCKS WIT MAINO...REAL RECOGNIZE REAL!!!

Mario feat. Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett- Break Up

I LOVE THIS RECORD!!!! SEAN GARRETT KILLED IT WITH THE MELODIES AND HARMONIES ON THIS RECORD...(HIT ON THE RADIO GUESSED WHO PENNED IT???)

JAY-Z BLUEPRINT 3 INTRO

NONE GREATER!!!! DUDE IS THE BEST HANDS DOWN!!!

SONGWRITING TIPS/LESSONS FROM THE PROS

CLICK ON THE DIFFERENT PICS FOR A NEW VIDEO LESSON

(Videos via @ www.artistshousemusic.org)

BAD CHICK SPOTTING!!!!

AMBER ROSE

NOW THAT'S A BAD B*TCH!!!! SHE'S KILLING IT FROM THE TIGHTS, TO THE WATCH, TO THE NEWPORT BOX.....HMMMMMM...LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE IS TRYING TO GIVE RIHANNA A RUN FOR HER MONEY!!!!

SHE'S LOOKING LIKE, "WHERE ARE YOU SERGE?"

Quincy Jones on Michael Jackson: 'We made history together'

Like the world, last week I was devastated by the news that Michael Jackson had suddenly left the room. This blessed artist commanded the stage with the grace of an antelope, shattered recording industry records and broke down cultural boundaries around the world, yet remained the gentlest of souls.

Michael Jackson was a different kind of entertainer. A man-child in many ways, he was beyond professional and dedicated. Evoking Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis Jr. and James Brown all at once, he'd work for hours, perfecting every kick, gesture and movement so that they came together precisely the way they were intended to. Together we shared the '80s, achieving heights that I can humbly say may never be reached again and reshaped the music business forever.
For some reason I have had the honor of meeting young performers when they reach the age of 12. There was Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Tevin Campbell and, of course, Michael Jackson. I was fully aware of Michael and impressed by the achievements that he'd reached with the Jackson Five, but it never crossed my mind that we would eventually work together. But as is always the case, divinity interceded into the process.

In 1978, Sidney Lumet pulled me kicking and screaming into doing the music for "The Wiz," and in hindsight I'm so glad he did. As the scarecrow, Michael dove into the filming of "The Wiz" with everything that he had, not only learning his lines but those of everyone in the cast. Prior to filming, Michael and I were working at my home and he asked if I could help find him a producer to work with him on his first solo album from Epic.

At rehearsals with the cast, during the part where the scarecrow is pulling proverbs from his stuffing, Michael kept saying "So-Crates" instead of "Socrates." After about the third time, I pulled him aside and told him the correct pronunciation. He looked at me with these big wide eyes and said, "Really?" and it was at that moment that I said, "Michael, I'd like to produce your album."

It was that wonderment that I saw in his eyes that locked me in. I knew that we could go into completely unexplored territory, a place that as a jazz musician gave me goose bumps.
I pulled my "A-team" crew together, anchored by Rod Temperton, one of the best songwriters who has ever lived, and we embarked on making "Off the Wall." I simply loved working with Michael. He was so shy he'd sit down and sing behind the couch with his back to me while I sat there with my hands over my eyes with the lights off. We tried all kinds of tricks that I'd learned over the years to help him with his artistic growth, like dropping keys just a minor third to give him flexibility and a more mature range in the upper and lower registers, and more than a few tempo changes.

I also tried to steer him to songs with more depth, some of them about real relationships -- we weren't going to make it with ballads to rodents (i.e. "Ben"). And Seth Riggs, a leading vocal coach, gave him vigorous warm-up exercises to expand his top and bottom range by at least a fourth, which I desperately needed to get the vocal drama going. We approached that record like we were going into battle. "Off the Wall" would sell 10 million copies.

Anyone who tells you that they knew a record was going to be a big hit is a flat-out liar. We had no idea "Off the Wall" was going to be as successful as it was, but we were thrilled. Michael had moved from the realm of bubble-gum pop and planted his flag square in the heart of the musical pulse of the '80s, but what came next, I don't think any of us were ready for.


The 'Thriller' saga

The drama surrounding "Thriller" seemed to never end. As we were recording the album, Steven Spielberg asked me to do a storybook song with Michael for "E.T." We were already behind schedule on "Thriller," but great, no problem. The movie was a big hit, we loved Steven, and so, off to work we went with Rod Temperton and Marilyn and Alan Bergman writing the song. Naturally, of course, this would evolve into Steven wanting us to do an "E.T." album.
Four months to complete "Thriller," already behind schedule, no problem. Off to work we went. In any event, it all worked out . . . Michael and I won Grammys for the album, and it became a collector's item.

With two months to get "Thriller" done, we dug in and really hit it. Michael, Rod, the great engineer Bruce Swedien and I had all spent so much time together by now that we had a shorthand, so moving quickly wasn't a problem. I told Michael that we needed a black rock 'n' roll tune -- a black "My Sharona" -- and a begging tune for the album. He came back with "Beat It" and Rod came back with "The Lady in My Life."

Rod also brought in "Thriller" and Michael sang his heart out on it. At one point during the session the right speaker burst into flames, which none of us had ever seen before. How's that for a sign?

We finished the album at 9 a.m. the morning we needed to deliver the reference copy. We had three studios going all night long. Michael in one putting final touches on "Billie Jean," Bruce in another, and Eddie Van Halen, who I brought in, in yet another recording his parts for "Beat It."
We all gathered in Studio A to listen to the test pressing with this enormous anticipation. This was it, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to "Off the Wall." And it sounded . . . terrible. After all of that great work we were doing, it wasn't there. There was total silence in the studio, and one by one we walked across the hall for some alone time. We'd put too much material on the record. Michael was in tears.

We took two days off, and in the next eight days, we set about reshaping the album, mixing just one song a day. Rod cut a verse from "The Lady in My Life," and we shortened the long, long intro to "Billie Jean," something Michael hated to do because he said the intro "made him want to dance."


MTV breakthrough

We delivered the album and watched "Billie Jean" -- thanks to Michael's debut performance of the moonwalk on the 25th anniversary of Motown special -- "Beat It" and "Thriller" just explode, fueled in part by heavy video rotation on MTV. Prior to "Billie Jean," MTV wasn't playing videos with black artists. "Billie Jean," "Beat It" and "Thriller" took us straight to the stratosphere. After those three videos, virtually every video on MTV was trying to emulate their style.

Michael, the music and MTV all went to the mountaintop. It was the perfect convergence of forces. In the music business, every decade you have a phenomenon. In the '40s you had Sinatra, in the '50s Elvis, in the '60s the Beatles, in the '70s the innovation of Dolby, despite the best efforts of Stevie Wonder and Elton John. In the '80s you had Michael Jackson. For everyone from 8 to 80, he was the biggest entertainer on the planet. Followed up with "Bad" and the collective on "We Are the World," we all made history together. We owned the '80s and our souls would be connected forever.

Shortly after "Thriller" came out and simply chewed up everything in its way, I went to see Count Basie at the Palladium with Benny Carter and Ed Eckstine. Basie was like a father to me, having kind of adopted me when I was 13, and he wasn't in the greatest shape. He was in a wheelchair and when he saw me, he said with a sense of pride, "Man, [what] you and Michael did, me and Duke would never even dream about nothin' that big. We wouldn't even dare to dream about it." You can't imagine how proud I felt, hearing that from one of my idols, not realizing that it would be the last time that I'd see him alive.

There will be a lot written about what came next in Michael's life, but for me all of that is just noise. I promise you in 50, 75, 100 years, what will be remembered is the music. It's no accident that almost three decades later, no matter where I go in the world, in every club and karaoke bar, like clockwork, you hear "Billie Jean," "Beat It," "Wanna Be Starting Something," "Rock With You" and "Thriller."

In every language on the planet, from prison yards in the Philippines [Updated at 7:30 p.m.: An earlier version of this blog post incorrectly said the prison yards were in Thailand.] to Thrilltheworld.com, that will be the beautiful, grand legacy of Michael Jackson.

--Quincy Jones
(Article Via LA TIMES)

JERMAINE DUPRI'S HUFFINGTON POST BLOG

MICHAEL JACKSON: BEYOND GREAT


I’m starting to believe that’s a destination; the next step in life once you get that title.

It seems we’re living in a world where people build you up just so they can break you down. No one has ever really come back to the level that got them there in the first place.

So I ask you, was there a stage left big enough for Mike to moonwalk on that would have satisfied the hunger of someone who is beyond great? Honestly, I don’t think so. I said it plenty of times to every artist I’ve worked with: if I were to produce a record that sold over 40 million, you people would never see me again in that light. Cause, after all the applause, award winning and love comes the hate, in all forms, sizes and shapes, and you can only ignore it for so long before the competitor in you is awakened. After a while, that hate starts making you think it’s possible to outdo what’s already been done. Mike had already achieved something that no one else could. That was his destiny.

When the media first started reporting on his death I was in New York. The minute I heard the news I was on the plane LA. As soon as I touched down the coverage started blowing up, and in all those reports they talked about “Thriller” being the biggest-selling album ever, then jumped right to, “But after that, he could never seem to top that and his legal problems, etc, etc.”

First off, no one; I repeat NO ONE, has topped that and never will!!! Even in death he’s done something no other artist has done before: He broke records by being the first artist eva to sell 2.5 million downloaded songs, and counting! As of today, he owns the entire top nine positions on Billboard’s Top Pop Catalog Albums chart. No artist living today can match that.

But back to my original point: This being a world-stopping moment, I got a chance to view this world I live in for what it really is. I’ve felt that pressure cooker that the public puts you through when you’ve achieved a certain level of success and no one gives you props for what you’ve already done. Instead, they say, “So, whatchu got for us now? What’s next?”

Don’t let that small mindset take away from what a great artist has already given us. No one can touch what he did. We were blessed to have someone with his incredible talent living among us. God put Mike here to do what he did and wasn’t gonna allow the devil and his helpers to destroy something so beautiful. He put him on the biggest stage of all. The whole world loved Mike, and Mike gave that love for his fans back tenfold. No one, not even President Obama, can top that.

DRAKE-BEST I EVER HAD

DIRECTED BY KANYE WEST...GREAT BOOB SHOTS IN THIS VID...LOL

50 Cent- Ok You're Right

HOT ASS VIDEO!!!