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Things are looking optimistic for America, as Pharrell Williams' track "Happy" rose to the top of the Billboard Digital Downloads chart last week (not that a song named "Sad" was ever at the top). Williams got a continued boost from radio play, Beats commercials, DVD sales of Despicable Me 2, The NBA All-Star Game...just about everything. The track jumped 31 percent in sales and moved 329,000. -
Electric Forest Announces Lineup Amid Legal Dispute
Despite a looming legal clash going on between various music promoters and the property on which it's held, the Electric Forest Festival announced its lineup for the 2014 event. -
Katy Perry Tops Digital Downloads Chart for Fifth Straight Week with 'Dark Horse'
Last week's Digital Downloads chart was dominated by songs that received reinvigorating performances during the Grammys, but now things have shifted back to normal. Supposedly. Still, the top spot is still held by a Grammy performance track. -
Beats Audio in Business of Making Hits with Commercial Soundtracks
We're not ones to cheat and look at Super Bowl commercials ahead of time, but we couldn't help ourselves when we heard Ellen DeGeneres revealed her Beats Audio commercial early. -
Katy Perry Rides 'Dark Horse' to Third Straight Week atop Digital Downloads Chart
Just last week were commenting on how songs have a tendency to hold the top spot of the Billboard Digital Downloads chart for two weeks, but almost as soon as we said it, a song held on for a third week at no. 1. -
Katy Perry Stays Second Week atop Digital Downloads Chart with 'Dark Horse'
An interesting trend has developed over on the Billboard Digital Downloads charts: A streak of two-week streaks. The previous five songs to hold the no. 1 spot in the Top 10 have appeared there for exactly two weeks before being replaced by a different song. -
Katy Perry Rides 'Dark Horse' to Top of Digital Downloads Charts; Aloe Blacc Rises with 'The Man'
The Top 10 albums from last week might not have featured too many new entries, but the Digital Downloads Top 10 indicates that new players are looking to make a run at the top. The top six tracks are all returnees, but nos. 7-10 are all new from last week. We'll start with the old favorites for the sake of numerical ordering. -
Back of The Billboards: 'Wake Me Up EP' by Aloe Blacc
Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of.
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