• Will 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Dakota Johnson's Sobriety Be Destroyed by Fame?

    Thanks to the half-billion-dollar success of 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' Dakota Johnson's name is pretty much known by just about everyone. Even people who have not seen the film know she is the one who plays with Christian Grey. Fame is something Johnson is quite accustomed to after being raised by celebrity parents Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, but she is not used to being the actual reason for all the buzz. That kind of notoriety is unnerving, especially for a young woman who completed her first rehab stint at age 17. Johnson seems to have done a good job of maintaining her sobriety since 2007, but she has seen firsthand what instant fame and being a household name can do to a person.

  • Madonna and 'Rebel Heart' Trump 'Empire' Soundtrack on Albums Chart, Luke Bryan Debuts New 'Spring Break' Chapter

    Yesterday we reported that the Empire Season One Soundtrack had topped Madonna's Rebel Heart on the Billboard 200, thanks to the number of additional downloads and streams that it got, allowing it to take advantage of Billboard's new metrics and top the iconic chart. However pure album sales tell a different story. While Empire edged Rebel Heart by around 9,000 copies on the 200, the opposite was true on the Albums Chart, where Rebel Heart placed no. 1 with 116,500 copies sold and Empire took no. 2 with 107,000 copies moved.

  • 'Empire' Edges Madonna for Billboard 200 Top Spot, but Did New Metrics Steal a Landmark Accomplishment from Pop Star?

    This week's Billboard 200 was topped by the Empire Soundtrack: Season 1, but it touches off an interesting battle between it and Madonna's Rebel Heart, which finished no. 2. The current Billboard metrics place Empire at no. 1 with 130,000 "equivalent" albums sold—a count that includes total single downloads and album streams as well. Madge's album only sold 121,000 "equivalent" albums but unofficial tracking of pure album sales—or what the Billboard 200 used to be based on—suggest that Rebel Heart actually sold more albums than Empire did as a whole.

  • Kelly Clarkson Gets Cushion for 'Piece By Piece' on Albums Chart, Brandi Carlile Cracks Top 5 with 'Firewatcher's Daughter'

    Kelly Clarkson found a bit more breathing room on the Official Albums Chart this week, as her new album 'Piece By Piece' gets a nicer cushion over the 'Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack' on the Billboard 200. Thanks to the removal of individual streams and downloads for Beyoncé and Ellie Goulding's singles from the latter, Clarkson won the pure albums race with 80,500 copies sold, compared to 57,000 copies of 'Fifty Shades.'

  • Detroit Giants Big Sean and Kid Rock Come within A Thousand in Sales on Album Chart; Chris Brown and Tyga Debut

    Big Sean and Kid Rock, two proud Detroit natives, were separated by about 30,000 equivalent records on the Billboard 200 this week with 'Dark Sky Paradise' and 'First Kiss,' respectively, but things were a lot tighter when only album sales were taken into consideration. The pair was almost exactly 1,000 apart from each other, with Sean passing Rock in the last day of sales tracking. 'Dark Sky' ended up selling 135,500 copies while 'First Kiss' debuted with 134,500.

  • Streaming Numbers Give Big Sean's 'Dark Sky Paradise' over Kid Rock's 'First Kiss' on Billboard 200

    New releases from Big Sean and Kid Rock demonstrated how big of a role the new metrics for the Billboard 200 could play in determining the placement of an album. Big Sean and Dark Sky Paradise took the crown this week, moving 173,000 equivalent units while Rock and First Kiss came in at no. 2 with 146,000 equivalent units. That 27,000 album difference doesn't seem like a close fight, but actual album sales indicate that physical copies and downloads of the full records had the pair within 1,000 of each other. The other 26,000 can all be attributed to more single downloads and streams for Sean. It's a brave new music sales world...you may have heard.

  • Shailene Woodley Loves Nudity But Refused to Even Consider Doing 'Fifty Shades'

    A few years ago Shailene Woodley's name was one of the many being mentioned as a possible candidate to play Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades of Grey. She quickly shot down the idea, not because she has an issue with nudity, but because she had just landed the Divergent series and the schedules would have collided. Woodley is now covering the April 2015 issue of Glamour UK and had no problem posing topless for a photo that accompanies her interview.

  • Imagine Dragon Outsells Drake on Albums Chart; Grammy Winners Slide Down and Aaron Watson Debuts

    Imagine Dragons narrowly edged out Drake on this week's Billboard 200 charts, as streaming and single downloads allowed the emcee and 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late' to almost catch the rock band's 'Smoke + Mirrors.' On the pure albums chart however, the Las Vegas band had a more significant cushion: Its second album sold 169,500 copies, marking the highest sales week of its career. Drake's surprise album sold 129,000 copies in its second week.

  • Imagine Dragons Dominates Neutral Billboard 200 with 'Smoke + Mirrors'; Drake and Fifty Shades Soundtrack Stay Strong

    Imagine Dragons started out strong on the Billboard 200 with its second album Smoke + Mirrors, debuting at no. 1 with the band's highest sales week ever. Although its last album Night Visions has sold more than 2.5 million copies, those sales came from its staying-power, whereas its highest selling week was "just" 83,000 copies. Dragons' new set debuted with 195,000 equivalent album sales after its first week.

  • 'Fifty Shades' Will Have a Sequel or Two But it May Be Without Jamie Dornan

    It's kind of safe to say that "Fifty Shades of Grey" has surpassed the financial hopes of everyone involved with the making of the film. It has made $150 million domestically and another $280 million internationally, making it a runaway success and solidifying those two sequels. We know that actually bringing them to life may not be an easy task because there is so much discord behind the scenes and now it sounds like there's a potentially huge problem brewing. Jamie Dornan, Mr. Christian Grey himself, may not be willing to return to the franchise.

  • Dakota Johnson Wants Melanie Griffith to See 'Fifty Shades'

    When Dakota Johnson and Melanie Griffith walked the red carpet at the Oscars together last night, Feb. 22, it was no doubt one of the most special shared moments between the mother and daughter. Johnson has been absolutely everywhere over the last few weeks, thanks to her part in a little film called 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' and she has been praised as one of the high points of the film because of her portrayal of ingenue Anastasia Steele. Griffith has talked about how proud she is of her daughter, but also expressed no desire in seeing the BDSM film, until now.

  • 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Will Finish This Week in Top Spot Despite Financial Decline

    Fifty Shades of Grey is still kicking some serious butt at the box office in its' second week of release.While the film did face some real drop off with ticket sales being down 70% over last week, the film is still easily going to land in the top spot this week. After grossing $102.7 million last week it still looks like it will take in at least another $25 million.

  • Waka Flocka Flame Reading 'Fifty Shades of Grey' [WATCH]

    Waka Flocka Flame is known for having a somewhat eccentric personality. He recently sat down with 'XXL' for an intimate reading of the bestseller-turned-film 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' and the results might be the best thing you watch all day.

  • Drake Shocks 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Soundtrack, Tops Billboard 200 with Surprise 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late'

    Everyone expected the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack to run away with this week's Billboard 200 chart...but then Drake happened. The emcee and his LP/mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late topped the list by moving 575,000 equivalent albums. The new metric for the chart, which takes streams into consideration, played to his favor as the album received more first-week streams than any other album in Spotify history. Among the other accomplishments that Drake managed to nab with his surprise album was becoming just the second hip-hop act to land his first four albums atop the Billboard 200 (the other is DMX). He quickly became the second bestselling performer for 2015 (behind Taylor Swift).

  • 'Fifty Shades of Grey' on Track to Make $81.7M, Breaking Presidents Day Weekend Box-Office Record

    It seems that the curiosity over whether or not the film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey" would live up to the book series has amounted to box office success as E.L James's first installment of the series has had the biggest Presidents Day weekend opening in history. Thanks to Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson breathing life into the characters of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, the film has raked in almost $81.7 million since last Friday, Feb. 13.
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