• Top 5 Songs Popularized By Neil Young

    To look back at the work of this prolific Canadian singer-songwriter, here are some of the hits popularized by Neil Young, based on their Billboard charting history:
  • Grammys 2016 Best Pop Vocal Album Nominees, Who Should/Will Win: Taylor Swift, James Taylor

    Mark Ronson, Taylor Swift, Florence + The Machine, Kelly Clarkson and James Taylor are the 2016 nominees for the 58th annual Grammy Awards "Best Pop Vocal Album" category - but only one artist can take home the prize. We'll get to see which of these talents shines at the Grammys, Monday February 15 on CBS, but we're taking a look at who should win as opposed to who will most likel
  • James Taylor Adds 'Star Wars' to "Fire and Rain" in 'Late Show' Colbert Duet [WATCH]

    Americana legend James Taylor paid a visit to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Wednesday night (November 18) to perform a hilarious rendition of his classic song "Fire and Rain" alongside the late night television host, adding calzones, Star Wars, and many other things James has seen over the years to the lyrics. Notably absent though was one of Colbert's favorite topics, 'The Lord of the Rings,' or anything Tolkien related.
  • James Taylor Talks Heroin and Meeting The Beatles on 'WTF Podcast' with Marc Maron

    Ever since Marc Maron landed a brief phone interview with Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger earlier this year, he's enjoyed a steady stream of high profile musicians on his 'WTF Podcast,' including Jagger's writing partner Keith Richards, Motorhead bassist Lemmy, Celtic legendary Richard Thompson and his latest guest James Taylor, who joined Maron in the garage for a discussion of drugs, rock 'n' roll and his first encounter with The Beatles.
  • Meek Mill Sells 5x as Many Records as Miguel, James Taylor on Albums Chart

    Yesterday we showed during our summary of the Billboard 200 that Meek Mill and 'Dreams Worth More Than Money' sold nearly five-times as much as any other new title on the list. The same trend applies to actual album sales, where the album moved actually (not nearly) sold more than 500 percent more copies than the runner-up. The emcee stands a strong chance at joining Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar as the only performers to top the Billboard 200 for more than one week when next week's sales are revealed.
  • 5 First No. 1s: 2001 vs 2015; Destiny's Child, Meek Mill and Blink-182 Face Off

    This week marked an unusual accomplishment on the Billboard 200: For the first time in 14 years, the last five no. 1 albums on the chart have been from performers who had never been to the top before. We went back to check out what five albums were hot sellers during that period and compared them to this year's first-timers, to see what "generation" has the better taste. Old millennials, get ready to spar with the young millennials. We lined the albums up from one-to-five, based on where in the order they fell during their respective years.
  • Meek Mill Dominates Billboard 200; Miguel, Taylor Swift Try to Keep Up

    Things started off big on the Billboard 200, with Meek Mill's 'Dreams Worth More Than Money', but then quickly dropped off. Mill might argue that his ideals have more philosophical value, but he can't argue with the financial results: Dreams opened with 246,000 in equivalent sales, easily marking his best sales week ever, as well as the fourth-largest opening of 2015 (trailing only Drake's 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late,' Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp A Butterfly' and Mumford & Sons' 'Wilder Mind').
  • Breaking Benjamin, Tori Kelly, and Kacey Musgraves Top Albums Chart

    This week's albums chart wasn't too much of a shakeup from the Billboard 200, except that all of the records that dropped in the Top 10 of the latter managed to move up a few places on the former. Breaking Benjamin, Tori Kelly and Kacey Musgraves took the top three spots, respectively, once again.
  • Breaking Benjamin Breaks Sales Mark with New Album; Tori Kelly + Kacey Musgraves Follow

    Apparently the waiting only makes desire stronger, or at least that's what Breaking Benjamin learned with its most recent release, 'Dark Before Dawn.' The band had gone more than six years without a new album but the new release debuted with 141,000 equivalent copies sold (and 135,000 actual copies, marking the group's highest sales week ever). It's also the band's first no. 1 album on the Billboard 200. Kacey Musgraves and Tori Kelly also dropped new albums.
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