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Music Times warned you that the final Digital Downloads' chart of the year would be chalk full of sales thanks to people cashing in on the iTunes/download cards they received for Christmas. And sure enough, it was a huge week. Every song in the Top 50 saw a sales increase, and 46 of those tracks saw rises of more than 100 percent (aka doubling in sales since last week). -
Bruno Mars and Rihanna top 'most pirated' performers of 2013 list
Looking at a performer's sales is one way to judge who's the biggest name in music. Another way is to check out who's been illegally downloaded the most. Data analysts Musicmetric have looked into the latter and concluded that Bruno Mars and Rihanna are the most tormented performers in the world. Where that places them among the most popular is up to you. -
A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera top Digital Downloads charts for second week
The end of the year didn't bring any new albums to the Billboard 200 Top 10 this week, and the Top 10 of the Digital Downloads charts didn't bring too many fresh faces either. -
A Great Big World retakes Digital Downloads top spot; Pitbull/Ke$ha and Eminem/Rihanna follow
"Timber" seemed like it might have been ready to hold down the Digital Downloads chart for a while, but another track had other ideas. -
Eminem and Rihanna release 'The Monster' video [WATCH]
Yesterday Eminem teased a clip for the Rihanna-assisted "The Monster." Today, he released the full video. In it, Rihanna plays Em's therapist, trying to help him confront the skeletons in his closet. -
Eminem teases clip for 'The Monster' video with Rihanna [WATCH]
Eminem has released a teaser for the video fo his Rihanna collaboration "The Monster." In it, Rihanna plays Eminem's therapist, helping Em navigate his way through issues tied with his past. -
Madonna is the top earning woman in music with Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé in the top three.
And the top-earning woman in music is .... Madonna. According to Forbes' 2013 list, the singer pulled in $125 million this year. The bulk of her payday came from the final leg of her MDNA Tour, which grossed $305 million overall. According to Rolling Stone, she supplemented her income with merchandise sales, her Material Girl clothing line and her "Truth or Dare" fragrance. -
Pitbull and Ke$ha beat Eminem and Rihanna for Digital Downloads in slow sales week
For some odd reason, Christmas singles don't sell. Although the Billboard 200 was full of suddenly-popular CD's containing boatloads of "chestnuts," the Digital Downloads Top 10 didn't reflect the same. Which isn't to say that popular music downloads did particularly well either. -
Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' most tagged song of 2013 on Shazam: Avicii, Macklemore, Rihanna also make list
Did you ever find yourself in the car listening to the radio and wondering what the heck was with all these "Blurred Lines?" If so, you were not alone in 2013. Music searching service/smartphone app Shazam has revealed its most tagged songs of the year, and Robin Thicke's monster-hit "Blurred Lines" has topped the list. -
Pitbull and Ke$ha take top Digital Downloads spot with 'Timber,' followed tightly by Eminem's 'The Monster
For once, the album sales for the previous week made more headlines than the digital downloads, but that doesn't mean that singles are doing badly at all. In fact, after just declaring last week that Eminem's "The Monster" could hold down the top spot for weeks to come, a new track took its place. -
Spotify releases lists of most popular streams for 2013: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis dominate every category
We don't judge what you guys stream on Spotify. Trust us—we're streaming Cyndi Lauper's "She's So Unusual" right now. We do, however, analyze your Spotify listening trends. The service just revealed its Top 10 most popular performers, albums, and tracks of 2013. -
American Music Awards Recap: Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake win big as Miley Cyrus steals the show with crazy 'Wrecking Ball' performance
The American Music Awards 2013 took place Sunday night (Nov. 24) in Los Angeles. Mr. Worldwide himself Pitbull hosted the ceremony and featured countless performances from some of the biggest names in music. Awarded by fan votes, the trophies given out that night were easy to predict. Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake, both of whom have had huge years and can boast massive fanbases, were among the big winners of the night.
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