The fifth album of the American pop / rock band Maroon 5, simply titled as 'V', lands as expected at the summit of the Global Album Chart with healthy 275.000 sales. The biggest sales generated the album in the USA with 164.200 copies, Japan with 19.800 copies and United Kingdom with 16.900 copies. Exactly 10 years ago the band had their big breakthrough with 'This Love'. The smash was massive 10 weeks atop the global chart and the biggest hit of 2004. The corresponding album 'Songs About Jane' sold around 11 million copies to date. Three years ago Maroon 5 landed another spectacular single-smash with 'Moves Like Jagger'. The song ranks at no.35 on the ALL TIME CHART and reached, with a little help from Christina Aguilera, massive 10.722.000 points. Japanese boygroup Smap, an acronym for Sports Music Assemble People, shoots right behind Maroon 5 at no.2. 'Mr.S.', their 21st album in only 22 years, found 184.000 buyers in its initial week, according to Oricon. Last week's no.1 album, Ariana Grande's 'My Everything' slides three places at no.4, after a 66% sales erosion to 96.000 copies. Bob Marley's legendary compilation 'Legend' returns at no.11 with 47.000 sales. It's the highest place on the global chart and the biggest weekly sales frame for that album since more than 10 years. It's owed to the Google Play store discounting the title to 99-cents during the tracking week in the USA. Since its release in 1984 'Legend' sold astonishing 33 million copies worldwide. It's the most successful reggae album ever, the second biggest best-of-compilation ever (after Eagles' 'Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975) and it placed at no.12 on the ALL TIME CHART. Some additional sales stats: 'Racine Carrée' by Stromae sold 15.000 copies last week and reaches a total of 2,48 million so far, 'Prism' by Katy Perry sold also 15.000 units last week, 3,23 million so far, 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2' by Eminem sold 10.000 units last week and has a total of 4,21 million units so far, 'Farbenspiel' by Helene Fischer sold 1,4 million copies so far, 'Night Visions' by Imagine Dragons 4,02 million and 'Xscape' by Michael Jackson 1,41 million.
Miley Cyrus, has just been acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most searched-for pop star on the Internet.
Earlier this year, Miley already won the Award for the Most talked about Artist on Facebook at this years World Music Awards in Monte-Carlo for the 3 million + fans who have been talking about her non stop since the 2013 VMAs….
Congratulations to G-Dragon! Through on-line votes by fans, he won the 'World's Best Entertainer' award and his album 'Coup D'Etat' won the 'World's Best Album' award at this year's World Music Awards!
In addition, Big Bang were voted World's Best Group, Best Live Act and Fantastic Baby received the most votes for Best Video of the Year. These Awards were in perfect timing as this year is the Band's 8th anniversary.
Through G-Dragon and Big Bang's win, Fans proved their immense love once again!
| N1 Single "Kokoro no Placard" | ||||
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| Released | August 27, 2014 | |||
| Format | CD single, digital download | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | You, Be Cool! / King Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Yasushi Akimoto (lyrics) | |||
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"Kokoro no Placard" is the 37th Single by the Japanese Idol Group AKB48.
It was released in Japan on August 27, 2014 and debuted at number one in the Oricon Daily Singles Chart with 871,923 copies sold on the first day at retail! The single was released in five types: Type A (two versions: regular and limited), Type K (regular and limited), Type B (regular and limited), Type D (regular and limited) and the Theater Edition.
AKB48 member Mayu Watanabe, who won this year's AKB48 sembatsu election, serves as the center in the title track. The lyrics of the song were written by Yashushi Akimoto and the music composed by Yusuke Itagaki.
Ariana Grande debuts at No.1 this week in the World's best-selling albums chart with "My Everything"! It's the second studio album by American recording artist Ariana Grande, and was released on August 22, 2014 by Republic. Work on the album began in October 2013, one month after the release of Ariana's debut album 'Yours Truly', and finished in late May 2014. The album is what the Artist herself calls "an evolution" from her first album with more mature themes and the exploration of new genres. The lead single "Problem" was released on April 28, 2014 and features Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. It was No.1 in the World's best-selling Singles chart for 4 non consecutive weeks. The second single off the Album, "Break Free", features Russian-German musician and producer Zedd, and premiered on July 2, 2014 peaking at No.12 in the World's Best Singles Chart.
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