– Alternative rock band Breaking Benjamin opened up with 124,790k with the #2 spot on Billboard.

-Death metal act Slayer debuted with 62,449k.

– KOAR’s Alumn and Favorite Under the Influence of Giants recently released their debut on Island.

-Â Baton Rouge rock band Meriwether signed a deal with Suretone Records/Interscope.

– YouTube said Tuesday that it is talking with record labels to post thousands of music videos online, aiming to move beyond being a site for sharing home videos to being a provider of mainstream entertainment like Yahoo and others.

What we really want to do is in six to 12 months, maybe 18 months, to have every music video ever created up on YouTube,” cofounder Steve Chen told Reuters. “We’re trying to bring in as much of this content as we can onto the site.”

Warner Music and EMI said they are each trying to work out a business model with YouTube