Top Current Albums

Death Cab For cutie – Narrow Stairs – (TW) 143,586
Duffy – Steal Thin – (TW) 73,000
Taylor Swift – Just Me – (TW) 36,000
10 Years – Division – (TW) 29,672
Daughtry – (TW) 15,000
Def Leppard – Songs From The Sparkle – (TW) 11,258 – Total 86,000

Top Digital Tracks:

Riahanna – Take A Bow – (TW) 195,655 (Total) 462,351
Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love – (TW) 140,495 (Total) 2,071,654

Top Digital Albums:

Leona Lewis – Spirit – (TW) 4,589 (Total) 89,319

Leona Lewis sold 2 million digital singles but only sold 89,000 digital albums. Big difference. There isn’t an artist currently that sold 500,000 digital albums. Consumers need to believe in the album again and that can only come from the artist themselves…

Top Music DVD’s:

Led Zeppelin DVD – (Total) 1,134,591
Eagles – Farewell Tour DVD (Total) 1,351,884
Celine Dione – Live in Las Vegas DVD (Total)291,206

The Next Idol: David Cook wins ‘American Idol’ by 12 million votes. A record of 97.5 million audience casted votes by phone and text. Last year’s total vote count was 74 million.

Song of The Year: Hinder’s “Lips of an Angel” won ‘Song of the Year’ as it generated the most airplay of any tune on BMI’s most-performed pop song list during the designated award period. The song was co-written and recorded by producer/songwriter Brian Howes and Hinder. The track climbed to the no. 1 slot of Billboard’s Pop 100, Hot Digital Songs and Top 40 Mainstream charts, achieving broad crossover success. Want to be known? write a great song…

If you have trouble writing a great song, find a songwriter that will bring in a new dynamic. A song must have a verse, pre-chorus, chorus, and bridge – and the song must build throughout never dropping out, just like a good movie. Even if you don’t like Lips of Angel, it has all the components of a great song. We want to hear the perfect song – email tips@kingsofar.com

New Music: 20 year year old Alex Goot writes, records, and produces his own material. It’s piano driven pop. Listen to the track Scared and Doctors Orders. He definitely caters to the emo fans. Is emo still a valid name? can we move past this yet? I can’t wait until we never have to use the word EMO again…