Whitney Houston tops the US pop chart selling 304,801. Houston’s previous album, “Just Whitney,” debuted at No. 9 in 2002 with 205,000 copies. In fact, It’s been Houston’s best opening sales week since 1991. Her first ‘Million Dollar Bill’ single is not taking off at radio or iTunes, but her opening week was fantastic due to marketing, promotion, and a strong fanbase. This could be a hit album without a hit single.

The indie Dutch Pop band The Colourist who hails from Orange County will be performing at the Troubadour in California on September 13th. Check out the track Oh Goodbye. Contact: Andy@smashingyounglad.com

Some records have been broken this week. As of now,
Lady Gaga Gaga holds the record for the most downloaded song in the UK -her song ‘Poker Face’ sold 779,000. Also, Taylor Swift has sold more than 20 million paid song downloads, making her the first country artist to surpass the 20+ million sales…

California rock/pop act Allstar have signed to Hollywood Records. Check out Allstar in KOAR’s February Feature. The band will be performing at Radio Disney’s 5th Annual Kids Day at the Canal in Indiana. Contact: bcmclane@aol.com

Jon Robert who KOAR posted in February just made the Top 5 finalists in the Myspace Records / Toyota Music Rock The Space contest on Myspace out of over 15,000 entries from bands and solo artists in all genres. He will performing at Pianos in NYC every Sunday throughout September. Contact: jonrobertteam@jonrobert.com