A New Adele Album May Be On the Way
A new Adele album is nigh! Probably! Maybe?
Taylor Swift Is the Music Industry's Number-One Money Maker
Sometimes you hear that the music industry is dying, that no one's buying records anymore and there are no true rock stars left. But according to a new list put together by the folks at Billboard, 24-year-old Taylor Swift raked in a metric shitload of cash last year.
Hard Twerk Pays Off: Miley Has the Year's Biggest Debut for a Woman
The music industry has changed, but apparently people still buy albums. And Miley's "Bangerz" has officially had the year's biggest sales week for a woman.
Anna Kendrick Delightfully Shows Her Befuddlement at Success of Cups
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Although Cups was released eight months ago, it has been in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for five weeks. It's a catchy song — and Pitch Perfect is a terrific movie! — but wtf is going on here?
Someone Stapled Clothing to Rihanna's Bare Boobs
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Someone in Dublin has decided that Rihanna needs just a liiiiitle more clothing on her Diamonds World Tour billboards. Enter a couple of strapless dresses and a stapler.
Storage Ad Reminds Us That Paul Ryan’s Face Is a Storage Unit for Bad…
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Here we have an ad for Manhattan Mini Storage, which seems to really capture the spirit of the age while offering precious little information about how wonderful storing things with Manhattan Mini Storage can be. Maybe it means that we shouldn't store all those Paul Ryan mistakes in our hearts, that, you know, Paul…
Falling Kate Moss Injures Four
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Okay, it was a billboard of Kate Moss. Still, it had to be scary to see her image bearing down on you from above! Three men and one women went to the hospital for injuries, but luckily most of them appear to be minor.
America's Favorite Songs Are Almost Always About Sex
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"Approximately 92% of the 174 songs that made it into the [Billboard] Top 10 in 2009 contained reproductive messages," declares SUNY Albany psychology professor Dawn R. Hobbs in her recent study about the prevalence of sex in American pop music. Are we at all surprised?
Ke$ha Plans To Assault Us All
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- Oh, Ke$ha. We live in uncertain and unsteady times. So perhaps we should thank you for being reliable, constant and steadfast in your unfailing dedication to atrocity. And for informing us that your upcoming tour will be an "assault."
Taylor Swift Sets Record Low For Album Sales
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Though Taylor Swift's Speak Now topped the Billboard 200 for the sixth consecutive week, it sold only 52,000 copies, making it the lowest-selling number one album in SoundScan's history. Apparently her mea culpa to Taylor Lautner wasn't so compelling.
The Best Of The Year's Worst Photoshops
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There were literally dozens of oddly digitally altered models and celebrities this year, with a swipe of the mouse resulting in wonky elbows, whittled waists, new hands and unnaturally lightened skin. Here we have the very worst.
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The Complicated Art Of Airbrushing Abdominals
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Not long after we suggested that the photo of Bret Michaels on Billboard's cover had been somewhat altered, we received a link to a news story from the folks at the mag. Headline: "Six-Pack Is Real, Says Photographer."
Bret Michaels, Absurdist, Claims Billboard Abs Are From Sit-Ups
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"I didn't eat for a day and I did about 2,000 sit-ups," Bret says. He also requested "good lighting and a warm room." But come on — Photoshop is clearly the star of this cover.
Ke$ha: "I'm Not Just A Little Pop Moron"
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She was on the cover of Billboard recently, and in the accompanying story, the reporter trumpets that she co-wrote every song on her album, Animal. The problem?