Archive for April 9th, 2008

4 Minutes on the Billboard Charts, 4M holds at #3 on the Hot 100

Looking at the top ten:
#1 Mariah: #4 sales + #2 airplay
#2 Leona: #2 sales + #9 airplay
#3 Madonna: #1 sales + #30 airplay
#4 Lil Wayne: #3 sales + #10 airplay
#5 Usher: #5 sales + #1 airplay
#6 Ray J: #7 sales + #4 airplay
#7 Jordin: #6 sales + #5 airplay
#8 Chris Brown: #19 sales + #3 [...]

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Liz Smith on M’s Hard Candy image

variety
Ellen shimmies to Madonna
Pop-star debuts final album for Warner Music
By LIZ SMITH
Posted: Wed., Apr. 9, 2008, 5:52pm PT
ON APRIL 28, Madonna’s final album for Warner Music Group — her home base for 25 years — debuts. Ellen DeGeneres is shimmying to Madonna’s single “4 Minutes” every day on her TV show. Some of Madonna’s most [...]

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BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS – TOP 50

2 1 MADONNA FEAT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 4 MINUTES 216751 0 217071 446345
3 2 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE 200614 7 186928 924603
4 3 LIL WAYNE FEAT. STATIC MAJOR LOLLIPOP 187756 10 170769 517187
1 4 CAREY*MARIAH TOUCH MY BODY 168154 -41 285544 454619
6 5 USHER FEAT. YOUNG JEEZY LOVE IN THIS CLUB 116920 -11 131926 905645
5 6 SPARKS*JORDIN [...]

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Blender reviews Hard Candy, 4 stars

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BBC review of Hard Candy

BBC Review
On Madonna’s 11th album, Hard Candy, the queen of pop invites us to imagine her as a confectioner running a musical sweet shop.
But, after sitting through the 12 tracks on offer here, you’ll begin to wish she’d stocked more than two varieties of candy.
Those flavours come from two of America’s most bankable songwriting teams: [...]

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