Billboard DVD review: Nirvana By Reuters
ARTIST: NIRVANA
DVD: MTV UNPLUGGED
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Nirvana fans who rued not taping the
band's classic "MTV Unplugged" back
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Top Downloads: December By Frank Moldstad
For the second month in a row, Beyoncé Knowles sits atop our Top 5 chart of downloaded music singles (see bottom of page) with "Irreplaceable." In fact, the song from Beyoncé's "B'day" album practically swept the charts, garnering the top spot on four of the five sites we survey. But there's another pop diva nipping at Beyoncé's heels -- Fergie, whose song "Fergalicious" took firm command of the Number 2 spot on the Top 5 chart.
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Top Downloads: November By Frank Moldstad
Beyonce Knowles comes on strong with her new ballad "Irreplaceable," vaulting her into the Number 1 spot on our Top 5 chart of downloaded singles for November. The song, which snagged the top spot on three of the five sites we survey, is one of several gems from the album "B'day." The collection is one of Beyoncé's best efforts yet -- and certainly her most versatile.
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Top Downloads: October By Frank Moldstad
Competition this month was stiff, but Hinder tops our Overall Top 5 Singles Chart this month with "Lips of an Angel," an acoustic ballad. The rock quintet scored three Number 1 positions among the sites we survey.
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Top Downloads: Sept. 25 By Frank Moldstad
A very interesting thing happened as Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" ascended to the Number 1 spot on our Overall Top 5 chart of legally downloaded singles this month -- the same song actually placed twice in Napster's Top 5, coming in at both Number 1 and Number 2. How did that happen? Was there a glitch in the chart software? Nope. It's simply that first place was captured by the song's explicit version, while second place went to the clean version.
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Top Downloads: Aug. 25 By Frank Moldstad
No, it's not that Fergie who has the Number 1 song on our Top Five Downloads chart this month. But given the success of "London Bridge," the first solo release from Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie, Duchess Sarah Ferguson (aka Fergie) might want to consider singing lessons. Released on iTunes in late July, the song quickly shot to Number 1 there, and its popularity on other sites makes it the overall top song this month despite falling to Number 2 on iTunes.
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Top Downloads: July 26 By Frank Moldstad
Nelly Furtado's "Promiscous" is holding onto the Number 1 spot on our Top 5 Chart of Overall Downloads for the second straight month. But she's hanging by a thread, with two other hot songs in hot pursuit. She actually may have benefitted from the ascent of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy," at Number 2 overall this month, because it helped stave off Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie," last month's Number 2, which comes in third this month.
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Top Downloads: June 27 By Frank Moldstad
There's practically a dead heat between Nelly Furtado and Shakira for the Number 1 spot on our Top 5 Singles chart of music downloads this month.
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