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...Behind to cope with the trauma of Sept. 11. After the lead single, Beautiful Day, won three awards at last year's Grammys--prompting Bono to declare immodestly, "[We're] reapplying for the job. What job? The best band in the world job"--the album slowly sank on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, bottoming out at 108 in August 2001. But in the months after 9/11, as people looked for comfort, escape or both, the album picked up momentum, rising as high as 25 after the Super Bowl, in its 67th week of release. The album is not prescient...
...Behind to cope with the trauma of Sept. 11. After the lead single, Beautiful Day, won three awards at last year's Grammys?prompting Bono to declare immodestly, "[We're] reapplying for the job. What job? The best band in the world job"?the album slowly sank on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, bottoming out at 108 in August 2001. But in the months after 9/11, as people looked for comfort, escape or both, the album picked up momentum, rising as high as 25 after the Super Bowl, in its 67th week of release. The album is not prescient...
...this argument. With her sophisticated and distinct Songs in A Minor, Alicia Keys materialized unexpectedly to release one of last year’s most successful albums. No Lolita-inspired appearance on MTV was called for; the music sold itself. A brief look at the rest of the Billboard 200 proves the point; whether it’s country, hip hop, rap or rock, the music inevitably transcends, or betrays, whatever image the artist is trying to present. After more than a year on the chart, the bluegrass/country/gospel soundtrack to O Brother Where Art Thou? is hovering just below...
Bootyliciously successful girl group DESTINY'S CHILD walked off with Billboard's Artist of the Year award, but days later headlines blared that the trio was splitting. Yes? No! Mathew Knowles, controller of Destiny--creatively speaking--and father to lead singer Beyonce, 20 (at center, of course), is adamant that it's a break, not a breakup. "All are exploring solo opportunities," he insists. "We're giving the sound a break." So Michelle Williams (far right), 21, will have a gospel album; Kelly Rowland, also 21, has a single on this summer's Men in Black 2 soundtrack, and Beyonce...
...play their own instruments are outselling Britney Spears with their new CD. For many people over 14, that sounds like an answer to a fervent prayer. But it's unclear whether the hard-rock band Creed's new album Weathered (Wind-up), which debuted at first place on the Billboard 200 by selling 887,000 copies in its first week, is salvation or the devil in disguise...