Groban ties Elvis with No. 1 holiday album
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Josh Groban's "Noel" led the U.S. pop album charts for a third week Wednesday, tying Elvis Presley as the record-holder for the most consecutive weeks at No. 1 with a Christmas album.
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Elvis Presley beats JRR Tolkien and John Lennon to be named the highest-earning dead celebrity.
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Variety - Waters, who claims to have an unironic love of Christmas, has put together a collection of holiday tunes (also titled "A John Waters Christmas" and released by New Line's music division) that combines the tastelessly mawkish with unearthed R&amp;B gems. His 45-minute monologue only mentioned the album in passing; instead, his loosely structured, often hilarious comments touched on holiday shoplifting, memories of Baltimore Christmases past, what presents to buy him (books, including a cookbook written by a serial killer and "Call Me Lumpy," the autobiography of "Leave It To Beaver" sidekick Frank Bank), his favorite holiday movie ("Christmas Evil," which climaxes with a homicidal Claus protected from a mob by a ring of children), and visions of holiday collaborations with producer William Castle (the low-budget frightmeister who specialized in stunts like "The Tingler," where auds were literally shocked out of their seats), leading to Christmas tie-in travesties such as "The Care Bear Massacres" and "I Dismember Rainbow Brite."
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Josh Groban's "Noel" ruled the U.S.  pop album charts for a fifth week Thursday, a record for a  Christmas release, while Mary J. Blige's new CD provided some  stiff competition as overall sales surged in the holiday  shopping frenzy.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - In the vein of similar projects  celebrating the Beatles and Elvis Presley, Universal will on  Nov. 9 release "Bee Gees Number Ones," compiling chart-topping  hits from the legendary Gibb brothers.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Bon Jovi topped the album charts for the first time since 1988 on Wednesday, while rock duo the White Stripes scored a personal best with a No. 2 debut for their latest release.
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Elvis Presley is No. 1 again in Britain  27 years after his death with his iconic hit "Jailhouse Rock,"  the Official UK Charts Company said Sunday.
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A re-make of the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" has shot straight to number one in the British charts, official figures showed.
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New songs from Josh Groban and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler will drive the holiday-themed soundtrack to "The Polar Express," due Nov. 2 on Reprise/Warner Bros. Records.
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Elvis Presley notched another musical milestone Sunday when a re-release of his 1959 hit "One Night" became the 1,000th song to top the British pop charts.
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Yusuf Islam, aka Cat Stevens, is favourite to have the UK Christmas number one with a duet with Ronan Keating.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Josh Groban's "Noel" ruled the U.S. pop album charts for a fifth week Thursday, a record for a Christmas release, while Mary J. Blige's new CD provided some stiff competition as overall sales surged in the holiday shopping frenzy.
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R&B singer Mario held the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh consecutive week Thursday with "Let Me Love You," while Ciara's "1, 2 Step" featuring Missy Elliott was No. 2 for a sixth week.
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For those rock 'n' roll fans on your gift list this holiday season, there are plenty of new offerings to keep their heads bopping along happily into the new year.
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The King could be set to reign again from beyond the grave - and mark a milestone into the process, if record company Sony BMG come through on their bid to re-release all of Elvis Presley&#39;s 18 UK number ones.
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Scottish crooner Leon Jackson is set to be Christmas number one after winning the X Factor.
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A reissue of the late Elvis Presley's 1959 hit One Night topped the 1,000th edition of the single charts this week, the second week in a row for the King to top the charts following last week's success with Jailhouse Rock.