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Taylor Swift fans have spoken - more than a million times. The country pop superstar sold more than 1 million copies of her new album "Speak Now" to debut at the top of the Billboard album chart this week.

Black Eyed Peas set a new record for the longest successive stay at the top of the US singles chart by a duo or group.

Michael Jackson's songs and albums went to the top of the charts in the days and weeks following his death --and there may be plenty more hits to come, if his rumored plethora of unreleased songs find their way to the public.

Michael Jackson is still King, but Maxwell and Hannah Montana make for a nice royal court. Despite big bows from the Brooklyn crooner and the Disney queen, the late King of...

Michael Jackson's music sales keep soaring as fans purchased more than 800,000 of his albums last week, Billboard magazine said.

It’s been a day of seconds for the Jonas Brothers: After we revealed the JoBros featured on their second Rolling Stone cover, the trio also learned that they’ve topped the sales chart for the second time as Lines, Vines and Trying Times cruised to Number One with 247,000 copies sold.

The album is Dylan's fifth No. 1. Heaven and Hell's 'The Devil You Know' bows at No. 8; 'Playing for Change: Songs Around the World,' featuring U2's Bono, enters at No. 10. Bob Dylan is back in a familiar place, landing at the top of the U.S. pop music chart for the fifth time in his career.

The Big News: Rascal Flatts’ Unstoppable proved to be just that, crushing the week’s competition on its way to Number One and 351,000 copies sold. The country group almost doubled the sales of the week’s runner-up, the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack, which jumped from Five last week to Two thanks in part ...

As expected, Kelly Clarkson’s All I Ever Wanted spent its second consecutive week atop the charts with another 90,000 copies sold, a 65 percent sales drop from its debut week. U2’s No Line on the Horizon rose up one slot to Number Two with 75,000 copies. Thanks to the Twilight-mania that ...

U2’s reign atop the charts was short-lived as Kelly Clarkson’s All I Ever Wanted sold 254,000 copies, giving the former American Idol champ her first Number One since her 2003 debut Thankful. Despite landing at the top spot, All I Ever Wanted sold less in its first week than her 2007 release, My December, which moved 291,000 and peaked at Number Two.