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The cover art from Sade's album 'Soldier of Love'
It's been 10 years since Sade's last album, but fans of the band obviously have not forgotten. Soldier of Love, the album released last week by Epic Records, is No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The soul/R&B album sold 502,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's the best launch since Susan Boyle's debut album sold 701,000 in its first week last year. Sade, which is named after lead singer Sade Adu, first hit the scene in 1984 with the multiplatinum album Diamond...
posted on 02/18/2010 - 11:43
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Olivia Newton-John performs in New York, Oct. 2005
Did you snuggle up to some Olivia Newton-John on Valentine’s Day? It may not have been a bad idea. Billboard ranks Newton-John’s 1982 song "Physical" – totally ‘80s sound and all – as the sexiest ever. Billboard recently ranked the top 50 songs about sex ever to appear on its Hot 100 chart (1958-present). "Physical" was the top single of the 1980s, spending an astounding 10 weeks at No. 1, despite the suggestive nature of the song. It was the first controversial track from the pop queen, “banned by many radio stations across the globe – as well as the entire country of South Africa,” Billboard...
posted on 02/15/2010 - 11:38
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