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'Oprah' Visit Helps Groban Soar To No. 1

After seven weeks on the chart, Josh Groban's holiday set "Noel" finally overtakes The Billboard 200 at No. 1. The 143/Reprise album ascends 2-1, selling 405,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. The 81% increase was fueled in part by his surprise appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" last week.

"Noel" is the first Christmas-themed set to top the chart since Kenny G's 1994 album "Miracles," and the 405,000 units marks Groban's best sales week ever.

Alicia Keys' "As I Am" (J) flip-flops with "Noel," slipping 1-2 with a 53% sales decrease to 349,000. The hits compilation "Now 26" climbs a notch 4-3 with 234,000. Garth Brooks' "The Ultimate Hits" (Pearl) moves up 5-4 with 192,000 (-6%) and the Eagles' "Long Road Out of Eden" (Eagles Recording Co.) follows suit, ascending 6-5 with 184,000 (-7%).

The soundtrack to Disney's "High School Musical 2" rockets up 14-6 with a 130% sales increase to 183,000; with that, the set surpasses Daughtry's self-titled set as the top selling album in 2007.

Carrie Underwood's "Carnival Ride" (Arista Nashville) climbs 9-7 with 141,000 and a 25% sales bump, while Celine Dion's Columbia album "Taking Chances" falls 3-8 following a 40% sales decrease to 128,000. Inching up 10-9, Chris Brown's "Exclusive" (Jive) sells 121,000 (+10%).

Jordin Sparks, who was crowned the winner on "American Idol" earlier this year, starts at No. 10 with her self-titled 19 Recordings/Jive set, moving 119,000. It is the lowest start and smallest sales debut for any of the show's winners on the tally.

Keith Urban's first best-of collection, Capitol's "Greatest Hits," debuts at No. 11 with 117,000. It's the Aussie country singer's fourth straight album to start in the top 11, dating back to 2002's "Golden Road," which also entered at No. 11. MercyMe's "All That Is Within Me" (Columbia) lands at No. 15 with 84,000 and is also the act's fourth No. 1 on Top Christian Albums.

Only two other albums bow inside of the top 50 on The Billboard 200: Philly rapper Freeway's "Free at Last" (G-Unit/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) starts at No. 42 with 36,000 and the soundtrack to "Enchanted" (Disney) debuts at No. 48 with 31,000.

This week, the top 11 albums all sold more than 100,000 copies, helped by the first week of the post-Thanksgiving shopping season. However, sales this week (13.94 million units) are down 18.1% from the same week last year (17.02 million). This week's sum is up 19% from last week's.

Brown Fends Off Keys, Timbaland To Remain No. 1

Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss" featuring T-Pain begins a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, again fending off Alicia Keys' "No One" (3-2) and Timbaland's "Apologize" featuring OneRepublic (2-3). Soulja Boy's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" holds at No. 4, while Colbie Caillat's "Bubbly" jumps 6-5.

With an enormous 64-6 increase, newcomer Flo Rida makes a major impression with "Low." The track sold 131,000 digital downloads; it will appear on the artist's Poe Boy/Atlantic debut, due in the first quarter of 2008.

Kanye West's "Good Life" featuring T-Pain inches up 8-7, trading places with Baby Bash's "Cyclone," also featuring T-Pain. West's "Stronger" slides 6-9, while Finger Eleven's "Paralyzer" continues to climb, this week up 14-10.

T-Pain is a featured artist on four top 10 tracks this week, becoming the first act to achieve the feat since 50 Cent in 2005.

The chart's greatest digital gainer is Fergie's "Clumsy," which jumps 20-12. The top debut is DJ Felli's "Get Buck In Here" at No. 44. The cut, which features Didy, Akon, Ludacris and Lil Jon, is a career high chart placement for the KPRW Los Angeles night DJ.

Also new on the Hot 100 are Lifehouse's "From Where You Are" at No. 61, currently soundtracking an Allstate ad, and CSS' "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex" at No. 84.

Keys' "No One" is No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a fifth week, and another song from the artist, "Like You'll Never See Me Again," jumps 22-15. Keys' new J album, "As I Am," is expected to debut next week at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 next week.

On Hot Country Songs, Dierks Bentley claims his fift No. 1 with "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)." Alan Jackson has the top debut this week with "Small Town Southern Man" at No. 42, the first track from his next album, "Good Time." The Arista Nashville set is due early next year.

The Foo Fighters' "The Pretender" is No. 1 on the Modern Rock chart for a 13th week, and another Foo tune, "Long Road To Ruin," earns the most airplay ads and climbs 39-32. Seether's "Fake It" is No. 1 on Mainstream Rock for a second week.

Source: Billboard.com

Amy Winehouse Booed in Concert as Crowd Bolts

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2007 08:40 AM EST

By Caris Davis

For the first time since her husband's arrest, Amy Winehouse performed Wednesday night in the U.K. in a controversial comeback that resulted in her storming off stage after being booed by the audience, the BBC reports.

Sporting a shiny silver top and short black skirt – paired with her trademark beehive – the 24-year-old slurred her words and was a little unsteady on her feet during the performance at the Birmingham Indoor Arena, but she did make it through her hits "Back to Black," "Tears Dry on Their Own" and "Rehab."

The troubled chanteuse dedicated her song "Wake Up Alone" to Blake Fielder-Civil, who is currently in a London prison awaiting trial on charges of witness tampering. "This is for my husband," Winehouse said from the stage.

As disgruntled fans headed for the exits, Winehouse reportedly announced: "To them people booing, wait 'til my husband gets out of incarceration. And I mean that."

Drops the Mic

Her closing number, a cover of The Zutons' "Valerie," descended into chaos when she stopped singing, dropped the microphone and walked off stage.

"When she did sing she sounded phenomenal," one fan, Zoe Giorgio, told the BBC, "but she was not ready to be up on that stage. She was so weak, so vulnerable."

The gig marked the first night of the headliner's 17-date U.K. tour. In August, Winehouse canceled her summer shows amid reports of drug and alcohol abuse.

Source: People Magazine

matchbox twenty Returning To The Road

For the first time in four years, matchbox twenty will hit the road for two months this winter. With Alanis Morissette and MuteMath as openers, the tour begins Jan. 25 at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Fla., and continues through March 18 at the Pearl Theater in Las Vegas.

This marks the first tour since matchbox twenty became a quartet, after rhythm guitarist Adam Gaynor left the band in 2005. Former drummer Paul Doucette has since shifted to that position. The group was absent from the road while frontman Rob Thomas spent time promoting his first solo album, "Something To Be," over the last three years.

The stint comes in support of matchbox twenty's recent hits collection, "Exile on Mainstream" (Atlantic), which bowed at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 last month. The set includes six new tracks, including the single "How Far We've Come"; that song peaked at No. 11 on The Billboard Hot 100.

"This is different than any record we've made, and different than my solo record," frontman Rob Thomas told Billboard.com about the Steve Lillywhite-produced sessions. "We got together for a week at my house and we all had song ideas, but they didn't sound like what we wanted to play together. Between that vibe and working with Steve, it's a much more raw, energetic, live-sounding record than we've done in the past."

Morissette will release a new album, "Flavors of Entanglement," in 2008 on Maverick Records. As previously reported, she will also star as Sylvia in the film adaptation of Philip K. Dick's "Radio Free Albemuth."

Here are matchbox twenty's tour dates:

Jan. 25: Hollywood, Fla. (Hard Rock Live)
Jan. 26: Tampa, Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum)
Jan. 28: Atlanta (Philips Arena)
Jan. 29: Charlotte (Cricket Arena)
Feb. 1: Chicago (Sears Centre)
Feb. 2: Detroit (Palace of Auburn Hills)
Feb. 4: St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center)
Feb. 5: Milwaukee, Wis. (Bradley Center)
Feb. 7: Cleveland (Quicken Loans Arena)
Feb. 8: Fairfax, Va. (Patriot Center)
Feb. 12: Verona, N.Y. (Turning Stone Resort & Casino)
Feb. 14: New York (Madison Square Garden)
Feb. 15: Atlantic City, N.J. (Borgata Hotel Event Center)
Feb. 16: Niagara Falls, N.Y. (Seneca Niagara Casino Theatre)
Feb. 18: Uncasville, Conn. (Mohegan Sun Arena)
Feb. 19: Reading, Pa. (Sovereign Center)
Feb. 21: Albany, N.Y. (Times Union Center)
Feb. 22: Toronto (Air Canada Centre)
Feb. 25: Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center)
Feb. 26: Omaha, Neb. (Qwest Center)
Feb. 28: Houston (Toyota Center)
Feb. 29: Dallas (Nokia Theatre)
March 2: Oklahoma City (Ford Center)
March 4: Colorado Springs, Colo. (World Arena)
March 5: Denver (Broomfield Events Center)
March 6: Salt Lake City (E Center)
March 8: Seattle (Key Arena)
March 9: Vancouver (General Motors Place)
March 12: San Jose, Calif. (HP Pavilion)
March 14: Reno, Nev. (Reno Events Center)
March 16: Los Angeles (Staples Center Arena)
March 17: Phoenix (Cricket Pavilion)
March 18: Las Vegas (The Pearl Concert Theater)

Seal goes back to basics

With his first studio album since 2003, singer / songwriter Seal hopes to rediscover the youthful energy of his self-titled debut 16 years ago reports Reuters.

"My main objective on this was to go back to my roots -- that's been a kind of mission statement," Seal says. "But a couple of people have misunderstood that. I didn't mean back to dance, although some people will say I did emerge from the dance scene, and that's partly true."

Seal's first UK hit was as guest vocalist on Adamski's floor-filling crossover hit "Killer" in 1990.

"Dance music in 1988-89 was just fantastic. It just exploded," he reflects. "Technology was a big part of that, and it was affordable. You had bands like 808 State and A Guy Called Gerald making music in their bedrooms. Then I was able to lock it in with (debut solo hit) 'Crazy'."

For Seal, returning to his roots means "going back to the fundamentals of how I wrote, which was on the guitar, writing basic chords and relying on my voice and a sense of melody to create the song. My first and this album are probably my two best, and I'd (likely) give the edge to this one."

"System" is due out November 12 in most international markets and November 13 in the United States.

Seal plans to tour extensively in support of "System," with dates to be announced.

Source: Music-News