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| 'Les Miserables' soundtrack tops UK albums chart Posted: 20 Jan 2013 07:41 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - The soundtrack of the Oscar-nominated movie Les Miserables climbed to the top spot in the UK albums chart, the first film cast recording to do so since Madonna's Evita in 1997, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday. A film version of a hugely successful stage musical based on a novel by 19th century French writer Victor Hugo, Les Miserables has already picked up a Golden Globe award for best movie musical, and is nominated for a best picture Oscar. The recording of songs performed by the actors in the movie, including Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman, had entered the UK albums chart in fifth position a week ago. It knocked Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events off the top spot. Hathaway, who plays a character called Fantine, also had the 22nd spot in the singles chart with her performance of I Dreamed A Dream, one of the most popular songs from the musical. At the very top of the singles chart, U.S. producer will.i.am's collaboration with Britney Spears, Scream & Shout, held onto the number one ranking, fending off stiff competition from new entrants 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake. U.S. rapper 50 Cent's new release, My Life, featuring Eminem and Maroon 5's Adam Levine, came in at number two while Timberlake, the former 'N Sync star, nabbed the number three spot with his Suit And Tie featuring Jay-Z. |
| Super Junior-M dominates Billboard world album chart Posted: 20 Jan 2013 07:37 PM PST Super Junior-M, a sub-unit group of K-pop idol band Super Junior, has secured the top seed on the coveted Billboard World Album Chart. BREAK DOWN, their second studio album released on 7 January, claimed its first win on the World Album Chart, according to the Billboard's website on 18 January. The eight-member group held off Irish musical ensemble Celtic Woman of Believe and female K-pop band Girls' Generation of I Got A Boy, which nabbed the No. 2 and No. 4 title on the chart during the same period respectively. Many see it as an unexpected event for a Chinese-language album to top the Billboard World Album Chart, officials from SM Entertainment said. Super Junior-M -- original members Siwon, Donghae, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun, Eunhyuk, Sungmin and Chinese members Henry and Zhou Mi -- debuted in April 2008 with their first studio album Me. Meanwhile, the Mandopop boy group successfully hosted the 2013 Super Junior-M Fan Party Break Down in Nanjing on 19 January at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center in China. (Reuters) |
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