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DJ Lilly’s picks and predictions – see which artist she was even surprised to like!

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Hey HP!

Well, it’s been another week of good and bad music. Let’s just start with the bad, get it over with, and work our way up. I did not like the new Nelly song, “Move That Body” (feat. TPain and Akon). I thought it was an awful follow-up single to “Just A Dream” (which was an awesome song). I also did not like “Love 2012” by 3OH!3 I actually haven’t liked many of their songs since “Don’t Trust Me.” I also didn’t like Maroon 5’s new single, “Give a Little More,” I expect better from them. Another song I really didn’t like was the new Ke$ha single, “We R Who We R.” Guess what, it sounds exactly like all her other songs (and the lyrics are really stupid).

I usually really like Jason Derulo songs and I thought “What If” was okay. I thought the new Buckcherry song, “Dead,” was okay too. I also liked K’Naan’s “Bang Bang,” very catchy! I think Keri Hilson’s “Pretty Girl Rock” will be a hit; but I personally wasn’t a big fan of the song. I really liked the Disturbed song “Animal” in the jukebox; it was nice to hear something new from them. It was also nice to hear new music from Seal, with his new single “If I’m Any Closer.” He seems to be trying to go back to his better days (“Kiss from a Rose” era). Don’t worry about the past few years dude, you are married to Heidi Klum = you still win!

I liked Lee DeWyze’s new single, “Sweet Serendipity” – and that’s coming from a Crystal Bowersox fan! I like his sound in this song and I like the lyrics. I loved the new Jewel single, “No Good in Goodbye” and I hope it becomes a huge hit. I also really liked Superchick’s “Still Here.” I have always loved their music and I thought this song had to be in the jukebox.

That’s all for this week; but tune in next week for the review of the new Taryn Manning single, “Spotlight”, which Taryn is sending to Resolution Radio TODAY! I will also have plenty of other songs to rate, and things to say! If you want to get to know me better, shoot me an e-mail at hewitt_fanatic@musician.org! Don’t forget to tune into Resolution Radio every Sunday, Wednesday, Friday, (and some Saturday) nights at 9 p.m. Eastern! The more listeners and support we get, the more shows we can do! Also, if you are an unsigned artist, and we choose you as “Artist of the Week”, you have a chance to do an interview with HitPredictor! PS: Kim Caldwell read my blog from last week and so did Alana Grace – I appreciate all the support I have gotten from everyone and I hope you continue to read them! I also like hearing your opinions; just keep in mind that I am very opinionated too-lol. Have a great week!

– DJ Lilly, Owner of Resolution Radio

Sara Bareilles tops Billboard 200 with sophomore set “Kaleidoscope Heart”

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Sara Bareilles has achieved a personal milestone as she records both her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 AND her best sales week ever as her sophomore record Kaleidoscope Heart kicks off its first week selling 90,000 units according to Nielsen SoundScan. Billboard reports that her debut album Little Voice peaked at No. 7 back in 2008.

Billboard stated that in general it was a slow week for album sales – in fact the slowest since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991! Expected entries to the chart in coming weeks include Linkin Park’s A Thousand Suns which went on sale yesterday, as well as Trey Songz’s Passion, Pain & Pleasure.

The rest of the Billboard 200 top 10 this week includes:

  • At No. 2, Recovery, Eminem, 81,000
  • At No. 3, Now That’s What I Call Music vol. 35, compilation, 63,000
  • At No. 4, Teenage Dream, Katy Perry, 59,000
  • At No. 5, Asylum, Disturbed, 57,000
  • At No. 6, Audio Secrecy, Stone Sour, 46,000
  • At No. 7, Interpol, Interpol, 38,000
  • At No. 8, My World 2.0, Justin Bieber, 35,000
  • At No. 9, Dark is the Way, Light is a Place, Anberlin, 31,000
  • At No. 10, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, soundtrack, just under 31,000

Did you make any new album purchases after watching the VMAs on Sunday?

Hear new music first – HP

Disturbed lands at No. 1 with Asylum

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There’s a new No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week as rock band Disturbed claims the title spot after its newest release Asylum sold 179,000 copies in its debut week according to Billboard.com.

It’s the fourth consecutive studio album No. 1 for the group, which Billboard notes has only been achieved by two other rock bands in the history of the chart – Metallica and Dave Matthews Band. Disturbed’s previous No. 1’s include 2008’s Indestructible, 2005’s Ten Thousand Fists, and 2002’s Believe.

The second highest sales album was a new release of Now That’s What I Call Music, whose vol. 35 compilation arrived at No. 2 after moving 105,000 units last week.

The rest of the Billboard 200 top 10 include:

  • At No. 3, Recovery, Eminem, 93,000
  • At No. 4, Teenage Dream, Katy Perry, 88,000
  • At No. 5, Back To Me, Fantasia, 40,000
  • At No. 6, I Still Believe, Life Jennings, 36,000
  • At No. 7, Something For the Rest of Us, The Goo Goo Dolls, 34,000
  • At No. 8, My World 2.0, Justin Bieber, 31,000
  • At No. 9, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, soundtrack, 28,000
  • At No. 10, Red Velvet Car, Heart, 27,000

Did you buy any albums last week? If so – what was good enough to deserve your hard-earned cash?

Hear new music first – HP