Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Round-Up: Thursday, Dec. 31

Watch: Great Mash-up of 2009 in Pop




Dine Out: Top 10 New Restaurants of the Decade in LA (Zagat)

Read: One of my favorite former professors, Amy Zegart, listing 5 observations about the Undie Bomber and the intelligence failure.

Anticipate: Weekly Entertainment Round-Up (My favorite feature on Absolutepunk.net)

List:
TOP SELLING ALBUMS OF THE DECADE IN THE U.S.:
1. The Beatles, 1 (11,499,000 copies sold)
2. *NSYNC, No Strings Attached (11,112,000)
3. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me (10,546,000)
4. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP (10,204,000)
5. Eminem, The Eminem Show (9,799,000)
6. Usher, Confessions (9,712,000)
7. Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory (9,663,000)
8. Creed, Human Clay (9,491,000)
9. Britney Spears, Oops! … I Did It Again (9,185,000)
10. Nelly, Country Grammar (8,461,000)

TOP SELLING SINGLES OF THE DECADE IN THE U.S.:
1. Flo Rida feat. T-Pain - “Low” (5,214,000)
2. Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis - “Just Dance” (4,690,000)
3. Jason Mraz - “I’m Yours” (4,619,000)
4. Timbaland feat. OneRepublic - “Apologize” (4,439,000)
5. The Black Eyed Peas - “Boom Boom Pow” (4,349,000)
6. Soulja Boy Tell’em - “Crank That” (4,315,000)
7. Lady Gaga - “Poker Face” (4,200,000)
8. Coldplay - “Viva la Vida” (4,140,000)
9. Taylor Swift - “Love Story” (4,005,000)
10. Katy Perry - “Hot N Cold” (3,945,000)


Listen: Rufus Wainright - "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"



Happy New Year and stay safe! Hope everyone gets a kiss at midnight.

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