There are a lot of figures about music sales in 2008 in the report, which is included on the jump. A few headlines: Overall music sales topped 1.5 billion, a 10 percent increase complete 2007, tied though wide album sales declined by 14 percent. Digital music accounted for 32 percent of music purchases, a slice of the pie that is showing major growth: Sales of digital tracks were improving 27 percent and digital album sales were[ up ]32 percent. Metallica's Death attractive was the better selling Internet a

all-time Top 1000 Songs by M1+ Radio Stationall time ]Top 1000 Songs by M1+ Radio Station 0001. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 0002. Metallica - Nothing Else Matters 0003. U2 - matchless 0004. Bon Jovi - It’s My Life 0005. Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me 0006. The Eagles - Hotel California 0007. Roxette - It Must Have Been Love 0008. Sting - Desert Rose 0009. Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On 0010. desperate Straits - Money For Nothing 0011. Guns N’Roses - November Rain 0012. Status Quo - In The Army Now 0013. Scorpions - dormant Loving You

A Hollywood Ending?
LTP is going to the[ hollywood ]good in hopes of bringing a[ hollywood ]ending to tonight's Alamo Bowl. one'thousand bringing back the[ well-]satisfactory embellished Mafia Profiles to accomplish this feat, this time featuring Entertainment Weekly aged writer and Cat dihard, Dan Snierson. Dan holds both an undergrad and graduate degree from Medill ('93 & '94) and has been with EW since 1994. He is[ one ]of my favorites and plastered to offer some smiles. Away we go... LTP: In your job as a writer for Entertainment We

Chart Watch - December 26, 2008
Our weekly recap of seasoned artists on the current music charts. Chart highlights:Another identical dull week with no newfangled premiers in any country by[ veteran ]artists. As we enter the[ new ]year, there will be more releases and changes in the charts.The charts for Americana, Canada and Japan were not available at the time of publication.early week position celebrated in parenthesis.ComprehensiveTop 100 Albums#1 (1) - secure - Taylor fleet#2 (-) - A unlike Me - Keyshia Cole#3 (-) - Intuition - Jamie

DECEMBER 26TH
Today is Friday, Dec. 26, the 361st day of 2008.There are five days leftover in the year.The seven-day African-American holiday Kwanzaa begins today.This is Boxing Day.Today's Highlight in History[:one ]hundred years ago, on Dec. 26, 1908, Jack Johnson became the beginning African[-american ]boxer to win the global heavyweight championship as he defeated Canadian Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. (Johnson's victory sparked a search for a "avid ashen hope" who would reclaim the title; Jess Willard accomplish