IN THE NEWS:
Thanksgiving isn't all about turkeys, football and pumpkin pie. It marks the beginning of the holidays, and coming with them is a treasure trove of seasonal albums.
Justin Bieber, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, Mary J. Blige and Maroon 5 are set to perform during the American Music Awards, which will be handed out Nov. 20 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
The ABC-TV concert special "Rascal Flatts: Nothing Like This Presented by JCPenney," scheduled to air March 12, will feature just-announced guests Justin Bieber and Natasha Bedingfield.
The hits compilation "Now That's What I Call Music 37" is the new No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 151,000 copies during its first week out, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Eminem is the first artist to register two top-selling albums of the year since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1991. With "Recovery" selling 3.4 million copies in 2010, it outdistanced Lady Antebellum's "Need You Know," which came in second with 3.09 million sold. His "The Eminem Show" sold 7.6 million copies in 2002.
Justin Bieber, who in October was accused accused of punching a 12-year-old boy in the face during a laser tag game in Richmond, British Columbia, has been cleared of wrongdoing by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Susan Boyle's "The Gift" keeps on giving as it lays claim to a fourth week at No. 1, selling 243,000 copies in the week ending Sunday (12/12), according to data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Kanye West secured the No. 1 slot on the nation's album sales chart, though it did not top the half-million sold mark, a number that had been widely predicted for "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy."
Teen pop star Justin Bieber won four trophies at the 2010 American Music Awards -- twice as many as his closest competitors.
