This week Billboard published its final charts dated in the 2011 calendar year. All in all, there were 31 LPs that rose to #1 on the Top 200 in 2011, several of which we highlighted in both our Summer and Fall Music Previews. We dissected the 13 chart-toppers from the first half of the year back in late June. (Adele’s 21 still ruled when all was said and done, with over 5 million copies sold by the end of December.) Now flip through the gallery of the 18 albums that triumphed from July on! More »
Carrie Underwood didn’t just clean up at the 2011 American Country Awards, she looked darn good doing it too. The triple ACA winner stepped out in Las Vegas last night in a ravishing white strapless dress. New Artist Of The Year Scotty McCreery posed on the red carpet alongside his lovely American Idol competitor Lauren Alaina. Also turning heads at the ACAs was another Idol alum, Jordin Sparks, who looked fabulous in her form-fitting ensemble. As for country/pop star Taylor Swift, she was nowhere to be seen. Perhaps Billboard‘s Woman Of The Year predicted the awards show would be giving her the cold shoulder. Check out the arrival highlights from the MGM Grand. More »
