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Post by bullsfan on May 23, 2012 10:21:44 GMT -5
I think we may not have the actual numbers yet; it's pretty early. It would be a little strange to have the total actually go down---usually it is adjusted higher. But, I guess we will find out soon enough.
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Post by gelly14 on May 23, 2012 10:23:51 GMT -5
Jonathan Higbee @jonathanhigbee Cover guy @adamlambert makes history, becomes first gay artist to top Billboard charts AFTER coming out of the closet!instinctmagazine.com/blogs/blog/adam-lambert-becomes-first-openly-gay-artist-to-hit-billboard-s-1-spot-with-trespassing?directory=100011Adam Lambert Becomes First Openly Gay Artist To Hit Billboard's #1 Spot With TrespassingHuge, historic news to report this morning, Instincters!
It's official: our current cover guy Adam Lambert has made history by becoming Billboard's first openly gay chart topper! With Adam's second album Trespassing taking the No. 1 slot on the Billboard Top 200 and the Billboard Digital Albums charts, the pop star becomes the first artist to achieve the top position after coming out of the closet.
The Village Voice crossed its fingers for Adam earlier this week:
In the nearly 60-year history of the weekly Billboard album chart, no single-artist title credited to an out gay performer has ever been our No. 1 album. (Nope, not him. Or him, either. Or her.)
The key word in the above sentence is, of course, out. Numerous artists who have emerged from the closet in the last few decades, as the gay-rights movement has come out of the shadows, have topped the album chart. But crucially, not a one of them did so while fully public about his or her sexual orientation.
A resounding "condragulations" is due to Adam and Glamberts around the world!
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Post by kanadie on May 23, 2012 10:25:08 GMT -5
Sony Music Canada @sony_Music BREAKING NEWS: @adamlambert's #TRESPASSING debuts at #1 on the SoundScan Chart and Digital Albums Chart in Canada! OMFG!!! How incredible is that? #1 in two countries for Trespassing! :D
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Post by gelly14 on May 23, 2012 10:25:35 GMT -5
Darren Hayes @darrenhayes @adamlambert Congratulations Adam. What an incredible achievement!
SQUEEEEEE!!! Darren!!
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2012 10:25:55 GMT -5
#1Such beauty. Such opportunity. This is going into the history books, and there are many challenges and plans and schemes ahead but I want to enjoy this sweet "minute to breathe" and say Adam, You are your present, your own apple. Pick it from your tree. Raise it in your hand. It’s gleaming, rich with stars. Claim it. Take a luxurious bite out of the present, and whistle along the road of your destiny. (Ode to the Present, by Pablo Neruda)
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Post by durberville on May 23, 2012 10:25:58 GMT -5
I think we may not have the actual numbers yet; it's pretty early. It would be a little strange to have the total actually go down---usually it is adjusted higher. But, I guess we will find out soon enough. Yeah that's what I thought, but wondering why Billboard used the 77,000 for their official declaration of number 1.
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Post by cassie on May 23, 2012 10:26:25 GMT -5
Just started to watch Jesha's Naked Love, and a sound guy is messing with his transmitter whatever thingy for his mike that is in his back pocket. (And he had been singing with one of the monitors pulled out of his ear. Malfunction?)
Then, Adam looks at the front of the audience and says, "I see all you guys have your "Trespassing" stuff on. That's hot. I like that. That's great." Which should settle an earlier "lively" discussion.
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Post by adamfanem on May 23, 2012 10:26:57 GMT -5
OMG ,just woke up and ADAM FUCKIN' LAMBERT IS #1 ON BILLBOARD !!!!!!!! Guess that makes him the first "out of the closet" artist to do that ??! THIS IS HISTORY !!!!!! Well , when you're an AFL stan , you're bound to wake up to greatness everyday ;D Have we gotten the official Billboard announcement yet. And picture of this???
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Post by kanadie on May 23, 2012 10:27:58 GMT -5
Darren Hayes @darrenhayes @adamlambert Congratulations Adam. What an incredible achievement!SQUEEEEEE!!! Darren!! Is this Savage Garden's Darren Hayes. I love that group! Awesome!!!
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Post by gelly14 on May 23, 2012 10:29:16 GMT -5
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