Singer-songwriter Amos Lee fared worst, shifting just 40, 000 copies of his album Mission Bell in January.
It was intentional on Oswalt's part not to include any sung lyrics on his album.
So it really has nothing to do with his album or whatever else he's doing in his life.
His album Relapse sold fewer than half the copies of his previous album.
In 2005, New Orleans MC Lil Wayne proclaimed himself the "best rapper alive" on his album Tha Carter II.
But he sings honky-tonk country classics on his album Come on Back , which he discussed in a 2005 interview with Terry Gross.
Last month, 50 Cent said he'd quit rapping if Kanye West's album, "Graduation, " outsold his album "Curtis" in its first week.
His image appears on every single one of his album covers - except the UK release of The Buddha Of Suburbia.
With the help of those who find the CDs, Neely is tracking the movement of his album on his Web site.
His album covers are often just as striking as the music inside.
His album sold 38, 000 copies in the U.S. during its opening week.
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The exhibit got a further boost when Springsteen released his album Wrecking Ball and launched a tour that would take him to Philadelphia.
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Ms. SAMUELS: No, I think that 50 has already sort of done a lot of playing around with his album as it is.
One of the world's most revered alternative music figures, Manu Chao is nominated for his album La Radiolina, for Best Latin Alternative Album.
Then, in 2006, impresario and producer will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas coaxed Mendes back into the studio to record his album Timeless.
Industry watchers from The Los Angeles Times to MSNBC believe that his album, Recovery, is a lock for Album of the Year.
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Americans got their first chance last week to hear his album Matinee, which recalls classic British skiffle and the glory days of The Jam.
This slate of shows is just the beginning of the work Bieber will be doing after the June 19 release of his album, Believe.
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At 20, pianist Benjamin Grosvenor became the Classic Brits' youngest ever male winner, taking the critics' choice prize for his album Chopin, Liszt and Ravel.
Will his album sales be affected by this type of behavior?
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Like McCartney, who signed on to sell his album at Starbucks in previous years, Dylan has used the mass appeal of these brands to make his music relevant to younger listeners.
It lies in the fact that a recording artist like Beck would NOT record his album at all but invite the world to record it themselves (using the sheet music provided).
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Legal UK sales of his album in the first half of 2012 hit the 448, 000 mark - making it the fourth most popular album behind releases from Adele, Emeli Sande and Lana Del Rey.
In soul music, artists such as James Brown with "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" and Marvin Gaye with his album "What's Going On" became spokespersons for the civil rights movement of the late 1960s.
Those attending a Dan Deacon show in support of his album America could download the app, which enabled their phone to respond to sonic prompts, changing the color of the screen or playing sounds in addition to those coming from the stage.
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And at 13, he recorded his first album with his rock band, Radish.
On his first album, his first original song is Song to Woody, which is built on the melody of a Woody Guthrie song, so the nod there is apparent.
But Blackwell had great stories, including an anecdote about trying to get Stevens, who's gone under the name Yusuf Islam since 1981, to try to release his new album under his old name.
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