American ticket sales the first weekend it was released made "New Moon" the third best-selling movie on record.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

President Bush offered best wishes to Barack Obama, who will be the nation's first African-American president.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

He won his first Grammy Award in nineteen eighty-nine for best country male vocal performance.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

For the first time since nineteen ninety-two, the best picture nominees include an animated film.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

became a national best-seller. One hundred fifty years after "On the Origin of Species" first appeared, it remains one of the most influential and debated books ever written.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

It became her first best-selling book.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

He earned his first Grammy with the Spanish version of his 1992 debut album, which became the best-selling Latin album that year.

VOA: standard.2010.04.02